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How does one fast for three days?
by bg4 10y ago
How does one fast for three days?
- beat 10y agoSimple. Don't eat. Drink water. Some people will allow juice on a fast.
- erikpukinskis 10y agoI find it strange that people allow juice. If the purpose is to get your blood sugar down for a consistent stretch then juice would mess that up. I'd rather it a small high fiber, low sugar snack, like some brown rice with vegetables, than drink an equivalent amount of calories in juice form. I guess maybe the idea is the juice sugar gets digested quickly and you're back to empty, whereas the rice would stick around. I guess it's a question of whether it's better to go up to a 10 and then back down to a zero, or go to a 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.
- beat 10y agoI find it strange, too. I think it's more a magical-thinking issue, where juice is "liquid" and thus "water", rather than thinking about the nutritional impact.
- throw94 10y agoI think fasting helps relax your digestive system. By drinking juice, you don't feel out of energy and still get some (many?) of the benefits of fasting.
- lerpa 10y agoDon't eat and you forgot a fundamental part of it: tell everyone else you meet that you're fasting.
- pizza 10y agoIt's easier than most are conditioned to believe..
- blakes 10y agoThe first day is hard, the second day is easy, and the third day is also easy, but gets a little harder as you get closer to the point you know you'll be eating again.