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Intermittent fasting: 14/10-16/8, 5:2, 24-hr fast, 20-hr fast
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<blockquote data-quote="Finsky" data-source="post: 1140196" data-attributes="member: 269388"><p>All fasting, what ever time scale you are doing it is base on the 'idea' that your body has energy/fat reserves to live off while you are withholding from food intake. Your liver has some for 'quick release', once that is used up it starts converting your stored fat into useable form and releasing it into blood stream...hence you blood sugars should stay stable and don't dip or rise too much.</p><p>That's the theory..</p><p>.. in practice it might not be quite as straight forward as our body's can and do some 'funny' things that may make things bit difficult. Medications can make things 'difficult' or alter how blood sugar levels would be normally regulated...maybe one's body is not able to regulate its blood sugar levels anymore....but those are possible complications that may or may not change things.</p><p>If you are on medication, you need to take them into your consideration and what effect those might have to your blood sugar levels while fasting.</p><p>I hope I understood you question correctly for my answer.</p><p></p><p>As for your weight loss issues...fasting might prove to be that little 'jump start' that is needed to get your weight down again, but have your tried fasting any shorter periods at first? ...say daily 14-16 hours. The main thing is that you don't then 'play catch up' when you start eating again. It is simply a meal or two missed while not eating. Good thing with shorter fasting sessions is that if you are on medication..it will give you trial run to your body's reactions and it is much easier to alter your diet and/or meds to keep things going well.</p><p>If you haven't fasted before, start gently...do plenty of blood tests while at it and if all goes well, start increasing the length of fasting time or frequency gradually.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Finsky, post: 1140196, member: 269388"] All fasting, what ever time scale you are doing it is base on the 'idea' that your body has energy/fat reserves to live off while you are withholding from food intake. Your liver has some for 'quick release', once that is used up it starts converting your stored fat into useable form and releasing it into blood stream...hence you blood sugars should stay stable and don't dip or rise too much. That's the theory.. .. in practice it might not be quite as straight forward as our body's can and do some 'funny' things that may make things bit difficult. Medications can make things 'difficult' or alter how blood sugar levels would be normally regulated...maybe one's body is not able to regulate its blood sugar levels anymore....but those are possible complications that may or may not change things. If you are on medication, you need to take them into your consideration and what effect those might have to your blood sugar levels while fasting. I hope I understood you question correctly for my answer. As for your weight loss issues...fasting might prove to be that little 'jump start' that is needed to get your weight down again, but have your tried fasting any shorter periods at first? ...say daily 14-16 hours. The main thing is that you don't then 'play catch up' when you start eating again. It is simply a meal or two missed while not eating. Good thing with shorter fasting sessions is that if you are on medication..it will give you trial run to your body's reactions and it is much easier to alter your diet and/or meds to keep things going well. If you haven't fasted before, start gently...do plenty of blood tests while at it and if all goes well, start increasing the length of fasting time or frequency gradually. [/QUOTE]
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