Benefits of intermittent fasting

Intermittent fasting can lead to weight loss due to the reduced calorie intake resulting from eating less, but there are many other benefits. For instance, interval fasting promotes more efficient fat burning. Our current diet contains so many carbohydrates that we've trained ourselves to burn sugars. Try running a half or full marathon, and you'll notice what happens when your body switches to the less efficient fat burning. True sugar burners find it very difficult to lose fat tissue and hardly lose weight even on strict diets. By fasting regularly, you retrain your body to burn fat, which it always has plenty of. This is also the basis of the previously popularised sport fasting.

Additionally, periodic fasting increases insulin sensitivity. This is understandable, as the body gets used to occasionally receiving fewer sugars and carbohydrates. The importance of insulin, which aids in sugar transport, increases again. Science has also previously shown a strong link between insulin sensitivity and growth hormone production. With increased insulin sensitivity, your growth hormone production will resume, especially if you also start exercising more. Extra growth hormone and more exercise lead to better recovery and increased muscle growth. And it's muscles that help ensure optimal fat burning!

Another interesting effect of fasting is autophagy, which occurs in your cells. Autophagy is derived from the Greek words auto "self" and phagy "eating". It's a natural process that occurs in your cells when you don't eat for an extended period. During this process, sick and old cells consume themselves. This leads to cell renewal and thus healthy and strong cells.

Supplements

It's advised not to take supplements while fasting, as during fasting, your body is busy with cleaning processes (autophagy). Adding supplements can disrupt this process as it essentially puts your body back into a building phase. However, there are supplements that you can use effectively on other days for support. You can find these supplements at the top of this page.

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