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Re: 4-Day Fast

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Post by pdimitar » Sun, Apr 02, 2017, 5:49 PM UTC

Silhouette wrote: post #34

Well, I lost 6.7 pounds and 1.9% body fat during my 4-day fast. How much of that went back on again shortly afterwards, though? I have sometimes lost several pounds very quickly as a result of dehydration, but this is generally not healthy and the loss is temporary. I've sometimes been sick and not had much of an appetite, resulting in staying in bed for several days and hardly eating anything. Again, I lost several…

That is the really important question here. I wish the author would answer you.

I believe fasting has long-term health benefits but I am not at all sure it can actually help with regular weight loss and general health re-balancing.

Re: 4-Day Fast

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Post by rsync » Mon, Apr 03, 2017, 2:44 AM UTC

MikkoFinell wrote: post #43

rsync wrote: post #38

Can we contrast fasting like the op is describing (with coconut milk, protein supplements and bone broth) vs. fasting with literally zero calories ? If you're pursuing "weight loss" or fat loss or general fitness/wellness/lightness, I think any form of fasting is useful and interesting. However, it seems to me that if you are optimizing for starving cancer cells, forcing weak cells into apoptosis, depleting your suga…

Consuming anything else than water will actually break the fast. Yes that includes black coffee. People who "fast" while consuming coffee, broth, exogenous ketones, and other caloric substances still experience the benefits from caloric restriction. Still not actually fasting though.

"People who "fast" while consuming coffee, broth, exogenous ketones, and other caloric substances still experience the benefits from caloric restriction. Still not actually fasting though."

If the coffee is black it has zero calories and is identical (in terms of caloric restriction) to tea or water ... so I don't think it belongs in the same group as broth ...

Re: 4-Day Fast

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Post by qume » Tue, Apr 04, 2017, 10:02 AM UTC

zzalpha wrote: post #50

qume wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When you have a life span of ~35 years, hey, eat all the meat and dairy you like.

Myth. Child mortality pulls down the average: http://www.livescience.com/10569-human-lifespans-constant-2-... While adult life expectancy has increased somewhat thanks to sanitation and antibiotics, there has never been a time when adult life expectancy was a mere 35 years.

Super interesting, thanks