The Obesity Code Cookbook. Jason Fung

is to feed your ill-

      ness.” Consider the last time you had the flu. Probably the last thing you

      wanted to do was eat.

      Though fasting seems to be an instinctual and universal human

      response to multiple forms of illness, many people regard it with skepti-

      cism. Many fasting myths have been repeated so often they are accepted

      as truths.

      Consider the following popular beliefs:

      • Fasting will make you lose muscle/burn protein.

      • The brain needs glucose to function.

      • Fasting puts you in starvation mode/lowers basal metabolism.

      • Fasting will overwhelm you with hunger.

      • Fasting deprives the body of nutrients.

      • Fasting causes hypoglycemia.