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The most recent image of Luis Miguel with his girlfriend, Paloma Cuevas, at the airport on their way to their exclusive Easter holidays in the luxurious urbanization La Zagaleta (Benahavís, Malaga), in addition to becoming meme meat, has left in 'shock' the millions of fans of the singer who do not give credit to the striking loss of weight of the singer.

It is said that, in recent times, Luis Miguel, who on April 19 celebrated his 53rd birthday with the announcement of a new international tour, has lost 20 kilos thanks to intermittent fasting, a nutritional strategy (not diet) practiced with devotion by other stars 'deity level' such as Bruce Springsteen or Chris Martin (the leader of Coldplay, by the way, he started in this practice following the recommendations of the Boss).

"Emaciated or fit?", some Mexicans ask themselves before a more than evident physical change of the 'Sun King' that, although, without a doubt, has been 'encouraged' by his sentimental relationship with Cuevas, started years ago, motivated by a health issue, as he himself would have confessed: "People do not know to what extent obesity is a disease."

Although the most popular and 'bearable' modalities of intermittent fasting contemplate not eating any food for 12, 14 or 16 hours (periods during which you can take infusions or bone broths and it is essential to hydrate very well with water), Luis Miguel would have chosen to practice one of the most demanding: the one that imposes 36 hours of fasting.

Unlike, above all, the 12-hour version (which, basically, would consist of having dinner early, having breakfast late and, obviously, taking care of the food that is eaten when it plays), the 'version' followed by the singer are big words and, as he himself has declared, should not be contemplated in any case without the planning and exhaustive monitoring of a specialist.

"Fasts of 24, 36 and even 48 hours, whose objective is to make a metabolic 'reset', are only indicated to be carried out a couple of times a year," warns nutritionist Javier Fernández Ligero, who insists on the importance of "analyzing the context of each patient, to establish why he wants to do it, why it suits him and how he has to plan it. "

In this sense, it should be remembered that, after 24-36 hours of fasting, our glycogen reserves will have been exhausted, so our body will be forced to obtain the glucose it needs to function thanks to the gluconeogenesis of glycerol from fats and the production of ketone bodies, which will give us the energy we need. Also, that this process can have its side effects: irritability, headache, muscle loss, arrhythmias and bad breath, among others. Which, together with the level of demand that we must face every day, makes this type of vigil absolutely incompatible with our lives.

Much skinnier than ever, Luis Miguel, as can be seen in the latest photographs, accuses a loss of muscle mass that, as demonstrated in research published by the journal JAMA in September 2020, can be another of the direct consequences of these severe fasts if they are not accompanied by those important strength training, especially, from a certain age. Because, as we have already pointed out in ZEN on other occasions, having a powerful muscle mass is not only a guarantee of good bone health, but also enhances the metabolic function of the muscle: the stronger we are, the more calories we will burn (even at rest).

Moral? That with this intermittent fasting 'you do not play' and that the life of Luis Miguel, with his rhythms and entourage of advisors, has absolutely nothing to do with that of any 'normal' person so it is better not to emulate him.

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