on 7/12/01 6:12 PM, Wally Day at [log in to unmask] wrote:

>
> I have heard of dangers like toxins being expelled too
> rapidly. Many years ago I read a book that cautioned
> against fasting because DDT, which is apparently fat
> soluble, could be released into the system too quickly
> as fat is burned. I have no way of verifying this
> claim.
>
>
I remember this idea from high school biology. Not just DDT, but all kinds
of toxins are stored in fat. I also read somewhere that fat binds estrogen.
So this may also be released when you 'mobilize your fat' (as my high school
teacher referred to it).

Irene