My aim is to do a 3 day fast, 4 times per year, so once per quarter/once every 3 months. I didn't quite make it to 3 full days in my first attempt, but I'm happy with how far I made it for this one; 62 hours and 42 minutes. I'll endeavour to do better next time. During my fasting days, I still drink black coffee with MCT oil added, lots of water obviously, I have an essential amino acid (EAA) drink once per day, and a cup of beef bone broth once per day too. The first things I ate when I broke my fast were a green apple, followed by a couple of handfuls of salted macadamias, and within about 10 minutes, I had what felt like 10 times the mental clarity and physical energy, I felt awesome.
That's impressive! What are your thoughts on the speed of the mental change post eating? ...it seems too fast for the nutrients to have hit your system.
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Without having the relevant biological knowledge myself, all I can think is that every part of my digestive system was so primed for use that as soon as I started chewing on something, I guess I felt stimulated in the same way that doing some exercise kind of invigorates and wakes you up a bit. I think the other aspect would just be purely emotional/psychological, in that I was just recieving something that I had really wanted to have for the last 24 hours or so. Perhaps a similar effect happens whenever a biological need is postponed for an unusually long time, like the elation of when you finally get to a bathroom after an hour has passed since you first identified that you need to go, haha!
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