> * Don't start with longer than 2-3 days fasts Oh, absolutely right. If you have never missed a meal in your life and you plan to start multi-week fast you ar

> * Don't start with longer than 2-3 days fasts Oh, absolutely right. If you have never missed a meal in your life and you plan to start multi-week fast you are in for a rude awakening. As with any other change for your organism, you are best doing it slowly and letting your body adapt. The metabolic pathways needed for operation while fasting are different from the ones you train on 3 meals a day. You need to let them develop a little bit before you go for a long fast. It would be like trying to run a marathon without any training.