How to fast? Margit Slimáková is clear: with a hunger strike you risk the yo-yo effect, with an intermittent one you win
Three-day, weekly, or even ten-day. What does fasting do to us? Is it dangerous in any way, and are there situations when a hunger strike can be recommended? That’s what we asked health prevention and nutrition specialist Margit Slimáková.
“The body can definitely handle it from the physical side. The vast majority of us have more of an excess and would need to lighten up a bit. But from the psychological side, I don’t see it that simple anymore,” says Margit Slimáková.
What happens to the body during fasting? It depends on which one you hold
When is fasting beneficial to health, and when is it harmful? How to fast to lower your insulin levels so you start burning fat and losing weight? When, on the other hand, do you run the risk that your basal output will decrease, i.e. that your body will need less and less – and in the end you will also gain “with interest”?
Play the video in which Margit Slimáková answers these and many other questions.
