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Fasting

Abstaining from all food.


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Adiposity and Disease

... in the human body work. It seems to me, considering the modern diet of westerners in affluent countries, that, we fail to experience times of fasting, at least during waking hours. If we consider the conventional diet that consists of eating three meals a day which roughly coincide with the ...

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by Don
Mon May 23, 2011 6:20 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Adiposity and Disease
Replies: 2
Views: 1828

Re: brain power

... be used by brain, but as I understand, it is a very slow process and is used only when blood glucose is in short supply for longer periods as in fasting. For faster energy requirements, the body first uses ATP and glucose derived from glycogen stored in the muscle tissues and turns to fat oxidation ...

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by koyal
Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:25 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: brain power
Replies: 11
Views: 3222

Intraspecific Adaptation Biology: A New Separated Direction

... as a response to seasonal changes in soil moisture and temperature. During this phase of inactivity individuals remain at deeper soil layers, fasting and immobile. A Comparative study on the earthworms’ life cycle physiology in relation to the environmental changes, researcher can find that ...

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by wellalt
Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:35 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: About Physiological Darwinism:From Fitness to Optimality
Replies: 13
Views: 13091

Re: Stomach bloating and weight gain

you are right MichelXY.fasting is not a proper way.

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by yeastinfection120
Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:28 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
Replies: 448
Views: 2236661

Stomach bloating and weight gain

Most of us have an imposed fasting of sorts. We usually do not eat from 8 PM to around 6-7 AM, so we fast for about 9 or more hours. Just because we are unconscious doesn't really mean anything does it? Just makes it go by faster.

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by kolean
Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:19 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
Replies: 448
Views: 2236661
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