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According to the promoters of this fashionable practice, depriving oneself of food would be a panacea. But what are its proven effects on health?
What do Mahatma Gandhi and reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian have in common? They are both fans of fasting – firstly for moral and political reasons, it will induce weight loss and secondly for good health. These ancestral practices found in all human societies have long been spiritual: Ramadan, Lent, Yom Kippur; Hindu and Buddhist Fasting… These religions see deprivation of food as a way to detach oneself from material constraints and turn to the essential: relationship with God and fellow human beings.
Today, it is health that we are talking about most of the time, especially on social networks where there is a real fasting craze. Influencers and internet stars are full of praise for its benefits, while books are loved The No-Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-CureBy Edward Hooker Davy, as well The Japanese Art of Fasting, no…
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