Reversing The Evolutionary Imperative To Store Body Fat
But when your body does get the message that food is scarce it responds according to a set of survival instructions that were programmed into our genes over the two million year course of our evolution . For most of that time food was in short supply and we had to work hard to ensure that we did not go hungry . On the occasions when food was in good supply it made sense from an evolutionary point of view to store any left over calories as body fat , so that when the lean times arrived again ( as they always did ) there would be an energy reserve for the body to draw from .
Moreover , when food in the environment is scarce it makes sense for the body to burn food reserves more slowly , so as to conserve its store of energy for as long as possible . In other words , your metabolism drops when you starve yourself — you burn fat more slowly , and you pack it on whenever you get a chance to eat . This is the exact opposite of your intentions if your goal is to lose weight .
So every day that you eliminate calories from your diet you are signalling to your body that it should hang on to every extra calorie it can latch onto . When you break your fasting again , your body will work hard to store as much of your meal as possible as extra body fat . You know , for another of those rainy days that seem to be plaguing you so frequently right now .
Reversing The Evolutionary Imperative To Store Body Fat
Well , my body never gets that message . By reducing the size of my meals , and eating more often , I am telling my body every day that food is in constant supply and that there is no need to store extra fat reserves for a famine . I eat the same number of calories as my hypothetical twin who sticks to her “ three squares a day ”.
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