Someone always has to jump into any vaguely health-related article and tout some absurd kind of fasting as a sure panacea, no matter the problem; it's like an unwritten law of HN. I'm surprised that nobody has suggested a classical eastern vegan diet yet, that's another good old chestnut.

Yet those who dismiss it continue to dismiss the fact that their lifestyle, including and primarily dietary choices [1], is the leading contributor to their various health ailments and the reason they require life-long drugs that do nothing but suppress various symptoms to create a sense of sustained "good health". And those who do undertake fasting, both to rid themselves of "auto-immune diseases" and other such sciency sounding names, and as a preventative maintenance regimen, are the healthy ones.

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).

You are spreading false information. This is absolutely not correct.

not him, but I found this after a short search

https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/357718

Can you provide a credible source to your claim?

Please provide a citation