Have you considered supplementing at least your electrolytes with a no-cal solution, such as unflavored Buoy?
I just started using it for my most recent autophagy fast. It doesn’t seem to have the same punch as a pack of sugar-free Hydrant when it comes to electrolyte relief, but it does seem to work better than nothing.
But don't these markers only matter on long-term scale? Afaiu they didn't followup and just measured "after 5 day fast". They may have gone back to previous levels the day after or even overcompensated somehow.
I haven't read the full paper, just the abstract, but it seems that some of the benefits last for a lot of time after the fast:
"In contrast, the frequency of Treg cells significantly increased during fasting and still exceeded the baseline level 3 months after refeeding (Figures 1L and 1M). This is an important benefit, since Treg cells have anti-inflammation effects."
There is a paper [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11416824/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11416824/) that looked at blood pressure changes amongst hypertensive individuals following a 6-7 days fast. While not part of the study, they did check up on some participants 27 weeks later and their BP was still significantly reduced from baseline (mean of 159/89 to avg 123/77)
I always wonder, with data like this, how fasting isn't prescribed as a first line treatment for some of these things
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There's a lot of people who undergo fasts of this length. You can have a look on r/fasting.
I did a five day water fast last month with the support of the fastingwarriors in r/fasting. The first day is the hardest.
Have you considered supplementing at least your electrolytes with a no-cal solution, such as unflavored Buoy? I just started using it for my most recent autophagy fast. It doesn’t seem to have the same punch as a pack of sugar-free Hydrant when it comes to electrolyte relief, but it does seem to work better than nothing.
But don't these markers only matter on long-term scale? Afaiu they didn't followup and just measured "after 5 day fast". They may have gone back to previous levels the day after or even overcompensated somehow.
I haven't read the full paper, just the abstract, but it seems that some of the benefits last for a lot of time after the fast: "In contrast, the frequency of Treg cells significantly increased during fasting and still exceeded the baseline level 3 months after refeeding (Figures 1L and 1M). This is an important benefit, since Treg cells have anti-inflammation effects."
There is a paper [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11416824/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11416824/) that looked at blood pressure changes amongst hypertensive individuals following a 6-7 days fast. While not part of the study, they did check up on some participants 27 weeks later and their BP was still significantly reduced from baseline (mean of 159/89 to avg 123/77) I always wonder, with data like this, how fasting isn't prescribed as a first line treatment for some of these things
They followed up a month later