Fasting is good you say, but breakfast is a must you say. How good is fasting to diabetic persons.
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Fasting is not advisable to diabetic patients as they are advised to take small frequent meals instead of large ones and regular medicines.
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We're not talking about fasting glucose here. We're talking about food fasting ? going without food for a period of time. The reason the first meal of the day is called ?Breakfast? is because you are ?breaking? your all night ?fast.? So in one sense, we all have a familiarity with fasting?if you?ve ever fasted for a test, you?ve had to go without food (or certain types of foods) or water for a set amount of time. There are many reasons people fast?religious and health being the 2 most common. Additionally, there are many types of fasts ? whether that be skipping a single meal, not eating for a day, or sometimes even going without food longer. What Happens During Fasting? Our bodies are well designed to adapt to go certain periods of time without food?this is why we store certain nutrients in our tissues, including fat tissue. This allows us to be able to draw from reserves of energy during times of scarcity. However, this does alter our metabolism in ways that are not optimal. Any time the body is deprived of food during a time of need for energy, it will slow down metabolism to reserve stores. This is obviously not optimal if we?re trying to lose weight?we want that metabolism to be up not down. The body always needs a certain amount of circulating glucose?your cells need it for energy and metabolism, so when levels get too low, the body sends signals like hunger, dizziness, and shakiness, enticing you to eat. Once you eat, the carbohydrates from food turn into glucose and you can rely on that circulating glucose for about 4 hours. If you override these signals and neglect to eat, the body tries to compensate by sending glucose into the bloodstream through other means: Glycogenolysis ? breaking down glycogen into glucose (glycogen is the storage form of glucose found in the muscle and liver) Gluconeogenesis ? literally ?making new glucose? (generally from amino acids/ proteins) These are much less efficient processes and tax the body. These processes start taking place 8-12 hours after fasting. At that point (16-50 hours without food), the body is in starvation mode and continues to try to produce glucose from the liver; and using other substrates such as ketone bodies; and breaking down amino acids?again poor fuel sources. In this process, insulin (glucose storing hormone) is suppressed and glucagon (glucose-releasing hormone) is heightened. Going longer than 2 days without food can be dangerous and very taxing on the body. Organs can start to break down and muscle wasting takes place. Prolonged starvation will eventually lead to permanent damage and eventually death.
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