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Fasting is really bad for you. Does fasting even count as hacking?
by nodata 15y ago
Fasting is really bad for you. Does fasting even count as hacking?
- Estragon 15y agoAbuse of fasting usually has bad consequences, but when it's done for the purpose of studying one's emotional relationship to food and consumption, such abuse is unlikely.
- mooism2 15y agoFasting isn't hacking, but I'd say the mental changes and introspection that went along with it in this case is hacking.
- fingerprinter 15y agoFasting is most definitely NOT bad for you. You literally fast every night. Extreme, stupid, idiotic fasting is, however, bad.
- nodata 15y agoFasting when you sleep hardly counts.
- biot 15y agoTrue, though there is a reason why breakfast got its name.
- kristofferR 15y agoDamn, I've never realized that before. It's weird how combined words eventually "evolves" into a single word you never realized was a meaningful combination of multiple words.
- tintin 15y agoMost people think that fasting is about not eating and drinking. This is wrong. It is about rethinking the life you live. It could be anything from not eating to stop using internet for a week of so. So why not call it hacking.
- johnyzee 15y agoFasting has real and proven health benefits. I have heard physicians state that it is the single most benficial thing you can do for your health. From Wikipedia: Research suggests there are major health benefits to caloric restriction. Benefits include reduced risks of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, insulin resistance, immune disorders, and more generally, the slowing of the aging process, and the potential to increase maximum life span.[3] According to Dr. Mark P. Mattson, chief of the laboratory of neurosciences at the US National Institute on Aging, fasting every other day (intermittent fasting) shows beneficial effects in mice as strong as those of caloric-restriction diets,[4] and a small study conducted on humans at the University of Illinois indicates the same results [5] According to the US National Academy of Sciences, other health benefits include stress resistance, increased insulin sensitivity, reduced morbidity, and increased life span. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasting#Health_effects http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasting#Health_effects
- nodata 15y agoCalorific restriction is not the same as fasting. Calorific restriction is eating less. During fasting you will lack vital nutrients that cannot be stored by the body. When you end a fast your blood sugar level will sky rocket, which is also bad for you.
- RexRollman 15y agoHe didn't quote the full paragraph, which was about alternate-day fasting, which is a form of calorie restriction.
- khafra 15y ago> Fasting is really bad for you. Do you have any data on that? Many nutritionists and healthy people are big fans of intermittent fasts.