Guide

Yes, fasted workouts can raise fat use during a session, but lasting fat loss relies on total intake, training load, and recovery.

Yes, fasted training can help in select cases, but most women perform and recover better with at least a small pre-workout fuel.

Rapid weight gain usually means the scale jumps faster than about 1% of body weight per week for more than two weeks.

Yes, intermittent fasting with ketogenic eating can be safe for healthy adults when planned well, but some groups should skip it.

Yes, autophagy can rise without long fasts through exercise, timed eating, and heat exposure, with strength built by steady habits.

No, current human evidence doesn’t show that dry fasting kills cancer cells; dehydration risks are real and it must not replace treatment.

No, dry fasting doesn’t tighten skin; this practice dehydrates tissues, while real tightening comes from proven treatments and time.

No, a water-only fast doesn’t reset the gut; it triggers short-term shifts, and long-term change comes from what you eat during refeed.

No, a water fast doesn’t detox your body; your liver and kidneys already clear toxins, while fasting adds risks with no proven detox gain.

Yes, water-only fasting can trigger loose stools, driven by electrolyte shifts, bile acids, and what you drink or eat when you start eating again.