You may know,
The metabolism is like a furnace for calories,
And the faster it’s churning, the more calories that are burning…
Incorrectly, however, most people believe that if food isn’t being shoveled down the throat every few hours, the metabolism slows down to prevent excess energy usage, and to stop the body from morphing into a human twig…
Making losing weight even harder than it already is.
However,
The recent scientific evidence shows otherwise...
Studies have shown that metabolic activity isn’t related to the amount of meals you fork down each day[1],
But rather, the caloric content of each meal…
In other words…
The SIZE of the meal matters,
More than the AMOUNT of meals.
In addition, during a fast, your body produces a stimulating chemical called noradrenaline[2].
You might know it as the fight or flight chemical that provides a sudden jolt of energy in tense situations…
But, during a fast, this chemical is released to keep your energy levels high, and stabilize (sometimes even boost) your metabolism.
In a study done by the departments of Internal Medicine, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Clinical Pharmacology at a notable hospital in Sweden, they found that noradrenaline increased by 22% in just a two day fast (with evidence predicting a continued elevation in longer fasting periods).