Have you thought about fasting to lose weight quickly? Here are a few reasons why you may want to reconsider fasting and choose a healthier weight loss plan instead.
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1) Weight loss from fasting is temporary
Weight loss results from fasting appear to be rapid and significant. The reality is that this weight loss is due to quick fluid loss. And, as Madelyn Fernstrom, PhD, CNS, founder and director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Weight Loss Management Center, puts it: "If it's easy off, it will come back quickly -- as soon as you start eating normally again.”
Since most people who are dieting to lose weight want to take it off and keep it off, fasting makes a poor choice. Sticking to a low-carb diet and lifestyle makes a better option for both losing and maintaining a healthy weight.
2) Fasting impacts your metabolism negatively
According to Joel Fuhrman, MD, a family physician and author of Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Plan for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss and Fasting and Eating for Health, “Fasting slows your metabolic rate down so your diet from before the fast is even more fattening after you fast.” This is the exact opposite of the result achieved through low-carb dieting, which is a steady and healthy weight loss. Low-carb dieting works by regulating and maintaining your body’s metabolism levels.
3) Fasting for weight loss has health risks
Many of us have to fast every once in a while. Sometimes we fast for religious purposes. Some medical tests and bloodwork require fasting. And of course, nearly all surgical procedures, especially those involving general anesthesia, require fasting beforehand.
Dr. Joel Fuhrman further explains how long-term fasting can be hazardous for your health:
While fasting for a day or two is rarely a problem if you are healthy, "it can be quite dangerous if you are not already eating a healthy diet, or if you've got liver or kidney problems, any kind of compromised immune system functioning, or are on medication -- even Tylenol…”
Once again, this is where healthy weight loss with a balanced diet makes a better option. You won’t have health risks to worry about. Instead, losing weight through low-carb dieting promotes a healthy lifestyle along with permanent health and medical benefits.
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