Effects of fasting on potency

Fasting is considered a method of alternative medicine, which consists in the deliberate refusal of food for a certain period. The patient spends the period before and after immediate fasting, adhering to a dietary diet. This method of eating behavior, carried out under the supervision of a physician, helps to strengthen the body, get rid of toxins and excess weight, normalize blood sugar and cholesterol levels.

Doctors insist that patients should not independently take measures related to prolonged fasting. Features of the diet are developed by a professional specialist with many years of practice in the field of nutrition. Otherwise, the patient can significantly worsen his health and suffer from a decrease in sexual desire. Recently, many nutritionists have been advising to give up the practice of fasting. The most appropriate and effective, if necessary to achieve healthy potency, is a balanced diet with limited calorie content.

Ways of fasting

Representatives of dietetics identify several ways to temporarily refuse adequate nutrition, among them:

• complete starvation. Involves avoiding food while consuming an unlimited amount of pure water. Compliance with such a regimen for 5-7 days threatens the development of a ketoacidotic crisis. This method of fasting should be tried on for therapeutic purposes no more than 1-2 days with preliminary and subsequent dietary nutrition;
• absolute fasting. A person completely refuses food and water. It is a rather controversial and dangerous type of therapy, since it causes severe dehydration and depletion of the body. If a man practices absolute fasting for more than 2 days, up to 10-20% of the fluid leaves the body, the elasticity of the skin is lost, and the work of internal organs is disrupted. Death with dry hunger occurs in 5-7 days.

This method of fasting is not recommended to be used to restore reduced potency and other health-improving purposes, since it causes an undermining of the immune system and a significant weakening of the body. Fasting can be subdivided into:

• short-term - up to 2 days
• average - up to a week
• long-term - up to 40 days

Intermediate and long-term fasting can cause mortal danger for an untrained person who practices a new diet on their own and does not have a practice of restricting a diet.

Benefits of fasting

The positive effect of fasting therapy lies in the possibility of:

• remove poisons, toxins and other harmful substances
• mobilize the body's reserve forces
• accelerate the production of hormones with anti-inflammatory action
• normalize body weight

General improvement of the body is noted only with a short fasting, which is carried out under the supervision of a doctor. An increase in potency is not a necessary result of fasting, since refusal to eat does not have a direct effect on the functioning of the reproductive system.

Harm of fasting

Uncontrolled fasting, carried out in violation of the basic rules, can cause serious harm to the body, in particular, cause:

• a sharp drop in insulin levels in the blood
• lack of fluid
• metabolic and digestive disorders
• reduction and weakening of muscle tissue
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• sagging skin and wrinkles
• decreased immune defenses, increased risk of bacterial and viral disorders
• development of severe anemia. In the body, the level of hemoglobin decreases, the blood loses the required number of red blood cells. As a result, the rate of oxygen saturation of cells decreases. The condition is accompanied by weakness and rapid fatigue, headache and dizziness, as well as general malaise and decreased concentration

Contraindications

Doctors insist that the technique of curative fasting should not be applied to patients suffering from the following organic disorders:

• underweight or anorexia
• bronchiectasis and active pulmonary tuberculosis
• thyrotoxicosis
• malignant neoplasms
• diabetes mellitus Type 1
• circulatory system disorders and thrombophlebitis
• chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis
• arrhythmia, heart failure
• acute renal failure< / li>

A sharp change in diet is contraindicated in persons who have recently suffered from an attack of large-focal myocardial infarction.