Lose weight by drinking only water: Raz Degan says it, but does it really work? Here’s what you shouldn’t imitate

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Lose weight by drinking only water: Raz Degan says it, but does it really work? Here's what you shouldn't imitate

Dossier is the exclusive subscription investigative section of The Vermilion. If you want to support our journalistic work and subscribe, visit our showcase by clicking here. The most suspicious could get away with a “it’s just his business”, borrowing the phrase from a 1990s commercial that made him famous. Jokes aside, however, water fasting is becoming increasingly popular. What does it consist of? Consume only water for a specific period of time, from 24 hours to several days, as an alternative to meals. “I just finished a 10-day fast drinking only water. I was reborn.” Thus the actor and director Raz Degan in a video published on his Instagram profile. A few weeks later the former Israeli model raised the bar, announcing a collective fast for 48 hours, only water allowed. Over 1500 people responded, to whom the former winner of the Island of the Famous instructed them to “read the manual in the program and eliminate the foods and drinks that make fasting worse”. In his posts, in fact, Raz Degan highlights that to participate in the “challenge” you must…

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