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this is good stuff. i tried a 4.5-day fast (salt + water only) a few years ago and it seemed good overall. read a lot, uninterrupted. among other things it is really something to just know deeply about yourself that you can survive multiple days without food
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a few months ago @sashachapin told me he tried to publish a piece on fasting, but the outlets he pitched demanded an explicitly critical frame of silicon valley. the science doesn't support that frame, so we published the piece as intended on pirate wires. piratewires.com/p/inside-silic
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I've done a 7 day fast before, and a few 3 day ones what I've learned is that the second day/night of not eating is for me the worst. it gets better after that. not keto adaptation - it happens when I'm already in ketosis
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i'm kinda hesitant of doing a full-on fast because of specific medical reasons but i've been doing protein sparing modified fast for the past few weeks and it's been pretty damn good.
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my grandmother, who is in her late 70s and in perfect health, has fasted every Sunday for as long as i can remember
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