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Joel Fuhrman, author of Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Plan for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss and Fasting and Eating for Health, tells WebMD, "Fasting is not a weight loss tool. Fasting slows your metabolic rate down so your diet from before the fast is even more fattening after you fast." Bypassing breakfast, lunch or dinner is actually the quickest way to derail your diet efforts. While it may help you lose weight in the short term, it's actually water weight that you're dropping. In addition, fasting can cause dizziness and fatigue. When your body goes into starvation mode and you can no longer tolerate the hunger, you're likely to binge and pack the weight back on... and then some. Instead of looking for the quick fix, it's important that people focus on the long-term solution for getting to a healthy weight, which is through a well-balanced diet and regular exercise. - << Prev
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