Hello Michael and everyone on this forum,

Just wanted to emphasise how important Michael’s initiative is for the UK.

I came to the UK from Russia in 1991 and had started water fasting prior to that, in my student days. Since 1991 I have been doing around 3 7 to 10 day water fasts a year plus a few 3 day ones. Now, at 45 I feel the same as at 25, can do splits without a warm-up, can easily spar 20 year olds in the boxing gym and train at the same level of intensity I did at 20. All this on the background of very intense business cheque (80-100 flights a year). All this thanks to fasting and a vegetarian diet.

The culture of fasting is extensive in Russia, a lot of solid academic research was done into it back in the Soviet time. In Britain however this was very marginal, and In promoting and popularising this Michael is probably doing a better job for the national health than an average NHS trust.

Anyone looking for tips on going into longer fasts are welcome.