Posted by : Leonard Fast in (Uncategorized)
The Truth About Fasting To Lose Weight
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Fasting to lose weight will give you the body of a movie star in only two weeks, or so the sales pitch goes.
Those extra pounds you hate will simply vanish as you quit eating food for 10 days or more and swallow only juice or water – leaving you with a hot bod Julia Roberts or Matt Damon would be proud of.
Sound too good to be true? Yep – it is! Used on its own, fasting to lose weight is the worst way to get in shape.
Yes, there are stories and testimonials out there about people who’ve tried water fasting to lose weight or juice fasting to lose weight – and they claim to have dropped 10, 20, 30 or more pounds. But let me emphasize, this is a short-term fix that doesn’t work long-term.
Liquid-only fasting should always be of short duration – a day or two – because your body needs nutrition! Don’t embark on a long fast with the sole intention of losing weight because fasting was never designed to be a weight loss program.
Here’s the sad truth – if you do go on an extended liquid-only fast, you will lose weight – sometimes a lot of it in a very short time. That’s why it is so appealing. But in most cases, that weight piles back on as soon as the fast is over. Some fasters even find themselves heavier because they are so hungry after a fast they can’t stop eating! In fact, I’d like to see the long-term outcomes of some of those water and juice fasters if they don’t also change the bad habits that got them overweight in the first place!
Fasting on its own without additional diet and lifestyle changes will only lead to a temporary loss of weight, mostly from water in your tissues. An extended fast of a week or more will put your body into “starvation” mode. Your brain will slow down your metabolism to burn calories slowly. That’s exactly the opposite thing you want to happen! You need a fast-burning metabolism to burn off accumulated fat stores.
And bear in mind – a liquid fast lasting days or weeks can give you headaches, nausea, dizziness and even cause damage to your kidneys and other organs.
Right, now you know why fasting and weight loss is a tricky issue, let me make clear that I believe there IS a place for fasting as part of a healthy lifestyle. Indeed, cultures all over the world use fasting for religious reasons to help focus the mind on higher things. And Often, a short fast is used to help the body recover from gastro-intestinal disorders. Stomach flu, for example, can be eased by drinking cooled boiled water for 12 to 24 hours.
A short fast also gives your digestive system a rest from the daily grind of meals and the other junk in between – coffee, candy, snacks perhaps even alcohol.
To help enhance your weight-loss goal you might want to check out a great self-help guide by Raylen Stirling. It’s called Master Cleanse Secrets and it tells you how to use a liquid fast (organic lemons and other natural ingredients) that also allows you to eat a simple, nutritious diet.
Learn more about safe fasting and improving your habits to get fit and healthy at Master Cleanse Fast.
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