There is a lot of good stuff on youtube if you wanna do a deep dive. There is good research that it reduces risk for cancer. It gives your digestive system time to rest which could be good if you are dealing with inflammation. It can reset your appetite if you are really determined to make a drastic diet change.

Beyond that, and maybe even most importantly, its an exercise in discipline. There are also Biblical reasons for it but I wont get into that.

*I feel like im spamming this thread but fasting has always been an interest of mine. Ive done a couple of 5+ day fasts, many 3 day fasts, and tons of 24 hour(OMAD is this technically)

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Posted on 3/11/24 at 1:45 pm to scottydoesntknow

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There is a lot of good stuff on youtube if you wanna do a deep dive. There is good research that it reduces risk for cancer. It gives your digestive system time to rest which could be good if you are dealing with inflammation. It can reset your appetite if you are really determined to make a drastic diet change.

Beyond that, and maybe even most importantly, its an exercise in discipline. There are also Biblical reasons for it but I wont get into that.

I think I've mentioned this on here before, but I read a book about 10-15 years ago by a Jewish doctor (I think MD, but could have been Phd) who was having severe stomach issues in his 20s, I believe. Tried all kinds of med, every diet known to man, nothing worked. He was a physical mess and it lead to psychological/mental health issues, and maybe even suicidal thoughts. ***

Anyway, I can't remember if this is all he did, the main thing he did, or just a big part of the protocol he eventually found, but he began fasting 24 hours 1 day every week. I believe the fasting may have begun as part of his Jewish faith and for the spiritual benefits, but the continuous doing helped his gut issues, and now we know the many benefits of regular caloric deficit.

And he wasn't trying to lose weight, quite the opposite. But if you just don't consume 2,000-3,000 calories one day a week for 52 weeks, it would certainly add up for long-term weight loss and seem a good strategy for keeping it off, but he felt like it was a great reset for his digestive health and whatever other systems the body might benefit from due to fasting, and just doing it once a week worked great for him. Likely not for everybody, nothing ever is.

I tried it for a couple of weeks--and I don't eat breakfast, so it wound up being a 36-hour fast for me--and it wasn't difficult, and I felt better afterwards. But I tried to do it on Sundays, and too much of my life at the time revolved around eating with the family or football games or whatever, so I didn't stick to it. I wonder how I'd feel know if I had. I also wonder if he still does it. shite, he may have a new book out by now screaming from the rooftops about the dangers of it.

***Btw, I've dealt with stomach issues for almost 20 years, and I've told my doctors a handful of times that I personally haven't seen any data to support this, I'd bet just about anything there's a significant correlation between chronic stomach issues and suicides. I have to condition this by assuring them I am not suicidal and would never do anything to harm myself, this is just a theory. Although there have been times I've been so miserable that I wonder if I didn't have a wife and kids if I might be capable of entertaining it).