Fasting effects on the face?? 
Jolie8558
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Hello,
I was wondering whether or not fasting could permanently damage your facial muscles. During a fast, obviously muscle is consumed and while it can be rebuilt on places throughout the body, I was wondering what would happen to the muscles on your face?? My fear is that the result would be that they would not rebuild and people would end up with a rounder/fatter looking face once weight was regained. Does anyone have any knowledge on this?? Thank you!!
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Fasting effects on the face?? chrisb1
15 y
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This is a reply to # 1,442,449Hello Jolie,
Q. Can fasting permanently damage your facial muscles?
A. No. Absolutely not; but starvation will.
There is a significant difference between the two physiological processes.
Muscle loss is only minimal whilst fasting, (protein sparing) and where post-fast, a rounder/fatter looking face is only achieved if too much weight is regained; in other words........too much fat......and not muscle.
Chrisb1.
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Fasting effects on the face?? Jolie8558
15 y
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This is a reply to # 1,442,461
Hi Chris,
Thank you for your answer. I guess I'm wondering where the line between fasting and starvation in terms of the body's interpretation occurs then? What are the physiological differences??
Thank you!
Jolie- Re:
Fasting effects on the face?? chrisb1
15 y
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This is a reply to # 1,442,467Hi Jolie,
In answer to your question.......
Q. Where is the line between fasting and starvation in terms of the body's interpretation occurs then? What are the physiological differences??
1. Fasting is the feeding from internal food reserves which sustains the vital organs, and which is an extremely beneficial process that redirects the energy that would have been used in digestion, (the most energy consuming task of the body) into the massive acceleration of healing and cleansing. This can safely be carried out for many weeks in most cases. There are very few contraindications.
2. Starvation occurs when the these food reserves have been depleted (or nearly so) being marked by the genuine return of hunger, and where the body will then turn to feed from its vital organs, unless refeeding takes place.
Fasting is a beneficial process leading to good health, the elimination of toxemia, and healing.
Starvation being a destructive process leading to death.
Chrisb1.
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Fasting effects on the face?? chrisb1
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Fasting effects on the face?? fballer
15 y
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This is a reply to # 1,442,461so only minimal muscle loss happens during fasting?
What if I want muscle loss on my face? I have tmj and the constant grinding has overworked my jaw muscles to the point where they have significantly increased in size. Will fasting not help this out at all? Could I starve myself instead and get that effect?- Re:
Fasting effects on the face?? chrisb1
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MoreThis is a reply to # 1,442,519Hello fballer,
the cure for bruxism can be many and varied depending on the cause.
Once the cause has been removed then self-healing will take place whether fasting or not, but the fast will accelerate this healing process.
Remove the cause (once discovered) and healing will take place, including the reduction of your jaw muscles, which when not overworked will reduce in size over time.
Please do not confuse the word "starvation" with "fasting" as explained in my previous post.
Take care.
Chrisb1.
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Fasting effects on the face?? fballer
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This is a reply to # 1,442,734Do you think fasting in itself could cure bruxism?
Right now it's like my last option. If that doesn't work I don't know what will.- Re:
Fasting effects on the face?? chrisb1
15 y
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MoreThis is a reply to # 1,442,765fballer,
Q. Do you think fasting in itself could cure bruxism?
A. Unlikely, I'm afraid. However the common denominator with bruxism seems to be an overload of stress; this could be addressed by various means such as EFT and even Hatha Yoga relaxation techniques and practices, which will probably help enormously.
I am not that familiar with bruxism as a disorder, but those are my own thoughts on the matter.
Chrisb1.
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Fasting effects on the face?? chrisb1
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Fasting effects on the face?? fballer
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Fasting effects on the face?? mouseclick
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This is a reply to # 1,442,519Muscles build up when you exercise them. They will wane away when you stop using them. So the answer, like chrisb1 says is to deal with the cause of bruxism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruxism
I once worked with a friend who had that, he was under great stress at the time and drank lots of tea and coffee which I am sure didn't help.
The only thing I'd say about fasting is it takes energy away from you, so during a fast gnashing your teeth may become a luxury you can't afford, but is that good? Danger is you may then go on to try and stop eating even more to be free from that problem without dealing with the cause.
Even when you fast you have to eat at least half the time between fasts, so my advice to anyone would be to try and remove any causative factors as per the wikipedia list and look more closely at what you eat http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/180011/bruxism_or_teeth_grinding_and... (continued here)
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/180011/bruxism_or_teeth_grinding_and...
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Fasting effects on the face?? INDYSURFN
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This is a reply to # 1,442,449hello,
From all the books by doctors on water fasting. Starvation does not start to occur during fast even in a person that started off skinny, until past the 40 day period. As far as facial muscle, are you kidding me (by smile on my face on that one). You will look so chizel face after a Water Fast of at least 28 days compared to before. I went from fat to cut during my first fast and I had such a shape on my face I did not believe that I was even this chizel during high school. So I looked at some pictures from that time. Sure enough I was very right! YOUR FACE WILL CHANGE BIG TIME! For the good! bye bye fat at a bigger rate than muscle. Even my nose was smaller. I'm black so I think I can get away from this, but you know how a lot of us have big flatten shaped noses? Well imagine that getting much skinnier. It is still the black shape but not ovenly so like before the fast. One thing about that fast I think I love the cosmetic parts as much as the healthy parts-benefits of it.
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