Greetings all, I'm in day 3 of a "lemonade" fast, as advocated by Stanley Burroughs and his many followers. It amounts to about 1000 calories per day, all from the sugar in the maple syrup.
One of the claims made about this cleanse is that you'll be burning fat to the tune of a pound or two per day. Now, I'm not as interested in such weight loss, though I need it, as I am the cleansing. My worry is the possibility of muscle loss. Something like a cup a day of maple syrup has a *hell* of a lot more than 60 grams of carbohydrate -- the amount most folks can tolerate and stay in a fat-burning mode -- so I can't imagine not triggering an ongoing insulin response. If that happens how can you possibly burn any fat? Does anybody ever see ketones in their urine with this program? If not, then is it right to assume that any weight loss will be water and lean muscle tissue? Feel free to take followups to the Off Topic list, if you prefer. Thanks, all. Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
