DQueens, I'm not an advocate of fasting in order to lose weight. This is not what it is for. There is a big difference between fasting and anorexia. Anorexics starve themselves over months if not years. A person who fasts should be at least at a healthy weight (over 8 percent body fat) and it is only for a small pocket of time. It is for detoxification. Have you ever fasted yourself? If you have not than you can not really go into the scientific part from what you read because there are two sides.
There are dozens of articles on the internet about fasting if you would do your own research which is what I asked the reader to do.
Your body is not going to use "good tissue" or muscle to burn when it has fat to use. That is what it is there for and that is why the body is programed to store it.
I'm not going to go into a deep history lesson here, but for thousands of years that man has been on this planet he had to be without food for weeks and sometimes months on end. The body is at peace with this when we fast and it is second nature to our systems. People will tell you to they're red in the face that a vegan diet is not healthy, but a lot of us on this forum know that it is extremely healthy if done right. Fasting is healthy if done right.
I'll tell you what is unhealthy. People cramming their faces like pigs day end and day out every day of the year is unhealthy. Our bodies need rest and fasting will do just that.
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