VERY interesting article on leptin, dieting, refeeds

[SteelWeaver]

For those who don't visit the diet board much, here's one of Anthrax's great posts.

http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=108746

It covers what leptin does in the body, and explains why we need refeeds every now and then whilst on diet. (For TF women too, it explains why adequate calories are needed for fat burning.)

I strongly recommend following the link he gives to the original article, and then follow the link in THAT article to the section on BMR, if you're having problems figuring out how many cals you should eat.

Enjoy.

 

[Robboe]

Blood and iron is right - that article is just a collection of MFW posts from Lyle and Elzi.

Par deus has a really in depth collection of articles on leptin at his website. If you are truely interested i suggest you read them.

Am i allowed to post links on here?

If this is against board policy then mods, feel free to edit this post and delete the link:

www.avantlabs.com

check the out the 'leptin: the next big thing' articles. They're quite complicated tho.