Is a 42 day water fast safe?

[Anonymous]

I am currently doing a water fast I am on day 5 I was just wondering if 42 days would be too much I am 5'2 and weigh 120 pounds I am doing it to detoxify and cleanse my body give it a rest but I'm worried I might loose too much weight or harm my body

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+1 y

Water fasting is only drinking water no food

[0112358]

No. It's not.

By day 5 you'll be in ketosis. Your muscles will be fuelled by stored body fat. Your nervous system cannot use fat as fuel and will have exhausted carbohydrates in your system, so will flip over to using ketones, produced in your liver, by using proteins. Where will it get the proteins? By burning muscle tissue, including, potentially heart tissue etc.

On top of that you're not consuming vitamins/minerals/electrolytes.

There is literally no reason to do a water fast for rapid fat loss. You can argue about the safety of a protein sparing modified fast, but it's a slam dunk over a water fast.

[Asker]

I am not doing it to lose weight my fear is loosing weight

[0112358]

You're consuming no calories. You could be expected to lose something like 4 lbs a week on top of water weight loss, assuming relatively low activity.

There is no science between your concept of 'cleansing' and 'giving your body a break'.

Eat healthy, that's what's easiest on your body. Fasting is hard on your body.

[mrmeseeks]

that's a very bad thing to stop drinking water. Detoxing is a myth if your body had a build up of toxic chemicals you would need immediate medical attention because for that to happen your liver and/or your kidneys would have to almost stop working. Not drinking water doesn't help with weight loss body building models fast a few hours before their competition because dehydration makes the skin tighten which makes their muscles look more sinewy. You should consult a doctor and/ or a nutritionist or a dietician before doing anything like that.

[mrmeseeks]

it's still not good for you. you lose more muscle than you do fat by not eating food. Eating well and working out will get you better results than fasting, when you don't eat your body can't get the vital nutrients that it needs to function properly all you're doing is hurting yourself. Did you also know that too much water in a short period of time can be very bad for you it can cause a condition known as hyponatremia which caused by very low sodium levels in your blood.

[i_research]

Just fast on Ramadan.
Eat before sunrise, break fast after sunset.

Make sure you eat healthy, and don't exercise extra to lose weight.
I ate bread with avocado, and egg for breakfast, sometimes I ate left overs.

For Iftar/sunset, I would eat a little bit, not too much. You can eat dates, a glass of milk, or whatever, but not too much at once. Take a break, an hour after or so, have dinner, maybe rice, and veggie, etc.
Drink water of course.

You will lose weight by the end of month.
It's a great time to build healthy eating habit.

[cassidyleora]

I would think that in order to detox you would drink more water... I remember the week of prom I drank nothing but water and I lost a lot of weight, plus my skin looked fabulous. If you stop drinking water and substitute it for milk or soda, your skin would be crazy oily and you probably would lose a lot of energy.

[cassidyleora]

You can only go 21 days without eating. You would die

[ciitruskiwi]

You don't have to starve yourself to cleanse your body. If anything that's probably worse. Google ways you can cleanse your body and still eat.

[BlueCoyote]

No, that is very unsafe. You might actually die. And if you don't die, you will at least suffer kidney failure. Not something I'd recommend trying.

Also, note that only drinking water doesn't "detoxify" your body in any way, shape or form. That's a complete myth without any scientific evidence whatsoever. There are no toxins in your food and if there are any, your liver will take care of them. I find it tragic that so many women still believe this hogwash. You might as well pray to the magic pixie to make you healthier.

[genericname85]

well 21 days without food is widely considered the limit that people can survive.
there are documented cases of people making it longer than that but why risk your life for losing some freaking weight considering you´re only 120 pounds already?

yes by fasting longer you will harm your body. even after longer than 3 days of water fasting are not advised without professional supervision.
you want to lose some wight in a healthy way? eat healthy and work out. not eating will not benefit you, it will harm you.

[genericname85]

you should really stop seing it as "detox" at this point. you´re depriving your body of what it desparately needs to survive. this isn´t healthy at all.

[JohnDoe3000]

If you want to look like you were just liberated at Auschwitz...

It's extremely unhealthy and you might very well collapse long before the 42nd day. Also, who the hell convinced you you need to "detox" through fasting?

[Asker]

https://personalexcellence.co/blog/fasting/

[JohnDoe3000]

Well, don't do it. That girl from the blog is not a medical professional. Fasting for more than a day is bad for you and detoxing is BS anyway.

[mryoungbuck]

you are hurting yourself. please drink at least 6 liters of water each day, and EAT FOOD!! that is what your body is designed to do dammit. if you want to lose weight then workout. doing these bullshit diets are only temporary. AND when you finish these "quick result" diets you will gain all the weight back And more!

[tetris]

its important to drink water otherwise you will dehydrate yourself and it can be life threatening. and your weight is normal you dont need to do anything.

[Browneye57]

Uh, this is not how you cleanse or detoxify. Water is what helps you do that.
Talk to your doctor or a nutritionist before you make yourself completely sick.

[Browneye57]

On update...
Okay, at least you won't die.
Otherwise it's just as ridiculous. Your body needs nutrition and energy for normal brain and organ function. Starving yourself doesn't provide that so you're just shortchanging yourself.
Why do people come up with this stupid-shit stuff?

[fsu19]

Drink water as a beverage and water only and you'll cleanse your body

[thomasans]

can't think of what you think or were told you could benefit from this? If you survive, which you can't, you'll have brain damage much worse than you now have.

[Anonymous]

Then you better drink other fluids in place of water. You can die from dehydration if you do not have enough fluids in your body.

[Opinion Owner]

Then maybe you can try a liquid based diet? Using all liquid based nutrients instead of solid foods.

[Anonymous]

"Detoxify" is bullshit and does not work. It's FAKE.

[judlong]

You should try google. You want to cleans your body then waters the way to go.

[Thebalance32]

Are you able to eat food?

[Asker]

no only water :)

[Thebalance32]

That's extremely unhealthy. you won't detoxify, instead your body will weaken from the lack of nutrients.

[Anirban87]

May b u take hard drinx.. Tea.. Coffe.. Etc...

[CT_CD]

No. It's stupid

[jacquesvol]

It's suicide.

[Bleepasaurus_RexEwww]

Wtf don't do it

[LastNightmare]

yeah