Mono-fasting-- Thoughts?

I think not eating (which this is a variant of) does certainly work for a couple pounds, but its generally not worth it long term. So it takes 3 weeks to healthily drop the weight you'll lose by starving for a week.....not worth it I think?

Seems like a quick trip to malnourishment. On days you only eat fruit, how are you going to get enough protein? How are you going to get to the right amount of b, d, and other vitamins? How are you planning to get enough fats to maintain appropriate hormone levels?

A balanced diet is called a balanced diet because it is balanced. You get the right amounts of protein, fats, vitamins, etc...

It sounds like a pretty terrible idea overall.

Seems like a quick trip to malnourishment. On days you only eat fruit, how are you going to get enough protein? How are you going to get to the right amount of b, d, and other vitamins? How are you planning to get enough fats to maintain appropriate hormone levels?

Two or three days won't cause malnourishment. That's a chronic condition.

I do three day fasts just because (legit ones, no food, only water.), and to make sure I can be as aggressive as possible when I find I'm getting too calm. I've never been at risk of malnourishment by any stretch according to any medical staff I've worked with on my fasts.

I do 24 hour fasts or so. I wasn't talking just about doing it for a day or two but for the "some period of time" OP mentioned. For a day or so, you can probably do whatever. If you start doing it for several days each week or 3 days out of the week each week etc... It would probably be bad. I'm sure it also depends on the nutritional status of the person when they start. If you start well nourished, it would probably take longer to develop any deficiencies.

I mono-fast with European beer quite often, You feel awesome at the time but the next day isn't too pretty.

I mono-fast with European beer quite often, You feel awesome at the time but the next day isn't too pretty.

I tried this with Kozel just the other week and the reduced preservatives meant I look liked death warmed up rather than just death.

A good result I thought.

What about the fact that you're probably going to *kitten* your pants at least once after only eating fruit for a few days?

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