About Treated Turquoise. Note: There is very little hard, natural gem quality turquoise on the market. Hence, in most cases, some sort of hardening treatment of this ancient, relatively soft mineral is needed ... especially for strung beads to help prevent breakage during the drilling and tumble polishing processes.
So if you begin to starve yourself for 2 days you will not lose much weight.. it won't be as dramatic as you think it would be. Try cleaning your colon it is more effective at dropping unwanted pounds from the fecal matter, gas and toxins that have accumulated within your intestines.
Generally to lose 1 to 2 pounds a week, you need to burn 500 to 1,000 calories more than you consume each day, through a lower calorie diet and regular physical activity. Depending on your weight, 5 percent of your current weight may be a realistic goal. Even this level of weight loss can help lower your risk for chronic health problems, such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. If you're 180 pounds (82 kilograms), that's 9 pounds (4 kilograms).