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No it doesn't. It actually keeps your body in more of an anabolic and fat storing state, because of the constant insulin. Your body becomes poor at burning fa
by kingkongrevenge 17y ago
No it doesn't. It actually keeps your body in more of an anabolic and fat storing state, because of the constant insulin. Your body becomes poor at burning fat.
Longer fasting periods train your body to switch to running off fat reserves quickly. Metabolism does not slow.
- scott_s 17y agoWe're now at "Yu-huh!" / "Nu-uh!", so I'll just add that what you're saying disagrees with every body-building, strength-training, weight loss and general fitness article and book I've ever read. I do agree, though, that if you're eating, say, nothing but pasta and sugar for all of your meals, your insulin will stay high. But that's because of the food you're eating, not the frequency.
- kingkongrevenge 17y agoI'm aware frequent small meals is often recommended. It's just baseless. I'm not just talking about pasta and sugar. Snacking and many meals is bad, period. Fasting periods raise growth hormone levels, snacking and insulin suppress growth hormone. You should fast an hour after lifting for this reason. If you eat immediately after lifting you shut down a large surge of growth hormone. (Bet your exercise articles didn't mention this either.) No culture has ever done six meals a day. It's not going out on a limb to suppose we're made to eat two or three times a day.
- scott_s 17y agoSources?
- csbrooks 17y agoYou sound pretty certain. Could it be that opinions differ? And that yours is not the majority opinion at the moment? You might want to qualify your statements a little bit...