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I don't think that I would call a low calorie diet that only lasts for a few days out of the entire month 'dangerous'.

• jlg23 10y ago
  As the article pointed out it should not be tried without medical supervision, and the root of the comment thread also pointed out that s/he is using a continuous glucose monitor to prevent low blood sugar levels when changing or adjusting diets. For diabetics, diets, esp. radical diets can very easily lead to life-threatening situations.
• roywiggins 10y ago
  It might be if you're diabetic...
• ecesena 10y ago
  It's dangerous if you read "fasting can cure your diabetes", when the article is about mice. For the record, I have friends that are fasting, and family members with diabetes. If you have diabetes you can't fast without correcting the dosage of insulin that you're taking. If, for example, you take a normal dosage of insulin, but fail to consume the corresponding amount of sugars, your blood glucose level will start decreasing. Soon you will faint, and your level will still go down. Next step is coma, and finally death. So yes, I consider this dangerous. The article also says "People are advised not to try this without medical advice.", to reiterate that it is dangerous.
• micro_cam 10y ago
  In addition to the risk of low blood sugars (hypoglycemia which can lead to coma) in diabetics there is also a risk that someone might try something like this and then forgo other treatment (say insulin or metformin) without properly monitoring to see if they still need.