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I’d like to share with you a little information that may help set the record straight about fasting and what it can do for you. Pretty much every major civilization throughout human history has engaged in at least an annual cleanse or fast. In the U.S., we're so conditioned to believe that we will starve if even one meal is missed, and the fact is we can go days, weeks, and even months (in extreme cases) without eating a calorie. And the evidence is mounting that fasting regularly, including intermittent fasting, or limiting the times we eat, have tremendous health benefits.
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The Science Behind Fasting When we eat, food is broken down by enzymes in the gut, and eventually, the molecules of that broken-down food make their way in our bloodstream. Carbohydrates, particularly sugars and refined grains (think white flours and rice), are quickly broken down into sugar, which our cells use for energy. If our cells don’t use it all, that sugar gets stored in our fat cells as fat. But sugar can only enter our cells with insulin, a hormone made in the pancreas. Insulin brings sugar into the fat cells and keeps it there. Between meals, as long as we don’t snack, our insulin levels
go down, and our fat cells then release stored sugar for energy. We lose weight if we let our insulin levels go down. The entire idea of intermittent fasting is to allow the insulin levels to go down far enough and long enough that we burn fat. Insulin resistance happens when the pancreas makes so much
insulin in response to blood sugar volumes that the cells stop listening to the insulin signal to let sugar into the cell. As a result, cells are hungry because they are ignoring insulin and not letting in the sugar to do the work. The cell sends more signals to the
asting. You’ve probably heard about it. You’ve also probably heard a lot of conflicting things about it…“Yes, it’s great!” “No, it’s harmful.” As a science-based naturopathic doctor,
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brain, saying “feed me” and the person eats, and the cycle con- tinues. This can lead to metabolic syndrome, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes.
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