Intermittent Fasting by Walter James Brown

Author:Walter James Brown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: weight loss, fat loss, lose weight fast, burn fat, intermittent fasting, fasting guidebook, fasting weight loss, fasting diet, fasting for health, fasting for beginners
Publisher: Walter James Brown

.Part II: 7 Common Intermittent Fasting Myths Debunked

Myth #1: Intermittent Fasting Causes Nutrient Deficiencies

Many people think that you won’t receive enough vitamins when you are fasting, but this is not true. When you are fasting, you are ‘teaching’ your body to eat during certain intervals. By doing this, you will not lose essential vitamins and/or minerals. Besides, the nutrients you lose in a day of fasting are regained again when you eat. Also, you can take your dose of vitamins by taking pills containing them if you really want to consume your vitamins at certain times of the day.

Myth #2: You Need To Eat Small Meals Throughout The Day to Keep Your Blood Sugar Levels Under Control

Some ‘health experts’ claim that eating small meals will help you to control your blood sugar. But the thing is, blood sugar levels are well-regulated and maintained when you are healthy. They don’t go up and down that much when you go without food for a couple of hours, or even a day.

Also, if you look at it from an evolutionary perspective, it is totally normal to go without food for a couple of hours, days, or even a week. Our ancestors sometimes had to go through times where they didn’t have any food available, and this didn’t have a big impact on their blood sugar levels. So, the myth that you need to eat small meals throughout the day to keep your blood sugar levels under control is simply not true.

Myth #3: You Will Mostly Lose Muscle And Little Fat When You Fast

The exact opposite is true. Fat is a high energy molecule and it contains far more energy than protein (it is around 2 times more energy dense than protein). Therefore, it makes sense for the body to first use the stored fats as an energy source than protein. Also, the primary purpose of fat is to be an energy reservoir for us when food is scarce. The proteins in our muscles contain a lot less energy, so it isn’t efficient for the body to use protein as an energy source. Also, the main purpose of protein is more critical for our skeletal muscle and for our bodies to function properly instead of providing the body with energy.

Additionally, if you compare the calorie reserves that are in fats and proteins, you see a tremendous difference. About 85% of our calorie reserves are in fat stores and 14% in protein. Obviously, fat is the most important energy storage molecule. So, from a physiological standpoint, it makes sense for our bodies to first go to our fat stores for energy when food is scarce.

Myth #4: You Are Starving Yourself On Purpose

Nowadays, we are quick to label ‘missing certain meals’ as starving yourself. We are so accustomed to having food around us 24/7 that we freak out when we skip a meal. Yet I wouldn’t call ‘skipping a meal’ the same as ‘starving yourself’. True starvation is when your body depletes all its fat stores and begins to consume your muscles for energy, which leads to death very quickly.

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