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bfieidhbrjr commented on Body on a 3-day fast: Real-time data with Basis basishealth.io/blog/real-... · Posted by u/TheJurgen

TheJurgen · 5 years ago

For clarification, I take a daily electrolyte tablet with vit. C, magnesium, calcium, potassium and sodium when I fast. Generally, you want to take in less than 40 calories to stay in a proper water fast and I don’t think Gatorade fits the bill. Unless you’re doing a Fast Mimicking Diet where you’re allowed to eat up to 700 calories (I think). My longest was 5-day water fast (a few times). I found that Day 5 is better than Day 4. What days do you think are the worst in a 2-week fast?

bfieidhbrjr · 5 years ago

The transition to ketosis is usually the hardest, which for most people is around day 3.

If you eat keto it isn't a problem.

bfieidhbrjr commented on Body on a 3-day fast: Real-time data with Basis basishealth.io/blog/real-... · Posted by u/TheJurgen

jermaustin1 · 5 years ago

I was just following the doctor's orders. I assume he wanted me to have caloric intake along with salt, but I'm not a doctor, I didn't question him, I don't know anything about fasting, and don't even know if it was necessary.

I've done a couple of 2 day fasts since then, just to see if I can still do it without much trouble, it gets harder as I get older.

bfieidhbrjr · 5 years ago

When you water fast you excrete salt with the water you're drinking. Beginners tend to drink far too much water to mentally replace the food, and so they lose a lot of salt. Gatorade when it was invented was an electrolyte replacement. Now it has a lot more sugar too. It was probably for the salt.

My longest fast was two weeks, AMA. :-)

bfieidhbrjr commented on Body on a 3-day fast: Real-time data with Basis basishealth.io/blog/real-... · Posted by u/TheJurgen

jermaustin1 · 5 years ago

A personal story about fasting:

About 8 years ago, I had a particularly stubborn stomach bug, that just would not go away. After a week I went back to the doctor, and he was reluctant to put me on anti-biotics incase it was viral, and also he was generally anti-anti-biotics if your immune system could do it on its own. So he had me do a 3 day fast. Only water, and once a day a small bottle of Gatorade. Day 1 was easy, day 2 was hard, day 3 was actually easy again. On day 4, I was told to reintroduce food slowly and to eat as close to unprocessed foods as possible, so I had a bowl of watermelon for breakfast, a cup of oatmeal for lunch, then for dinner... McDonalds.

The outcome was the bug did die, but I no idea if it was from the fasting or just that it had been 10 days. But the fasting wasn't that hard, and I felt better afterward.

bfieidhbrjr · 5 years ago

The gatorade sounds horrendous, to dump a ton of sugar on you when fasting. It was probably for the electrolytes, a pinch of salt would have worked without all the junk in gatorade. And then you rarely need it on just a three day fast, only if you're dizzy. And if you're dizzy it means you've drunk too much water.

Glad you're better though!

Reddit fasting sub is ok to learn more, though they have some hangups like dry fasting.

bfieidhbrjr commented on Why cancer cells waste so much energy news.mit.edu/2021/cancer-... · Posted by u/chmaynard

bfieidhbrjr · 5 years ago

YSK, cancer as a metabolic disease, and tripping over the truth, are excellent books about this, and why we got cancer wrong since watson and crick.

bfieidhbrjr commented on Facebook Has Been Showing Military Gear Ads Next to “Insurrection” Posts buzzfeednews.com/article/... · Posted by u/nojito

bfieidhbrjr · 5 years ago

The spice must flow....

bfieidhbrjr commented on Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump” axios.com/reddit-bans-rdo... · Posted by u/threatofrain

ianbutler · 5 years ago

I am of the potentially unpopular mindset that we need to get our hands dirty to preserve our freedoms from these people. Worrying about being a gatekeeper when these people gladly, and openly, threaten our peace and lives is ridiculous.

Let's shut them down, shut them out and generally rebuke them. History shows that higher order ideals generally need to be preserved with actions when words have failed, and make no mistake we are past words with these folks.

bfieidhbrjr · 5 years ago

I agree but there are 300 million in the US. The actual insurrectionists are like... 200 people? Maybe 2,000?

Shutting down anyone talking pro trump in the whole country will have downsides, and just make them more angry. Prohibition isn't an answer that will work.

Hopefully sending all of the insurrectionists to jail will help.

bfieidhbrjr commented on Pentagon Puts F-35 Full-Rate Production Decision on Hold thedrive.com/the-war-zone... · Posted by u/clouddrover

dogma1138 · 5 years ago

The Israeli's seem to be happy with it, use it in combat and are buying more.

bfieidhbrjr · 5 years ago

They don't pay for them. It's where all the "aid" money goes.

bfieidhbrjr commented on Pentagon Puts F-35 Full-Rate Production Decision on Hold thedrive.com/the-war-zone... · Posted by u/clouddrover

strictnein · 5 years ago

Which plane, exactly, is superior to the F-35?

bfieidhbrjr · 5 years ago

Pretty much anything from the last generation. Embarrassingly the F-16 beat it in combat, for example.

For close air support the A-10 is vastly superior.

The F-35 is an employment program like the TSA.

bfieidhbrjr commented on Pentagon Puts F-35 Full-Rate Production Decision on Hold thedrive.com/the-war-zone... · Posted by u/clouddrover

ardit33 · 5 years ago

It is not good. Like it or not, this is the only alternative NATO has for the forceable future. The British Tempest and the French/German stealth fighter won’t be operational until 2035-2040

The only alternative are modernizes 4gen fighters which are very vulnerable to modern air defenses.

A ‘buggy’ F-35 might still be a better alternative.

Also the British are counting for the F-35 to equip its carriers.

bfieidhbrjr · 5 years ago

Buggy? It barely works. Short flight time. Crap wing loading. Not good at any of it's multi-roles.

We could build 5-10 F-16s for each F-35, and many more A-10s, and they'd be better despite being ancient designs.

They're so expensive we can't even do proper flight training in them, it'd cost too much if we break one.