Posts tagged "Weight Loss For Men"

Best Weight Loss For Men

The problem with all programs that are centered around weight loss for men is that men don't want to give up the foods they love. Intermittent fasting allows you to lose the weight and still have your junk food.

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Weight Loss For Men Tips

An effective weight loss for men program does not mean you have to give up the foods you love. It's not what you eat, but when you eat that cause you to lose weight.

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Diets For Weight Loss For Men

Choosing between a Low Carb or a Low Fat diet – I found a very simple way to determine which of these weight loss for men diets will be easiest for you. Your body’s metabolism is usually geared up to either burn fats or sugars more efficiently than the other. While it is possible to force this to go the opposite direction, it easier just to use it to your advantage.

Take some time and think about which types of foods you crave when you’re really hungry. If you normally crave sugars, potatoes, or pasta; then your body probably favors burning carbohydrates for energy and you should do well on a low fat diet. If, on the other hand, you crave meat, cheese, eggs and fried foods, your body prefers burning fats for energy and the low carb diets should be easiest for you to stick with.

It’s not even about which diet will work faster for you, because the real test of how well a change in your diet works for you is how long you can stick with it.

Healthy Weight Loss For Men

It is a common misconception that the goal of a weight loss for men program is only to help you lose weight. This is wrong the way to view dieting. A great diet program should make sure the weight you lose is all fat, and this is the goal of Eat Stop Eat.

I spend my mornings catching up on my reading. This usually involves a nice hot cup of coffee and a desk full of research papers.

Lately, I’ve found that there is more and more research being published that supports the science behind the Eat Stop Eat lifestyle.

Just the other day I came across a very interesting study in Acta Physiologica Scandinavia – The journal of the Scandinavian physiological society. In this study the effects of a 3-day fast on human metabolism was examined.

The authors found the typical benefits that are associated with fasting:

No decrease in Energy Expenditure – metabolic rate DID NOT slow down

A decrease in RQ – indicating an increase in fat burning

Increased blood flow – some very impressive numbers, (I challenge any “Nitric Oxide” supplement to show this kind of data!!)

Decreased blood insulin levels – Considered to be one of the major health benefits of fasting

Increased glucagon levels – more reliance on body fat as a fuel source

Increased Growth Hormone levels – If you have read Eat Stop Eat then you know that I think this is one of the major keys behind the benefits of fasting

Increased noradrenaline – More fat burning hormones
No increase in cortisol – No reason to think that muscle is being broken down

One of the major things that caught my eye in this paper was a great graph showing the change in fuel sources that were fueling metabolism.

The first thing I noticed in this graph was that the amount of calories being burned during a fasting day and a non-fasting day are roughly the same (about 2000 Kcals), however during fasting a lot more of these calories are coming from fat. And, since the subjects were not eating any fat while fasting, this fat must have been body fat.

Another interesting finding was that the majority of this fat was stomach fat.

While I do not recommend fasting for 3 days straight (I prefer 24 hours), this study does add evidence to the idea that fasting can be an effective method of reducing calorie intake and increasing fat burning without negatively effect metabolic rate, or muscle mass.

After thoroughly reviewing this study I’m more convinced then ever that the Eat Stop Eat lifestyle is the easiest way to lose weight, and to make sure that the weight you lose is all fat.

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