For dieters, the noontime fast is like a myth because you don't need to calculate how to match calories with each meal, you just need to roughly cut out a meal and your calorie intake is reduced. But is it really possible to lose weight this way?

Naturally, there are a lot of people who have used this method, and have seen their weight drop in stages, and have been "successful" in losing weight (if you don't take into account the fact that afterward the weight is harder and harder to drop, and even bounces back after a short time).

But! This is a good way to lose weight. Today, we will talk to you about the lunch.

First let us recognize two concepts:

Anabolic metabolism: the body to eat into the food synthesized body components (such as muscle, blood, etc.) process

Catabolic metabolism: the body to the composition of the body into a variety of carbon dioxide, water, and other waste products of the process

Our body is like a sophisticated machine, through a series of complex things like hormone levels, blood sugar levels, etc. to control the balance of synthesis and catabolism.

For example, the strength exercises we've been advocating a lot lately are actually catabolic, tearing down muscle fibers. But at the same time, anabolism is kicked in and the body works to repair and rebuild stronger muscles to handle the strength load.

Because muscle burns more calories at rest, and because muscle strength is closely related to health, the goal of weight loss is to lose excess fat while trying to maintain, or even increase, muscle mass. If you lose 20 pounds of weight and 10 of those pounds are muscle, then trust me, you're losing big!

What does all this talk have to do with overdosing?

No lunch and light fasting (two days a week of very low-calorie eating), in fact, are all part of the artificial creation of a lack of food.

And at the same time, underfeeding is not as notorious as one might think:

When our organism is fasting or eating very little, or exercising excessively, the body produces a hunger signal, and in order to protect the body from collapsing, the anabolism is strengthened, and the utilization of nutrients such as proteins is made much more efficient and the body is desperately tried to prevent it from breaking down the proteins.

Under-eating and over-exercising force the body to break down-repairing and building a stronger body in order to cope with a hungrier state.

There have been numerous scientific experiments showing that intermittent light fasting is beneficial for health promotion by:

1: reducing the risk of diseases of the cardiovascular system and diabetes;

2: regulating cholesterol levels and promoting the body's use of fats as a source of energy;

3: dramatically increasing the secretion of growth hormone, which boosts the metabolism

For example, some scientists have conducted experiments with Mice have been experimented with, through a cycle of underfeeding one day plus overfeeding the next day, the mice's ability to combat stress, brain sensitivity, and the body's protection against insulin resistance were all improved. Life expectancy was also extended.

But ...... this time is limited to a maximum of 24 hours and no more than once a week. And, after underfeeding, adequate nutritional supplements are given in order to help the body repair and rebuild.