When we need energy, can’t the body just burn the stored fat? Isn’t that the whole point of stored fat? Why will we feel hungry, weak, lightheaded, etc. at all? I understand if the body doesn’t have enough fat (if you’re super skinny), it would make sense to feel hungry, but I don’t understand why would that be the case if there’s enough fat to go around.
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This is the question I asked myself and it lead me to intermittent fasting, now I’ve lost 10 kgs.
When our insulin levels are constantly high, we are in this perpetual vicious cycle of hunger and weight gain. My simplified understanding: Insulin has an antagonist hormone, glucacon. It takes energy from our fat! But glucagon can’t work when insulin is high. Insulin is doing its best to protect us from high blood sugar and putting it into stores as fat. The thing is, we never get to use those stores when we just keep eating crap all the time, and our insulin stays elevated. This is very harmful in so many ways. Look for example videos by Dr Pradip Jamnadas. I love his enthusiastic style. I’m Finnish and somehow like his directness!
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