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Post by arjukenkarate on Apr 20, 2016 4:14:39 GMT -5
I love experimenting with Sport supplementation and Nutritional/Dietary codes.
I did I.F 16/8 for 6 months and tracked body fat and weight and found that I did lose body fat at the end of the 6 months. Unfortunately It wasn't the only thing I lost... Strength, Power and nearly my Sanity.
I used it to help me on a restricted calorie diet as I was trying to cut weight from 93kgs to 78kgs.
I can absolutely never recommended this as it completely ruined my metabolism and my performance.
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Post by Tay on May 2, 2016 13:07:54 GMT -5
Fasting for a few days actually has many benefits. Our bodies were never meant to have heavy regular meals several times a day without a break ever. Our bodies are capable of surviving without food for a few days (not water though), and it actually uses the excess fat you've built up to survive. Imagine harsh winters centuries ago when finding food was really hard. Fasting also cleanses your intestines and digestive system. This is not something you should not do too often, but once every now and then (for example once a year or every few years) is actually good for you. Unfortunately I love my food too much to even attempt it, but I have read a lot about it and a few friends have done it and found it very beneficial to cleanse their bodies. Weirdly enough they also found they had more energy when fasting than when eating normal meals. That is because digesting takes a lot of your energy, hence why when we have a heavy meal we feel lazy/tired. Good luck to anyone who can maintain regular fasting long term - I know I couldn't even do it short term. It's definitely not meant to be long term. The ideal is between 3 to 5 days, as this gives enough time for your body to transition into using calories from a different source (fat and muscles). The first 24 hours are meant to be the most difficult as your body is still asking for food. The issue with flour and other processed grains is that we are taking out the fibres from the grains to make it, which is pretty bad for your digestive system and actually loses all its good nutrients. Fibres are necessary to digestion.
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Post by meguro on May 3, 2016 10:24:30 GMT -5
I fast between mid-night and sometime in the morning, and break the fasts with coffee and some fruit, or maybe eggs. Fasting for a few days is called starvation. I don't recommend it.
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Post by Tay on May 4, 2016 7:28:13 GMT -5
Fasting for a few days is called starvation. I don't recommend it. It sounds bad on paper, but actually has benefits (as long as you don't do it too often or for too long). As a French man who loves his food, I see it as the ultimate challenge up there with the 100 man kumite haha
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Post by MMX on May 4, 2016 11:33:37 GMT -5
Well for me fasting 2 x a week lets me stay in great shape and drink beer on the weekends. Win/Win for me.
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Post by Ros on May 12, 2016 10:00:16 GMT -5
Fasting also cleanses your intestines and digestive system. This is not something you should not do too often, but once every now and then (for example once a year or every few years) is actually good for you. Unfortunately I love my food too much to even attempt it, but I have read a lot about it and a few friends have done it and found it very beneficial to cleanse their bodies. Weirdly enough they also found they had more energy when fasting than when eating normal meals. That is because digesting takes a lot of your energy, hence why when we have a heavy meal we feel lazy/tired. I don't think the intestines and digestive system need 'cleansing'! Apart from food, what do your friends think they are cleansing their bodies of? Just for info, the unit of energy is a calorie. I can promise that you won't have more of them when fasting than when eating!
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Post by Tay on May 16, 2016 9:43:07 GMT -5
I don't think the intestines and digestive system need 'cleansing'! Apart from food, what do your friends think they are cleansing their bodies of? Just for info, the unit of energy is a calorie. I can promise that you won't have more of them when fasting than when eating! You 'don't think' but I'd suggest some research as your thinking is flawed. Your intestines and digestive system don't 'need' cleansing, just like you could say your house or your toilet drains don't need cleaning. There are a lot of toxins in our foods, drinks etc. Cleansing your intestine and digestive system means removing all the residues, fecal matter and waste that accumulated in the colon as well as abnormal growths and it repairs any damage while helping 'healthy' bacteria to replenish. This also has a positive impact on your organs such as your liver, gallbladder, kidneys, etc. which can rest and be repaired too. Calories are a fictive measuring unit and it has been proven to be a flawed way of measuring what you're eating in what quantities. It doesn't take into account what source those calories come from, how they are digested, what bacteria are in your gut or even how much energy you use to digest them. I'm sure you can imagine 100 calories from a soda are not the same as 100 calories from a carrot. And if it were as simple as swallowing a certain number of calories per day, then we could just live on soda and chips and not require anything else.
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Post by monty on May 16, 2016 15:52:43 GMT -5
Yeah, what does a micro biologist know about bacteria and nutrients and shit! Get back in your Lab Rossy
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Post by Ros on May 17, 2016 1:38:01 GMT -5
You 'don't think' but I'd suggest some research as your thinking is flawed. Your intestines and digestive system don't 'need' cleansing, just like you could say your house or your toilet drains don't need cleaning. There are a lot of toxins in our foods, drinks etc. Cleansing your intestine and digestive system means removing all the residues, fecal matter and waste that accumulated in the colon as well as abnormal growths and it repairs any damage while helping 'healthy' bacteria to replenish. This also has a positive impact on your organs such as your liver, gallbladder, kidneys, etc. which can rest and be repaired too. You did make me LOL. OK, let me repeat: the gut does not need cleansing. In the same way that a self-cleaning window does not need cleaning, THE GUT DOES NOT NEED CLEANSING. You're right that there can be a lot of toxins in the things we ingest and the body very cleverly has two major organs that deal with those, the liver and kidneys. Waste products are then expelled by various methods, including excretion. Residues, faecal matter and waste do not accumulate in the gut. Every 72 hours, the cells that form the lining of the colon are shed, meaning nothing gets to stick in there. If your liver, gallbladder and kidneys are having a rest it will be because you are dead. Calorie counting is a blunt instrument that works for weight loss. There are inaccurate minutiae that would undoubtedly make a difference if you were trying to micro-manage your weight and it would be wonderful if we knew the bioavailablity of calories of every food but we aren't anywhere near that. So for now, calorie counting is the best source of information we have and it works. In terms of energy and bioavailability of said energy, 100 calories from a soda and 100 calories from a carrot are exactly the same. They are entirely different in terms of nutrient content, satiety etc. but they are both carbohydrates and your body will be left with a net 90-95 calories once it has digested and absorbed them. Losing weight is both as simple, and as complex as running an energy deficit, whether your source of energy comes from lard or lettuce. Maintaining good health is not.
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Post by GJEC on May 17, 2016 3:43:24 GMT -5
Take a tip.
Don't argue with Ros on any biological matter. She is quite simply the smartest person I know in that field.
Most of us coaches read the odd diet article and think we understand what's required. Not in the same league.
Gary
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Post by monty on May 17, 2016 5:51:09 GMT -5
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