Intermittent fasting: positive phase for a heathy lifestyle
Intermittent fasting: positive phase for a heathy lifestyle
people eat very little for breakfast and then in the evening; instead of eating what they would eat for dinner for lunch or for the next morning they choose to eat what they would eat for breakfast. This is somewhat similar to intermittent fasting. Usually it is advised not to eat for an hour or so before the workout, but it is possible to have small meals, so that fasting is not necessarily an uninterrupted 24 hours. The intermittent fasting that usually occurs between an hour and a day, or occasionally in a 12 hour period with a few small meals added in (say every 6 hours) is usually not recommended to be done on a daily basis.
Intermittent fasting has a great reputation for being a weight loss diet, although other factors come into play when this is true. It takes energy to process and remove the nutrients in food from the body, and losing a little weight means reducing the calories consumed. However it can be somewhat misleading to only think of weight loss with intermittent fasting, when weight loss can also be attained by eating continuously (fasting), but with much less calorie input. Especially when overeating is an issue for someone, people usually make a conscious choice to not consume too many calories when fasting.
This is what actually works best for weight loss:
- 3 meals per day (ideal fasting time: 2-3 hours)
- 4 hours between meals
- 15 minutes of exercise in between
Depending on the individual, you can reduce the fasting time even more, but always keeping to the fasting time between 2-3 hours.
Furthermore, with intermittent fasting, and if dieting is very important, it is possible to increase the caloric intake during the fasting time, and then after the fasting time reduce it to ensure that weight loss is maintained. This is generally true for diets like the traditional fast-break diet, although it is not recommended to do this for the general diet.
Eating For Your Body Type
The fasting that occurs in these people is very specific to their body type and can be different for different people, depending on the individual. The type of exercise that is done is also very specific to their body type. Eating for your body type is only necessary if you do not want to be doing intensive exercise regularly (like many people who follow an exercise training plan). These people often follow a diet that is not ideal for them in terms of caloric intake, as they do not eat enough food, but is certainly very good for their body.
If you are following an exercise training plan, or want to eat and perform exercise regularly, you should not follow a fasting plan unless you can follow it without eating.
If you are doing a diet, there is no need for intermittent fasting, as the limited food that is eaten is not overly restrictive.
The advantages of intermittent fasting
There are some clear advantages of intermittent fasting for weight loss. For example:
Slower metabolism: With intermittent fasting, there is a faster resting metabolism, resulting in more weight loss.
Higher caloric expenditure: Because you will be eating less often, you will burn more calories from each meal.
Constant supply of food: Because your body is eating less frequently, there will always be food that comes into the body that is needed. If you consume a meal that is already finished it will never be a large meal that is used.
A higher fat intake: Because you do not eat all the food that is left over, you can easily eat more fat.
Decrease in appetite: Because you are eating less often, and also eating a smaller amount of food, you will have a greater amount of energy to get through the day.
Decrease in hunger: With intermittent fasting, you will not be hungry all the time.
Increase in feelings of fullness: Because you are not eating continuously for a long time, you will not have a continual feeling of fullness, like you normally do, but will have more frequent feelings of fullness, so this will result in more weight loss.
Increase in exercise capacity: Because you are not eating continuously for long periods, your body is much more able to exercise for longer periods of time.
Elimination of some (but not all) carbohydrates: This is a definite advantage of intermittent fasting for losing weight. With intermittent fasting, it is not the carbohydrates that are eliminated, but the calories that are. Therefore, you do not have a constant feeling of being hungry. In other words, with a fasting diet, you do not have a constant desire to eat, but a constant feeling of being full. This is not the case with intermittent fasting. Instead, you feel that you are constantly hungry because of the decrease in energy, and because you are not eating continually. You can therefore lose more weight with intermittent fasting, and therefore do not have to restrict the total calories that you eat.
Impact on Your Mood
There are some effects on mood that are not necessarily the reason for doing intermittent fasting. A low mood, along with fatigue, can result from a fasting diet. This is particularly true for intermittent fasting diets, because there is generally not a continuous supply of food. As a result, you can feel very tired.
The negative effect on mood of intermittent fasting is caused by intermittent fasting, not by fasting itself.
The negative effect on mood that comes with intermittent fasting can be decreased motivation to exercise. If you are not doing a regular exercise program that involves exercise, your motivation can decrease to the point where you do not do the exercise as often as you normally would.
The reason for this is that when you do not eat constantly, you will not be eating a lot of food. In fact, it will be very slow to enter the body, and therefore there will be a lower caloric intake. This will result in a decrease in exercise performance, as you will be less able to exercise for longer periods of time. Therefore, the negative impact on exercise can be a reduction in motivation, not the fasting itself.
Because you are not constantly eating, you will not have as much of an urge to eat as you normally done. This is because of the reduction in appetite caused by fasting. If you are constantly eating, you are constantly getting the urge to eat, and this can be extremely difficult to resist. This is why with a fasting diet you will not feel as hungry all the time, and will not have as much of a constant desire to eat.
Fatigue
Fatigue is also a possible negative effect of intermittent fasting. With fasting, the energy you need to carry out your normal daily activities will be decreased, and this will result in fatigue. You will not have as much energy to perform regular physical activities, and will feel tired and worn out.The fatigue that comes with intermittent fasting is not caused by fasting itself, but by the intermittent supply of food. The negative impact of intermittent fasting is more consistent with the intermittent supply of food.This is due to the fact that you do not eat continuously, but only intermittently. When you consume food intermittently, you do not have a continuous energy supply, and therefore, the negative impact on fatigue comes more consistently with the intermittent food supply.If the amount of food you consume is reduced, you will lose more weight.The negative impact of fatigue on exercise can be reduced if the food supply is increased. As mentioned earlier, you will be able to exercise for longer periods of time with a fasting diet.
Decrease in Refined Carbohydrate Intake
Because of the low calorie intake that you experience with a fasting diet, you will start to consume more nutrients. This is particularly the case with nutrients that are not necessarily the reason for doing intermittent fasting. Because you do not eat the whole quantity of food that you usually do, you will be taking more of the nutrients that your body needs to carry out your normal physical activities.The nutrient composition of the diet also affects the calorie content of the diet. Therefore, if you increase the proportion of nutrients in your diet, the caloric intake will decrease, and the calorie intake per calorie will decrease. This means that you will consume less fat and less protein. This means that your overall calorie intake per calorie will decrease.When you eat less fat and more protein, your body will naturally compensate. Therefore, you will consume more calories because you will be taking in more protein. The calorie balance will be made up of other nutrients, and these will contribute to the energy supply.
You will become physically stronger.
The negative effect of intermittent fasting on exercise is increased strength.Intermittent fasting will give you more energy to exercise more regularly. This is the positive impact of the intermittent fasting. The negative impact of intermittent fasting is an increase in strength, as you increase the amount of energy your body needs.
Because of the greater energy demands of exercise, the diet that you choose to follow with intermittent fasting is likely to be significantly higher in protein, and lower in fat. The nutritional balance will allow you to become stronger. You will also become a more efficient weight lifter.
Positive impact on Biodiversity
The positive impact of intermittent fasting on the diversity of the environment will be positive for the environment. With limited food supply, you will have less animals being hunted for food. This means that you will have more wildlife and wild life, and that the natural environment will be more diverse. You will also have an abundance of wild food plants, which will be abundant, providing natural food to the animals.
The negative impact of intermittent fasting on biodiversity is related to the biological need for the consumption of a specific variety of food to produce the kind of food that is beneficial for you.
