Here's my anecdotal experience with fasting and training (lifting). Something like 12 years ago I started fasting and training based on some of the regimes oly

Here's my anecdotal experience with fasting and training (lifting). Something like 12 years ago I started fasting and training based on some of the regimes olympic marathon runners were putting out there at the time. I went 24 hours without food and did a set of leg workouts. Within minutes of leaving the gym I developed a fever and a pain in my back. When I checked myself into the emergency room I was expecting to hear that my appendix burst but had a serious conversation with the ER doctor about a giant tumor that they found in my retroperitoneal cavity. Wild shit. Years later I found out that studies have shown that fasting causes "Autophagy". .."Autophagy allows your body to break down and reuse old cell parts so your cells can operate more efficiently. It’s a natural cleaning out process that begins when your cells are stressed or deprived of nutrients. Researchers are studying autophagy’s role in potentially preventing and fighting disease." I'm of the opinion that had I not have fasted and did an intense workout I would have never have caught this stage II\III cancer in time. The malignant tumor's in that part of the body leave no physical symptoms. The next stop would have been the lungs and the brain...Take that for what it's worth.