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So up until last week I had never given long term fasting a second thought. This was until I learned all of the long term health benefits associated with multi-day fasts.
On a strictly water only fast, around day 3-4 your stem cell production drastically increases apparently due to the production of white blood cells after metabolizing the damaged cells in your body. When your body has nothing to digest, it enters into repair mode and starts using damaged cells (which could end up turning cancerous) for energy and also repairs/creates new cells (specifically the mitochondria). It is also supposed to be the ultimate detox for your body which is what had me interested.
Anyways, I ended up deciding to try it out and planned to do 48 hours to see how I felt, ended up going 72 hours without anything but water and black coffee in the morning. It was really quite easy. The hunger was never more than annoying and my energy levels were totally normal. 24 hours in I ran 2 miles feeling fine and the next day I did a heavy chest session and although I was definitely a tad bit weaker than normal I felt fine. I came off the fast continuing my low carb diet and I am still down 5 pounds a week later. If I can keep those 5 pounds off it will definitely be an added benefit.
Just wanted to pass this info on! It was also kind of liberating learning that hunger is actually more psychological than anything else. Breaking the eating routine was the hardest part.
This is mostly about time restricted eating but has a lot of good scientific info about 2 hours in
On a strictly water only fast, around day 3-4 your stem cell production drastically increases apparently due to the production of white blood cells after metabolizing the damaged cells in your body. When your body has nothing to digest, it enters into repair mode and starts using damaged cells (which could end up turning cancerous) for energy and also repairs/creates new cells (specifically the mitochondria). It is also supposed to be the ultimate detox for your body which is what had me interested.
Anyways, I ended up deciding to try it out and planned to do 48 hours to see how I felt, ended up going 72 hours without anything but water and black coffee in the morning. It was really quite easy. The hunger was never more than annoying and my energy levels were totally normal. 24 hours in I ran 2 miles feeling fine and the next day I did a heavy chest session and although I was definitely a tad bit weaker than normal I felt fine. I came off the fast continuing my low carb diet and I am still down 5 pounds a week later. If I can keep those 5 pounds off it will definitely be an added benefit.
Just wanted to pass this info on! It was also kind of liberating learning that hunger is actually more psychological than anything else. Breaking the eating routine was the hardest part.
This is mostly about time restricted eating but has a lot of good scientific info about 2 hours in
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