What Is Fasting Therapy?

"Fast Food Therapy" was born in Europe in the eighteenth century. There are also records of food taboo therapy and hunger therapy in China's "Yellow Emperor's Canon". Many episodes in "Dream of Red Mansions" also described in detail the treatment of fasting. There are two types of fasting therapy: intermittent fasting therapy and complete fasting therapy. In December 2012, Liu Chao, Assistant Dean and Director of the Endocrinology Department of Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, experienced fasting in person and shared his "fasting diary" on Weibo, which was sought after by netizens.

Fasting

"Fasting therapy" was born in Europe in the eighteenth century.

Fasting therapy means that in a limited period of time,

In China's "The Yellow Emperor's Canon", there are

As of 2012, metabolism-related

According to the length of fasting, there are two types of intermittent fasting and complete fasting:

Intermittent fasting

Fasting is not suitable for everyone. For

1, fasting can not be blind, it is best to follow the guidance of a nutritionist when promoting. Such as severe gastric bleeding ulcers

During the use of fasting therapy, people gradually found the following adverse reactions:

1. The weight loss caused by fasting therapy is not just reducing the amount of adipose tissue in the body as required by people. Other tissues in the body (such as

In December 2012, Liu Chao, Director of the Endocrinology Department of Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, shared with himself on Weibo

Liu Chao, Director of Endocrinology

"Fast Diary", the Internet became popular. In order to be able to better grasp the therapy in the treatment, Liu Chao, the head of the department, decided to "fast" for a week with three colleagues in the department. Losing a kilogram a day, his slightly higher blood sugar and blood lipids returned to normal.

Fasting therapy background

After a physical examination on December 8, 2012 found that blood glucose and blood lipids were slightly higher, Liu Chao, the director of the endocrinology department, decided to test the "fasting therapy" being implemented in the ward in person. According to the arrangement of "fasting therapy", Liu Chao has to go through two processes of "buffer preparation period", 5 days of "fasting period" and two days of "recovery period". Liu Chao is only maintained by a nutritionist's "rational" ultra-low energy meal package every day.

Fasting Diary

Liu Chao records daily "fasting experiences" and "ideological struggles" one by one on his personal Weibo in a "fasting diary", and interacts with patients in a timely manner. The first day of fasting was a period of excitement, and the next day began to feel a little weak. The siesta time was also shortened by inexplicable excitement. Liu Chao recorded in detail the changes in his physical condition every day. With the support of injections of L-carnitine and taking traditional Chinese medicine, Liu Chao's "fasting period" entered the third day without any surprises. In these three days, his work quality was not due to "fasting". At a discount, the only thing he lost was his weight, which was gradually decreasing at an alarming rate of one kilogram per day. He recorded his "ideological struggle": "The first thing I want to think about when I wake up is to eat, and I'm so talkative, but I have to stick to it, and then I have a small bag to eat at night ..."

During the entertainment, the collapse of the food "heart-mind-mouthed" was also clearly recorded by Liu Chao. "The hospital informed me that a foreign expert came to our hospital to lecture in the afternoon and had to accompany dinner at night! My God, I am fasting! Fast Ask a nutritionist, can the rest be replaced at night? I ca nt be indifferent in front of that table of delicious food? Collapse! To disperse the hunger, Liu Chao decided to work with colleagues who fasted together. Going to the movie, "In order to distract us, a few of our fasting patients went out to watch the movie" 1942 ". Maybe that kind of starvation scene makes us feel that it is enough to eat a little now."

Fasting reflection

According to Chen Chao, a member of Liu Chao's team and the director of the Department of Nutrition of the Provincial Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, strictly speaking, "fasting therapy" should be called "restricted therapy", not by not eating at all, but by relying on low-calorie meals. Ensure the necessary nutrition of the human body every day. Chen Jie explained that fasting therapy refers to fasting all foods except for the right amount of water and a small amount of vegetable juice and fruit and vegetable juice under the premise of ensuring the normal life activities and work needs of the human body within a limited time. Relying on energy storage in the body to ensure the needs of life activities, and through the realization of the body's self-repair and self-balancing functions, a method of treating a certain disease is achieved.

"Fast" means not eating?

Liu Chao said, "In the past few days, during the fasting period, we ate two meals, which contained about 300 calories.

Liu Chao, Director of Endocrinology

One tenth of your daily diet. According to regulations, these two meal packs should be eaten at night and before bedtime, so as to avoid unbearable hunger at night and affect sleep. However, starting from the morning without any food, and eating at night is not the best policy. "

Can "fasting" really lower blood sugar?

"During fasting, insulin is rested, and fat is broken down accordingly. This is why many people lose weight during fasting." Chen Jie said. And Liu Chaogan s practice of acting as a mice has also achieved initial results. After three days of fasting, Liu Chao s originally high fasting blood glucose dropped from 6.8 to 4mmol / l, and blood lipids returned to normal.

"Fasting" cycle

"Some patients have consulted with me before. Will they get gallstones if they don't eat for a long time?" Chen Jie said, the period of "fasting" is set to be one week to ten days, which has no effect on the stomach at all. "The end of the fasting recovery period does not mean that you can be completely 'big fish and big meat'. Self-control in diet also requires perseverance." In fact, proper "restriction of food" may really "shrink the appetite".