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It will try to conserve energy, and store nutrition. As a result, skin will become more dry and flaky and hair will become thinner or fall out or change color. The body has to resort to stored fat for nutrition and energy. As a result, there will be a decrease in fat around the body. (This happens after a week or so of continuous fasting / starvation.) Many organs, like the kidneys and liver and heart, will begin to not function right and a person can suffer organ damage or failure.
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How can one begin the fasting process?
If your fasting for medical reasons, lie you have a test or ultrasound then just eat 8-10hours before, and have small amount of water during your fasting. But if your doing it for extreme weight loss i suggest not to. Your body will run into starvation mode and your body will hold on to fat and once you eat your packing on more fat.
Why is fasting considered to purify body?
fasting is considered to purify the body
Why fasting is considered to purify the body.?
fasting is considered to purify the body
How soon would death occur from starvation if the body was unable to shift to a state of ketosis?
within 3 weeks
A proper cool down routine?
Helps the body adjust back to a resting state.
A proper cool down routine does?
Helps the body adjust back to a resting state.
What happens when you fast?
Fasting, even for short periods of time, causes a state of ketosis. This is where the body uses ketones for fuel rather than glucose. In this state proteins are not being created. Fasting long term is not recommended because it can cause muscle loss.
How does someone that only eats once a day lose weight?
While the body is in a fasting mood, the body will move to a ketosis state and start burning fats as a source of energy to the body.
What will happen to someone after fasting for three days?
Fasting is not starvation, but rather the body's burning of stored energy. Starvation occurs when the body no longer has any stored energy and begins using essential tissues such as organs for an energy source.
After how long of not eating does your body go into starvation mode?
It would take a few days of not eating for your body to go into starvation mode. When the body goes into starvation mode, it begins to use fat reserves, muscle and tissue for fuel.
What can a bad diet do to your body?
The only bad diet would be unhealthy fasting, this could leave to starvation, improper body development, unhealthy weight loss. A healthy diet is never enough, you also need exercise, if a diet alone is working, get off of it before you starve to death.
When fasting where does your body get its energy?
From stored fats
