The type and quality of food you consume does not only influence your weight. Diet affects your metabolism, insulin production, leptin release, and a host of other hormones and chemical balances.
Scientists are also examining how fasting affects cellular and mitochondrial function, as well as longevity.
They discovered that your body’s cells respond to fasting very much like how they react to the sport. In other words, when they are under stress – whether due to sports or fasting – the reaction creates changes at the cellular level that help prolong your life expectancy.
For starters, fasting causes your body to use fats rather than glucose as the main source of fuel, and burning fat effectively benefits your health beyond weight loss.
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