Hi Danjiki, I have read your post and your blog and was impressed with your research and commitment to ADF and water fasting. One item of info missing from your personal stats on your blog is your height in relation to your weights which are in the very low 60 kg. I have done ADF myself like a number of posters on the forum with no problems but return to 5:2 because my mind is more focused on that. Other posters have done water fasting in order to eradicate serious health issues, WiltUSA is a classic example of targeting the eradication of type 2 diabetes which she has done following several years of research, various fasting techniques and serious water fasting to reach her goals. Water fasting is not for every one. Many people have physically active jobs which need a high calorie intake to allow them to function or have different needs, goals or lifestyles in which 5:2 is more comfortable and achievable for them. This is not to say I am critical or negative about your achievements, far from it. My commitment to a healthy lifestyle is changing but is still difficult for me to achieve. I continue to return to 5:2 from time to time and am starting to look at healthier ways of changing my overall diet, visiting a clinical nutritionalist and researching the Blue Zone diet research and Dr Michael Gregers research on health and diet in order to gain a better understanding of the impact of foods on my health and which would compliment the health benefits of the 5:2 fasting way of life.
Regarding ADF you may find further medically researched info on Google Schollar to assist your knowledge base.
We are all different are we not?.
Good luck to you all out there.

Congratulation Danjiki for your ADF results and for the 7 Days Water Fast (I liked that active / passive fasters distinction).

I’ve also tried ADF, but puts to much stress on my body (abdominal discomfort in eating days and very low energy in the second part of the fast days). Or maybe I was not adapted, but now I’m feeling good with my current fasting routine.

I generally appreciate the blog idea, because is useful to be able to follow such an experience in this form. So I wish you good luck with it and to find the maintenance fasting pattern that works perfectly for you.

Hi Danjiki, thank you for your comments. You mention lack of knowledge of fasting in the medical community and the public at large. I agree with you but more and more research is coming to the publics attention about the impact that the Western diet has on our general health. For many, Heart disease, many Cancers and Type2 Diabetes to name but a few life threatening illness are as a direct result of our western diet. I agree that these illness are also suffered by many who have led a healthy lifestyle but research shows diet to be a major factor. Dr Michael Greger makes mention of this fact in his recent book but also states the impact that big pharma companies and the big food industries have on our lifestyles and our health. He also points out that in the USA many medical schools do not offer future Doctors a single course on nutrition and that in America Tomatoes were for centuries considered poisonous.
Fasting, thanks to people like Michael Mosley, Krista Varady et al has been shown to be achievable and to deliver massive internal health benefits. We also need to become aware that fasting is not necessarily the panacea to all our ills and that a healthier day to day diet coupled with fasting is the healthy way to avoid western style illness and not to rely as much on drugs (with exceptions of course) to solve our Health problems.
In short, prevention is better than cure.
Good luck to you all out there.