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Apr 20

How to lose weight even in lockdown – these tips could help you control snacking – Express

Coronavirus lockdown means that population are only allowed out for one hour of exercise each day. This can prove difficult to stay in shape while being confined indoors.

Intermittent fasting is an umbrella term for various meal timing schedules between voluntary fasting (or reduced calories intake) and non-fasting over a given period.

According to Healthline, this method of dieting is one of the worlds most popular tricks used to lose weight quickly.

There are three methods of intermittent fasting:

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Alternate day fasting involves eating 25 percent less than your normal daily intake followed by a 24 feast day.

On the day of fast, calorie-free beverages are allowed such as water, black or green tea and coffee.

On the day of feast, you can consume whatever food and drink you like.

Periodic fasting involves a period of consecutive fasting of more than 24 hours, it is also known as the 5:2 diet where there are one or two days where there are one or two fast days per week.

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During the fasting days consumption of around 500-700 calories or about 25 percent of regular daily calorie intake may be allowed instead of complete fasting.

Daily timed restricted diet is one of the most common methods of intermittent fasting.

It permits eating only during a certain number of hours each day.

Usually it follows a 16 hour period of fasting, followed by an eight hour window of non fasting.

This is usually done by eating from midday until eight oclock at night.

During these hours, you can return to usual eating.

According to a recent survey by International Food Information Council Foundation, intermittent fasting proved to be one of the most popular diets to follow with many benefits including weight loss.

Between meals, as long as there is no snacking involved, insulin levels will drop and fat cells will release their stored sugar to be used as energy.

Weight loss occurs when insulin levels drop.

The idea of intermittent fasting is to allow insulin levels to go down far enough and for long enough that fat can be burnt off.

This type of dieting has shown many benefits including improving metabolic health and protecting against disease.

Exercise is still advised to produce best results with any diet and many home workouts are now online during this lockdown.

Although this method can have many benefits, it may not be for everyone and it is best to follow a diet that works for you.

Dietician Dr Linia Patel says that: Mood swings caused by a change in insulin levels can be a consequence of fasting, depending on what you are used to eating.

If you have a diet that is very high in refined carbohydrates and you snack a lot, of course fasting is going to mean that you will be irritable.

However this simple diet is easy to follow and can help weight loss if followed correctly and maintaining a healthy balanced diet whilst doing so.

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How to lose weight even in lockdown - these tips could help you control snacking - Express

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