Fasting to shock metabolism?

lauramalott7 · February 2013

Starting today I am going to intermittantly fast in order to try and shock my metablolism...I have been eating a healthy diet and working out and have gained 5lbs out of nowhere?!? Any advice or stories on this would be greatly appreciated

OllieGBR · February 2013

I'm no expert regarding this topic, but have just started the 5:2 diet idea of fasting for 2 days out of 7 per week.
The ideology behind it sounds compelling, however there is no evidence to date that it works;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/9480451/The-52-diet-can-it-help-you-lose-weight-and-live-longer.html

Started yesterday, so nothing to report!

Ollie

Mokey41 · February 2013

You don't shock your metabolism. You're born with your metabolism and you'll die with it. There's very little to change it except extreme starvation and a slight decline as we age. Fasting doesn't shock anything back into place.

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