Tempted to fast for a few days to lose weight? Watch out for the « yo-yo » effect!

To shed unwanted pounds, many people try diets that are known to be more or less effective. Fasting, for example, is a popular way to lose weight! Its principle? Stop eating for a few days in order, they say, to lose weight quickly and « purify » your body. At the Healthy Weight Clinic, we consider this practice to be counterproductive and dangerous. Read on to find out more!

Fasting stresses your body unnecessarily

Depriving your body of food for 3, 5 or 10 days makes you lose weight, it’s true! Besides, don’t we say – jokingly – that a good gastro is one of the best ways to lose weight effortlessly? However, during a voluntary fast, your body is under considerable stress. In a state of starvation, it draws on your smallest energy reserves, leaving you totally flat!

Fasting creates toxic waste

The myth that the body eliminates toxins through fasting needs to be debunked. The deprivation of food on the contrary generates the formation of waste, the ketone bodies, which come from the degradation of fats. Too much of these can have catastrophic consequences for your health – coma and death, no less!

Fasting causes a lot of discomfort

Undertaking a fast requires that you reduce your effort and travel to a minimum. However, a sedentary lifestyle is the most harmful for your body: your muscles weaken, you develop musculoskeletal problems, etc.

Here are some other unpleasant symptoms often experienced when fasting:

• Voltage drops;
• Extreme fatigue;
• Irritability;
• Headache;
• Nausea;
• Heart palpitations.

 

Fasting promotes weight gain

Yes, abstaining from eating can make you fat! Indeed, the body is intelligent; if he is fasting, he « programs » himself to deal with the next deprivation. So, as soon as you start to eat again, your body stores everything it can, which makes you regain the lost pounds … and even gain new ones! This is the dreaded « yo-yo » effect!

So, how to lose weight safely and quickly?

At the Healthy Weight Clinic, our clients manage to lose weight healthily and without deprivation thanks to our slimming plans (protein diet, low-calorie diet, balanced diet), which recommend the consumption of delicious healthy meals. Contact your local clinic now!