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Re:Fasting boosts stem cells’ regenerative capacity (2018) by TimSchumann on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @05:49AM (#31408114)
Not sure why I’d pass out from just not eating, I had plenty of body fat on me for the entirety of the fast. I wasn’t starving myself.

Estimating by weight loss my metabolism was still burning well over 2500kcal daily at the end of the fast.

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Re:Fasting boosts stem cells’ regenerative capacity (2018) by HanMei_333 on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @12:06AM (#31419128)
Agreed. Pretty much my numbers as well - around 300 gr weight loss a day.

An example:

A person with 14 % body fat and 74 kg body weight has around 10 kg fat. That is more than enough to go for about 30 days without any calorie intake.

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Re:Fasting boosts stem cells’ regenerative capacity (2018) by TimSchumann on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @10:55AM (#31423575)
Yeah, my weight loss was around 1.3 lbs or 600 grams daily. I'm a large human though.
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