Starvation Diet - Not the Answer and Why

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The Stages

As with other sorts of slimming diets there are also stages with this diet. Each stage has a different purpose. With the Starvation Diet there are 3 basic stages that one should follow to be on the safe side.

Induction Phase
The first stage is also called the “Induction Phase” similar to most other diets. In this stage you are required to reduce you caloric intake by 25% and you must double your water consumption. This first stage is to be done for two weeks, 2 weeks on and 2 weeks of in intervals. The first stage calls for the huge increase in water to help the body cope with the toxins that it will produce. With a 75% reduction in your calories your body will start to feed off its fat reserves. The problem is that over the years when you were accumulating fat that a lot of the toxins are also stored together with the fat. When you subject yourself to the starvation diet and your body turning to fat for a energy source will actually release any stored toxins into your system again. The added water in this induction phase is to ensure that the kidneys will function to their full ability and be able to wash away all the toxins that you have accumulated over the years in your fat.

Although most would argue that cutting your calories down by 25% would hardly be called a starvation diet, they must remember that they are only at the beginning of the diet and thus should not be pushing their bodies too far. It takes time for your body to adjust to the reduction of calories and also allows the body to get rid of any toxins that might have accumulated.

It is very important to understand that it is at this induction stage of your Starvation Diet that you are setting up your body for further caloric restrictions later. You simply cannot jump straight into a 40% or a 60% reduction and expect your body to handle it well. You will at the very least get sick due to the shock of losing so much calories a day. As with anything biological you will have to slowly break your body into it and have your body adapt to the change slowly. Jumping in too early is simply a recipe for a diet that isn’t successful.

This initial induction phase is quite easy to follow and most people will start to see a small reduction in body weight of about 1-3 pounds a week. Of all the steps the induction phase is the slowest and it is quite alright even if you do not see any change in weight. The next phase will be much harder where you will be guaranteed of losing weight. It is important to understand that this stage is to get your body ready and isn’t actually the real diet where you will lose a lot of weight.

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