Friday Hope: Fasting to Heal Damage
Our greatest weapon against the Spike Protein may just be self-discpline.
This news encouraged me:
Ahh… but FASTING? Who could do that?
For the first 60+ years of life, I “never missed a meal”, and sincerely believed that I was “unable to fast”. I imagined that prolonged hunger would drive me crazy.
Turns out I was wrong about that. Turns out that hunger passes. Turns out that hunger comes and goes in waves. Turns out one can strengthen one’s ability to fast similarly to strengthening a muscle by exercise. I found that by gradually increasing the time between my last meal food of the day and my first food of the next day, I was able to grow “fasting capacity”… as I type this, I’m “about 21 hours fasted”, and aim to push that to 36+ hours before I break today’s fast.
In Walter’s article, he referenced this study:
Showing that both autophagy and senescence increasing nicely through the four weeks of the 17-19 hour daily fasting studied. Both of these effects are very beneficial, according to what I learned in my age-reversal research a while back. I can’t speak to the pros/cons of the inflammasome changes, having yet to research those.
Though I have known hard-core health enthusiasts who managed to fast without religious reasons (and I’ve done so myself), I can testify that I’ve found it easier to fast with the help a religious tradition. I’m currently leveraging Orthodox Christian Lent1 to give me fortitude to tolerate the intermittent hunger associated with the ~40 hours fasting, ~8 hours eating schedule I’m currently engaging.
I welcome your thoughts and questions in the comments! I’ve been experimenting extensively with various forms of fasting over the past five years, and seen many benefits.
Orthodox Christianity offers over 100 fasting days per year. “According to The Fasting Rule of the Orthodox Church, Orthodox Christians are encouraged to keep a strict fast every Wednesday and Friday unless a fast-free period has been declared in the Saint Herman Calendar. Additionally, they should abstain from all food and drink from the time that we retire (or midnight, whichever comes first) the night before.” That’s just the tip of the iceberg of their Fasting Rule…
"Turns out that hunger comes and goes in waves. Turns out one can strengthen one’s ability to fast similarly to strengthening a muscle by exercise."
1000%
And that's not even to mention the mental benefits. The first time I did a 56-hour fast, I was greased lightning in the dome.
One meal a day!
Last year at this time it became a way of life for most of us in Shanghai.
Exercise is even more important, which also was not a viable option during that ordeal.