Why Fasting Is Key For Fat Loss
Why Fasting Is Key For Fat Loss
First and foremost, fasting is one of the easiest methods to achieve fat loss and maintain lean muscle (not just weight loss).
Remember, when we don't want to lose weight, we actually want to reduce visceral fat, belly fat, and stubborn body fat and build lean muscle.
Focus on fewer meals, not calories
We have been told for decades calories matter and calories are equal. Where has that left us?
Since 1979 obesity rates have skyrocketed, and our governments spend more on healthcare than anything else. The message has been to eat fewer calories, move more, and snack to regulate blood sugar.
Fasting is not a diet or portion restriction. It's a way of life.
We have been sold a lie. Eat every few hours; however, as you will learn, eating promotes insulin (your fat-storing hormone).
So focus on eating quality foods until you feel satiated in a smaller eating window. The benefits are far greater than anything else for fat loss.
The way fasting burns fat is by targeting two fat-storing hormones:
Cortisol
Insulin
With elevated cortisol and insulin, your body will not burn fat instead it will store fat.
Fasting is the most superior method to burn belly fat, and it boosts:
Testosterone by 180%
Human growth hormone by 2000%. This is your major fat-burning hormone!
Lean muscle mass
Energy
Fasting ultimately induces lipolysis - the breakdown of fat.
Eating triggers insulin, especially if you are eating frequently. That's why fasting is powerful in lowering insulin and switching your body from burning sugar to burning fat.
Later in this course, we will give you the easy steps to start fasting correctly, without hunger, deprivation, or cravings, and easily melt off fat.