Does fasting cause your body to retain fluid more than usual? The day after I've fasted I weigh up to three pounds heavier regardless of what I eat or don't eat.
Yes, this fluid retention you're experiencing is related to your fast. During the first day or so of a fast the body uses its glycogen reserves stored in liver and muscle.
These stores are the body's basic energy supply and are made up of sugars/carbohydrate and water. When the body depletes its glycogen stores, the water that's contained in it is also lost (1 gram of carbohydrate stores 3.5 grams of water). When you end your fast and start your regular eating habits again, the lost fluid is restored when your body replenishes its glycogen, causing the non-fat weight gain. This is a normal process that brings energy stores back to normal and therefore subsides over the following week.
Yours in Health, Wellness, and Beauty,Co-Founder of STOP, Stop the Obesity Pandemic
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