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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)

submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I used to do 36 hours a week, as an experiment. Not for weight loss. Maintained my weight.

Results: lower LDL cholesterol. Sharply lower. Blood pressure lower only while fasting.

Side effects: migraines. I tried to arrange it so there was not so much time fasting before sleeping but would usually wake up with a migraine.

Never fasted more than 2 days voluntarily.

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

What did you allow yourself to consume during the fasts and how did you break the fasts?

Did you LDL go back up when you stopped fasting?

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Just coffee. I would eat a late breakfast one day, then stop eating, coffee the next morning and then nothing until supper, usually around 8pm.

Yes the LDL went back up. I know it was related to the fasting and not weight loss - I am not fat and maintained calories overall to keep my weight stable. I had been sort of stumped, like you are. Obviously if someone is overweight and loses weight that will have benefits, there wasn't a lot of research on people of normal weight fasting and not reducing. I got the one measurable benefit, but no improvements I could feel in any way, and the headaches were pretty bad.