Agadir, Morocco
Recently, people all over the world have become aware of how important it is to take care of one’s health condition. In addition to that, many people today suffer from being overweight and, most of the time, start exercising randomly in order to be in the so-called perfect shape. The fitness industry developed a newly created way of losing weight as well as gaining better health; it is called intermittent fasting.
This new fad of losing weight has spread in the whole world recently in a very fast way for its appealing benefits. Before delving into the benefits of intermittent fasting, a definition of this lifestyle should be given. Intermittent fasting is not a diet as most people think of it. A diet involves the kind of food a person eats. For instance, Pedeo, a kind of a diet, restricts the person to meat, fruits and vegetables. Intermittent fasting can be simply defined as preventing oneself from eating for a duration of time throughout the day.
A great deal of research has been dedicated to intermittent fasting in order to determine its benefits and the “magic” it can do to the human body. The first and foremost is weight loss. This advantage is the principle aim of intermittent fasting. It helps you control your calorie intake and boost the metabolic rate in your body. One of the factors that helps in weight loss is a high metabolism which gets elicited through intermittent fasting. Secondly, the calorie intake plays a huge role in losing weight because intermittent fasting alone will not give you the desired outcomes you want if you don’t commit to a healthy diet. The third benefit has to do with insulin levels. Intermittent fasting decreases insulin in the blood stream and acts as a fat burner. The fourth benefit is the increase of human growth hormone that results from this way of living. The human growth hormone (GH) is the most important hormone in order to lose weight and gain muscle. It is simply the hormone that accounts for the performance of the person while training in order to achieve a certain goal whether it is losing weight or gaining muscle.
Intermittent fasting is not only about weight loss and being in a good shape. Research has shown it also has positive effects on the body parts, and it makes the body immune to many diseases, such as obesity and diabetes. In a research study about the protective benefits of fasting to neurons conducted by the US National Liberty of Medicine, intermittent fasting was determined to protect memory and learning functionally as well as slow disease processes in the brain. Diabetes is known as the disease of the era as a huge number of people suffer from it. Intermittent fasting protects the body from this disease. When you fast from 10-16 hours, the sugar level in your blood gets down, which in turn increases receptivity of body cells towards insulin. Then, insulin can effectively push out sugar from your blood. Other benefits of implementing intermittent fasting exist, but the aforementioned are the most common ones.
The advantages of this fad are numerous. This style of living is highly recommended for people who are willing to make a change in their body. Intermittent fasting is scientifically said to be one of the best ways of making that change you want to see.
By Rachid Faiz
