Articles for tag: Blood Tests, Fasting, Lipids

Why Fasting Before a Blood Test is Important

If you’ve ever visited your doctor and required blood test, he or she may have told you to return on another day to have the blood drawn when you haven’t eaten overnight. Although it may seem as if the doctor is doing this to make your life inconvienent, there are some real medical reasons for ...

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Is Intermittent Fasting Safe?

I must stress firstly that safety is a big concern whenever you start anything new and I searched for years to find the drawbacks (if any) to intermittent fasting – before I decided it was safe to go full-time with the practice myself. I initially used intermittent fasting for 4-month periods, just to get leaner ...

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What is Water Fasting?

Fasting to heal and cleanse the body has been practiced for centuries. One of the most common forms of fasting for weight loss and for the healing of certain chronic conditions is water fasting. Those who choose to partake in water fasting will consume only water for a certain amount of days. The typical time ...

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Is Weight Loss Fasting a Good Idea?

Weight loss fasting is one of many methods of weight loss that are touted by weight loss companies. Those looking to lose weight are certainly at no loss for finding someone or some company promising them the “real secret” to easy, breezy, no effort and fast-acting weight loss. While the vast majority of medical science ...

Rules for Eating While Fasting

When you want to lose weight, you go on a diet and there are hundreds of diet plans available. Some are very simple to do while some can be quite elaborate, with special preparations and strict rules to follow. Fasting is a type of diet that you can do for one to two days a ...