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While fasting can be very beneficial, be careful if you're going to do it for long periods. A few days is ok but I wouldn't recommend anyone fasting longer with
by Darmody 6y ago
While fasting can be very beneficial, be careful if you're going to do it for long periods. A few days is ok but I wouldn't recommend anyone fasting longer without supervision.
David Blaine almost dies after 44 days of fasting. Not because of the fasting but because of how they fed him afterwards. He also say he hasn't recovered and his body sometimes acts weird. There's a clip of him talking about this on Joe Rogan Podcast.
- beagle3 6y agoImportant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refeeding_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refeeding_syndrome The problem with recommending "supervision" is that there isn't anyone certified to do that in particular; so that's not really helpful. I recommend anyone who wants to try fating to spend a month on /r/keto and /r/fasting , read all their tutorials, read some posts and ask questions; and then make up your mind about what kind of supervision (if at all) you want. It's not a cult; people report bad experiences on these communities as well, and are not ridiculed or excommunicated for it.
- Darmody 6y agoWell, doctors are very well versed in these matters. Maybe not in long fasting but they can tell if something is going wrong with you. I felt I had the obligation to post it. Anyway, I wouldn't do anything extreme by the sake of doing it.