Interval starvation why intelligent and successful people refuse to eat

What is fasting interval

Intermittent fasting (IF), intermittent-fasting, intermittent fasting or starvation interval - a power scheme in which there is allowed only at certain times. For example, only 4 hours. Or 8 hours. Or 5 days a week. During the rest of the food should be forgotten, confining by drinking - water or permitted (in soft post embodiments) vegetable and fruit juices.

In 2017-m interval starvation became a viral trend in Silicon Valley. It is well known that the top managers of large companies organize corporate hunger strike, sitting on a diet together with the staff. A craze that preceded the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology, received in 2016 the Japanese Yoshinori Osumi.

Academic investigated autophagy process - a mechanism by which living cells get rid of defective proteins and organelles. The observations Yoshinori Osumi found that the degree of autophagy, that is, the speed to get rid of the accumulated "garbage", depends on the energy level in the cells. When the energy is small (cell hungry), it deletes damaged or old proteins more rapidly, making them a source of energy.

Osumi made his discovery on the hungry of baker's yeast. But startups in Silicon Valley and on the progressive people in the world to immediately transfer the Nobel observations on their own yeast organisms.

How are interval fasting days

There are different versions of IF, but their essence is the same. Day or a week is divided into two time periods. In the span of one can have everything he wants. In the other - can not be anything other than drinking. Depending on how the relationship between these time intervals, the IF are divided into several types. American Medical resource Healthline101 Intermittent Fasting - The Ultimate Beginner's GuideFor example, lists are popular options:

16/8

This scheme assumes 16 hours of fasting and 8 - for reception food. For example, a person can have between 10 and 18 hours of the day, umeschayas in this period 3-4 meals. At other times, it is limited to drinks.

14/10

This is one of the most intrusive option IF. 14 hours of hunger is alternated with 10 hours, when you can have anything you want. This mode forces almost everyone, because in terms of the schedule of the day, it means something like this: you can have whatever you want, from 10 am to 8 pm.

24/0

Quite radical version representing daily fasting between meals. Suppose you had breakfast at 11:00. So, the next time you eat too 11:00 - exactly one day. In contrast to the above mentioned schemes, in this embodiment, should be approached with caution and not to resort to it more than once a week or two.

2/5

Here the account is not on the clock, and on the day. The IF scheme, developed by Michael Mosley (Michael Mosley), author of The Fast Diet, suggests that 5 days a week you can eat whatever you want, and 2 days - maximum limit yourself. However, it is not necessarily a complete rejection of food. Just an empty day can not consume more 500 kcal.

How does fasting interval

you lose weight

The most obvious effect of fasting days in the IF format - it's weight loss. Because of the relatively long intervals of hungry body gets fewer calories that quickly affects the girth of the waist and hips. Studies showIntermittent fasting vs daily calorie restriction for type 2 diabetes prevention: a review of human findingsThe average weight is reduced by 8.3% for 3-24 weeks. However, the harmony effect is not limited to IF.

Reduces the risk of type II diabetes

In particular, increasing the body's sensitivity to insulin, which causes a decrease in the level of this hormone in the blood. BUT low insulin It causes the body to process more actively in energy existing fat depositsAlternate-day fasting in nonobese subjects: effects on body weight, body composition, and energy metabolism. On top of this it reduces the risk of type II diabetesIntermittent fasting vs daily calorie restriction for type 2 diabetes prevention: a review of human findings.

slows down aging

IF increasesBeneficial effects of intermittent fasting and caloric restriction on the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems resistance to oxidative stress - one of the main instigators aging and chronic diseases.

Improving heart health

Interval starvation reduces the effect of a number of risk factors that may adversely affect the cardiovascular system. Thanks to him, normalizes blood pressure and improves the general condition of the heart and blood vesselsThe Effects of Intermittent Energy Restriction on Indices of Cardiometabolic Health.

Slows down the development of cancer

Experiments on animals, at least, it is confirmedFasting cycles retard growth of tumors and sensitize a range of cancer cell types to chemotherapy. IF inhibits the growth of tumor cells and also increases the effectiveness of chemotherapy, and therefore increases the chances of winning in the fight against cancer.

It improves the function of the brain

Absolutely - in rats: their slowness caused starvationDietary restriction increases the number of newly generated neural cells, and induces BDNF expression, in the dentate gyrus of rats the growth of new nerve cells in the brain. Memory and ability to learn improved rodents.

IF over the impact on the human brain, scientists are also optimisticEnergy intake, meal frequency, and health: a neurobiological perspective. It is assumed that it may be one of the methods of prevention of various brain disorders, including depression. For example, there is evidence that a daily interval Fasting can reduce the manifestation of Alzheimer's disease symptomsReversal of cognitive decline: A novel therapeutic program 9 out of 10 patients.

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In general, the interval fasting can be a very good thing that can improve quality of life. So it makes sense to try. Of course, if your therapist does not mind.