What is curative fasting?
Therapeutic starvation implies a refrain from taking food for a certain period of time for therapeutic purposes. Medical fasting is an important link in the unloading and dietary therapy used in the treatment of certain nervous diseases, certain forms of bronchial asthma and hypertension. With properly organized starvation, there are no dystrophic changes in the body, only excess fat is consumed. Self-organization of curative fasting is recommended for no more than 1-2 days. Medical fasting for a longer time should only be carried out under the strict supervision of a doctor and only in a hospital setting, because using this therapy for several days, vitamin deficiency occurs, muscle proteins begin to be consumed, and other metabolic disorders can occur. In some people, with therapeutic starvation, weakness, dizziness, nausea, lowering blood pressure. After a period of fasting, you should make a transition to a restorative diet for several days, which is individual for each person. If the rules of medical starvation and the improper application of a restorative diet are not observed, a person may develop symptoms of pancreatitis, gastritis, cholecystitis.
Is it worth using fasting in order to get rid of excess weight?
To reduce body weight, fasting should not be recommended in any case. The fact is that in the absence of food in the body, the process of storing nutrients in adipose tissue is triggered. With the subsequent restoration of the normal diet, body weight is quickly restored, and often within a short period of time it becomes more by several kilograms than before the onset of fasting.
The use of the so-called " unloading days " that have received so much popularity should also be carried out only according to the doctor's prescription and provided a quick return to a full-fledged diet.
What happens in the body when fasting, uncontrolled by a doctor?
In the absence of proper medical control, which can be provided only in medical institutions, starvation can cause tangible harm to human health. In some cases, the consequences may be irreversible and pose a threat to life. For example, in people with peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, prolonged starvation may cause internal bleeding.
What is the contraindication for the use of this type of therapy, like curative fasting?
Curative fasting is contraindicated in conditions of exhaustion, active forms of tuberculosis, liver and kidney disorders, infectious diseases, malignant tumors, peptic ulcer and gastritis. Therapeutic starvation is completely contraindicated in childhood.