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The fitness industry is constantly looking for the next best thing for you to digest. In an effort to keep things fresh, an endless amount of fad diets have hit the market. One specific diet that has gained popularity is the fast.

Well, the main issue here is that fasting has some serious consequences for those wishing to lose weight. What type of consequences? Check out the following list:

1. Liver glycogen depletion. This happens in less than a DAY. Liver glycogen depletion is not fun by any stretch of the imagination. Why? Because liver glycogen (stored carbohydrate) is responsible for maintaining your blood sugar. Once it’s depleted, expect some rock bottom energy levels.

2. The conversion of protein to glucose. Your nervous system needs glucose (sugar) to survive. Unfortunately, fat can’t be converted to glucose so your body attacks the next best thing: protein. It essentially eats away at your lean tissue and converts it into sugar.

3. Vital tissues get burned as fuel. Lean tissue isn’t the only thing your body will go after to survive. Proteins in your blood, digestive linings, heart mass and lung mass ALL get burned as fuel. And burning up such vital tissues is probably not the healthiest thing to do.

4. Ketone bodies. Your body can only cannibalize so much tissue before you enter the danger zone. And once you’re in the danger zone, your body will do everything it can to get you out. How does it do it? With the production of ketones which are basically an inferior substitute for blood sugar.

5. No proof of cleansing. Many people fast because they believe it cleanses their body. Yet no conclusive scientific studies have proven this. In fact, a recent documentary by the BBC showed that fasting provided NO benefit whatsoever in terms of increased health.

6. Acidic conditions. If you fast, expect a more acidic body. On top of this, you’re likely to lose a lot of vitamins and minerals through urine. Even worse, exercise will hurt a lot.

Unfortunately, most fasts are also accompanied by a weight gain rebound. This happens because as you fast your metabolism slows down significantly. Then once you stop fasting, you eat an excess to compensate, but you have a slower metabolism!