Meal timing strategies appear to lower appetite, improve fat burning

Re:Meal timing strategies appear to lower appetite, improve ... by eridius on Sunday July 28, 2019 @01:44AM (#20546036)

Don't do something like this. A 7 day fast of just water isn't healthy. Your body starts burning more than just your fat. Even when doing something like a highly-restricted-calorie diet such as 960Cal/day you don't want to do for more than 3 days without medical supervision.

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Re:Meal timing strategies appear to lower appetite, improve ... by yurishimo on Sunday July 28, 2019 @10:28AM (#20547714)

While it is true that you do burn some muscle, the increased HGH levels immediately replace it when you refeed. This has been studied significantly. And for me, I don’t give a rip about muscle loss right now. I’m just trying to lose weight.

Your body isn’t stupid. You won’t turn into a ball of fat if you fast regularly. Cavemen and even animals have long feast/famine cycles. Our bodies are designed to store fat and burn it when food is scarce.

Now if folks are already in a healthy weight, then yea, extended fasting isn’t necessarily something you want to do a lot of, but for obese people, we have plenty of fat to keep things rolling as long as other essential nutrients are supplemented via multivitamins.

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