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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