According to the Mayo Clinic, fasting may be a good way to strengthen your body and kick off a weight loss program. Unfortunately, there are circumstances where fasting becomes dangerous. When it is associated with excessive dieting or an eating disorder you might need help for a fasting addiction.
Fasting is abstaining from foods or liquids. People fast for a variety of reasons. Some of these reasons are:
Although no one is sure why fasting accomplishes many of these things, they are certain why you lose weight on the fast. When your body does not have anything else to metabolize it metabolizes fat. This is why so many diets based off fasting exist.
You can be addicted to fasting itself, the endorphin rush that fasting triggers or weight loss in general. If you are on a total fast, for the first few days you will lose weight very rapidly. This rapid weight loss is addictive because it produces results quickly. Unfortunately, just as some fasting is healthy, extreme fasting can be dangerous. When you fast too often you deprive your body of vital nutrients. Like many addictions fasting has some side effects that show up particularly when you are addicted to it. These side effects are:
Most of these side effects are reversible as soon as your body starts to get the nutrients that it needs again.
Fasting addiction is also sometimes due to a disorder. Most eating disorders have a fasting component. These eating disorders are:
Almost every eating disorder can have a fasting addiction component. Although some people do not recognize it as fasting, addiction to dieting or fad diets is often an addiction to fasting.
You can find treatment for a fasting addiction by simply calling 800-310-4680Who Answers?. We can help you find the treatment center that you need.
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