5 Lies You’ve Been Told About Fasting
“Should I do a fast?” With fasting receiving so much attention, you may be asking yourself the same question. Fasting advocates declare it the dietary approach to trump all others. Everyone should be routinely fasting. I say that is nonsense. There is no universally acceptable diet strategy. If there was, my job would be a lot easier. I wouldn’t have to listen to patient input, order labs and dedicate my time to deciphering the results. Instead, I could get away with recommending everyone follow pre-generated directions.
Instead, I want to apply some critical thinking to fasting. I have been applying fasting for several years professionally and personally, but this is my first dive into writing some content around it. I will be honest with you. Fasting frustrates me. Not because I am against it. I actually lean on it hard at times. It frustrates me because of all the misinformation about it.
So when asked, “Should I do a fast”, be prepared. A 30 second answer is not going to follow. This deserves more explanation.