Is fasting for 15 days safe?
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Fasting causes the body to go into starvation mode whereby metabolism slows, muscle is broken down causing ketoacidosis (this causes very bad breath), fat is retained as it is a valuable energy store to the body and is more important for survival then muscle tissue. You will get a large initial weight loss but this will be mainly water and essential fluids. You will suffer from low energy due to no food intake and lack of vital nutrients. You wont die but you will cause serious health problems if you were to do it regulary. After the fast as soon as you eat your body will retain the fat/energy as it will still be in starvation mode and will be trying to conserve all the energy it can plus your metabolism will be very slow. As a nutritionalist student i suggest that you eat regular small meals a day as this increases metabolism, eat foods that make you fuller quicker such as rice and try to take a brisk 20 minute walk a day. That should do the trick.
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As a health and phys ed teacher and nutrition nut - I would answer yes. The only thing I would really say is that it shouldn't be the whole day. Try to make it one a meal. You don't want to sabotage a whole weeks worth of great progress. One meal is totally except able. Its even mentioned in a very good book called the ABS Diet. Not eating these foods is to deny yourself. If u have nothing to look forward to in your diet than your setting yourself up for failure.\nModeration is ok - Remember 1 MEAL and that's it.
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Actually despite all the myths, it would be extremely healthy since your body has all the nutrients you need to go without any food for a month. The healthy part is you would not consume any unheallthy food at all.\n\nIt is a limited fast. A fast with only water may be slightly better, but you will still get almost all the benefits of fasting. Instead of getting opinions of people who never tried it, see site below with what 8 MDs say about fasting. It is a fast but with 3 V-8s a day added. Your body will still be dumping lots of toxins. Does V-8 have salt added? If so you do not want to use it. Click "home" page and look under anti-water for more on this. I am asuming it has only vegetables.
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Fasting (while still consuming plenty of water and fruit juice) gives your digestive system a rest and flushes toxins out of your system. \n\nKeeping your body in an alkaline state is essensial for good health, as cancer and other diseases can only thrive in an acidic body. Improper eating habits, lack of exercise, and emotional stress lead to an acidic pH level in your body. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, exercize regularily, be optimistic, laugh often, and consume animal products and refined foods sparingly, if at all, for an alkaline body. \n\nI fast for 24 hours once a week and keep a steady vegetarian diet with minimal refined foods and, except for the occasional sniffles, I haven't been sick in 2 years.
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I have done it but for 2 days, it actually helps your body a lot, but I also used to eat tablespoons of honey when i needed something sweet..It is safe, it is called fasting, many people do it. but it is always better to consult the doctor before trying any diet.
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pls dnt even think about it.anythin,if any that might do it will actually harm ur health.if there's a real important party coming in 2 days, then eat less than ur apetite n on that day,just take fluids.later u can plan a nice diet n stick t it but dont look or try for such a miracle.take care
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Fasting, when taken as a sacred vow*, must be approached in a methodical and gradual manner. Here's my personal experience for the last couple of years, which may or may not apply to you:\n\nIdeally, you start with a 24-hour Fast [dusk to dusk] that you do every so often until you can regularize it to coincide with the consecration of each Sabbath, i.e., once a week. The method that I used to "ease" myself into this routine was, first of all, to reduce my daily food intake from three meals to two meals only.\n\nThen you slowly work your way up to a two-day Fast; then the next round you try to make it a three-day Fast; and so on, until you are able to extend your fasting for much longer periods of time.  Personally I saw to it that each Fast would always end after the end of Sabbath [Saturday night], at which point one would relish a 'Thanksgiving' meal.\n\nSIDE EFFECTS: By the third day of your Fast you may begin to feel some metabollic changes: being light on your feet; feeling dizzy, light-headed, and even hallucinate at times. But your body metabolism will normalize once you get past this stage should you decide to proceed further. Another side effect is that you will also emit a certain body odor which are the toxins being expelled by your system during the Fast.\n\nIt is HIGHLY ADVISABLE to drink lots of FRESH WATER throughout the day and night while you Fast in order to avoid dehydration and also to help with your bowel movement. You may substitute water intake with other liquid drinks that will help replenish your spent calories. In other words, Fasting can be done using the Liquid Diet parameters, i.e., NO SOLID FOODS at all.\n\nSo far I have only made it to a seven-day Fast that culminated on my last birthday --the day that I baptized myself into The Brotherhood. That was quite a Thanksgiving meal I truly enjoyed.\n\nPeace be with you!
