Dr Michael Mosley has said that fasting does not cause people to go into ‘starvation mode’ and so stop losing weight. Describing it as a diet ‘myth’ the weight loss expert claimed that multiple studies had shown that losing weight fast doesn’t mean you will regain it. He said: “Have you heard of starvation mode? The idea is that if you lose weight particularly rapidly, then your body goes crazy and you eat loads of junk food and you put all that weight on again.
“Now this is a myth. It’s based on a study, which was performed shortly after the Second World War. It was actually about low protein rather than low calories as such.
Nonetheless, it has hung around in the public consciousness ever since. Study after study has consistently shown the rate at which you lose weight has no impact on whether you regain it.” Dr Mosley is known for his eating plans the 5:2 and Fast 800 diets which both involve periods of fasting and low calorie intake.
Refuting suggestions that fasting and The Fast 800 Programme could force your body into starvation mode, he said in a post: “The opposite is true. Studies have revealed that some forms of fasting can actually boost the metabolism due to an increase in blood levels of norepinephrine as a result of a decrease in serum glucose, which stimulates your metabolism and breaks down body fat cells.” Writing on his website Dr Mosley previously addressed this theory.
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