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Originally Posted by otterhere
I've been reading about keto and fasting...or keto versus fasting...and keto versus fasting versus reducing calories...and I'm not understanding why one results in the body saying, "Oh, no; I'm starving!" and dropping the metabolic rate while another (or the others) supposedly doesn't (or don't).
Intermittent or alternate day fasting also means fewer calories in (unless you consume twice as much as normal the rest of that day or the other day), so why wouldn't your body have the same "Oh, no!" moment it does when you simply reduce calories EVERY day?
I can see in an extended fast -- after all, that's how actual starving people lose weight -- but few people do that, nor do I think it's particularly recommended.
Can anyone clear this up for me?
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I think you have a lot of confusion. The body doesn't understand calorie there's no concept of it. When you are starving, that's your gut telling you it is craving or desiring a certain type of food based on what kind of diet you normally eat.
Say you are craving for sweets, that's because you usually eat sweets a lot and the gut bacteria colony is telling you it needs sweet. In order to defeat this craving, you must fast to kill off the bacteria colony that feeds sweet. That is why fasting is so important, it helps control the gut bacteria colony.
Focus on eating high fiber rich plant food that will feed different gut bacteria and you will not have sugar cravings after a period of fasting and eating more plants.
As for metabolic rate, that is simply how much calories your body can burn at rest. Don't bother with that, as long as you can sustain a long period of fasting you will begin to heal and fix your insulin craving problem.
The simplest idea of fasting is fixing insulin in your blood, the more insulin in the blood the more you crave for food. It is called insulin resistance when there is insulin in the blood even if you are not eating. A healthy person does not have insulin in the blood unless they eat foods then it triggers insulin. Having insulin resistance is what causes people to constantly crave for food and yet feeling deprived.
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