Hi, everyone! Lately I’ve (28F) had some considerable memory issues that I think were caused by the consumption of Zolpidem to sleep. I used to have a great memory, and it was easy to remember names, dates and facts in...
Everytime I am doing extended water fasting, I start remembering some very old memories, I don't know if there is any scientific explanation for this. I am wondering if anyone has experienced the same thing before?
I have done a few 7-10 day fasts and many 2-5 day fasts before. Starting tomorrow, I have performances every few days for the next week (I am a classical musician in grad school). The first few are relatively low...
What supplements or foods help with improving memory or forgetfulness?
So I have a pretty big exam in two months. I was wondering how this diet affects memory/focus/concentration? Also how does your mood/anxiety feel? Will doing this diet make things mentally harder or is it only the first day or two that’s...
i’ve been thinking about taking some time to do a 5-7 day fast, longer with my weight allowing. not sure if i have the reserves to go longer as i’m around 130lbs and 5’4 but would love to try as...
I'm mainly asking because there seems to be contradicting information out there. I see a few articles mentioning IF helps mental capacities, whereas others mentioning 'breakfast' boosts cognitive/memory function. Is it possible that technically both provide benefits just using different...
Trauma has me messed up, triple time. Don't know really where to turn from here, just wish I could induce amnesia and forget it all. I speak vaguely about trauma because I don't want to get graphic about what happened. But...
Got an exam tomorrow and wondered if there was an optimal food you should eat, regarding cognitive performance, concentration and attention. I heard that walnuts are good for your brain but I havent seen a study for it
So I just finished my third extended fast, made it to 96 hours this time. The "old, junkiest proteins first" idea seems to hold true, as last time my knee injury cleared up and this time my elbow injury healed, and...
Hi there, I am male, 32 y.o. with normal health and fitness habits doing boxing 4 times a week (before iso). Should I start fast? Does anyone have any decent researches showing any benefits? Thanks!
Hey! I just wanted to ask how "deep" can dry fasting get to experience healing from physical and psychological trauma? What have you experienced or what anecdotals have you heard? I have had several issue during my life. I have had...
I think according to Valter Longo that prolonged fasting wipes out your immune cells that then repopulate with new, fresh ones upon refeeding. I have also heard that prolonged fasting can help with autoimmune diseases, where your immune cells attack...
A friend is telling me that he Juice fasts and get's all the benefits of fasting while keeping his bowels moving. He says that is healthier because his bowels don't shut down. I think he is just full of cr@p...
Hi everyone, I'm starting a 21 day water fast but I have one of my final high school exam blocks in \~2 weeks. I don't fast a lot (the most I've done was 48hrs about a year ago) but I wanted...
I fasted and did low carb for about 5 months and lost a lot of weight. Im the next year, i decided to stop smoking and ended up gaining rhe weight back. I decided to try to lose weight again this...
''In the world of hunger and satiety, the hormones in the bloodstream talk to our brain to tell it whether we should eat more food, or if we’re full. The part of the brain that determines whether our body is...
i was supposed to do 36 hours but it’s only been 18 hours. but i rarely get invites from friends so im breaking the fast. i feel sad like i’m putting others before myself but i’ll just start again after...
Hello all! **Preface:** After going completely cold turkey on [cigarettes and alcohol](https://www.reddit.com/r/stopsmoking/comments/yd8p43/from_3040_cigarettes_a_day_to_nothing_with_zero/) (smoking anywhere between 40-100 cigarettes per day, alongside drinking at least five litres of alcohol a week), I made the decision to take up a new challenge; getting my weight...
Welcome to day 2 for those doing the week fast! You did yesterday and today is just building on top of that. Tomorrow you'll be unstoppable. I'm avoiding the scale til Saturday, but super excited to be back into a...
Post here about fasts you're starting or to provide progress updates in order to minimize overall clutter in the subreddit. Can also ask questions or set up accountability.
Been wondering if anyone has done "prolonged" sleep fasting or looked into it? It would make sense, that in the same way we are built to handle to go long times without water and food, maybe...
I read somewhere a long time ago that a nutrition that is richer on proteins is better for learning and studying, but it was a looong time ago and I haven't found any experiment/study claiming anything related to that. I...
