Skipping meals leads to more fat creation and insulin resistance according to new study

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  • dalila747
    dalila747 Posts: 153 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    dalila747 wrote: »
    cbsnews.com/news/skipping-meals-may-increase-belly-fat-study-finds/

    I had initially been interesting in IF, and did a very very modified version where I only had coffee with cream and sugar for breakfast (probably not IF at all, I know). Just because I am usually not hungry in the morning and I wanted to save my calories for later when I'm really hungry. But this article is definitely giving me food for thought.
    The mice that fasted and then gorged didn't just regain weight, however. They also developed insulin resistance in their livers. The researchers explained that when the liver doesn't respond to insulin signals telling it to stop producing glucose, that extra sugar in the blood ends up stored as adipose tissue, more commonly known as fat, in the body.

    "Even though they were consuming the same amount of energy [calories], they were storing it differently -- storing it as adipose tissue," Belury said. The adipose tissue -- fat -- accumulated around the organs in the mice's midsections.

    The mice were kept awake for extended periods of time, moved from free feeding to long periods between eating, they were fed in the middle of the night and they were changed from mice food to a sugar water. If someone took away my food, kept me awake for long periods of time and only fed me sugar water in the middle of the night I'd gorge when I got the chance.

    I was only able to see the abstract. So the regular non fasting group had a more regular schedule or were both kept awake?


  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    If they're storing fat, they're in a surplus. What does that have to do with losing weight?

    because apparently mice store fat in a calorie deficit, and if humans skip meals they will also store fat in a calorie deficit...

    not that I believe that but that is my take away from this...
  • nicfitnesszone
    nicfitnesszone Posts: 115 Member
    No skipping meals for me . Simple reason-- I get light headed, shaky, clammy, tachycardic, anxious, massive headache. Impending doom-- very unpleasant.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    dalila747 wrote: »
    usmcmp wrote: »
    dalila747 wrote: »
    cbsnews.com/news/skipping-meals-may-increase-belly-fat-study-finds/

    I had initially been interesting in IF, and did a very very modified version where I only had coffee with cream and sugar for breakfast (probably not IF at all, I know). Just because I am usually not hungry in the morning and I wanted to save my calories for later when I'm really hungry. But this article is definitely giving me food for thought.
    The mice that fasted and then gorged didn't just regain weight, however. They also developed insulin resistance in their livers. The researchers explained that when the liver doesn't respond to insulin signals telling it to stop producing glucose, that extra sugar in the blood ends up stored as adipose tissue, more commonly known as fat, in the body.

    "Even though they were consuming the same amount of energy [calories], they were storing it differently -- storing it as adipose tissue," Belury said. The adipose tissue -- fat -- accumulated around the organs in the mice's midsections.

    The mice were kept awake for extended periods of time, moved from free feeding to long periods between eating, they were fed in the middle of the night and they were changed from mice food to a sugar water. If someone took away my food, kept me awake for long periods of time and only fed me sugar water in the middle of the night I'd gorge when I got the chance.

    I was only able to see the abstract. So the regular non fasting group had a more regular schedule or were both kept awake?


    The regular non fasting group was allowed a normal sleep schedule, regular feedings and ate normal food the entire time. The fasting group had a disrupted sleep schedule, were fed in the middle of the night, were only fed sugar water initially then switched to sugar water and normal food later.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    "Future studies should determine whether changes in adipose tissue gene expressions, lipid stores, and whole-body metabolism in our study can be attributed to the initial food restriction, circadian disturbances, and/or gorging eating pattern" (Kliewer. 2015).
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    Here are graphs from their study.
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  • dalila747
    dalila747 Posts: 153 Member
    edited May 2015
    usmcmp wrote: »
    dalila747 wrote: »
    usmcmp wrote: »
    dalila747 wrote: »
    cbsnews.com/news/skipping-meals-may-increase-belly-fat-study-finds/

    I had initially been interesting in IF, and did a very very modified version where I only had coffee with cream and sugar for breakfast (probably not IF at all, I know). Just because I am usually not hungry in the morning and I wanted to save my calories for later when I'm really hungry. But this article is definitely giving me food for thought.
    The mice that fasted and then gorged didn't just regain weight, however. They also developed insulin resistance in their livers. The researchers explained that when the liver doesn't respond to insulin signals telling it to stop producing glucose, that extra sugar in the blood ends up stored as adipose tissue, more commonly known as fat, in the body.

    "Even though they were consuming the same amount of energy [calories], they were storing it differently -- storing it as adipose tissue," Belury said. The adipose tissue -- fat -- accumulated around the organs in the mice's midsections.

    The mice were kept awake for extended periods of time, moved from free feeding to long periods between eating, they were fed in the middle of the night and they were changed from mice food to a sugar water. If someone took away my food, kept me awake for long periods of time and only fed me sugar water in the middle of the night I'd gorge when I got the chance.

    I was only able to see the abstract. So the regular non fasting group had a more regular schedule or were both kept awake?


    The regular non fasting group was allowed a normal sleep schedule, regular feedings and ate normal food the entire time. The fasting group had a disrupted sleep schedule, were fed in the middle of the night, were only fed sugar water initially then switched to sugar water and normal food later.

    Ah ok, that definitely helps to understand the study better. I'm flabbergasted as to why they would change all those other factors. How can they even say the insulin resistance and extra fat is not due to them eating mostly sugar water???? There's too much variation between the two groups to say anything at all.
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    I would lend more significance to the great amount if IF success stories, over a poorly conducted mice study.

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