Fasting Once per Week: Advice?

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Illaeyiim

1:39 pm
14 Oct 21
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Hello everyone,

I’ve known about the benefits of fasting for some time, but am simply not a fan of lengthy fasts for that I like to have an athletic lifestyle; I can’t appreciate the weakness and the muscle loss. However, as I am presently reading “Lifespan” by David A. Sinclaire, I would like to fast once per week.

From what I know about fasting is that you need to gradually reduce your intake of food before entering into a complete fast, and also gradually increase your food intake after the complete fast.

I’m thinking of fasting once per week, on Sundays. I have a vegan diet; I truly eat very lite as I am sensitive to what I eat. I eat twice per day. For breakfast/lunch I eat a lightly toasted full corn baguette with avocado. For dinner I eat some potatoes with steamed or boiled vegetables, and again lightly toasted full corn baguette with avocado. Purely on intuition, I sometimes take a small amount of protein supplement. I take a spoonful of hempseed oil with every meal; I also take herbal powders such as ginseng mixed through coconut oil every day.

As I have a very lite diet already, should I still decrease the food intake before a one day fast? How would I slowly build up my food intake again after my fast, considering my diet?

Thank you and kindly yours,

Illaeyiim

Illaeyiim

1:43 pm
14 Oct 21
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Hello everyone,

I’ve known about the benefits of fasting for some time, but am simply not a fan of lengthy fasts for that I like to have an athletic lifestyle; I can’t appreciate the weakness and the muscle loss. However, as I am presently reading “Lifespan” by David A. Sinclaire, I would like to fast once per week.

From what I know about fasting is that you need to gradually reduce your intake of food before entering into a complete fast, and also gradually increase your food intake after the complete fast.

I’m thinking of fasting once per week, on Sundays. I have a vegan diet; I truly eat very lite as I am sensitive to what I eat. I eat twice per day. For breakfast/lunch I eat a lightly toasted full corn baguette with avocado. For dinner I eat some potatoes with steamed or boiled vegetables, and again lightly toasted full corn baguette with avocado. Purely on intuition, I sometimes take a small amount of protein supplement. I take a spoonful of hempseed oil with every meal; I also take herbal powders such as ginseng mixed through coconut oil every day.

As I have a very lite diet already, should I still decrease the food intake before a one day fast? How would I slowly build up my food intake again after my fast, considering my diet?

Thank you and kindly yours,

Illaeyiim

Harper85

9:20 am
14 Jun 22
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I work out a lot as well and taking raw honey before my fasting day really helped me to keep my energy up. Honey has a beneficial effect on blood sugar levels because it is high in glycogen. I generally use Manuka honey because I enjoy the taste and it has positive feedback online. Recently, I came across one on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/page/1A19DAF3-9135-4153-A743-2352F3C55182?ingress=3 that I hadn’t heard of before, I would recommend to try honey to keep your energy up.