> They key is not eating at all for a full 24 hours including your sleep cycle and then to only eat a normal meal on the days you eat.
I've gone on 7-21 day fasts, with good results and improved health. I agree with you, except I think the "24 hour" limit is rather arbitrary - up to 30 days yearly is common in some eastern religions with no irreversible damage (note - I'm not recommending everyone go on a 30 day fast; just that 24 hours is arbitrary, and the real limit is apparently some 30 times higher)
I'm fasting at the moment for Ramadan. It goes for 30 days and theres no eating or drinking from sunrise (5 ish) to sunset (6ish). Actually the fast includes a lot of other things besides food. If anyone has any direct questions I'd be happy to answer them.
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> They key is not eating at all for a full 24 hours including your sleep cycle and then to only eat a normal meal on the days you eat.
I've gone on 7-21 day fasts, with good results and improved health. I agree with you, except I think the "24 hour" limit is rather arbitrary - up to 30 days yearly is common in some eastern religions with no irreversible damage (note - I'm not recommending everyone go on a 30 day fast; just that 24 hours is arbitrary, and the real limit is apparently some 30 times higher)
I'm fasting at the moment for Ramadan. It goes for 30 days and theres no eating or drinking from sunrise (5 ish) to sunset (6ish). Actually the fast includes a lot of other things besides food. If anyone has any direct questions I'd be happy to answer them.
The experience is not comparable:
GP and myself are talking about avoiding food (but not water) for periods of 24-720 hours.
Ramadan fast is avoiding both food and water for ~13 hours (for 30 consecutive days).
Not a judgement of anything - but that's not what we were talking about.