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.
The point is NOT to starve yourself. Most people will lose weight on a 1500 calorie diet, some on an even higher caloric level. The best gauge for whether you're at the right level is how satisfied you feel (you shouldn't be hungry all day!) and whether you're losing weight.