7 Ways Fasting Can Rev Up Your Fat Burning Furnace

By Brad Pilon, MS

Flexible intermittent fasting is becoming a very popular way to use your body’s natu-ral ability to burn lots of fat in a short period of time.Here is a list of the ways that flexible intermittent fasting will turbo charge your fatloss.

1. Increases Fat Burning HormonesHormones are usually at the root of mostof your metabolic functioning, and fatburning is no different. Growth Hormoneis the most important fat burning hormonein your body. Fasting pushes growth hor-mone production into high gear and thismakes your fat burning furnace start towork overtime. Fasting also decrease yourinsulin levels, which ensures that you burnbody fat instead of storing it.

2. Increased Fat Burning EnzymesFat burning hormones need the help of fatburning enzymes to get their job done.Fasting will sky rocket the activity of twoof the most important fat burning enzymesin your body. Adipose tissue HSL (Hor-mone Sensitive Lipase) is the enzyme re-

sponsible for allowing your fat cells to release fat so it can be burned as energy inyour muscles. Muscle tissue LPL (Lipoprotein Lipase) is the enzyme responsible forallowing your muscle cells to take up fat so it can be burnt as a fuel. Fasting increasesboth of these enzymes to optimize fat burning - A perfect combination.

3. Burn More CaloriesShort term fasting (12-72hrs) actually increases your metabolism and adrenaline lev-els. This causes you to increase calorie burning during the fast period. The more calo-ries you burn the faster you can lose weight. The extra energy you get from the fastmight actually help you through a workout or get more work done at work or aroundthe house. When I did my first fast I was shocked at how awake and energetic I was.My fasting days are now my most productive days of the week.

4. Burn Fat Instead of SugarFasting shifts your metabolism from burning blood sugar to burning mostly body fat.When you eat a meal your body likes to burn carbs first, then the fat from your food.

Any extra fat that your body can’t burn in the few hours after you eat get stored asbody fat. When you fast your body has no choice but to burn stored body fat. By theend of a 24 hour fast your body is burning way more fat than it would during a regu-lar day of eating.

5. You’ll Find Out Why You EatThe most surprising benefit people report back when they start fasting is a new foundawareness of what causes them to eat. When you make a conscious decision to fastfor a day your less than flattering eating motivations become painfully obvious. Thisis the first and most effective step to getting rid of bat habits for good. Knowing whatyour motivations are for poor eating choices is essential before you can change themand build better habits.

6. Builds Positive Attitudes Towards Yourself and FoodEach short fast is an accomplishment that can build self confidence and gratitude. Atthe end of a 24 hour fast you can feel good about your accomplishment and start feel-ing good about your relationship with food again. The positive empowerment fromeach fast builds on the last until you feel completely in control of your food choices.

7. Eat All The Foods You Love Guilt FreeShort term fasting allows you to lose weight and burn fat without restricting any ofthe foods you love to eat. With this style of eating you can consume any and all of thefoods you like whenever you choose without feeling guilty about it and still loseweight. You will never again have to be sitting in a restaurant picking at a salad whileeveryone else at the tables indulges in their favorite entrée and dessert.

Eating for fat loss doesn’t need to be complicated and food should never be a sourceof anxiety or guilt. Mixing in a few 24 hours fasts to your week can liberate you fromthe dieting prison and allow you to enjoy food again.

****Brad Pilon is a nutrition professional with over eight years experience working in thenutritional supplement industry specializing in clinical research management and newproduct development. Brad has completed graduate studies in nutritional sciencesspecializing in the use of short term fasting for weight loss.

His trademarked book Eat Stop Eat has been featured on national television andhelped thousands of men and women around the world lose fat without sacrificing thefoods they love.

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