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Same here. It's the closest thing to an actual wonder drug i have ever come across. My skin clears up, brainfog disappears, the white in my eyes get brighter,

Same here. It's the closest thing to an actual wonder drug i have ever come across. My skin clears up, brainfog disappears, the white in my eyes get brighter, etc. After reading a bit i have come to the same conclusion - if your diet is already extremely clean / bland, maybe you won't get the same effect, but for most people that eats lots of different foods, processed stuff, fast food, alcohol, harsh additives, fried/burned food etc. on occasion then i think you really need to give yourself a break at least once a month. For a minimum of 48 hours.

wsinks 6y ago
I'm here for it. You're saying that a water only fast for approximately 48 hours once every full moon helps out? I've done some intermittent fasting before (I think that's where you make sure you don't eat after 18:00 and only start at 9:00)
- kossTKR 6y ago
  Yes, exactly how long probably depends on a lot of factors, but the benefits really starts for me after 30+ hours. Drinking water with potassium + magnesium + salt also helps a lot, to replenish electrolytes, but some people can manage without. Some people can continue workouts, others continue for 7+ days. It's all about experimentation. Atm. i start each week fasting and just fast for as long as it feels ok. Often 1-3 days. I would recommend 2 fasts per month 36-48 hours, and with electrolyte water for newcomers. Off course starting weight, activity level etc. is also important factors, i'm personally trying to lose some "corona weight" atm.
  - DoreenMichele 6y ago
    I really appreciate some of the detailed comments here, but I will caution people that if you have a serious medical condition you may find fasting is a lot harder on you than the above suggests it will be. If it benefits you, it may get easier over time. I have a serious medical condition. I used to routinely throw up when I was even just underfed for one day. It now takes longer than one day for me to start having strong reactions. Fasting and semi-fasting have been beneficial for my condition, but it was amazingly hard on me for a really long time and is still not easy. I tend to semi-fast for somewhere between one and two days (often around 36 hours) most months. I've done longer -- up to a week -- but two per month for a newcomer sounds like a lot to me and I assume that's because of how hard it is on me. So YMMV and probably will.
NotSammyHagar 6y ago
Come on, don't use the word clean with regards to diet. It's a bs and meaningless word that specifies nothing. Is it no sugar, no salt, no meat, no gc organisms, no alcohol no processed, low carb, high carb? Clean is a word that suggests Instagram influencers. Clean does not mean bland or not bland, whole foods or not. It's a meaningless word like good, healthy, natural.
- imwillofficial 6y ago
  Subjective meaning is not no meaning. Good absolutely has a meaning. So does healthy, as does natural. Your lack of understanding of the context of use, and underlying meaning, is nobody's problem but your own. Perhaps you should have asked what He meant by clean, because clearly you don't understand.
  - NotSammyHagar 6y ago
    what does clean mean to you then? Everything we consume has been modified from the original. Apples, wheat, tomatoes, corn - everything we eat has been significantly modified from what it was 10,000 years ago. Early farmers modified potatoes and everything else to grow more calories by genetic manipulation - like planting the ones that grow faster or bigger. Nothing and I mean nothing is like it was before mankind started eating it. We put selective breeding pressure on cows by breeding the ones we grow. I can make up a definition of clean but everyone has a sense of it themselves. Whole foods that are not significantly modified seems reasonable. But modified from what? https://www.primalorganicmiami.com/eat-clean-miami/ https://www.primalorganicmiami.com/eat-clean-miami/ As this website says "There is not a strict definition for “eating clean”. I still assert clean eating is meaningless. I'm not against healthy eating. But "healthy eating" or "clean foods" don't have definitions.
    - imwillofficial 6y ago
      ::woosh::
    - imwillofficial 6y ago
UncleOxidant 6y ago
If I could make it past the first 24 hours of fasting I could probably go further, but I get really bad headaches when fasting and usually give up somewhere close to 24 hours. I hear that if I were to push through for a few more hours that the headache would clear up, but haven't been able to do that yet.
- fao_ 6y ago
  This doesn't tell us anything, and drinking water alone isn't enough. How much and how often did you drink water, and consume salt or rehydration salts. The latter is just as important as the former in keeping your body functioning. If you experience significant salt loss, you will get a headache as your body tries to maintain homeostasis. This is exactly one of the reasons for the headache part of a hangover, and if you adequately replenish your water and electrolytes, you will be vastly less likely to get one.
- rorykoehler 6y ago
  The headaches could be due to electrolyte imbalance. Are you taking 4g potassium-citrate and 300mg magnesium-citrate a day when you fast? If not that could solve your headaches.
moneywoes 6y ago
Is there any science behind it? Anecdotally I notice the same things especially with my skin CL earning up.

