You will see fad articles talking about how good or cool starvation diets can be posted in media like newspapers or magazines but dont just go jump on a band wagon because one doctor some where says it might extend your life. Fad Diets especially are not medically proven, they are hypothesized. More importantly, these studies are usually uncontrolled, non-blinded, and often biased towards the a sponsor/researcher/doctors own agenda. And crap like health, dieting and beauty sell to the masses.


Quote Originally Posted by zx12y View Post
All hyperbole aside, it can be good for your health, like helping with insulin
Alternatively, it can be really bad for you too:
Starvation diet and very-low-calorie diets may induce insulin resistance and overt diabetes mellitus
Telogen Effluvium Secondary to Starvation Diet
DEATH DURING THERAPEUTIC STARVATION FOR OBESITY
METABOLIC BASIS OF STARVATION DIARRHOEA: IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT
Production of peptic ulcers in rats and mice by diets deficient in protein
Hyperuricemia induced by high fat diets and starvation
Dietary Nucleotides Reverse Malnutrition and Starvation-Induced Immunosuppression
EFFECT OF ANDROGEN ON THE PROSTATE IN STARVATION

Starvation diets with an energy intake below 200 kcal per day are no longer used, but very low-energy diets with an energy intake of between 200 and 800 kcal per day have been used, although there is little to support the use of energy levels below 800 kcal per day.
Dietary approaches to reducing body weight
The historical development, efficacy and safety of very-low-calorie diets.
*most starvation diets I noted on actual medical peer reviewed journals only use starvation diets in obese patients and even still very monitored by a medical/clinical team.