Fasting improves mental clarity. It also produces an energy buzz after a 2-3 days.
Fasting improves mental clarity. It also produces an energy buzz after a 2-3 days.
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The first 24 hours of a fast is the hardest. After that, the body has made the metabolic shift, and 96 hours becomes about optimum for a water-only fast, then reintroduction of reduced calorie meals for at least a week, which resets the body’s basic metabolic rate.
Fasts longer than two days noticeably sharpen your sense of smell. I can literally smell a hamburger grilling from miles away.
The first time I realized it was during a five-day fast. I was driving to a small city on business with the windows down, enjoying the weather. I figured I was still five miles out when the smell of grilling meat suddenly hit me—strong and unmistakable.
About a minute or so later, I came around a bend and there was a whole strip of fast-food places. It was striking how much more sensitive my senses had become.