Due to the corona virus crisis, many people have gained a few pounds of wellbeing. Tips and tricks on how to get rid of those extra pounds quickly.
- The coronavirus crisis forced many people to spend more time at home and be less active.
- Many came while walking on the scale of the shock: Due to the corona time many have a lot of weight increased .
- Intermittent fasting could help you get rid of the feel-good kilos quickly and in the long term.
NRW / Dortmund - The coronavirus crisis * has hardly left anyone without a trace: Without sport and in the home office , a few extra pounds quickly got lost on the hips. But now summer is just around the corner and the coronavirus measures are being relaxed more and more - many want the extra pounds to disappear quickly. But how? RUHR24.de * provides a remedy.
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genus | Betacorona virus |
Coronavirus pandemic: home office and closed gyms cause weight gain
The past few months have been characterized by staying at home: home office , closed gyms and a short walk to the fridge. For most of us, now that many corona measures have been relaxed, the big shock comes when we step on the scales (all advice and service topics at RUHR24.de *).
But the corona kilos are not a reason for despair - after all, are celebrities already in the Corona - Kilo - case tapped: crooner Michael Wendler (47) for example, which has increased also properly during the coronavirus pandemic *, and now nearly 14 kg weighs more than last year.
Intermittent fasting to lose weight after coronavirus time - how useful is that?
To the removal, some myths *: Crash diets are known to produce little sense - because no sooner are the superfluous pounds down, also suggests the already Jojo - effect to. Instead, nutritionists and medical professionals swear by intermittent fasting .
Intermittent fasting , also called intermittent fasting , is strictly speaking not a diet, but a form of nutrition that is becoming increasingly popular.
16: 8 interval fasting after coronavirus pandemic: fast 16 hours, eat eight hours
When interval fasting , it comes a day over a certain period of time to fast , and within a specified period to take food. The most popular is the 16: 8 fasting method . This provides for fasting for 16 hours every day and eating within eight hours .
Specifically, this means that one meal a day is omitted. Many who this fast principle follow eating, for example, between noon and eight o'clock in the evening and leave for the breakfast away .
Due to the corona virus crisis, many people have gained a few pounds of wellbeing. With intermittent fasting they could quickly tumble again.
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Corona Kilos: Multiple ways to lose weight with interval fasting
The 16 8 interval fasting is the most popular variant of intermittent fasting as it is easy to meet and well as a permanent form of nutrition in everyday incorporated can be.
Stricter methods, such as the 20: 4 fasting method ( i.e. fasting for 20 hours and eating for 4 hours) are only recommended by doctors as a detoxification treatment over a short period of time.
Another popular fasting method is the 5: 2 diet . Fasting takes place two days a week with a maximum of 500 calories as energy. The remaining five days are then eaten normally again.
Lose corona kilos through interval fasting: This is how the body switches to burning fat
But that can interval fasting really help weight to reduce ? By omitting a meal, people automatically consume fewer calories - about five to ten percent on average - but only if they don't go overboard with the rest of the meals.
That being said, the human body after about twelve hours without food to fat burning to - then all that is carbohydrate storage depleted. So if you fast for 16 hours, you can assume that the body also splits and consumes fat reserves.
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Advantages of interval fasting: blood pressure and insulin levels are reduced
The difference between interval fasting and a crash diet is also that the metabolism is not throttled by interval fasting and the muscle mass is not reduced. This prevents a yo-yo effect , as with a crash diet .
Apart from a decrease , interval fasting has numerous other advantages : Fasting is said to lower blood pressure and insulin levels, which leads to an improved sugar or fat metabolism.
By the way: The human body has been used to " periods of hunger " since the Stone Age - even then people often had to survive for a long time without food.
Intermittent fasting - form of nutrition as a weight loss option not suitable for everyone
But be careful: If you want to try interval fasting and have previous illnesses , you should consult a doctor beforehand.
Intermittent fasting is not particularly suitable for low blood pressure , metabolic disorders, chronic diseases, cancer , old age, eating disorders , pregnancy and breastfeeding . For everyone else, however, it could be the solution for or against the Corona kilos .
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