I'm a self-published author of two books and an avid weight loss blogger at www.leanhigh.com, a website currently attracts more than 100,000 unique visitors per month. I've been an active member of the water fasting community for more than a decade, and because of that I used to recommend water fasting both for weight loss and health reasons. But since I stumbled upon scientific evidence of just how dangerous water fasting can be (the loss of muscle mass during a water fast turned out to be just a tip of the iceberg), I've been activelly researching and writing about how our bodies work during fasting conditions. For example, another die-hard fallacy I've stumbled upon, is the supposed need for a colon cleanse during a water fast. Also, although water fasting gives the illusion of rapid weight loss results (that illusion is quickly dissipated once the weight regains start), it isn't the best method to specifically target your body fat, but it also destroys a lot of muscle mass and forces a lot of water weight out of your body. To demonstrate just how deceptive that fickle number on our bathroom scales can be, I've conducted a personal extreme weight loss experiment in which I lost almost 20 pounds of weight in one day (only to regain all the lost weight in just two days). Because of the potential health complications and lack of focus on body fat burn, I have collected enough rapid fat loss science to develop a muscle sparing diet that can provide you with stellar fat burn rates while fully preserving your muscle mass (maintaining that delicate balance is easily one of the toughest riddles in the entire weight loss industry). If you want to find out more about my work, you're welcome to subscribe to my free weight loss newsletter where I provide nothing but highly actionable tips every week.