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To: RoosterRedux

Skipping a meal is one thing, but fasting generally has a negative impact on your metabolism, especially as you grow older. More often leads to yo-yo weight loss and gain.

Eat smart and feed your metabolism.


4 posted on 07/24/2016 3:18:27 PM PDT by sockhead
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To: sockhead

Some folks are disputing that lower metabolism argument. Read the article...or even better yet, try the experiment on yourself.


5 posted on 07/24/2016 3:19:54 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: sockhead
If you fast for days yes but a 24 hour fast is just the little rest your body needs.

Do it once a month for maintenance or once a week for weight loss. This does not mean you can eat cake the rest of the week! :)

Do drink water. Lots of water. It will force your body to cleanse it's self.

17 posted on 07/24/2016 3:31:13 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: sockhead

[[Skipping a meal is one thing, but fasting generally has a negative impact on your metabolism, especially as you grow older. More often leads to yo-yo weight loss and gain.

Eat smart and feed your metabolism.]]

Skipping meals , especially breakfast on a regular basis is bad. It slows down your metabolism .

Fasting a few days a month a day at a time on the other hand is not bad for you nor will it cause yoyo weight gain .
It actually helps clear your system up to spend a day drinking nothing but water especially with todays high sugar diets . If you can go a day with out sugar entering into your system you will find that you wont crave a lot of junk type foods .

I am thin , don’t skip meals and fast one day a week .
I don’t crave junk food nor high processed foods like most people do. I love the taste of good chocolate but don’t crave it or any other deserts , pastas , pizzas , breads etc .

Sugar and foods that turn to sugars feed yeast in your gut that causes cravings , the more the yeast overload the more you crave foods that feed the yeast . Fasting and drinking nothing but water helps break this .


29 posted on 07/24/2016 3:45:49 PM PDT by Lera ( 1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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