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You are likely to get used to it. Try to get up to 3-day fasting on electrolyte water only, one day more at a time. Usually the first day is the worst, then you
by bitL 10y ago
You are likely to get used to it. Try to get up to 3-day fasting on electrolyte water only, one day more at a time. Usually the first day is the worst, then you can fast and even do intense sport normally for a few days (this should also kick start your immunity if you weren't too weak already). Or try to take a restricted ketonic diet for 2-3 months, with one day per week permitting eating whatever you like - you can drop 20-40lbs of fat easily, reducing the amount of "garbage" your body stores in the belly fat (which is created by your body when it can't get rid of some dangerous metabolic products immediately).
- hughes 10y agoAlso, talk to your doctor before going 3 days without food.
- mirsadm 10y agoWhy? What is a doctor going to tell you? 3 days without food is not dangerous.
- mywittyname 10y agoDehydration is a concern for people who go prolonged periods without eating as food is a large source of the body's water.
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- Fr0styMatt88 10y agoYou definitely want to have a check-up before doing this, you often don't know what you don't know. Case in point: I've done IF on and off for awhile and a mate of mine was interested in trying it. He used to say that one thing that put him off was that he'd get cranky and a little shaky if he didn't eat for awhile. Something you could mistakenly arm-chair away as 'most likely just anxiety about being hungry'. So he did IF for a bit and it was generally fine. He didn't do it really long-term. So around a year after that he starts having visual problems. Well, turns out he's a type-1 diabetic and he'd been pre-diabetic for most of his life without realizing it. Relatively late-onset for the condition, but a lot made sense after that diagnosis.
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- projektir 10y agoIs this an argument against IF, or for getting a checkup? I'm not sure how IF would have contributed to diabetes, nor how not doing IF would have prevented it. The core issue here seems to be not getting a checkup and/or not enough information in general, the IF seems irrelevant.
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- Fr0styMatt88 10y agoYeah I wasn't terribly clear :) My argument is just FOR getting a check-up, not against doing IF. Especially if you're practising it long-term, you want to make sure that it isn't something that's uniquely harmful to you. To go back to the original comment, it's probably less about 'talking' to your doctor literally; sure there's nothing they can say about IF that you can't find out yourself, but they can get you blood tests and perform the right physical tests to make sure you're suitably healthy to do IF correctly without harming yourself.
- driverdan 10y agoTry one day, not three. A single day of fasting is pretty easy.
- pessimizer 10y agoThe first day is the hardest of the three, though.
- 08-15 10y ago> created by your body when it can't get rid of some dangerous metabolic products immediately Such as? Please name just one such metabolic product, otherwise this is just pseudo-scientific bullshit. (Extra points for a link to a paper in the primary scientific literature.)
- bitL 10y agoI've read about it a few months ago in some "serious" newspaper but I can't remember - maybe search would help if you try to filter out garbage pseudo-scientific sites? They stated something like body binding certain metabolic byproducts with fat when it can't cope with the load to process them later (like eating sugary food right before sleep), and they get stored around belly. So most obese people likely carry decades of unfinished exhaust byproducts alongside having clogged internal lymphatic system, which can lead to "loads of fun" when they finally try to get rid of their fat.
- 08-15 10y agoJust one. Please name just one. No, it's not carbon dioxide. Last time I heard similar bullshit, the guy, when pressed, named "amino acids". Which is not a waste product, it's raw material. If you can't name even one, either you're making stuff up or you've been lied to.
- tbihl 10y agoLast time I heard tell of similar things, it was probably mild starvation-induced ketoacidosis. Of course, it makes as much sense to say we shouldn't exercise because it releases "toxins"that make our muscles hurt. But, I'm guessing that's what people are normally misunderstanding in these cases.