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Originally Posted by unsunghero
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Anyone who can do even a 24 hr fast I have a tremendous amount of respect for their willpower. I can barely do 16hrs and it’s miserable
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After your race it is something to consider. It is really difficult to do because of a combination of insulin resistance and gut bacteria controlling your ghrelin production, (hunger hormone).
Starting out, the best method is to eat normally, finish your dinner before 7pm, and then skip breakfast. Then eat lunch, and dinner the same way, That's normally a 16/8 split, and you actually start the benefits of autophagy at around 13 hours, so every day you are in a good window for a few hours at least.
You are in really good shape already, so it would be for the autophagy benefit in your case. You can get rid of a lot of old scar tissue by fasting. Its weird, but a lot of people who go 72+ hours will have old injury sites start to hurt like hell as your body scavenges itself.
I had a hard time at first, then when I had nothing to do for a weekend, I just went for it and played a shit ton of videogames/read a new book.
It peaks at 48 hours, holds until 72, then tapers off until five days, then it goes into overdrive and you start to produce new stem cells, and your entire digestive system will regenerate.
This is funny because its only been researched this last decade or so, but talked about forever in old religious communities(at least like a two day fast once a year)
A lot of good shit has come out recently, and its what I like, because I dont eat like a rabbit, or nibble once and a while. I like big freaking meals. I just eat once a day like goku after my workout, and I fast on the weekends. Effortless weight maitenance.
The whole "3 days a meal" is mostly just routine and social programming, since only rich people could eat all day. " 3 squares a day " ect.
I am pretty passionate about it since I am really into biology as a major and life extension has always been interesting to me.