“Over the last 25 years that I have worked with cellulite, I have seen people engage in countless types of fasting and extreme diets, in order to reduce cellulite and I have to say that, although fasting can be useful, its utility is limited, as fasting cannot improve skin laxity and connective tissue deterioration, neither one can fast continuously to eliminate all body fat. Furthermore, fasting is incompatible with exercise, which is extremely important for cellulite prevention and reduction. Read more below…”
Fasting and cellulite
Fasting for cellulite: does it make sense?
Continuous fasting for fast cellulite reduction
Intermittent fasting for cellulite prevention
Important note
Fasting and exercise
Fasting is great for cellulite but it has limitations
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Fasting for cellulite: does it make sense?
Fat is the most important aspect of cellulite. On the other hand, fasting is a proven method to reduce or maintain weight and also to fight ageing and improve a myriad health conditions, if practised within reason.
So it makes sense to use fasting, in its different various forms, to help reduce cellulite quickly or to prevent cellulite.
Fasting can be continuous for a few days or intermittent.
Continuous fasting for fast cellulite reduction
Continuous fasting can be preceded and followed by juicing and should never be longer than a few days (usually 3-4 days plus 1-2 days of juicing before and after).
In fact, vegetable smoothies and juices (without carrots, apples or other fruits), as well as berry smoothies, provide valuable anti-cellulite nutrients and add to the benefits of fasting.
Continuous fasting for a few days is a good idea to gain quick results in terms of cellulite reduction but it should never be extended to continuous fasting or to a starvation diet: the body needs nutrients - plus anorexia is never a good thing.
Continuous fasting can be practised 1-6 times year.
Intermittent fasting for cellulite prevention
Intermittent fasting is much easier and more sustainable and can take the forms of:
1:1 fasting: one day fasting, followed by one day of eating as usual
2:5 fasting: 2 days of fasting, followed by five days of eating as usual
1:6 fasting: fasting one day a week, followed by six days of eating as usual
16:8 fasting: fasting for 16 hours a day, followed by 8 hours of eating as usual
18:6 fasting: fasting for 18 hours a day, followed by 6 hours of eating as usual
Although not strictly fasting, 5:2 diets are very popular: five days of a strict diet (usually ketogenic, high carb, low carb etc), followed by two days of eating as usual
Intermittent fasting is great for cellulite prevention and for overall health maintenance and anti-ageing.
Important note
Always check with your doctor before fasting for more than a day and/or if you have any health conditions.
Fasting and exercise
Exercise is an important part of cellulite reduction and prevention, irrespective of calorie intake. As exercise is as important as diet, and as exercise is incompatible with fasting, fasting has to be limited. Fasting should not be done at the expense of exercise and/or daily physical activity.
Fasting is great for cellulite but it has limitations
All in all, fasting is a great way to help prevent and reduce cellulite, but its utility is limited:
Daily healthy eating, irrespective of fasting, is also very important and regular fasting should not be the excuse to eat and drink with wild abandon the rest of the time
As mentioned above, exercise is equally important
Fasting cannot improve existing connective tissue damage, which is part of cellulite, neither can it improve skin laxity, another important aspect of cellulite
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