First, I want to wish all of my Jewish patients and their families out there a happy holiday. Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement...the day in which people pray to be forgiven for their sins commmitted in the previous year. This day results in the "slate being wiped clean" by God so the next year you can commit yourself to a much better behavior pattern. Jewish people who follow the holiday fast for the entire day...giving up food and drink.
The idea of "fasting" to someone trying to loose weight sounds appealing. There are some programs and products out there purporting to cause healthy weight loss based on fasting and "cleansing".
However, going into a fasting mode or skipping meals results in a generalized metabolic slowdown and therefore "fasting" is NOT a recommended weight loss technique. We stringly encourage our patients to eat three meals a day and snacks.
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