wsinks 6y ago

I'm here for it. You're saying that a water only fast for approximately 48 hours once every full moon helps out? I've done some intermittent fasting before (I think that's where you make sure you don't eat after 18:00 and only start at 9:00)

kossTKR 6y ago
Yes, exactly how long probably depends on a lot of factors, but the benefits really starts for me after 30+ hours. Drinking water with potassium + magnesium + salt also helps a lot, to replenish electrolytes, but some people can manage without. Some people can continue workouts, others continue for 7+ days. It's all about experimentation. Atm. i start each week fasting and just fast for as long as it feels ok. Often 1-3 days. I would recommend 2 fasts per month 36-48 hours, and with electrolyte water for newcomers. Off course starting weight, activity level etc. is also important factors, i'm personally trying to lose some "corona weight" atm.
- DoreenMichele 6y ago
  I really appreciate some of the detailed comments here, but I will caution people that if you have a serious medical condition you may find fasting is a lot harder on you than the above suggests it will be. If it benefits you, it may get easier over time. I have a serious medical condition. I used to routinely throw up when I was even just underfed for one day. It now takes longer than one day for me to start having strong reactions. Fasting and semi-fasting have been beneficial for my condition, but it was amazingly hard on me for a really long time and is still not easy. I tend to semi-fast for somewhere between one and two days (often around 36 hours) most months. I've done longer -- up to a week -- but two per month for a newcomer sounds like a lot to me and I assume that's because of how hard it is on me. So YMMV and probably will.

NotSammyHagar 6y ago

Come on, don't use the word clean with regards to diet. It's a bs and meaningless word that specifies nothing. Is it no sugar, no salt, no meat, no gc organisms, no alcohol no processed, low carb, high carb? Clean is a word that suggests Instagram influencers. Clean does not mean bland or not bland, whole foods or not. It's a meaningless word like good, healthy, natural.

imwillofficial 6y ago
Subjective meaning is not no meaning. Good absolutely has a meaning. So does healthy, as does natural. Your lack of understanding of the context of use, and underlying meaning, is nobody's problem but your own. Perhaps you should have asked what He meant by clean, because clearly you don't understand.
- NotSammyHagar 6y ago
  what does clean mean to you then? Everything we consume has been modified from the original. Apples, wheat, tomatoes, corn - everything we eat has been significantly modified from what it was 10,000 years ago. Early farmers modified potatoes and everything else to grow more calories by genetic manipulation - like planting the ones that grow faster or bigger. Nothing and I mean nothing is like it was before mankind started eating it. We put selective breeding pressure on cows by breeding the ones we grow. I can make up a definition of clean but everyone has a sense of it themselves. Whole foods that are not significantly modified seems reasonable. But modified from what? https://www.primalorganicmiami.com/eat-clean-miami/ https://www.primalorganicmiami.com/eat-clean-miami/ As this website says "There is not a strict definition for “eating clean”. I still assert clean eating is meaningless. I'm not against healthy eating. But "healthy eating" or "clean foods" don't have definitions.
  - imwillofficial 6y ago
    ::woosh::
  - imwillofficial 6y ago

UncleOxidant 6y ago

If I could make it past the first 24 hours of fasting I could probably go further, but I get really bad headaches when fasting and usually give up somewhere close to 24 hours. I hear that if I were to push through for a few more hours that the headache would clear up, but haven't been able to do that yet.

fao_ 6y ago
This doesn't tell us anything, and drinking water alone isn't enough. How much and how often did you drink water, and consume salt or rehydration salts. The latter is just as important as the former in keeping your body functioning. If you experience significant salt loss, you will get a headache as your body tries to maintain homeostasis. This is exactly one of the reasons for the headache part of a hangover, and if you adequately replenish your water and electrolytes, you will be vastly less likely to get one.
rorykoehler 6y ago
The headaches could be due to electrolyte imbalance. Are you taking 4g potassium-citrate and 300mg magnesium-citrate a day when you fast? If not that could solve your headaches.

moneywoes 6y ago

Is there any science behind it? Anecdotally I notice the same things especially with my skin CL earning up.