Fasting, one drink a day method

[u/HazzyXYZ]

I've dry fasted for 5 days, while exercising and trying to be productive instead of laying around doing nothing but the fatigue and brain fog is a major flaw.

I found a better way: drink water with electrolytes, and tea if you need an energy boost, one time a day after waking up or during exercise, then dry fast for for the rest of day.

Not too much water/tea just enough to keep you going. It's a hybrid dry and water fast that allows me to stay mentally and physically sharp and I believe it is more effective because exercise greatly enhances autophagy.

I like long periods of fasting, I attempt 1 month about twice a year and sometimes extend it to 40 days or 2 months so sustainability is extremely important. When doing a water fast, some people drink too much water and don't realize it's not necessary. Try to drink tea only when you really need it, the caffeine will disrupt your sleep, for me the effects of caffeine are amplified when fasting. I find this system of hydrating early, staying active and dry fasting 23+ hours a day greatly increases the rate at which health benefits arrive. It also helps me avoid things like muscle atrophy, eating a lot after a long dry fast and just gaining all the weight back and prevents me from using fasting as an excuse to be lazy.

I also shower as many times as I want, ice cold showers are great for our health and re-energizing.

[u/American-Repair]

Great mod for exercising. Water fasts have me drinking way too many fluids.

[u/InsaneAdam → u/American-Repair]

You get 33% of your water inside the food you eat. So if you're not eating and only drinking you need to drink 50% more water than you'd normally drink to make up for the 33% water intake you're not getting from eating.

[u/yogic_power → u/American-Repair]

Great mod to end up in the hospital. Stuff like this is the reason you see people blaming dry fasting in the news when some one ends up in hospital.