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“eating anything also increases our levels of fat-burning hormones. Many body builders and work-out enthusiasts swear by intermittent fasting. When blood sugar becomes low, it triggers the release of fat-burning hormones including adrenaline and growth hormone. Growth-hormone release peaks at night and during sleep. Intermittent fasting is powerful partly because it prolongs the overnight fast, extending the release of growth hormone, which burns fat.”
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“This finding supports Muraven’s conclusion that practicing small acts of willpower increased subjects’ ability to take on bigger tasks involving self-control.”
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“Apparently, it is healthier to be overweight and fit than simply to be thin.”
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“lesson is clear: once we enter a specific range of strenuous exercise, the body kicks in to lose fat no matter what our genes want. Bouchard’s groundbreaking work tracing genetic aspects of fat in the 1980s and 1990s depended on observations of physical traits within families; statistical modeling to account for variables such as gender, age, energy intake and expenditure; and human experimentation confined to pairs of identical twins. But new technological advances are now allowing for more specific investigation of”
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“What we eat and how much also affects our hormone levels. Our growth-hormone levels are naturally reduced by sugars and fats. That means eating a lot of cheesecake or other fatty desserts not only puts more fat into our bodies, but also diminishes our ability to burn it. It is a double penalty in which fat begets fat. Avoiding sugary foods also helps prevent the energy drop and hunger that result from insulin clearing the blood of nutrients. Eating about ten grams of protein after mild exercise, or twenty grams after more strenuous workouts, helps control hunger, as will adding plenty of fiber to one’s diet. Not”
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