04/27/2021
You may hear about men getting cognitive focus and clarity of mind when they are in a fasted state, and this is because we know specifically that the parasympathetic response in men is one that is very strong.
👉But in women, it's not a parasympathetic response. It’s a sympathetic response to not having enough calories.
In a fasted state, women ...
👊🏼are anxious
👊🏼They have brain fog.
👊🏼They get a little bit of depression 👊🏼and an elevated heart rate,
and it's because they're in such a high sympathetic drive.
👉We also know that in women, there's no improvement in blood glucose control, where as in men there is. We also know that the autophagy that is so well-documented in intermittent fasting,
is very minimal in women, but it has a massive effect in men.
👉The biggest thing about IF is it signals an increase in visceral fat in women. (the fat around the essential organs, the protective fat that's really hard to mobilize and increases cardiovascular risk.)
Have you been told to give it a try before? Have you noticed the difference from your male counterparts? Tell me below 👇