Posted on 01/09/2025 8:05:49 AM PST by Red Badger
I’ve done 3 5-day water fasts the last 5 years and what’s really crazy is after day 2 your mind starts to clear and your tongue and sweat start to smell from all the impurities.
Ping
Was this study done with the expectation that Heels Up Harris would steal the election?
I have found fasting actually helps inflammation. Tendinitis in elbow and knees disappears
I would have to take a vacation to do a week long fast...because there would be too many safety risks at work and driving.
And since my company was bought up, they cut our PTO to 56 hours,just 7 days a year.
Boy do I ever want European vacation time and sick days.
Anyway, after three days of fasting you start burning ketones, and that causes your breath to smell.
ping
Me too but my blood tests was COMPLETELY CHANGED by 12 and rarely 18 hour fasts.
#### 3 days or 7!!!
I’ve done those folks...the others are lying...it’s a NIGHTMARE...and you gain it back in no time because you starved yourself.
Do 12..maybe 18
I’m all for scientific studies into health and diet. It would be great if we could take all the money we waste on “studying” climate change and the associated billion dollar marketing scams and the trillion dollar government policies regarding climate and put just 1% of that into real scientific studies. we’d probably solve most all the problems.
It’s not “the impurities,” that make your taste & sweat, etc., strange, it’s the acetone which is a breakdown product of fat metabolism. (Fat breaks down to acetoacetate, which loses CO2 spontaneously to make acetone.)
The farthest I’ve been able to go is 3 day fasts. The massive headaches always bring me out of it. I’ve tried electrolytes and all, but the headaches always make me break the fast. They are brutal.
Just literally broke a 3 day fast this morning due to high ketone levels.
The fasting coach I relied on has been saying much of this information for years.
Glad to see she is finally proven correct.
What’s wrong with high ketone levels?
Shortly after rolling blackouts are implemented across the country, food shortages will naturally follow.
This study teaches you to be happy about it.
The blackouts will be good for the planet, and the lack of food will be good for you.
Or put 1% of that into fire detection, prevention and fire fighting in LA. That would save tens of billions of lost property and lives.
What do you drink - just water? Any supplements?
Ketoacidosis if they get too high.
There is a therapeutic level you want to stay in during fasting. My coach says anything over 8 mmol/L on the ketomojo meter signals you to break your fast. You are getting into needing medical assistance.
Ketoacidosis if they get too high.
I thought that was only an issue for diabetics.
>The farthest I’ve been able to go is 3 day fasts. The massive headaches always bring me out of it.
Yeah, I’m type one so I have to be careful of my blood sugars as well, because your liver dumps all the sugar it has for two days and then runs out. That might be the headache reason.
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