Fasting??

[JeepMan]

I am a new member to this forum as of today. Thanks for having me.

I have researched quite a bit on fasting and have a few questions. If by fasting, your body is forced to turn to itself to get the nutrients it needs, will your body do the same if you still eat but eat extremely light?

I am involved in sports and other physical activities and just can't do a complete water fast at this time. I am ok with eating as little as 1000 calories a day but is this healthy to do for a certain period of time? I certainly don't want to do something that will be detrimental to my health and deprive my body of nutreints it needs.

It makes sense to me that by not eating all the vitamins and nutrients my body requires that it would still turn to the dead cells and tissue and stored fat, but what if the body only knows to do this during a total fast. Thanks for your help.

[Parthon]

It will, but to a lesser extent. Any time your body's use for energy exceeds it's intake it will burn up stored energy, fat.

There seems to be a completely new level when you fast however. Your digestion shuts down completely after a few days and your body goes through a massive cleansing. Your digestion takes up much of the body's energies, so with it off, the liver and kidneys can concentrate on getting rid of year of built up junk.

You may be able to still be active on a complete fast, but highly unlikely. Other people have reported being extremely tired and lethargic while fasting, so taht would be a hinderance. You could just start fasting for one day per month, or per week. Even fasting for that small amount of time helps the body greatly.

[JeepMan]

That's exactly what I was looking for. Just a little reassurance that I was doing the right thing. I have fasted for a couple days at a time and very much look forward to the opportunity to go 2 - 4 weeks. But as long as there is no health risk in maybe water fasting 1 day a week and like I said eating extremely light, then I will continue to do so.

I imagine that once my BMI factor or my weight gets lower and lower I will then need to consider ensuring I get my proper amounts of nutrients.