Is ADF the Answer?

Have the popularity of detox gone too far?

In UK a 52-year-old mother received more than £800,000 after suffering permanent brain damage while on a detox diet that instructed her to reduce her salt intake and consume large amounts of water.

Long extreme detox plans are not only potentially dangerous, they are also very hard to stick to.

That is where the ADF or Alternate-Day Fast comes in.

Fasting one day and then eating normal the next.

The ADF is much easier to stick to and you can still go about your social life as usual during the days when you are not fasting. But is it effective?

A study on mice showed that even eating half the food every other day and normal amounts the next gave a fat cell loss of 35%.

Read more in Times Online article Is detox safe?

More about Alternative Day Diet:

The Alternate Day Diet

Alternative Day Fasting – The Latest Diet Craze

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