After day 2 it just doesn’t exist. At least it can never grab a hold of you on a dry fast. If it pops up it’s like a memory that fades fast
Hi all! IF was challenging for me, but it's FINALLY become easier. I am 5"8 and started at 156 lbs and am down to 143 lbs. Goal weight: 125. I started low carb 1.5 months before beginning IF, and though...
Hello all, I started doing intermittent fasting around the seventh day of this month so I am almost two weeks in. My goal is to drop my uncomfortable >20 BFP to healthier levels. Currently, I've neither seen or felt much change...
I’m wondering if there’s anyone that’s been able to hit all of their RDA’s for micros, and if so, how did you feel? Physically? Mentally? What did your diet look like?
I've yoyo'd with my weight a lot over my adult life, and I didn't react well to the last two and a half years of covid and life stresses and ballooned up to my largest by about 35 pounds. Woke up...
* **Height**: 5foot9 * **Starting weight/current weight/goal weight:** Current weight 74kg (163pounds) Goal weight 69kg (152pounds) * **Fasting routine/protocol**: 16hours fast (about 8pm to 12pm) * **Exercise routine (if applicable)**: swimming (30min to 45min) 4 x week, cycling (about an hour) 3 x...
So anyway, I've been trying to accomplish an extended fast the last few weeks but have ended up just giving in and breaking early. The longest I've gone so far in the past two weeks was 42 hours. I'm aiming...
Hi, I deal with neurodegenerative issues (i'm 29 yo) due to old trauma (car crash) and cronic infections, my memory is very poor and it's hard for me to organize my thinking and verbalize it. I hear an electric sound...
My goals are not to lose weight, I'm very lean as it is ( around 10% BF) and i hold a fair amount of muscle, i train calisthenics 2-3 times a week and rock climb once a week. My main...
CW: 230 GW: 200 GOING HARD IN THE MONTH OF MAY NEED TO LOSE 30 pounds by memorial day WISH ME LUCK!
https://imgur.com/a/fWU46iB Morning checkin ☀️: * SW: 244 * CW: 244 * Daily weight change: 0 * Exercise before weigh-in: 4 hours of walking yesterday. Notes: Today marks the first day of my 21 day fast. Throughout the fast I will be consuming only calorie-free...
Im on a extended water fast, now on day 6. I feel good some times, for a few hours on and off during the day. But I have no energy what so ever, I carry in a bag of firewood...
I have been working my way up to longer and longer fasts. Two, three, and most recently five days of fasting. It's not easy, but I *can* do it. In addition to dropping weight, there's some goals I have for...
Not eating something because you are not familiar with it.
Hello., I plan to start a 7-10 day water fast after the weekend. I have done a fast before that lasted for 10 days and it did help me quite a lot but it has been a while since I've...
I am sorry to bombard the subreddit with posts on the same topic haha, but after the advice on previous posts, it seemed like theoretically, fasting would not harm performance quality, but I would not know until I tried it....
I've been doing great with IF over the last few weeks, especially now that I dropped the coffee/cream habit. I've just noticed that I have been cycling through a LOT of emotions that I'm simply not used to. Like, very...
ADHDer here. Is it something in the way we're eating? Glyphosate usage? Air pollution? Micronutrient deficiencies? What in the environment is causing these disorders? Something must be epigenetically triggered in us, if not outright DNA damage from SOME source that...
I am doing my first dryfast in years, just 48 hours to get the feel for it again. Should i avoid certain foods for refeed or doesnt it really matter when my fast is only 2 days? I was thinking...
Hiya! I have done fasting in the past but starting again is always so hard. What are some of your best methods for getting through the beginning phases? (When you’re hungry on hour 4 of a 10 hour fast etc.)...
Just decided to stop IF while I am having Covid. Opinions welcome
I’m attempting to do a 10 day fast in order to reach mental clarity. How was your experience? Any differences in mood?
Today something really unfortunate happened to me. I went to a cycling class and the two front desk girls looked at me then at each other and laughed. This is the first time something like this has happened and to...
Not really about fasting per se but it must be related. Ever since I started fasting like 6 years ago I'm finding McDs food just tastes like garbage. Before that I must've gone to McDs 4 times a week, at least....
I oftentimes struggle to fall asleep, and getting out of bed is just as difficult. But when I fast it seems that sleep comes a little easier and I always wake up before my alarm clock goes off when I'm...
