If i fast for more than three days will this happen to me?
Ketoacidosis is a type of metabolic acidosis which is caused by high concentrations of ketone bodies, formed by the deamination of amino acids, and the breakdown of fatty acids. This is most common in untreated type 1 diabetes mellitus, when the liver breaks down fat and proteins in response to a perceived need for respiratory substrate. It can also occur with people undergoing hunger strikes, fasting over 3 days, or people starving to death as the body is forced to break down fat for sustenance due to their lack of outside nutrition. Ketoacidosis can be smelled on a person's breath. It is often described as smelling like fruit or paint thinner Ketoacidosis should not be confused with ketosis
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yes
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if you fast for 3 days you will get very very sick!!
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"It can also occur with people undergoing hunger strikes, fasting over 3 days, or people starving to death as the body is forced to break down fat for sustenance due to their lack of outside nutrition." You answered your own question It might happen its not a positive absolute answer
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It can also occur with people undergoing hunger strikes, fasting over 3 days, or people starving to death as the body is forced to break down fat for sustenance due to their lack of outside nutrition. of coure it can happen to u!!!!
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Why do this when you can have 6 small meals a day with exercise to reach your goal?
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Only if you have type 1 diabetes, and then you should fast anyway.
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I dont know, but my whole Church is fasting for 7 days but we get to pick what we fast from but my mom usually fast from food, this might be bad, but I trust in the lord.
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if you fast for three days your body will ajust to being able to go three days without food you wont get sick ive stopped eating way more than 1 week
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I don't think so. Muslims, during Ramadan, fast for 30 days, they don't eat for 8 hours, or 20 hours. Most don't have any problems like that besides fatigue (for some). One of the benefit of fasting is that it cleans, purifies the toxins in the body and the brain. If you have any disease, or disorder, then I suggest you don't fast without consulting your physician first. Hope this helps.
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You should never fast for more than 3-5 days and I don't recommend no eating fast. I like fasting on healthy foods. For 3 days I'll go on a leek soup diet....boil leeks to make the soup add a little bit of salt and pepper. I'd eat the leeks for my meals and drink the soup with meals and as snacks. You can also try a more macro/microbiotic diet I'll have a morning mix of juice of one lemon, a teaspoon of syrup, and a pinch of cayenne pepper (knock it back like a shot because it doesn't taste that great). For my meals I will have steamed vegetables and brown rice and for my snacks I will have vegetable juice. These are good ways to start off a diet or a new healthy way of cooking or if you feeling extra bloated one weekend with an event to go to.
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