How can you lose weight in a short amount of time? To answer the question literally, the quickest way to lose weight is not to eat. Believe it or not, many people actually do that.
Fasting and drinking only water can make you lose anywhere between 3 and 7 pounds the first week alone. Your other option is to fast and drink juice only.
Unfortunately, it is dangerous to fast in any way. People who suffer from some health conditions such as diabetes, cannot even fast for 24 hours. It should only be done under medical supervision and most doctors will tell you not to do it.
But even if your doctor decides it is okay, you will notice that fasting for longer periods of time is not easy. You will probably feel very tired. Anybody who is fasting needs a lot of rest, and most of us do not have the luxury of being able to take a long period of rest and relaxation in our lives.
The next thing you might notice are symptoms of detox. These can be very strong during a fast because there is nothing for the system to do except detoxify. You might run into symptoms such as rashes, short term fevers, headaches and cramps.
The symptoms will be worse if your diet hasn't been very good in the past. Toxins come from chemicals in our food and from the environment. When we take in more toxins than the body can process and excrete, our system will deal with them by burying them in fat cells. So, when you are using up the fat for energy, the toxins have no choice but being tossed back into the blood stream.
Unfortunately, another thing that can happen is that our muscle mass can also be breaking down to produce energy. Muscles are built from protein, and when you have no protein in the diet the muscles are likely to become very weak.
Just to avoid some of these issues, some people choose to get on a juice fast, but they will probably still experience some of the same problems. You will probably still have some detox symptoms, and you will not get much protein. There is very little protein in fruit. Vegetables contain more protein than fruits, but a lot of it is lost when you juice them.
You should be advised to choose green vegetables over fruit, since they contain more essential minerals and vitamins than fruits. They are also less likely to damage the teeth. But most people find the juice of green vegetables very unpalatable. Juicing is also very expensive and you don't get much juice from one pound of vegetables. Adding fruit to the juicing can help the flavor of the product, but definitely not the pocket.
A period of juice fasting can be healthy if it is well planned and supervised. Most people, however, are better off following a diet that will allow them to lose weight on a more regular basis. It may not be the absolute quickest way to lose weight but it will probably work out better.
Fasting and drinking only water can make you lose anywhere between 3 and 7 pounds the first week alone. Your other option is to fast and drink juice only.
Unfortunately, it is dangerous to fast in any way. People who suffer from some health conditions such as diabetes, cannot even fast for 24 hours. It should only be done under medical supervision and most doctors will tell you not to do it.
But even if your doctor decides it is okay, you will notice that fasting for longer periods of time is not easy. You will probably feel very tired. Anybody who is fasting needs a lot of rest, and most of us do not have the luxury of being able to take a long period of rest and relaxation in our lives.
The next thing you might notice are symptoms of detox. These can be very strong during a fast because there is nothing for the system to do except detoxify. You might run into symptoms such as rashes, short term fevers, headaches and cramps.
The symptoms will be worse if your diet hasn't been very good in the past. Toxins come from chemicals in our food and from the environment. When we take in more toxins than the body can process and excrete, our system will deal with them by burying them in fat cells. So, when you are using up the fat for energy, the toxins have no choice but being tossed back into the blood stream.
Unfortunately, another thing that can happen is that our muscle mass can also be breaking down to produce energy. Muscles are built from protein, and when you have no protein in the diet the muscles are likely to become very weak.
Just to avoid some of these issues, some people choose to get on a juice fast, but they will probably still experience some of the same problems. You will probably still have some detox symptoms, and you will not get much protein. There is very little protein in fruit. Vegetables contain more protein than fruits, but a lot of it is lost when you juice them.
You should be advised to choose green vegetables over fruit, since they contain more essential minerals and vitamins than fruits. They are also less likely to damage the teeth. But most people find the juice of green vegetables very unpalatable. Juicing is also very expensive and you don't get much juice from one pound of vegetables. Adding fruit to the juicing can help the flavor of the product, but definitely not the pocket.
A period of juice fasting can be healthy if it is well planned and supervised. Most people, however, are better off following a diet that will allow them to lose weight on a more regular basis. It may not be the absolute quickest way to lose weight but it will probably work out better.
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