The intermittent post, the method by which all the circuits in the body can be regulated, is not for anyone. People who are at risk

If we interrupt the diet from a certain number of hours up, blood sugar and blood decrease. A hormone comes into play in this interval and regulates all circuits in the body, explains the specialists. But the intermittent post is not for everyone.

The intermittent post is increasingly popular. Photo shutterstock

Research suggests that the intermittent post (fasting) – which compresses nutrition in a short time per day, often eight hours, leaving a 16 -hour interval – can improve metabolism, help cell repair and even prolong life, but nutritionists have long warns that skipping is not a miraculous solution,

An extensive study on this topic raised a more serious alarm signal. Analyzing the data from over 19,000 adults, researchers found that those who limited their food consumption to less than eight hours a day were facing a 135% higher risk of dying due to cardiovascular diseases – heart problems and blood vessels – than people who ate within 12-14 hours.

An increased cardiovascular risk means that, based on the health, lifestyle and medical data of a person, it has a higher probability than other people in developing cardiac problems, such as myocardial infarction or stroke.

A high cardiovascular risk means that, based on the health, lifestyle and medical data of a person, it has a higher probability than other people in developing cardiac problems, such as myocardial infarction or stroke.

Potential disadvantages: nutritional deficiencies, increased cholesterol, excessive hunger, irritability, headaches

Anoop Misra, a renowned endocrinologist, evaluated, in an editorial published in Jama, the promises and traps of the intermittent post.

According to him, on the one hand, multiple studies and analysis suggests that he can promote weight loss, improve insulin sensitivity, decrease blood pressure and improve lipid profile, with some evidence of anti -inflammatory benefits.

It can also help people manage their blood sugar without rigorously counting calories, easily fits with cultural or religious practices and is easy to follow.

“However, potential disadvantages include nutritional deficiencies, cholesterol increase, excessive hunger, irritability, headaches (…)”explained Prof. Misra.

The specialist added:

“For people with diabetes, the unattended post risks dangerous blood sugar decreases and promotes the consumption of junk food during the eating period. For the elderly or those with chronic conditions, the prolonged post can aggravate the fragility or accelerate muscle loss.”

The intermittent post has also been subjected to thorough analyzes.

A rigorous three -month study, published in Jama Internal Medicine in 2020, found that participants lost only a small amount of weight, most of it probably coming from muscles. Another study indicated that intermittent post can produce side effects such as weakness, hunger, dehydration, headaches.

The mechanisms by which the intermittent post can adjust the circuits in the body

In a food break of 12-16 hours, in which we give up not only the meals but also to the rontaiers, a hormone, the glucagon, stimulates the liver to break down the energy deposit it contains and give the energy cells, explained, for ProTV, Dr. Antonela Burlacu, primary endocrinologist:

“It causes us to use our resources during the food rest. It first goes from pancreas to liver and destroys the sugar deposit, normally present in the liver. The brain cannot produce glucose, so it is dependent on glucose, that's why the body needs glucose, to nourish the brain.”

What happens after these stages?

According to the doctor, after the insulin hormone did its job, after the glucagon hormone did, we burn from the fat from the warehouses.

“It enters the fat deposit, which fat is full of possibilities. That process of ketosis appears, when the fat transforms. The ketone bodies are good, the brain also uses. If it has no glucose, the brain eats ketonic bodies”, Said Antonela Burlacu,

Ronts throughout the day, with which a lot of mums are ordinary, nusunt than a simple way to cause inflammation in the liver.

Basically, those hazardous cells (stellate cells) are activated, which gradually replace normal liver cells, the liver not being able to fulfill its function correctly.

“They are inactive, but when stimulated by pro-inflammatory factors in the intestinal microbiota, from substances that are stimulated by insulin, glucagon and other growth hormones secreted by either the liver or by the pancreas, they are all metabolic,” explained, for ProTV, prof. Dr. Laura Iliescu, Internal Medicine, Fundeni Clinical Institute.