Refeeding and Leptin

[rez]

At 22%, if you are a female, every 10-14 would probably be good, if you are a male, 3-4 weeks sounds good.

And, of course, as you get leaner, you will need to do them more often.

I Am female...
so you still recommend every 2weeks or so??

 

[Shinobi]

Rez: if u have 22% of fat yes every 2 weeks

 

[Par Deus]

do you recommend i do a refeed 1 out of 4 days instead of 1 out of 5? It seems like in day 3 of a diet my body temp and energy starts to drop.

I am certainly tempted to suggest that. What is your bodyfat and what was it when you started your diet???

 

[Fonz]

You have it right.

As for my refeed foods, they are foods I really like, but they are also quite good for increasing leptin.

Dextrose is IDEAL.

Hi GI carbs are best because insulin potentiates the effects of glucose on leptin.

Maltose is best. GI = 110 (Glucose = 100)

Malt-syrup w/ bread.......YUM!!

And I have to say the leptin-"hit the wall" connection
is not as clear-cut as everybody thinks it is.(If only
it were that simple)

Fonz

 

[Par Deus]

And I have to say the leptin-"hit the wall" connection
is not as clear-cut as everybody thinks it is. (If only
it were that simple)

Could you expand on this???

 

[Fonz]

Could you expand on this???

Hehe.... I knew that would get your attention.

Give me a second to load up my arsenal of studies...

Fonz

 

[MS]

Personally I would avoid anything with a GI higher than glucose. There is mounting evidence that some ultra high GI foods actually cause a short term decrease in insulin sensitivity, so your blood glucose sky rockets, but the glucose is not getting used effectively. Since impairment of glucose utilization will also impair insulin-stimulated activation of leptin gene expression and leptin secretion, these foods may be a poor choice for refeeds.

For sure, there is a lot more to long term energy balance than just leptin. But unless you have access to means of manipulating your acylation stimulating protein, adipsin, complement factor C3, diacylglycerol acyltransferase, perilipin, adiponectin, acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase 2, Hmgic, cerulenin, or a host of other in vivo factors which may be involved, I think leptin manipulation via increasing blood glucose levels AND uptake is still the cheapest and most readily accessible method to prevent "hitting the wall" of fat loss. It's not a magic bullet, but it helps.

 

[Par Deus]

For sure, there is a lot more to long term energy balance than just leptin.

So, much more. I think a "Beyond Leptin" series would be longer than my leptin series, and my leptin series will be enough for a book.

 

[bm2k]

Doing some refeed research and found this thread. Bumping it up for all the constant Qs about refeeds - it answers them all (along with Par's articles, of course!).

 

[Cuts]

bump for PLEASE SOMEBODY DEFINITIVELY AFFIRM THAT REFEEDS ARE O.K.!