So exercise is good, fasting is good, heat is good, cold is good. It seems all short term stress is good.
I'm waiting for the study that shows binge drinking is good :)
I'm waiting for the study that shows binge drinking is good :)
(Because I'm feeling kind I won't even make you groan by asking if the studies were double-blind.)
That's some cult-level wishful thinking.
We all wish. Binge drinking is great if you want to put on some fat :) Sorry, I have some bad news for you.
The evidence here is unfortunately pretty strong - binge drinking causes all sorts of negative effects, upsetting your metabolism and muscle synthesis.
Population studies of alcohol consumption overall show that even minimal drinking habits (1/day) increase your risk of death from various cancers and issues. It's offset by reduction in cardiovascular deaths until a break-even of about 3/day for men.
Most of these studies are self-reported, based off correlation not causation. Health problems lead some to a reduction in drinking. I'm unconvinced the benefits are real. We just enjoy drinking too damn much.
A standard drink is often much less than what we'll consider a drink. A 20oz pint of some strong craft beer can hit 3 standard drinks. Optimal dosages based on a health Canada study were 0.25 drinks for women and 0.5 for men. Enjoy your half-can of beer!
Don't drink for the health benefits. They're at best overstated and, if they do exist, are likely better obtained by doing something we've actually tested for causality.
I know you're joking, but even if you were looking to get fat, there're still better ways to do it.
If your aim was to get hungover, then maybe drinking is the best way, haha.
I'm convinced a decent session has seen off an impending cold on occasions. Presumably by giving my antibodies a home advantage.
Fasting invokes all your counter-regulatory hormones: cortisol, adrenaline, others but they are the big players - because not having easy access to sugar leads to a stress response.
So it isn't gut rest, it's physiological phase change that is causing the stress response
Thyroid hormone is also going to be implicated somewhere along with a host of other hormones so I have simplified but suffice to say it's shades of grey on the way in and out
The digestive tract may not do anything, but the body gets into "we're fighting possible starvation" mode.