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Intermittent Fasting
- 1. BREAK FAST ……IS TOO MAINSTREAM, DITCH IT!
- 4. FAD DIET? Since 2010, the number of online searches for “intermittent fasting” has increased by about 10,000 percent. It was the “trendiest” weight loss search term in 2019
- 5. NOT STARVATION Starvation is instead a chronic nutritional insufficiency that is commonly used as a substitute for the word fasting, but that is also used to define extreme forms of fasting, which can result in degeneration and death
- 8. • So, two complementary food energy storage systems exist in our bodies. One is easily accessible but with limited storage space (glycogen), and the other is more difficult to access but has almost unlimited storage space (body fat). • If your insulin levels drop far enough, your body uses the stored glucose in your cells for energy. Once those are gone, it starts feasting on fat. INSIDE OUR BODY The entire idea of IF is to allow the insulin levels to go down far enough and for long enough that we burn off our fat
- 10. PROOF • There is now a growing body of research to indicate ketones are the preferred fuel for both the brain and body during periods of fasting and extended exercise • Rethinking Fat as a Fuel for Endurance Exercise https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25275931/ • Multi-dimensional Roles of Ketone Bodies in Fuel Metabolism, Signaling, and Therapeutics https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28178565/
- 12. AUTOPHAGY • Clearing out toxins and damaged cells • Think of it as our body’s innate recycling program. • Fasting results in ketogenesis, promotes autophagy • Some studies have shown that autphagy helps in preventing cancer https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6257056/
- 13. NOT FOR EVERYONE • Have diabetes. • Have low blood pressure. • Take medications. • Are underweight. • Have a history of eating disorders. • Are a woman who is trying to conceive. • Are pregnant or breastfeeding. • Child • Old age
- 14. SHORTCOMINGS ON RESEARCH – FAKE OR FAD? • Most tests are on yeasts and animals • Tested on Overweight or diabetic humans • Most clinical trials of short duration • Less data points for a healthy adult
- 15. HOW IT HAS AFFECTED ME
Editor's Notes
- Intermittent fasting (IF) is an eating pattern that cycles between periods of fasting and eating. It doesn’t specify which foods you should eat but rather when you should eat them. In this respect, it’s not a diet in the conventional sense but more accurately described as an eating pattern.
- Fasting has been a practice throughout human evolution. Ancient hunter-gatherers didn’t have supermarkets, refrigerators or food available year-round. Sometimes they couldn’t find anything to eat. As a result, humans evolved to be able to function without food for extended periods of time. Fasting is also often done for religious or spiritual reasons, including in Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism and Buddhism.