Obviously you're passionate about the topic of fasting, but beyond a certain point, passion on a divisive topic amounts to trolling. I'm sure it isn't intentional, but since this is the reliable effect of your posts, please drop the subject on HN from now on.
I am not introducing off-topic flamewars. Fasting as a healing mechanism has been around for centuries and is well documented in medical literature and I only raise it when it is relevant to a submission or ongoing discussion. I do not attack anyone personally and I believe I am being very civil with my comments. I do not find the basis for which you are asking me to cease bringing up a very valid option for one to explore when dealing with a health crisis.
If you keep doing it, we're going to have to ban you. Regardless of how right you are or feel you are, it's more important to avoid degenerate discussion here.
He said "it's more important to avoid degenerate discussion here".
He means discussions that degenerate into flamewars.
For what it's worth, misquoting or misrepresenting someone else's comments is another cause of degenerate discussions.
I merely raise the point that fasting should be considered where relevant to the discussion. In each and every health related discussion I joined there is significant evidence that fasting is indeed a viable treatment option.
The flamewars you are speaking of are not started by myself, rather by a select few who have opposing beliefs and are using the site features (flagging, downvoting) to express such views.
As you mentioned, I've been speaking up about fasting for a long time on HN. I have since received several emails from members here who have taken my comments into consideration and have been successful at resolving various health issues in large part by undertaking a prolonged fast.
Banning me plays into the hands of those who would rather this treatment option be silenced and I believe the Flagging feature is being abused by those who are using it anonymously to prevent others from being exposed to it.
By banning me you are effectively hindering people's access to a wide variety of health options, and I believe you will be in the wrong by doing so. Therefore I would like to have my comments and activity reviewed by other moderators as well, since currently as things stand I think banning me will be a personal decision on your part that is not in line with the Guidelines that you have published and asked your users to adhere by. Who can I contact to further discuss this?
But we're all responsible for phrasing our comments in a way that doesn't trigger flamewars.
The guidelines clearly state: "Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say."
The same thing can be said in multiple different ways. You should make an effort to phrase your comments in the non-flamewar-triggering way.
You can die of dehydration if you don't drink water for 3 days.
https://www.quora.com/How-long-can-a-human-live-without-wate...
the unwritten law of HN is quite the opposite - to immediately dismiss and blindly downvote any non-mainstream answers.
[1] By "dietary choices" above I refer to any diet that is not 100% organic fruits and vegetables and as little water as possible (you are meant to be getting the vast majority of your water intake from fruits, not stand-alone glasses of water).
I do two 8-day-long dry fasts every year, and have completed several 12-day ones as well.
I also water fast for 30 days twice a year.
You have no idea what you are missing out on, health wise, if you are suffering from any sort of disease modern medicine is telling you is incurable.
In my brief searching it looks like one might be able to train up to doing longer periods of going without water, but there seems to be a lack of study on the matter (probably hard to get a study past a review board due to the danger you are placing people in).
Are there any studies into the health benefits of not drinking water for 30 days?