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Any Lemmings that have been regular fasters for at least a couple years? What's your first hand experience and opinion on fasting for health benefits? (lemmy.world)

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I don't meant for weight loss, I mean health benefits as in autophagy, clearing out toxins, giving your organs a break type stuff

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[–] manxu@piefed.social 6 points 18 hours ago

It's been a long time, now. My takeaway: I turned into a monster on fasting days, so much so that my friends would whisper when they saw me approaching. It worked, in that I lost weight. It would have been easier for me to lose weight by just eating better food.

As with all things diet and nutrition, I also learned that what works for me definitely might not work for someone else, and that something that doesn't work for me, might. Everybody's metabolism is weird and wonderful and you need to figure out what works for you.

Right now, I figured out that not eating after 18:00 (6p) improves my sleep a ton. If I had to restart, I would just "fast" by imposing an evening cutoff for food/calories.