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It will never stop amazing me that people would rather not eat for twenty hour periods every single day rather than just cut out some comfort foods and portion
by ngngngng 5y ago
It will never stop amazing me that people would rather not eat for twenty hour periods every single day rather than just cut out some comfort foods and portion control. I just listen to my body when it tells me I'm full and work out occasionally and I've never left a healthy BMI, but if I fast for over 12 hours of waking time my body screams at me for food.
- hollerith 5y agoIt is not just about calories per day. Going without food (even if only for overnight) puts the body in ketosis. If ketosis does not happen often enough, some of the body's tissues lose the ability to burn fat, which has deleterious effects (including IIRC insulin resistance). And without fasting, the removal of damaged intracellular proteins ("autophagy") won't happen or will proceed at a suboptimal rate.
- ngngngng 5y agoHow often is generally "often enough"?