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The high comes from cutting oxygen to the brain, with all the side effects that brings. Do not do this.
by brador 4y ago
The high comes from cutting oxygen to the brain, with all the side effects that brings.
Do not do this.
- ryanwaggoner 4y agoDo you have a source that this kind of mild hypoxia is harmful to the brain, or is that just your conjecture? You may be right, but I’m skeptical. Starvation isn’t great for us, but there are many health benefits associated with fasting.
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- ta988 4y agoThe benefits of fasting aren't that clear.
- diydsp 4y agoMaybe another 146,000 papers [0] would start to clarify? [0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=fasting https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=fasting
- ryanwaggoner 4y agoI’m not an expert, but my understanding is that there’s a large body of research showing many benefits to fasting. That, plus anecdotal evidence from myself and others, is all I have to go on :)
- 1001101 4y agoI tried this a while back with a pulse oximeter on. Didn't like what I saw. Was my first and last time.
- yomkippur 4y agoWhen somebody on HN says don't do something, it usually comes from a place of misinformed half baked knowledge of the subject so I say ignore these alarmists who think people are going to kill themselves by holding their breath after increasing oxygen in blood by several folds.
- BenjiWiebe 4y agoNot increasing oxygen. Decreasing co2. Your blood oxygen saturation is generally 98% or more. You can't increase that several fold.