You didn’t eat for 8 hours, stayed disciplined, and didn’t take a single bite. But the moment your eating window opens, you pack away meat pie, fries, chin chin, and kpish. At the end of the month, the scale hasn’t moved, in fact, you might have even added weight.
In this video, Aproko Doctor explains the exact science of what happens inside your body when you fast. We break down the dangerous Calorie Trap and why starving yourself only to binge on 3,000 calories of junk food will ruin all your hard work.
In this video, we discuss:
→ How insulin acts like a warehouse security guard, controlling exactly when your body uses or burns stored fat.
→ The Calorie Trap: Why eating a massive amount of calorie-dense junk food in an 8-hour window still makes you gain weight.
→ How prolonged fasting combined with poor sleep and work stress spikes your cortisol levels, making weight loss even harder.
→ The truth about muscle loss: Why you MUST break your fast with real protein (like eggs, fish, chicken, and moi moi) to keep your muscles intact.
→ The specific groups of people who should NEVER fast without a doctor’s supervision.
Intermittent fasting is not magic, and it is definitely not a free pass to eat whatever you want. Watch this video till the very end to learn how to fast safely and actually see results.
Are you struggling to lose weight, managing diabetes, or wondering if fasting is safe for your body? Do not guess with your health. Speak directly and confidentially with a verified doctor today on AwaDoc:
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I'm watching from South Africa
I do the excersice in the morning during the fast
Thank you very much doctor. Can you please talk about eating disorders? I will really appreciate it.
This really touched me. I appreciate your advice. Well done
Aproko you're a darling
Nice one
Thank you so much, I watched to the end and so enlightening
Am a breastfeeding mom, and am fasting oo
I've learnt how to manage myself, so am good except there's a different health risk involved, so far am pumping fine and my son is healthy
I'm watching from Australia 🇦🇺
Pls doc, I want to ask if lemon,baking soda, and ginger combo is good, effective and healthy? Thank you
Bro, fasting works for me like magic. It's my secret weapon to losing weight fast.
Well done Dr, how about replacing the malt with liquid milk 🤗, is that fine?
I watch from beginning to the end
Watch till the end cos It’s important to me. Fast is useless to me joor.
Fasting worked like magic for me. I lost so much weight people thought i was sick.
Fasting took my HbA1c from 6.5 to 5.4.
You have to be disciplined in what you eat in your eating window. Truly what you eat matters most. Just cut out all ultra processed foods and half of your problem is solved. Just eat real food and not just real food cook it yourself. Some food vendors as sugar to food line beans, yam etc. So it's best to cook yourself.
Movement especially walks will take your fat burn to be heights.
I have use 72 hours fasting to loose 14kg after childbirth and is true I don’t just fast I eat clean and walk 18 to 19k steps a day
Hi Doctor, thank you so much and God bless your efforts.
I'm watching from Lagos 😊
Watching from Australia. I admire you so much my doctor. I like how you teach and your sense of humour. Much love ❤
Nice
😅eh shock me Doctor
Weldon bro
Thank yoooooou
Aproko doctor ma pa wa naw! It's not easy to maintain this lifestyle oo😅
The end justifies the means.
Ok…thank you Dr Aproko, I have been following your clips for a while now and I find them not just very deep and educating but engaging and inspiring. Take your flowers. That said, it must be emphasized that which ever method one adopts for weight loss program, whether exercise or diet restriction or hybrid, one must ensure to be in calorie-deficit. It's very very crucial. Thank you
I've watched to the end doc
Thank you
Nwanne, buru gaba…..truth. Thank you
No wonder my body de reject anything that feels like fasting 😂
I become so hungry that I get scared of my own appetite 😂
Write down a list of what you must talk later so you don't forget. Am locked in
@aprokodoctor pls sir can someone with hormonal imbalance/pmos allowed to do an agressive fast
Oya what about those that put salt in their garri to drink nah? Because I'm guilty o! 😂
Please talk about the garri matter
Especially the with salt and sugar part.
Thanks for this information
It's helpful as always.
I'm watching from Cameroon
Thank you so much.
Watching from Togo
Bum bum 😂
I feel attacked 😂😂😂😂😂😂. This is me in a nutshell.infact I just downloaded one big plate of puff-puff.hmmmmmmmmm
Thank u so much doctor.
I learnt a lot. ❤
I’m watching from Ghana,upper west region to be precise,Wa 😊
New subscriber from Sierra Leone 🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱
Thank you Aproko Doctor
Aproko Doctor, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION, please can you make a video on calorie deficit?🙏
Ahah! I said o! I noticed my maternal uncles and aunts tend to have belly fat. And I see the same thing in me even though I'm slim. Then 3 child births and omugwo hot water drinking and massaging didn't do nothing on my tummy.
Right now, I have resigned to fate jare.
Thank you Doc.