The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss (Why Intermittent Fasting Is the Key to Controlling Your Weight)

by Jason Fung

down and we use our stored energy. As long as our feeding and fasting periods are balanced, this system also remains balanced. If we eat breakfast at 7 a.m. and finish eating dinner at 7 p.m., the twelve hours of feeding balances the twelve hours of fasting. Glycogen is like your wallet. Money goes in and out constantly. The wallet is easily accessible, but can only hold a limited amount of money. Fat, however, is like the money in your bank account. It is harder to access that money, but there is an unlimited storage space for energy there in your account. Like the wallet, glycogen is quickly able to provide glucose to the body. However, the supply of glycogen is limited. Like the bank account, fat stores contain an unlimited amount of energy, but they are harder to access. This situation, of course, partially explains the difficulty in