How Often Can You Organize Fasting Days: A Rule That Cannot Be Ignored

11.04.2024 09:14

Some people periodically arrange fasting days for themselves.

During these periods, meals are much less dense than usual.

Some one-day diets focus on just one dish or one food product. For example, buckwheat porridge or kefir.

A fasting day helps reduce the load on the gastrointestinal tract. Especially after the holiday periods, which are often accompanied by overeating.

However, one-day diets can turn from healthy to very dangerous for the body.

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This will most likely happen if a person breaks one important rule.

How many times a month can you have fasting days?

Such days should not be organized too often. Unfortunately, many people who have assessed the positive result of the first fasting day make such a mistake.

The maximum number of one-day diets per month is two. It is better if only one of the 30 days is a fasting day.

If there are much more of them, the body will face serious stress.

It is possible that the excess weight that you managed to get rid of will return “with a surplus”.

There is another important point: do not change your diet abruptly without consulting a doctor. The specialist should give the necessary recommendations taking into account the patient's condition.

Previously, experts listed the rules of the Mediterranean diet .

Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief