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Is it safe and effective to lose or maintain body fat by changing your eating habits two days a week?

Yes, not only is it possible and safe, it’s highly desireable. Fasting only 2 days a week  is one of the many ways to do ‘intermittent fasting’. Intermittent fasting done correctly will help you achieve body composition goals AND improve other aspects of health at the same time.

When most people think of the word ‘fast’ they have negative associations. This is largely because in health literature most of the references to fasting concern long-term fasts, not short-term. Long-term fasts can harm health  – that has been established. But study after study have shown that short-term fasts – such as doing two 24-hr fasts a week – do NOT produce the negative results of long-term fasting.

Why don’t more people, including doctors, know about the many benefits of short-term fasts? A large part of the reason is that the better studies on intermittent fasting are not funded by the health industry because there’s very little money to be made by telling people NOT to eat. Without the backing and agenda, the many studies that prove that short-term fasts are safe and effective get almost no press.

Why 2 Day Fasts Are Better Than Dieting – 3 Reasons

1. You Only Change Your Eating Habits Twice a Week

Instead of depriving yourself every day to reach your fat loss goal (the standard with most diet programs), you only have to change your habits 2 days a week. On those 2 days, spaced a few days apart, you don’t eat or drink anything that contains calories for 24 hours, then you resume your normal eating pattern until your next fast.

The result is that you can lose the same amount of fat in two days as it would in 7 days with a standard fat loss program. Also, with fasting, almost 100% of the loss will be body fat as long as you do some form of resistance training during the week.

2. Increase in Human Growth Hormone Levels

Short-term fasting increases your human growth hormone levels dramatically. Standard dieting does not. Levels peak near to the 24 hour mark of a fast. That’s why it’s good to go for the full 24 period on fasting days.

Human growth hormone is also known as the ‘youth hormone’ because levels steadily decline as people age. Intense excercise can boost growth hormone levels, but fasting is a far easier way to accomplish the same thing. Better yet, do both. Doing things the natural way is also far cheaper than getting expensive growth hormone shots that are all the rage in anti-aging medicine. It’s also safer because the injections can have undesireable side effects.

3. Reduced Hunger and Increased Energy

There is an adaptation period, so it may take three 24-hour fasts before you aren’t as bothered by hunger, but short-term fasting done correctly will reduce feelings of hunger and boost energy levels. So much so that many people report that they’re more productive on their fasting days!

Standard dieting can reduce hunger over time, but not as dramatically and quickly as intermittent fasting. Many people who do intermittent fasting find that they have to remind themselves to eat. That usually can’t be said about standard diets.

Doing two 24-hour fasts a week is an ideal way to safely lose or maintain body fat levels, increase growth hormone levels, and enjoy many other long-term health benefits.

To find out about the best program for 2 day fasts and to sign up for FREE fasting tips, visit Lillea Woodlyn’s review site at http://www.intermittentfastingreview.com

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