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Re:Periodic fasting starves cisplatin‐resistant cancers to d... by moate on Friday August 03, 2018 @10:43AM (#17680249)
No. It's 36 hours straight of not eating. Think of it like this: You eat dinner at 7 PM, and you go to bed at 11 PM Sunday and wake up at 7 AM. that's 12 hours of not eating. You don't eat anything at all on Monday, and again go to be at 11 PM. You've now fasted 29 hours. You sleep until 7 AM, for a total of 36 hours. You then immediately eat breakfast.

If you sleep for 8 hours and don't snack before bed, you would probably "fast" for 12 hours in a day incidentally

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Re:Periodic fasting starves cisplatin‐resistant cancers to d... by athenot on Friday August 03, 2018 @02:59PM (#17682626)
> If you sleep for 8 hours and don't snack before bed, you would probably "fast" for 12 hours in a day incidentally

Which is why that next meal is called "break fast".

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Re:Periodic fasting starves cisplatin‐resistant cancers to d... by pbhjpbhj on Friday August 03, 2018 @02:05PM (#17682054)
Snacking before bed is my problem. I miss breakfast, and sometimes lunch; but I sleep better if I'm digesting ... and I sleep badly.
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