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<blockquote data-quote="bulkbiker" data-source="post: 1520744" data-attributes="member: 219467"><p>Starvation ( or more likely calorie restriction) means you are still eating as often as you were before but eating a lot less.. the body is fooled into thinking that there is a dearth of food so starts to store provisions for future use. This includes slowing the metabolism</p><p>When you fast you don't take in anything (depending on the fast type) your body thinks "bloody hell we need to get going and find some food" so the metabolism gets a small boost to get you up and out searching for food. </p><p>Also fasting does not trigger a insulin reaction whereas eating does so it helps to reduce insulin levels and access stored fat for energy which is more difficult on a calorie restricted diet as insulin is still triggered when you eat.</p><p>That's my understanding (probably very badly put) from my fairly extensive reading. Mainly from the videos and writings of Dr Jason Fung who explains it much better than me.. so why didn't I just link to one of his videos.... duh!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bulkbiker, post: 1520744, member: 219467"] Starvation ( or more likely calorie restriction) means you are still eating as often as you were before but eating a lot less.. the body is fooled into thinking that there is a dearth of food so starts to store provisions for future use. This includes slowing the metabolism When you fast you don't take in anything (depending on the fast type) your body thinks "bloody hell we need to get going and find some food" so the metabolism gets a small boost to get you up and out searching for food. Also fasting does not trigger a insulin reaction whereas eating does so it helps to reduce insulin levels and access stored fat for energy which is more difficult on a calorie restricted diet as insulin is still triggered when you eat. That's my understanding (probably very badly put) from my fairly extensive reading. Mainly from the videos and writings of Dr Jason Fung who explains it much better than me.. so why didn't I just link to one of his videos.... duh! [/QUOTE]
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