Doctors make their money selling you on the food pyramid, and diet schemes that don't work.
Dr. Fung breaks down the real cause behind weight gain in his book The Obesity Code. The short version: Every time you eat anything your body produces insulin in order to allow your fat cells to begin storing energy for later. Without this mechanism we'd all die from starvation. The problem: our bodies were never meant to be fed like conveyer belts 24/7. The more often you eat, the higher your insulin levels go, and the more fat your body will build. It gets worse though. In a state of chronic high insulin, your body is literally incapable of accessing its own fat stores for fuel due to its expectation of more food coming in.
The true secret to weight and health management has been taught to us through nearly every faith on the planet. Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism; they all teach the cure. Its called fasting. Pick your path; you can go for the circadian rhythm of 12 hours of food to 12 hours of fasting (12/12), or push it up to 16/8, 20/4, 23/1, or go for something more challenging like a 36-48 hour fast. The time you spend away from eating is time your body is spending in a low insulin state in which it has access to your fat cells.
Dr. Fung also makes it clear that a simple caloric deficit that most doctors preach is actually counterintuitive and detrimental to weight loss. The body is way to smart for that approach. Imagine our ancestors living the hunter gatherer lifestyle if they had a body that would stay at a constant caloric need no matter the availability of food. They would have starved to death. The body is very capable of lowering its energy needs if it senses that food is scarce. If you limit your calories to 1500 a day, soon your body will adjust its energy expenditure to accommodate only 1500 calories, and just like that you are stuck in the mud with your wheels spinning. This is why people who go on diets often find themselves feeling cold, lethargic, sleepy, etc. Their bodies are literally shutting down nonessential functions in order to avoid burning precious fat.
Losing weight is so easy.
Doctors make their money selling you on the food pyramid, and diet schemes that don't work.
Dr. Fung breaks down the real cause behind weight gain in his book The Obesity Code. The short version: Every time you eat anything your body produces insulin in order to allow your fat cells to begin storing energy for later. Without this mechanism we'd all die from starvation. The problem: our bodies were never meant to be fed like conveyer belts 24/7. The more often you eat, the higher your insulin levels go, and the more fat your body will build. It gets worse though. In a state of chronic high insulin, your body is literally incapable of accessing its own fat stores for fuel due to its expectation of more food coming in.
The true secret to weight and health management has been taught to us through nearly every faith on the planet. Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism; they all teach the cure. Its called fasting. Pick your path; you can go for the circadian rhythm of 12 hours of food to 12 hours of fasting (12/12), or push it up to 16/8, 20/4, 23/1, or go for something more challenging like a 36-48 hour fast. The time you spend away from eating is time your body is spending in a low insulin state in which it has access to your fat cells.
Dr. Fung also makes it clear that a simple caloric deficit that most doctors preach is actually counterintuitive and detrimental to weight loss. The body is way to smart for that approach. Imagine our ancestors living the hunter gatherer lifestyle if they had a body that would stay at a constant caloric need no matter the availability of food. They would have starved to death. The body is very capable of lowering its energy needs if it senses that food is scarce. If you limit your calories to 1500 a day, soon your body will adjust its energy expenditure to accommodate only 1500 calories, and just like that you are stuck in the mud with your wheels spinning. This is why people who go on diets often find themselves feeling cold, lethargic, sleepy, etc. Their bodies are literally shutting down nonessential functions in order to avoid burning precious fat.
Share Dr. Fung's book with anyone you find who is stuck in a state of obesity. Make no mistake, the medical industry wants people to be fat, and they've been selling us the wrong cures all along.
Thanks dude, I had a feeling water fasting was extremely effective.