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You can do a zero sugar, zero carb fast for three days. Once the gut bacteria starve and die the cravings disappear. The first two days are a bit tough.

tormeh 6y ago
Any source for this? Because if this is true, I'm willing to try. Absolutely no carbs is really hard, though. I'd essentially have to drink rapeseed oil for 3 days... Even butter has carbs.
- jfkebwjsbx 6y ago
  Eating vegetables for three days seems easy enough.
  - BeetleB 6y ago
    A lot of vegetables have carbs.
    - uoaei 6y ago
      Sugars are carbs but carbs are not sugars
- daniel2x 6y ago
  I've done it myself (zero calorie water fast) and it worked for me (n=1). The difference between day two and day three is stark. It's free and easy to try. Maybe check with your physician first if you are on medications or have health issues. If the question that you are trying to answer is "will this work for me?" then there aren't any papers that I know of which will answer that. :)
- bluGill 6y ago
  Drink water. This is a full on fast. Check with your doctor first. My cousin did this for a month got type I diabetes. (I suspect he would have anyway given his genetics, but the fast changed his body enough to bring it on sooner)
- wishinghand 6y ago
  Just anecdata- several times I've done something similar and I noticed after 3-5 days I'm just not into grabbing a candy bar or maybe a leftover dessert. When I shop I'm even a little turned off by most sweets. The most recent experience has been the quarantine. We stocked up on essentials from costco, which meant no sweets. After going a couple of months without candy, I entered a market yesterday wanting to grab some basics and a snack or two. I ended up with beef jerky and some gold fish crackers. It's not like they're healthy, but it's out of character for me.
  - senectus1 6y ago
    yeah I'll add to "anecdata". I've trained myself to not want to add sugar to anything, after a while I stopped wanting to have things that had a lot of sugar in them. I'll still go for a bit of carrot cake with a coffee on a weekend outing to the shops or something. but my day-to-day activities no longer want sugar in my coffee or tea or Chicroy

tormeh 6y ago

Any source for this? Because if this is true, I'm willing to try. Absolutely no carbs is really hard, though. I'd essentially have to drink rapeseed oil for 3 days... Even butter has carbs.

jfkebwjsbx 6y ago
Eating vegetables for three days seems easy enough.
- BeetleB 6y ago
  A lot of vegetables have carbs.
  - uoaei 6y ago
    Sugars are carbs but carbs are not sugars
daniel2x 6y ago
I've done it myself (zero calorie water fast) and it worked for me (n=1). The difference between day two and day three is stark. It's free and easy to try. Maybe check with your physician first if you are on medications or have health issues. If the question that you are trying to answer is "will this work for me?" then there aren't any papers that I know of which will answer that. :)
bluGill 6y ago
Drink water. This is a full on fast. Check with your doctor first. My cousin did this for a month got type I diabetes. (I suspect he would have anyway given his genetics, but the fast changed his body enough to bring it on sooner)
wishinghand 6y ago
Just anecdata- several times I've done something similar and I noticed after 3-5 days I'm just not into grabbing a candy bar or maybe a leftover dessert. When I shop I'm even a little turned off by most sweets. The most recent experience has been the quarantine. We stocked up on essentials from costco, which meant no sweets. After going a couple of months without candy, I entered a market yesterday wanting to grab some basics and a snack or two. I ended up with beef jerky and some gold fish crackers. It's not like they're healthy, but it's out of character for me.
- senectus1 6y ago
  yeah I'll add to "anecdata". I've trained myself to not want to add sugar to anything, after a while I stopped wanting to have things that had a lot of sugar in them. I'll still go for a bit of carrot cake with a coffee on a weekend outing to the shops or something. but my day-to-day activities no longer want sugar in my coffee or tea or Chicroy