Muscle for Life

Fasting is becoming more and more popular. You have intermittent fasting, alternate day fasting, 24-hour fasting, the 5:2 diet, and endless other variations. And most of these methods don’t seem all that difficult or complex. Instead of evenly spacing your meals throughout the day, you eat all of your calories in a shorter period of time (usually 4 to 10 hours) and you don’t eat the rest of the time. According to some, though, there’s a better mousetrap out there—water fasting. As you can guess, water fasting involves abstaining from all forms of food or drink except water, and you keep this up for anywhere from a day to several weeks. You don’t have to look far to find stories of people who swear water fasting offers all kinds of benefits, including: - Effortless weight loss - More energy - Improved complexion - Slowed aging - Better health - And more . . . Sounds good so far. To many people, the most appealing part of water fasting is it’s so simple. You never have to wonder what you can or can’t eat durin