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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
by rsync 10y ago
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 sugar stores, resetting insulin resistance, etc. ... that is to say, if you're pursuing the more interesting, second order benefits of fasting - you really should be doing the zero calorie kind.
I do a 24 hour fast once weekly with just (black) coffee and water ... I guess I cannot speak to how difficult zero calories would be for 2-4 days ...
- MikkoFinell 10y agoConsuming 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.
- rsync 10y ago"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 ...
- TimSchumann 10y ago> I guess I cannot speak to how difficult zero calories would be for 2-4 days I can, it's not difficult at all. I've done 7 days, no multivitamins or supplements of any kind. I did allow myself two espresso shots over lunch, but I can't image that counts much towards caloric intake.