Dr Bernarr Zovluck wrote:
"..."making fat gains accelerate should you
> ever stray from paleo."
> Definitely not true!
if it is "definitely not true" then the burden of proof is on you, I
would think, since you allude to a plethora of evidence.
> A water fast is a physiological rest for the body, mind and spirit.
> Watch a dog, cat, bear, bat, horse, etc., when they water fast. They never
> cannibalize their muscles.
Based on what markers? what criteria. Given that people can have
advanced cancer before any external signs present themselves, a mere
cursory observation is not really accurate. When do these animals ever
CHOOSE to fast in nature? THe exception is the bear which has evolved to
hibernate, with negligible protein loss during this period. _But this
data can in no way be applied to humans, or any other species_ . It is
akin to saying fish can swim underwater for hours, and so humans can
too.
> They metabolize their food better, after the water fast.
Again, based on what markers?
> A water fast makes one's metabolism more efficient. When one eats, after one
> has properly water fasted, one will metabolize one's food better, whether one ingests paleo or non-paleo.
Evidenced by what changes?
> I have supervised the water fasting of thousands of people and animals. I
> have never witnessed their cannibalizing their muscles nor their accelerating fat gains!
Exactly what (other that some vague reference to "cleansing") does this
fasting achieve? What biochemical changes occur? If you have observed
thousands of cases, what criteria do you observe? What are the
quantifiable changes?
In the absense of dietary protein, the body will start to cannibilize
its own. THis is medically documented fact. It is not all or nothing, of
terribly significant over the course of one day, but it does happen -
you wont lose 10 kg of muscle in a day. I would think, that any step in
the wrong direction, however slight, is still a step in the wrong
direction. Long term, it can be fatal, or at the very least severely
harmful. A number of IRA hunger strikers (to pick an example that
perhaps may be known to a world wide list) are now blind, as a result of
long term fasting. THeir bodies cannibilized not only skeltal muscle
(and vital organ tissue from heart liver etc) but even from their eyes.
To make claims to the contrary, especially in the absense of ANY
evidence, should speak for itself.
John McKenzie (back to lurking)
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