Fasting is Healthy?
I am sorry. I am still listening to the audiobook of Skinny Bitch and they have gotten onto the topic of fasting. I am sure that everything they are writing about is well - researched and I respect that. But what about the addicts? What about the people with addictive personalities like me? They say you can fast from 24 hours and up to 10 days. I’m sorry, but in my book, that is anorexia. They do mention not to do it if you are underweight. But what if, in my eyes, I am far from underweight and have a lot to lose? This is what happens, dude. I think fasting is a very dangerous thing to introduce to some people who already have a hard time getting themselves to keep any kind of food down in the first place. Apparently, fasting is a very healthy thing to do, but we are not living “back in the days.” We are living now and we all that has been ingrained from the media - that is what we are dealing. It’s not as simple as fasting. We are imagining ourselves getting thin and it’s so easy to do it for too long. That’s when anorexia comes in. Skinny Bitch is a great book, but this section is definitely frightening me. What if the wrong person reads this and uses it as an excuse to stop eating again and go back to her anorexic ways?
April 4th, 2009 at 11:38 am
I don’t usually reply to post but this is so good I wanted to say thanks!