Among the most popular of these resolutions is modifying their eating habits.
Many tend to gravitate towardsintermittent fasting where one intentionally omits food for a certain period of time.
Standard fasts can last anywhere from 8-16 hours.
However, more and more people have gravitated towards a full 24-hour fast.
Bring your appetite for knowledge along as we explore what happens in a 24-hour period of no food.
You may be reading this and feeling a bit confused about what this all means.
We’ll “break it down” for you: Glycogen is the stored form of glucose.
Glucose is the body’s main source of energy, which mostly comes from carbs.
As a result, you may experience irritability, sadness, tension, and even low self-esteem.
A hormone called “ghrelin” is released when your stomach is empty.
This hormone sends a message to your brain to indicate that it’s time to eat.
When your liver breaks down fats, it produces a chemical called ketone.
You may have heard of the trend “keto diet.”
This is when one restricts their intake of specific foods such as carbs.
The absence of these particular foods signals the brain to start breaking down the stored fats in your body.
This process is called ketosis.
You may recall that the body typically uses glucose for energy.
YouTube channelASAPScienceprovides a simple animated explanation of this process.
This prolonged effect tends to hurt one’s irritability as well.
Another hormone also comes into play here, which is called leptin (viaCleveland Clinic).
Leptin is the hormone that signals satiety in us.
Among the more prominent reasons is their diet isn’t something they can attain long-term.
That method is intermittent fasting.
By not eating for a day, we are participating inintermittent fasting.
It’s working and it’s not harming people in any way.
Clinicians are way more positive about it."
The good news, it’s not all terrible!
Fasting has scientifically proven to yield positive results as well.
With no food in us, it’s a wonder how our body operates several internal processes.
While the ketosis process continues, the body can incorporate a little “spring cleaning.”
According toHealthline, eating too few or no calories at all may be slowing down your metabolism.
