I'm fasting for both reasons. One is that I was having recurrent gastritis, acne, Depression and brain fog, like my body became a dump ground for toxins. I started changing my eating habits before fasting and but figure a fast would speed it up. The other reason is that I am obese and need to lose weight and that is a health reason, it's bad for you in lots of ways not just appearance. I use the weight loss forum for support on weight loss, I wouldn't mind if you steer more people over there it's not very active.