re: Doing 3 Day Fast Dr. Berg on YT suggest

stick with it. don't use any creamer in your coffee btw. no calories.

it's a good habit to develop. that's really all it is. it gets easier. cleans up your gut, which in turn clears your mind. also good for toxins, weight loss, etc.

i do it several times a year for the past 18 or so years.

Fasting is incredible. Like many of us I am not perfect and have failed at it over and over. But, the times I stuck through for 48-96 hours I slept so much better, felt so much better, ate so much better, and felt incredibly confident, Those who have’t tried it should simply go in small steps.

For me, as the great Dr. George Sheehan said, “an experiment of one”. Anything to do with health is an experiment of one. You control what and how much you put in your mouth and your physical activity. That’s it. You control it all.

We all know what is right and wrong. Dr. Berg and others in different fields simply hold up mirrors on different facets of life. There are so many benefits to fasting it’s incredible. I know because I’ve failed and succeeded and can see the drastic differences.

I developed skin rosacea pretty bad at one point in my late 40’s after having good skin genes my entire life. I went tot the dermo who diagnosed me, gave me some cream, etc. Nothing worked. Around that time is when I discovered fasting and got serious in the gym. The minute I cut out sugar/processed food and started fasting here and there it went away. And when I fail and have 5 mountain dews, cake, brownies, ice cream, etc over a month of failure it comes back and disappears again when I start over. The point is we all know we eat/drink poison every day in our American culture. All we can do is use what we already know to try and not let it kill us.

Fasting is one of the best things you can do for your body. There is a study out there showing men increased their hgh by 20x and when up to 16x after just 24 hours of fasting. I try to do one meal a day intermittent fasting and it works well for me. I need to get back to doing a legit fast for a day or two.

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You sound like you have some experience doing this. Question for you and others, how long have you been doing this?

The 72 hour fast has flooded my twitter timeline lately and I am very interested in the purported benefits of a gut reset.

But I am also wary of the latest viral fads that flood my timelines. Either way I’ll be doing my own research.

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Plus it's a quick way to drop a couple of pounds,


Congrats on your very temporary 3-4 lb weight loss I guess

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Yep. It has its benefits but immediate long term weight loss is not one of them. Also because immediate and long term don't really go together.

Just like when starting a keto diet. The first 5-10 lbs are water.

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Is it fasting or eating less / less frequent / lower bad calories over time moreso than fasting per se?

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Fasting and dieting are very different things. Your body is using two different metabolic pathways.

Dieting is about a caloric deficit. Your body is still mainly fueled by consumed foods.

With fasting your body will burn stored sugar, then stored fat and excess proteins. Yes, long term fasting without exercise may lead to muscle loss.

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Your body doesn't store sugar

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Sugars stored in liver/ glycogen.

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Your body doesn't store sugar

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Yes it does. Glycogen…a complex carbohydrate.

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I'm used to having a nice big meal and then knock out an hour or so after.

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You should look into not doing that. Intermittent fasting, or a feeding window that ends atleast 3 hours before bed.

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That you gain right back as soon as you start to eat again.

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If you go back to eating poorly. But if you have already built a habit of eating healthy, this is a good way to jumpstart a good cut and push through a plateau of weight loss.