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<blockquote data-quote="NicoleC1971" data-source="post: 2177984" data-attributes="member: 365308"><p>I believe that the experts mostly say NOT to fast if you are underweight but I'd add finding it difficult to absorb nutrients to that list unless you are eating very well/supplementing on advice, around the fasts? Personally I've topped out at 3-4 days because a) I could not sleep b) some people feel that more than 2-3 days lead to muscle mass loss which if true would be detrimental to your insulin sensitivity. Obviously you do need to believe in the therapeutic benefits of fasting for someone like yourself with pre diabetes otherwise around about day 2 you will get very hungry and wonder why you are 'starving yourself' versus thinking I am hungry but this will pass and I am stripping my liver of fat so that I will become less diabetic...etc.etc.</p><p>I am type 1 and not overweight so did mine just to see if I could...I now naturally have extended fasts but don't intentionally go without food for longer than 18 hours. If it helped me a) kick start stalled weight loss b) normalise my blood sugars I'd be using it as a tool alongside LCHF.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NicoleC1971, post: 2177984, member: 365308"] I believe that the experts mostly say NOT to fast if you are underweight but I'd add finding it difficult to absorb nutrients to that list unless you are eating very well/supplementing on advice, around the fasts? Personally I've topped out at 3-4 days because a) I could not sleep b) some people feel that more than 2-3 days lead to muscle mass loss which if true would be detrimental to your insulin sensitivity. Obviously you do need to believe in the therapeutic benefits of fasting for someone like yourself with pre diabetes otherwise around about day 2 you will get very hungry and wonder why you are 'starving yourself' versus thinking I am hungry but this will pass and I am stripping my liver of fat so that I will become less diabetic...etc.etc. I am type 1 and not overweight so did mine just to see if I could...I now naturally have extended fasts but don't intentionally go without food for longer than 18 hours. If it helped me a) kick start stalled weight loss b) normalise my blood sugars I'd be using it as a tool alongside LCHF. [/QUOTE]
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