For the past month and a half I've been doing night OMAD. I'd known about the new researches on syncing your circadian rhythm with your meal times for a while but it wasn't until last week where I decided to...
How are natural sugars perceived in regards to nutrition? Should intake of natural sugars such as in fresh or dried fruits be limited just as you should limit intake with refined sugars? I will use the AHA recommendation of sugar...
I had a couple of days of “fun” over the weekend with New Year’s, etc. - had some drinks and fried foods that I normally wouldn’t eat, and noticed the scale jumped up 3 pounds today. I’m sure this has...
I’m about 60 hours into a fast (black coffee & water). What is the longest I can go without needing supplements, electrolytes, and having to go through a slow refeeding process? 5 days, 7, 10, 14?? 35 yr old male,...
Alright, so I believe I that saturated fat is generally bad for you. That olive oil or most other oils are often a good replacement for butter and animal fat for both frying and consuming cold/raw, and doing so will...
I am currently almost complete with day 4 of my planned 7 day dry fast. When I woke up this morning, I noticed I was completely exhausted. I thought about drinking, but I pushed through. My head kept saying, “Going...
I really want to start fasting because I need to detoxify my body asap. I have mostly inflammatory illnesses and i need to cleanse, i cannot wait any longer. im kinda already sure that im gonna feel sick and tired...
Heard a fitness instructor this morning say how bad avocado toast was (just in conversation) because it is a carb and a fat. Someone comments and says it is a “good” fat and if you have good bread, it’s fine!...
[Yesterday](https://www.reddit.com/r/nutrition/comments/satuz1/what_are_the_most_common_micronutrients/) the talk was about vegetarians/vegans. Let's reverse the question! And please, PLEASE provide data to support your claims... I'll start with [this report](https://www.inspq.qc.ca/sites/default/files/publications/931_rapportnutritionadultes.pdf) (Summary [here](https://www.inspq.qc.ca/pdf/publications/983_NutritionResume_FNL.pdf), both in French), which states that for adults in Quebec (traduction libre): - A very small proportion...
I'm doing 16:8 fasting. My brkfast consists of an eggwhite with carrots and tomatoes and fat free curd. My lunch and dinner is 60gm oats with 2 different types of veggies and about 60gms of chicken. But still I'm only...
Wikipedia seems to claim the latter, while other sites claim they are extremely high in nutrients.
Anyone got any advice one why would he better? Rolling 48s with 1k cal refeeds or rolling 72s with 1.5k cal refeeds
Hello all, I am curious what your tips are to make veggies more palatable without losing their nutrients?
I’m probably going to start fasting again. I work 1st shift and tend to snack as a form of stress-relief. From what I’ve read about other people’s experiences, eating around dinner time tends to make you hungry the following morning....
I typically train in the morning, come home, black cup of coffee, and then begin work. I will work for around 3hrs or so and then eat my first meal. My second meal comes around 6-7hrs later. I am eating...
I've been using Zero, and I know not to give too much credence to the zones it gives, as they are guidelines and suggestions. Without actually measuring blood glucose I would be hard pressed to be accurate. Currently doing 18:6 intermittent...
I have heard the term sugar burner and fat burner thrown around in the topic of metabolic inflexibility... The idea is that some people are unable to start burning fat, and some seem to suggest that this happens as a...
Hey guys, so I want to do a short presentation in school about intermittent fasting and I've gathered enough info about the physiological process in the body but I couldn't come across almost any info regarding how does fasting help...
I'm trying to shift my perspective of food to a similar perspective toward gasoline in my vehicle. Not some sort of compulsive addiction. No one goes and tops off their gas tank when it's a single bar under...
I just discovered the world of water fasting last week, and after an early dinner on Saturday I decided to go for it—and my first-ever fast just hit 72 hours. It was surprisingly easy for me, aside from some sleep...
A lot of us need serious nutrition advice: We all know that we should raise our own food, make our own bread, etc. and that processed food is bad for us. But in the real world, if you're working and...
What do I say to someone who says you don't get enough protein with a plant based diet?
Are there any studies that show the difference between fasting in water vs black coffee or black tea(nothing added). What do the experts say. Will weight loss be effected if fasting with black coffee or black tea?
Hi there I am a 21 year old M. I weigh 56Kg am 175cm and have a body fat of roughly 12.5%. I run 3 times a week but not more than 4 km. I have been interested in longer...
