QuestionI've been fasting regularly for about six months now. Each fast is a week long once a month, and I don't ingest more than 300-400 calories of fresh fruit juice each day.
I've been studying about anorexia in school and the negative effects of not ingesting enough protein and carbs on a regular basis.
I have been considering increasing my regimen to twice a month, but I do not want to make my organs suffer.
I read about safe fasting and how people can go 30-40 days on juice fasts. I want to be as healthy as possible, which is one of my reasons for fasting. However, if I spend half the month on a daily diet of 300 calories, am I exposing myself to the same physical symptoms of anorexia?
AnswerBeth,
1. Diets that are that low in calories should be done under medical supervision. However, if you follow professional advice on the juice fasting, you'd be better off following it exactly.
2. Anorexia is a severe, life-threatening psychiatric disease and its consequences are not limited to protein deficiency.
3. As to the carbohydrate intake, there's no _requirements_ no matter what many nutritionists still tell people in spite of firmly established scientific facts.
4. Spending half the month on a daily diet of 300 calories you indeed send your body into starvation mode, however, whether you are in danger of being anorectic or not is up to you doctor to conclude.
You might want to learn more about different aspects of fasting and very low calorie dieting using the following links:
Very Low-Calorie Diet
http://atkinszone.com/2008/02/very-low-calorie-diet.html
How to do water fast
http://bantadiet.com/plan/?page_id=12
Dieting with Metabolic Resistance: the Fat Fast Diet
http://www.dietandbody.com/article1039.html
Green Tea and Cream "Fat Fast"
http://bantadiet.com/plan/?page_id=33
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