ded@milo.UUCP (Don E. Davis) (02/21/86)
I'm trying out a new diet where I fast on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and eat anything I want the remainder of the week (though I tend not to eat excessively those days either). I take vitamins and drink plenty of fluids because I'm supposed to with this diet. These sort of "starvation" diets have a bad reputation so I've been on guard for ill effects, but haven't experienced any. In fact, I like this diet because it has so little impact on my lifestyle (not counting Monday, Wednesday, and Friday!). With other diets you have to eat like a rabbit for a month straight. With this diet I can munch on Roy's fried chicken 4 days a week. I once heard about a doctor who gave this diet to rats and discovered that they lived to the rat's eqivalent of 140. I'll let you know if this works for humans in the year 2086. See ya then! -- Don Davis JHU/APL ...decvax!harpo!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!ded ...rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!aplvax!ded
slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) (02/24/86)
>I'm trying out a new diet where I fast on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and >eat anything I want the remainder of the week (though I tend not to eat >excessively those days either). I take vitamins and drink plenty of fluids >because I'm supposed to with this diet. These sort of "starvation" diets >have a bad reputation so I've been on guard for ill effects, but >haven't experienced any. You may not, until it's too late. The woman who was a babysitter for my daughter used to do exactly this. The good thing is that you will lose a lot of weight. She used to lose 50 lb. at a time. There are a couple of bad things: 1. You will not keep the weight off. It will come right back on as soon as you stop. This means you will have to keep doing this--bouncing back and forth like a yoyo. Each time you will lose more muscle tissue as well as fat. You won't look pretty after a few bounces, believe me. 2. This yoyo effect is *very* bad for your system. Her doctor got very upset with her about it. It finally led directly (he said--if you never believe doctors, you probably won't believe it) to very high blood pressure and heart irregularities. She also ended up with no gall bladder. Which is weight loss of a sort... I'm probably not a very good person to talk, being overweight myself, but the slower you lose it, the longer it will stay lost, and the better for your health. -- Sue Brezden ihnp4!drutx!slb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nirvana? That's a place where the powers that be and their friends hang out. --Zonker Harris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
gadfly@ihuxn.UUCP (Gadfly) (02/25/86)
-- > >... These sort of "starvation" diets > >have a bad reputation so I've been on guard for ill effects, but > >haven't experienced any. > > You may not, until it's too late... > > There are a couple of bad things: > 1. You will not keep the weight off... > 2. This yoyo effect is *very* bad for your system... > > Sue Brezden From what I have read, your now muscle-deficient body adjusts to the ultra-low calorie diet, learning to make do with less by slowing its metabolism. So, when you start to eat normally again, you'll gain weight even quicker than before the diet. Sue's right--it's bad news. -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 25 Feb 86 [7 Ventose An CXCIV] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7753 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken *** ***