Intermittent Fasting A Key Strategy to Optimize Metabolic Health and Longevity by Dr. Laura Korman, DC
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ere we are again, at the time of intake of calories for given periods of time. year when many people are highly When we fast, our bodies begin to shift motivated to take off those extra “holiday from burning glucose and glycogen (fuels pounds.” When asked about my recomneeded for immediate energy needs) to mendation for the best strategy to lose that burning body fat (fuel stored for future excess weight, my quick answer is to follow energy needs). the ancestral practice of intermittent fastThe key to remember is that we must ing. Most of us are familiar with fasting as burn through the glucose available in our it applies to prayer or for religious reasons, bodies before we can “earn the right” to tap but many are not aware of its many benefits into our stored fat reserves. This metabolic related to metabolic health, anti-aging and shift from burning glucose to burning fat disease prevention. happens at different rates, depending on Intermittent fasting is an eating plan our age, activity level, the type of foods we Openings Available thatImmediate alternates between consuming and consume and the percent of excess body fat Call today schedule yourthe Free Consultation. abstaining from, to or greatly reducing, we already have on board.
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The food we eat is energy, and the body needs to either use it or store it. The problem is that, unlike our ancestors, people today are less active, and are continuously feeding, especially on carbohydrate rich foods. This combination provides more fuel than the body readily needs, thus excess energy must be stored as body fat. Taking longer intervals between feeding is an effective method to switch the body into a fat burning machine. Fasting can be done in various ways, including daily time restricted feeding where a person eats within an eight-hour window, then fasts for the remaining 16 hours. Another way is called a 5:2 alternate day approach, where a person consumes a regular intake of calories five days a week, then consumes 500-600 calories on the other two days. Fasting can seen foreign or even seem cruel to modern humans, as we have been programmed in the last 50 years to believe that we should consume three meals and two or three snacks per day to prevent our blood sugar from dropping
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