Posts Tagged ‘Fasting to Lose Weight’
Fasting to Lose Weight (II)
Fasting with protein supplement
In the early 1970s, proteins were used experimentally, and combination of protein and carbohydrate supplement of fasting, in order to prevent the marked loss of lean body weight.
Initially the results were promising, but subsequent studies showed that nitrogen balance remained negative after three weeks despite the increase in protein intake over 1 g / kg / day. Read the rest of this entry »
Fasting to Lose Weight (I)
How Good is Fasting to Lose Weight? Not eating seems like the ideal formula to lose weight but… Is it really so?
Although the public is constantly bombarded with pseudo diets that promise extraordinary results, few of these are nutritionally healthy or are based on scientific principles.
As noted above, caloric restriction have rational scientific basis, but it is often difficult to implement because people do not follow it, other special dietary strategies developed through the years to help fight the density, including total fasting, fasting with supplements and very low calorie diets. Read the rest of this entry »