I have been on intermittent fasting 16 8 for seven days. Doing well feeling great just fantastic. I agreed to make a double batch of chocolate chip cookies for my sisters special rec group. I thought I would handle it...
In another subreddit someone asked how to lose weight and I replied to do OMAD, but someone replied OMAD is dumb. This lead me to explore OMAD benefits and came up with the following, most apply also to Intermittent Fasting....
So I had a previous post where I stated that I have done the 16:8 fasting before but I never really noticed any results for about two months. Some people recommended extending the fast, so I started reading on OMAD....
I often thought of cravings as hunger. No more. Fasting has taught me what hunger really is.
I am generally curious about this because people always tell me it’s fiber and GI. But for me white potato is much more satiating compared to oats or even beans. So what exactly makes a carb satiating?
I am a 24 old guy with a BMI of 36. I have had problems with my weight since I was a kid and always thought it is what it is and did nothing about it. But after following this...
might be a dumb question but im on my second day of a 4day fast, im coming off of a bulk, i want to go to the gym but i worry that seeing as i have literally no protein intake...
Just curious,as I saw Loren Lockman healed himself and also helped alot of ppl with CFS/Me.
Hello, I'm trying to understand what Ovaltine is and what malt drinks are and why people would have malt in their drinks I drank some Ovaltine and it just was chocolate milk so I don't understand why it's not just called...
been struggling recently would love some encouragement
I've had chronic back pain for years. I've tried chiropractors, physical therapists, massage, stretching — none of it made an impact. But not eating for 24 hours twice a week makes it go from a 4-9 on the \`1 to 10...
I'm posting this as a warning. I suffer from cptsd from abuse i endured in childhood. After seeing improvement while water fasting, mostly due to cutting off carbs I believe, I decided to try a 72 dry fast. I did it mostly...
Hi all, I'm new to IF, starting today after doing research for awhile. Looking to lose 15-20 pounds totally and hoping this can help me do it. My question is, in order for this to work, do I need to...
i’m aware that technically at any level of sustained calorie deficit there is some degree of muscle loss, but at about how big of a deficit does there start to be a more significant loss that not even strength training...
* **Type** of fast (water, juice, smoking, etc.) * **Context** of fast (start, end, day x of y, etc.) * **Length** of fast (8 hours, 3 days, etc.) * **Why?** What you hope to accomplish with your fast * **Notes** How is it going...
Hello, the following thought crossed my mind: Does dry fasting affect vaccinations? Is it possible that dry fasting removes vaccines from the body? I have several vaccinations from my childhood and also youth. Now I wonder if steady dry fasting...
I'm 42m do OMAD for over 8 years, was about 5 years on keto, now low carb. 3/4 times i train fasted (before 1st and only meal of the day), but sometimes i train after longer period (i eat one...
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I know that added sugar contains no nutritional value and can cause inflamation in your arteries, but is it really that bad if no weight is gained?
Does craving oily food indicate that the body wants leafy greens? What is the science behind this? What about other cravings? [Sample Craving Chart](https://imgur.com/a/ECKIxid) ETA: This chart isn't mine; some healthy food prep thing on insta had it up. The chart...
What are your thoughts about it guys? People claim it to cause metabolic disease or even linked it to stuff like ADHD. Is it really that bad? 😳
Just curious if anyone has tried these and what's the general opinion is. Saw that add on a plane and like the idea, just not sure where to begin on research if it is actually worth it.
#Share your daily fast story thread! 📃 ⏳ **Length** of fast (*start/end/total*) ❓ **Why are you fasting?** (ex: *weight loss, other health benefits, spiritual/religious reasons*) 📝 **Notes** (*How is it going so far? Any concerns? Insights to share?*)...
Does drinking plenty of water help?
So I've seen that a lot of people lose weight with IF, but I'm wondering if that is done solely through IF or a combination of IF, exercise and calorie restrictions? I'm looking to lose about 45lbs (20kg), and I...
I’ve been fasting for over 3 years and for the most part, have loved it since I never really ate breakfast or lunch to begin with. On another subreddit I was asking for advice because I feel like I can’t focus...
Hi All, What does this sub think about the efficiency of Multivitamins (both in a tablet form & dissolvable form)? I have seen various arguments of people and experts claiming they are not effective and majority of it is discarded...