A social media star who undertook a fast of two weeks has unveiled the brutal impact that had the challenge on his body.
Jimmy Donaldson, known online as ‘Mr Beast’, has earned a 404 million strong YouTube by increasingly taking on extensive challenges, including 100 hours of spending in the pyramids and stranded in a cave for seven days.
But months ago the now 27-year-old started a new achievement, only drank water and did not consume 14 days.
Although not unsuitable, the 6ft 5 in influencer and entrepreneur weighed around 220 pounds (110 kg) – which caused him to be overweight.
Now, in a recent Youtube -videoWho was viewed more than 3 million times, he told comedian Theo von how the challenge had a ‘depressing’ effect on his body.
Despite parts of studies that indicate intermittent fast – what Shot at fame at the beginning of the years 2010 – does workExperts remain divided on its effectiveness and the potential health effects in the long term.
Some claim that faster usually consume a relatively large amount of food in one go, which means that they do not cut back on their calories – a well -known way to defeat the bulge.
Even Warn that it can increase the risk of strokes, heart attacks or early death.
Jimmy Donaldson, known online as ‘Mr Beast’, has earned a 404 million strong YouTube by increasingly taking on extensive challenges, including 100 hours of spending in the pyramids and stranded in a cave for seven days
But months ago the now 27-year-old started a new achievement, only drank water and did not consume any food for 14 days
Scientists have also insisted on caution above fasting that last more than a day because of them ‘Short -term’ effectiveness and advising that they can activate chronic health problems such as digestive disorders.
Mr Donaldson said: “I did 14 days, only water, I lost 20 pounds,” “
‘After day five or six you are pretty empty, you have no energy.
‘I did a Dexa scan before I did my extensive fast, where they measure the fat and the muscle, I lost six pounds of muscles, it was pretty depressing. So I lost 13 pounds (5.9 kg) fat.
“Even after you started eating, the muscle didn’t just come back.”
‘It was intensely not eating, I was still filming and working, it was really messing around.
He added: ‘Getting up was brutal and walking around because you have no energy.
“I never got that super human clarity, I was just tired all the time, I was too tired to have clarity.”
Jennifer Aniston, Chris Pratt and Kourtney Kardashian belong to the Hollywood A-Listers who have jumped into the trend since it was in the prominent place in the early years 2010. But despite the fact that the studies suggest that it works, experts have remained divided on its effectiveness and the potential health effects in the long term
By following his progress in the course of the two -week challenge, Daily Wegs in day three Mr Donaldson was already dropped almost 4 pounds, at 216.4LBS (98.2 kg).
By day six his weight fell to 210.1LBS (95.3 kg) and day 10, 206.2LBS (93.5 kg).
But on day 12, with a weight of only 204.3 LBS (92.7 kg), he noticed: ‘I was so nauseous that I could not film for more than 20 minutes without sitting for a break.
“By the end of the day I felt that I would faint.”
It was only after filming a cooking video with famous chef Gordon Ramsey on day 14, that he decided to break his fast and eat a breakfast sandwich that the 58-year-old had prepared.
However, he immediately spit out the sandwich over the fears such as the reproductive syndrome – where a sudden increase in calories causes an imbalance of liquids and salts that can influence heart function.
This means that people need constant monitoring.
During a final check on day 14, Mr Donaldson weighed only 202LBS (91.6 kg), so that his BMI was placed in the healthy category.
It comes like an enlightening video that was posted online last month thousands of views for his alarming representation of exactly what happens to the body – urage until hour – during fasting
However, he warned that during the two weeks he had a team of doctors around him to regularly check his vital signs, such as heart rate and blood pressure to ensure that he had no ‘heart attack or worse’.
“As I said in the video several times, try this clearly not at home without medical supervision as I had,” he added.
‘Also for more context I have Crohn’s disease and I wanted to give it a break of food to see if that would help reduce inflammation because Crohns sucks.
“I learned a lot about how I can use fasting to reduce my inflammation and I am happy that I did this challenge.”
About half a million British suffer from Crohn’s disease, which causes painful pain, diarrhea, exhaustion and extreme weight loss.
About a third of patients who live with the condition where the intestinal wall becomes inflamed will require surgery.
Many patients need a few months to recover from the invasive procedure, while others are left with a stoma – where the intestine is diverted from the body and replaced by a bag.
It comes like lighting Video Posted online Last month thousands of views collected for his alarming representation of exactly what happens to the body – urage to hour – during fasting.
The four-minute complicated simulation claimed that the body stops digesting food after just four hours, entering what is known if the catabolic phase when muscle and fat is used for energy.
Around 12 o’clock it has struck a ‘rapid state’ of blood sugar levels. Here the liver starts to break down stored fat in fatty acids called ketones to use as a fuel.
But ketones can be dangerous – high levels in the blood can lead to a condition called ketoacidosis when blood becomes too acidic. If it is not treated quickly, it can be life threatening.
Studies have also shown that long -term exposure to ketones can be harmful to the heart, which increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Fasting up to 16 hours can then stimulate autophagia – whereby cells break down and damaged or unnecessary components such as removing old proteins – is claimed.
However, research has long warned that excessive or long -term autophagia can lead to cell death, possibly causing damage to organs.
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