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Re:The Fasting Cure Is No Fad by sjg007 on Friday August 02, 2019 @10:33AM (#20593257)
There was that really obese guy who fasted for 6 months or so under medical supervision so it's clearly something that some people can do.
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Re:The Fasting Cure Is No Fad by javiramos on Friday August 02, 2019 @10:38AM (#20593302)
This [0] classic study where a guy fasted for 382 days. He only took multi-vitamins during this period. His weight decreased from 456 to 180 lbs (0.72 lbs/day). [0] https://pmj.bmj.com/content/postgradmedj/49/569/203.full.pdf
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Re:The Fasting Cure Is No Fad by targonca on Friday August 02, 2019 @10:59AM (#20593466)
That's very dangerous due to potentially deadly refeeding syndrome on breaking the fast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refeeding_syndrome
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Re:The Fasting Cure Is No Fad by grzm on Friday August 02, 2019 @11:06AM (#20593518)
> "under medical supervision"
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Re:The Fasting Cure Is No Fad by Someone1234 on Friday August 02, 2019 @11:05AM (#20593508)
Indeed. That's just one of several dangers.

People seem to effectively conduct 7-10 day fasts regularly, but beyond that you should talk to a doctor/registered dietician and also take nutritional supplements (and exit the fast in a very gradual way, not feasting).

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