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You will likely fail.. It stays in your system on average 30 days.  Of course there are a lot of variables.% of body fat and metabolic rate are the two factors that affect the duration of time that it stays in your system.  The more fat the longer the higher your metabolic rate the faster it is out of your system.  There are detectors that can detect if you take a cleansing agent etc,
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There are many ways to do this. First of all you want to make sure that you adopt a healthy lifestyle before going through a cleanse. Drinking clean water, eating all natural foods, getting 6-10 servings of fresh fruits and vegetables a day and staying physically active will maximize and sustain the benefits of your cleanse. During your "purification" you may get sick because of the flushing out process of removing toxins from the body. If you are not underweight, pregnant or nursing then including a 24 hour fast once a month to once a week can be very useful in detoxing. You may want to include a deep sweat with your fast. Be sure that you are drinking plenty of liquids during your short fast. Fasting and sweating has been used by many cultures to cleanses the body and initiate a change in ones life. Do some research and be cautious when beginning.
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It would depend on when you took it. If you did it after a meal, it might be ok. If it was fasting, first thing in the morning, it would be considered high. Check with your doctor to see how he/she wants you to deal with your blood sugars. It is really important for a growing baby to have your blood sugars under as good of control as is possible.
577127
I would fast for 30 days, my friend once fasted, drinking only lots water and one diet pepsi/dr.pepper per day, for 20 days and she lost 20 pounds. BTW she did a half hour of moderate/vigorous weight lifting and stuff 3 days a week, and some light yard work but she was lazy for the rest of the time. Warning, you start to feel light-headed and could possibly faint, don't say I didn't tell you so. But keep your friend away from food, of anykind, she'll binge if you let her eat.
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Yes, I've done that before, but I'm not sure you need to go a full five days to see and feel the benefits. If you can make it to three you'll be feeling a whole lot better. Beyond that your body's gonna think somethings wrong and start to slow down it's metabolic rate so the benefits you receive after the first few days are less and less significant.\n\nI wouldn't go completely without food though. And PLEASE take a vitamin!
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Not a whole lot of time I have heard of the Calf, diet you might want to look it up not to sure how safe it is but it isn't one that will last . Have you tried Fasting do it every other weekend not to heathy but it will work for you look at x mas
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Depends on how long and what you mean by fasting. Fasting is usually a bad idea, since you typically lose water and msucle, plsu you gain it all backThere are 3500 calories in a pound of fat. Safe weight loss is 1-2lbs per week. So, if you normally eat 1500 calories a day and ate nothing for a week, the most you could lose would be 3lbs of fat per week. Any extra weight loss would be from water and muscle. Of course, after one week of not eating you'd have bigger problems than being overweight (like dying), plus you'd gain it all back and then some once you started eating again. I am losing about 1 lb/wk by simply cutting my portion sizes and doing a little more exercise. So far I'm at about 8 lbs for 2 months. Not a lot of weight loss, but it's not a "diet" and over time 4lbs/month adds up.\n\nJohn
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If your test ask for fasting, then yes, you may have eaten something before 6 pm, you can still do your test, but the result will vary, depending of how your body works, and what did you ate, and also, what kind of test your having.  I think, that you better consult it with the person who is going to make thje test...they must know for sure.
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It can.  Even tho they tell you to fast 12 hours b4 a test, some residual remains, especially if you've eaten worse than normal several days before your test.\n\nSuggestion:  eat what you normally do so you can get an accurate reading.  You want to know what the real numbers are - not self imposed temporary ones.
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You may not make it to six weeks!  Seriously, nobody should try to live on less than 1200 calories a day, the body needs at least that much fuel just to survive.  Starvation diets do not work!