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This research found that a 36-hour fast does not cause you to rebound and eat
significantly more calories once the fast has been broken. Fasting for 36 hours tends
to lead to a slightly larger breakfast the next day, possibly causing a 400 calorie
increase for the day.
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This may sound extreme, but keep in mind the 36-hour fast caused an average of
2800 calories worth of deficit, so even with 400 extra calories at breakfast the next
day, there was still a total deficit of 2400 calories. If you like the ‘glass half full
perspective – a 36-hour fast created a 2,400 calorie deficit AND allowed for an extra
big breakfast the next day!
The bottom line is that fasting allows people to unlearn some eating habits, or at the
very least become aware of some of the key cues that cause them to overeat, and
short-periods of fasting do not induce a powerful or uncontrolled need to compensate
on the subsequent day by vastly overeating.
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