I’ve been doing weekly 96 hour fasts for about 6 weeks now. I remain in dietary ketosis during my refeeding periods so I can fully adapt to burning fatty acids in my body and have more ketones available to fuel my brain. Also so I can’t regain the fat I just lost. I’m not wasting away, I am still 75lb overweight. I just noticed the other day the cuticle on one of my fingers is pulling away on one side. Its about 3mm lower than the other side and now the nail appears crooked. Does anyone know anything about this? Will it grow back? This is really spooking me because I thought this only happ ...
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I can also attest to this effect because often I can go most of the year without catching a cold, but when I do, 9 times out of 10 it happens on exactly the morning of day 3 entering ketosis. I consider it a trade-off, because once you are into ketosis your immune system is about 50% more functional than before. Probably more-so if you are fasting.   [End]
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I don’t know a site off-hand, but I remember there being a mention in the atkins book. Also the gary taubes book cautions about yo-yoing for this reason. Apparently there is also a risk of some permanent imparement in function. I’m sure you can find something on the net if you look around. Personally, I’ve made this mistake many times and I can still beat a high fever in 2 days.   [End]
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My lips used to peel, but then I realized it was from smoking and drinking coffee. When I quit, it stopped. The high temperatures passing your lips kill the top layer of skin and it starts peeling soon afterwords. If the peeled skin is discolored this is a dead giveaway.   [End]
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Thats not really a detox symptom. Your body is producing a lot of ketones because you havent fasted long enough to burning fatty acids directly. This taste will get less intense and subside within a couple of weeks should you decide to fast for that long. To deal with it in the mean time just sip water throughout the day and swish the water before drinking.   [End]
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I’m no expert but if that happened to me I would think I took the fast too far. You may have bottomed out your bodyfat if you were not overweight before starting the fast. If not, maybe check your thyroid or other hormones. I don’t like to supplement at all or drink anything other than water because I find that stimulating my digestive system without putting enough calories in is what causes dizziness when rising. When I have just water, I’m fine.   [End]
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If you put on a bunch of water weight soon after eating, this means you broke the ketosis and will need a few days to get back in. If you didn’t gain any weight after eating, you are still in ketosis. When I break ketosis I know because I am 10 pounds heavier within a day. Be careful going into fasting ketosis from square one too many times because this burns a lot of muscle. Also your immune system shuts down temporarily during the transition and you will be susceptible to infection.   [End]
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There is a trick I use to prevent any muscle or organ tissue loss. Before starting the fast I follow a ketogenic diet for 3 weeks. Most muscle loss can be prevented with 5 days of ketosis before fasting but 3 weeks for 100% muscle sparing. As a bonus, the ketogenic diet is a powerful tool for weight loss and you may lose the weight you wanted without even needing to fast. To achieve ketosis you simply eliminate all starch and sugar from your diet and keep your carbohydrate intake as low as you can. Under 20g/day is ideal, but definetely no more than 50g. If you jump right into the fast wit ...
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I believe they inhibit certain liver enzymes that are involved in metabolism. I’m not sure which ones, but I know one process that the liver is responsible for is converting protein into blood sugar, which is quite important when starting a fast. I would not take this lightly as very bad things could happen. If you decide to go ahead and try the fasting, you should wean off of the antidepressant very, very gradually. This is a major health-risk that doctor’s don’t emphasize enough. If the doc says to lower the dose over 6 weeks before stopping, make sure you do it. I would even take 12 wee ...
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Please read over my previous post more carefully, as it seems you may have missed the point. IMHO, you had severe hypokalemia, not hyponatremia. You need to focus on bringing up your potassium levels in-between your fasts. To do this it may also be necessary to increase your magnesium levels as that will allow you to absorb more potassium. The sodium loss can be corrected easily but potassium is where food choices or possibly supplements come into play. Remember, ketosis can deplete your sodium and potassium while you are losing water weight or if you are not eating. At the very least, I w ...
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First of all, sweating profusely will quickly put an end to a comfortable water fast. Its ok to do some light walking but no jogging or running and try to stay in the shade or somewhere cool. If you want some sun just go lay outside. Its good that you replaced your sodium and that will always reawaken your nerves and make you feel better. More important than that is to replace your potassium along with the sodium. The body needs to keep a balance of these two and heart rhythm issues would indicate a loss of potassium. When you are fasting long enough to enter ketosis, your kidneys shift ge ...
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Expect it to start slowing down to a bit over half a pound per day over the next couple of days. This is just you running out of excess water weight to dump out which usually happens around day 7. Actual metabolism should not slow down for another week or so after that. Depending on your activity level and weight, it could go as low as 1/3 of a pound per day. Most cases will stay near a half pound a day.   [End]
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I would tend to agree with your idea of the ”low hanging fruit.” It makes sense to me that if I am detoxing more than I am re-toxing then there will be a net benefit and will achieve the same healing eventually without taxing my system in other ways by extended fasting. I am fasting sunday night through thurdday night and eating to satisfaction from Friday morning on. Strictly meats, organs and fats. The farthest I’ll stray from this is dairy products but I mostly avoid them. I am into my third week now and I am very excited to discover that the hunger pangs I usually experience around Tue ...
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I do appreciate your concern with my diet. I know there is a vast wealth of information out there to support a plant-based diet but when I looked into the hard science of it there was nothing to back it up but statistics and lies. My diet has worked beautifully, it works every time. The problem is when I ingest carbohydrate at a social gathering and then succumb to the addictive properties of it long enough to gain weight back. Saying it doesn’t work is like saying quitting smoking doesn’t work. If you don’t pick up again, then it has worked for you. The main reason I believe refeeding wit ...
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