Fasting - full water only variety - has anyone here tried it?

[Learner1]

her argument is that multi-day fasts have been shown to reduce inflammation and promote autophagy, which I find particularly interesting. If it works.

Not eating foods that your allergic to or are junk foods will likely decrease inflammation. Not eating foods that are healthy and have high quality nutrients your body needs can contribute to inflammation. Starving yourself can make things worse if you're already ill. Much of the hype is aimed at "healthy people" not people with serious illness.

As for increasing autophagy, sleep, exercise, resveratrol, curcumin, coffee, and several other things increase autophagy. For a good rundown on this topic, this might be helpful:

https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/

Your practitioner dies not sound very scientific, unfortunately. It might be wise to pin her down for evidence in the blain's she's making.

I do have nutritional deficiencies and problems with methylation, which I’ve been treating with supplements for the last 4 months. Molybdenum and L Lysine supplementation specifically have gotten me to the point where I’m able to take NAC and not experience the horrible side effects of methylation.

So, you've found that increasing nutritional support can help. That's great. It really can help a lot.

Stopping nutrition can reverse progress and make progress more challenging. At worst, it cause refeeding syndrome, not a good place to be.

should know one way or another in a few days here, and I’ll post the results of this n=1 experiment.

It seems quite unlikely you can know that youre successful with water fasting or supplementing in a few days... How do you measure autophagy? Toxicity? Nutrient status?

 

[Bassaur]

Thank you for your concern. I am under a doctor’s care here, so it’s probably wise to continue, despite what I read on the Internet.

I feel fine, and had more energy, clearer thinking, and zero pain during fasting. I’ll probably work with her to find a way to measure autophagy and inflammation in the future, I have over the years tried sleep, resvratrol, curcumin, coffee, and exercise, and am done with them as they caused further side effects.

I appreciate your intent, but this is my path, and it’s unlikely that ditching actual medical advice from a physician who knows me is a good decision at this point.

 

[Learner1]

Thank you for your concern. I am under a doctor’s care here, so it’s probably wise to continue, despite what I read on the Internet.

I feel fine, and had more energy, clearer thinking, and zero pain during fasting. I’ll probably work with her to find a way to measure autophagy and inflammation in the future, I have over the years tried sleep, resvratrol, curcumin, coffee, and exercise, and am done with them as they caused further side effects.

I appreciate your intent, but this is my path, and it’s unlikely that ditching actual medical advice from a physician who knows me is a good decision at this point.

Oh, obviously work with a medical professional. However, as someone who has been harmed by multiple things taken as prescribed by more than one doctor and am currently dealing with 2 doctors giving me very bad advice, I've learned to be skeptical, do my own research, listen to others experienced, and make my own decisions, including finding a better doctor when needed. This is a complex illness, if you indeed have ME/CFS, and no doctor, no matter how brilliant, has all the answers.

Good luck on your quest.