Sagar Tewatia – Mumbai Uncensored, 3rd May 2022
These days, adopting a healthy lifestyle is on everybody’s bucket list, and it should be because COVID has taught us many things about ourselves and made us think about our priorities. However, whatever we do in our day-to-day lives, we are doing it by utilizing our bodies, but when it comes to losing weight, few people believe that fasting will help them achieve the desired goal.
Do we know about fasting, what it does to us, or are we just following some social media Gurus?
This article will help you understand the fasting concept, and then accordingly, you have to decide whether it’s good for you.
So let’s begin with the simplest thing: what’s a Fast?
Fasting means you stop eating completely, or almost completely, for a particular period. A fast usually stays from 12 to 24 hours, but some types persist for days. In some possibilities, you may be permitted water, tea, coffee or even a small quantity of food during the “fasting period.”
What is the Science of Fasting
A considerable body of evidence now supports the advantages of fasting, though the most significant data has been registered in studies with animals. Even so, these conclusions are promising for humans. Practically, fasting purifies our body of toxins and forces cells into strategies not usually produced when a constant stream of fuel from food is consistently present.
When fasting, the body does not have regular glucose access, pushing the cells to resort to other means and materials to make energy. In conclusion, the body starts gluconeogenesis, a natural process of making its sugar. In addition, the liver helps in habilitating non-carbohydrate materials like lactate, amino acids, and fats into glucose energy. Because our bodies preserve energy during fasting, our basal metabolic rate (basal metabolic rate is the amount of energy our bodies burn while resting) evolves more efficiently, reducing our heart rate and blood pressure.
What are the Health Benefits of Fasting?
Although fasting can be difficult and sometimes irritated, the mental and physical benefits can be:
- Fasting can increase cognitive performance.
- Fasting can protect from obesity and associated chronic diseases.
- Fasting can decrease inflammation.
- Fasting can enhance overall fitness.
- Fasting supports weight loss by keeping calorie intake low.
- Fasting reduces the risk of metabolic diseases.
- Fasting can benefit cancer patients.
Every coin has two sides, and similarly, fasting has its side effects as well.
Side effects and risks
Fasting is not risk-free, and some individuals may encounter side effects of it.
If fasting doesn’t suit you, chances are there that you could experience the following problems :
- headache
- nausea
- diarrhea
- constipation
- dizziness
- exhaustion
- low workout toleration
Takeaway
If you plan to do fasting, we recommend you consult with your doctor first because maybe you are not fit to do a whole day of fasting and if you are not fit for that, don’t feel demotivated because this is not the end of the world, there are multiple ways to reduce fat.
