Fasting Question?

Question

My parents and I are starting a more healthful way of life. We are partaking in juicing, fresh fruits and veggies, cleanses, etc. One weekend a month we are planning on fasting to cleanse. We'll still take in juices (fresh), teas, and water. By doing this will I lose any weight?

Answer 1

You probably won't lose much weight by fasting 2 or 3 days a month but you will remove a lot of toxins. The reduction of the digestive process causes the body to pass toxins that have been in the cells for a long time. If there is absolutely no digestion taking place, the toxins will come out into your bloodstream at a fast rate and probably make you feel bad or give you an infection. This is why you should drink juices instead of water, so there will be enough digestion to slow the release of toxins into the bloodstream. You will still pass the toxins and will be doing it the safest way. A three day fast is usually recommended because you will remove more toxins on the third day than the previous two days.

Answer 2

Ensure that you do some research before fasting to ensure that you are receiving all the nutrients you need. As someone else stated, you'll lose some water weight but because your body will believe that it is being deprived of food indefinitely, it will burn less calories to hang onto whatever fat and energy it can. I'd definitely recommend getting some advice from a nutritionist first.
The other thing to consider is that if you are eating mostly, or only, fruits and veggies and juice you're already cleaning out your system. Cleansing isn't altogether necessary once a month..... that sounds a bit too frequent to me. Two to four times a year is usually recommended.

Answer 3

It depends on how long you do it. I once fasted for 5 days and I did not lose weight. (I don't recommend trying to lose weight this way). Just make sure you drink lots of water and juices, much more than you would normally drink in a day.

Answer 4

The only weight you are going to lose is the weight of the stool in your colon, fasting just one day a month is not enough to have any true weight loss.

Answer 5

Be careful when just drinking for a whole weekend, you will likely get dizzy and weak. If you go through with this, drink things like milk and tea to fill you up a bi and don't do anyhting overly active.

Answer 6

Most likely you will lose water weight. Actually, you'll probably get diarrhea! That's what all these special "diets" do. You wind up losing water weight and getting dehydrated. Then you put it right back on. Be careful.

Answer 7

You might but don't count on it. Your body thinks it's starving when you fast and it hangs on to it's fat stores. To lose weight you must eat what you are eating and exercise. The fast is just to clean your system.

Answer 8

Not really. It depends on the quantity and types of the other food that you ALSO eat, in addition to the ones you listed above.