Fasting Diet
It always seems people say fasting is not a good weight-loss method and is bad for you, but I'm starting to think the opposite...
If you fast (eat nothing,drink lots of water) for only a week, your metabolism wouldn't really start to slow down yet (I think it takes around a week for your body to realize that it needs to start saving energy and go into 'starvation' mode)...you would lose around 5-10 pounds and also the colon, liver kidneys, lungs and lymph glands would be completely cleaned out.
As long as you arn't retarded about it and not binge after it's over and adjust your calorie intake to fit your new weight, I don't see how you would gain the weight back either..
So in conclusion fasting (when done right) seems healthy and weight beneficial.
What are the arguments to this?..and besides being hard to do..why do more people not do this? Is there something I missed?
ArchG
because it is hard on the body, reduction of intake, not stopping it totaly, is better, as well as doing more in your day to burn off the stored energy, If you don't stay active your body adjusts itself accordingly.
Losing 20lbs is nice and all, but losing it and being able to do more sounds better to me.
Losing 20lbs is nice and all, but losing it and being able to do more sounds better to me.
Quote:Original post by Ravuya
I would recommend you get some exercise.
Sorry if it sounds like I am looking for a weight loss method or something, that was not the intent of the post.
I posted this because of a debate me and a buddy had at a bar last night (I was the guys saying it was a stupid way to lose weight..but he threw together a pretty good argument), and was curious as to what you guys thought about it.
It wouldn't be good even if your body wouldn't get into "starvation mode" (which will probably take much less than a week I guess). Null-diets can cause kidney-stones which aren't very good for your health either.
These types of discussions are probably best not handeled by people, rather doctors.
Too much speculation and heresay come into play, and more often than not, myths get spread which could actually cause more harm than good. While I wouldn't necessarily discount your friend, heck, he may be 100% correct as far as I know, he might also not have all the facts.
Generally, I take the following approach. If something offers a great reward for what's required, and is extremely simple, why hasn't this been the basic process of thought for awhile? In terms of diets, almost everything imaginable has been tried, and I'm sure this has already been tried and disproven somewhere, otherwise we'd have long been informed of its miraculous benefits. (If it sounds too good to be true...)
Too much speculation and heresay come into play, and more often than not, myths get spread which could actually cause more harm than good. While I wouldn't necessarily discount your friend, heck, he may be 100% correct as far as I know, he might also not have all the facts.
Generally, I take the following approach. If something offers a great reward for what's required, and is extremely simple, why hasn't this been the basic process of thought for awhile? In terms of diets, almost everything imaginable has been tried, and I'm sure this has already been tried and disproven somewhere, otherwise we'd have long been informed of its miraculous benefits. (If it sounds too good to be true...)
you're going to get scurvy.
actually, it's kind of suprising how many people get scurvy these days. You'd think that it'd be pretty hard to completely avoid vitamin C, but I've known at least two college students that have managed it. Only college students, though, and they were criminal justice majors.
actually, it's kind of suprising how many people get scurvy these days. You'd think that it'd be pretty hard to completely avoid vitamin C, but I've known at least two college students that have managed it. Only college students, though, and they were criminal justice majors.
Part of your rate of metabolism is how much muscle mass you have. Generally, when losing weight from exercise, most of the weight lost will be fat. Generally, when losing weight while restricting calories, most of the weight lost will be from muscle.
So even if your body acts normally before, during, and after the fast, you will have lost muscle mass from starving yourself for a week. (edit: your body won't act normally during that period and when you start to eat again as a natural process, your body will store more of the food as fat and lower metabolism as a defense).
For every pound of muscle your body loses, you burn 70 less calories a day. So eating the same amount of food as before, now your body will gain 70 calories.
This is why the best way to keep weight off is from not restricting calories, but increasing muscle mass. It's also why yo-yo dieting doesn't work (and how it got its name). Also, speaking from experience, your bodies desire to binge after a fast is totally instinctual. Trying to fight that urge is extremely difficult.
So even if your body acts normally before, during, and after the fast, you will have lost muscle mass from starving yourself for a week. (edit: your body won't act normally during that period and when you start to eat again as a natural process, your body will store more of the food as fat and lower metabolism as a defense).
For every pound of muscle your body loses, you burn 70 less calories a day. So eating the same amount of food as before, now your body will gain 70 calories.
This is why the best way to keep weight off is from not restricting calories, but increasing muscle mass. It's also why yo-yo dieting doesn't work (and how it got its name). Also, speaking from experience, your bodies desire to binge after a fast is totally instinctual. Trying to fight that urge is extremely difficult.
Quote:Original post by ArchG
If you fast (eat nothing,drink lots of water) for only a week, your metabolism wouldn't really start to slow down yet (I think it takes around a week for your body to realize that it needs to start saving energy and go into 'starvation' mode)
Where did you hear that? Im no doctor but that doesnt sound right. You starve in a week or so dont you? If your body is only starting to go into 'starvation mode' after a week, then your body needs to get its shit together. I think its more like a day or too, after that your body is slowing down and conserving energy like mad.
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