Number of people use fasting as one of their weight loss methods. However, is fasting really good for health and does it really help one to lose weight? Those who fast normally do it once a week and on days that they are fasting they do not consume any food or drink, they take only water.
Our body needs energy which is taken from the food we consume. When we do not consume any food, our body has to get the sugar it needs from an alternative source because our body cannot do without the supply of the necessary nutrients and sugar. It starts getting the necessary sugar from our liver and muscles that store sugar in the form of glycogen. However our body cannot use glycogen directly, glycogen is converted to usable form of sugar called glucose. Read the rest of this entry »
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