Of people I talk to about fasting, probably the most frequent question I hear is: Aren’t you hungry while fasting? Truth is, that you don’t feel hungry very often while fasting. The hunger you do feel is relatively minor, and happens only the first couple of days, at least in my experience. When I tell […]
Why to avoid bone broth while fasting
Yesterday in my article, Breaking a Fast, I mentioned that Dr. Fung allows his patients to drink bone broth as part of the fasting regiment. I also said that I don’t use bone broth at least until day 4 of a fast, and said I would explain why in a future post. So, today I […]
Breaking a Fast
These days, I have been doing 6 days of fasting each week. I eat on Saturday and I fast Sunday through Friday. Actually, the way the clock works, that means that I eat my last meal on Saturday evening, so I really start fasting after dinner on Saturday, which means that I can eat on […]
Inspiration
Yesterday, while going through some stuff on YouTube, I saw a video that was suggested for me. I decided to take a look and found it really inspirational. A video is a young man, British, I believe. He weighed about 250 pounds or so and decided to fast for a while to see if it […]
Thinking about what people say
Last week, on Thursday, I had been fasting for 8 days, and I started feeling sick. I did not feel that my feeling was fasting related, but I did decide to go ahead and break my fast, so I ate a small meal on Thursday evening. On Friday when I woke up, I was very […]
There is nothing wrong with feeling hungry
I have been fasting for about a week now. At the time of publication of this article, I will be more than halfway through day 7 of my current fast. Usually, when fasting, I rarely feel hunger after Day 2 or so. Yesterday, Day 6 was a bit tough for me, but I made it […]