MYTHS ABOUT FASTING MANY FASTING MYTHS have been repeated so often that they are often perceived as infallible truths. Consider the following: 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 causes overeating when you resume feeding. Fasting deprives the body of nutrients. Fasting causes hypoglycemia. It’s just crazy.
