Eat Stop Eat Brad Pilon

Eat Stop Eat I’ve found that intermittent fasting is the most effective way to lose body fat and keep calories under control. Here are just a few advantages to this method: Some diets require you to completely avoid certain types of foods (such as low carbohydrate diets). But with intermittent fasting you don’t have to eliminate any foods from your diet. You simply have to use moderation when you are not fasting.

There are also hormonal advantages to going short periods of time with no food. The human body adapts to a fast by elevating hormones associated with lipolysis (burning fat). These hormones remain elevated for anywhere from 24 to 72 hours, then return to normal (or below normal) levels. This is why24-­‐48 hours is the maximum time length for a fast for losing weight.

Another advantage to this approach is the psychological one. Many dieters Nind fasting helps them to reduce their compulsive eating, as if the brain learns a different way to think about food and hunger.

There are two basic approaches to intermittent fasting: One is the 16/8 approach—16 hours of fasting every day, followed by 8 hours of eating. This means the individual would be skipping breakfast every day and eating most of his/her calories in the afternoon/evening. This strategy is very popular among bodybuilders, and many trainees have been able to get lean even after failing with other methods.

Martin Berkhan is one of the most well known advocates of this way of eating. He has a website (called "leangains") that has helped many people get lean who were unsuccessful with other ways of diet.

Another way to practice intermittent fasting is to do a 24 hour fast once or twice a week (or about every 5 days). Brad Pilon's Eat Stop Eat plan is one of the best explanations of this particular approach. His book explains all the advantages of going a full 24 hours without eating as far as fat loss goes. This doesn’t mean you have to go a full day without eating. You can, for example, start with dinner and then wait until dinner the next day before eating again. This will work well as long as you don’t overeat after the fast-­‐-­‐you just eat as you normally would had you not fasted.

The Eat Stop Eat method will appeal to those who want maximum Nlexibility in the diet.

You’ll Nind that you can still eat “normal” foods (in moderation) while losing weight with Brad’s approach.

Some will Nind that this way to diet takes some adjustment. It can be difNicult for the Nirst few days, but many dieters will Nind it easy to keep doing intermittent fasting after they have gotten used to it. But once the adjustments have been made, you will Nind it easy to adjust this form of calorie restriction into your lifestyle.

Remember that all fat loss diets are based on a limited calorie balance. There is really no such thing as one “best” approach. Any diet will work as long as you can maintain a calorie deNicit for a long enough time to lose the desire amount of body fat.