MYTH-All the weight I'm losing on Master Cleanse is fat?

MYTH-All the weight I'm losing on Master Cleanse is fat?

Andrea Giancoli (Registered Dietician ) gives expert video advice on: MYTH-Our bodies need to be cleansed?; MYTH-All the weight I'm losing on Master Cleanse is fat?; MYTH-The side effects I feel during the Master Cleanse mean the body is detoxing? and more...

No, the majority of the weight that you're losing on the Master Cleanse, at the very beginning, is water weight. This is because you're depleting your glycogen storage, your carbohydrate storage, and a lot of that is carried with water, so you get rid of that. You also start to feed on your lean tissue, muscle tissue, and proteins in the blood. You will lose a little bit of fat, but mainly it's the water weight and your lean protein tissue in the body.