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In the Warrior Diet, you eat very little during the day and then eat as much as you want at night, without any restrictions on calories or macronutrient content. It intends to reduce fat while maintaining or improving muscle tone.

The Warrior Diet created by Ori Hofmekler is a controversial diet based on a daily feeding cycle of "undereating" during the day and "overeating" at night. The "Undereating Phase" supposedly maximizes the Sympathetic Nervous System's (SNS) fight or flight reaction to stress, thereby promoting alertness resulting in energy generation and ultimately fat burning.

The Warrior Diet places emphasis on evening meals and shedding the "calorie counting" unlike other diets and returning to the old warrior diets where one huge meal was likely the order of the day. Moreover it intends to reduce fat while maintaining or improving muscle tone. Short, intense strength and aerobic exercises are also part of the "warrior training," along with pre-and post-workout meals.

In The Warrior Diet, Hofmekler, a lean and fit artist-athlete, rejects conventional diets as well as the "six mini-meals" a day approach used by most weightlifters. Instead of these traditional approaches, Hofmekler says you attain excellent health by limiting your main eating to the evening - though he does allow some whole food snacks during the day if you feel super hungry.

Warrior Diet guidelines:

• Fast as much as possible during the day, but no more than 16 hours.
• If you feel extremely hungry during the day, have a piece of fruit with a low glycemic index, such as an apple or a pear.
• Exercise on an empty stomach; this will encourage fat burning.
• Begin the nightly meal with salad or a piece of fruit, proceed with food containing protein and wrap up the meal with carbohydrates.
• Try to stop eating the moment you feel thirsty.
• Try eating organic food only

When should we stop eating?

Hofmekler provides an original solution worth trying out regardless of the diet: "The Warrior Diet allows you to eat as much as your heart desires, without feeling guilty," he says. "However, once you feel you are more thirsty than hungry, it is a sign you are close to being full. Drink a bit, then rest. Chances are you will not want to continue eating. But if you still feel hungry, you may carry on."

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