23 Day Fast, 1st Refeed Meal
Refeeding is no joke. Make sure you are educated on fasting and refeeding if you decide to do a prolonged fast.
This was absolutely the best meal of my entire life. Every bite felt like i was at a 5star restaurant. I ended up eating 3 scrambled eggs in ghee butter w salt n pepper and a few avocado slices (around 500 total calories) . Omg unbelievably amazing when you haven't eaten for 23 days. Injoy
Welcome back! I hope the benefits persist for a long time. Avocado was a great choice for a first meal :)
They're a super food imo :D & those were the neighbors, home grown, omg.✌
Home grown is the best too!
Refeeding can be a very dangerous process. The reintroduction of food can lead to multi system compromise. Phosphate, sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, they all exist in a very changeable balance.
There is heaps of literature around refeeding. People can have a high bmi and still be in a state of starvation and at risk of refeeding if they have had a prolonged period of time with an intake less than 500 cals.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440847/
Take care of yourself. Much love to you x
There's a huge difference between zero calories and less than 500 calories. In zero calories you are feeding mainly off of direct body fat, to where as less than 500 can put you in true starvation and a muscle catabolic state. If you are supplementing w sodium,potassium, magnesium on zero cals there are extremely less refeed dangers. The use of phosphate also changes and is better utilized.
Yes, ive read that article. Its especially dangerous if you're malnourished, underweight and haven't been supplementing with minerals. We change from a catabolic state to a anabolic state, changing ALOT of chemistry in the body.
This is where primal intelligence comes into play. Science papers dont produce Wim Hoffs, Wim Hoffs produce science papers.
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never mind me, I'm just being an old matron ED dx nurse. I know you are better versed tha me in the science of the body. Take it as caring old aunty Marge .
Tehe, im not necessarily, the body is mysterious. I was being a little defensive but i am being cautious on refeeding. Day 3 refeeding. As you probably know most of the danger will be in the 1st 4-7 days. So far no issues. Thanks Mum, 😊💓