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Any references for that claim (assuming 5 days water fast or less)?

• Madmallard 8y ago
  My labs started deviating from normal in the wrong diection during 36 hr fasting in the hospital. Granted, I am very sick.
  • goldenkey 8y ago
    I hope you get better mate. If there's anything that might help and is doable by a stranger on HN, lmk.
• bildung 8y ago
  "[I]ntermittent fasting diets may actually damage the pancreas and affect insulin function in normal healthy individuals, which could lead to diabetes and serious health issues." (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/20/fasting-diets-raise-risk-of-diabetes https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/20/fasting-diet...) The National Council Against Health Fraud "strongly advises against the use of prolonged fasting for health purposes, and believes that requiring children to fast is a form of child abuse." https://www.ncahf.org/articles/e-i/fasting.html https://www.ncahf.org/articles/e-i/fasting.html
  • beagle3 8y ago
    Your first link talks specifically of fasting every other day, and is about rats. That is completely irrelevant to 5 day fasting in humans, whereas [0] is. Your second link is from 1995; A lot has happened since. Yes, children should probably not fast. Other than that, more recent data (as well as old, but ignored, data) show that water fasting is good for you. And Valter Lango's research (see [0], and google for more) shows that it's actually extremely beneficial in many cases, especially during chemotherapy. [0] https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/five-day-fasting-diet-could-fight-disease-slow-aging https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/five-day-fasting-die...