Fasting is as well as bad effects on health

Benefits of fasting:

• Scientifically speaking, there are quite a few benefits of fasting including that of detoxification. With the human body making use of stored up fat for energy generation, the process leads to the release of harmful chemicals and toxins from its base of fatty acids.

• A regular fast helps activate the human body’s healing process. Due to the overt dependence on the stored resource, energy is lead away from digestion towards that of immunity. The body sets on course its healing process by means of autolysis- or as it begins to make use of its reserved resources.

Disadvantages of fasting:

• One of the common fallouts of fasting relates to the change in metabolism. Besides the release of toxins, there is a simultaneous release of water content. Loss of water may in turn give way to symptoms such as oral dryness and fall of blood pressure.

• Due to the unavailability of glucose, body will make use of its fatty deposit to generate calories. Calories generate thereby has been found to be detrimental from the point of view of human body.

• The aforementioned process known as ketosis can give rise to acidosis which is detrimental for the vascular system. The process also harnesses the depletion of mineral content of human body giving way to disease such as osteoporosis.

• Change in metabolism in turn paves way for changed sleeping and resting pattern ultimately disturbing overall productivity.