MichaelDiamond
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At around 33:21 of this video Richard Nikoley says the average person has about 3 months worth of energy in their own fat stores.
He goes on to say the average person could consume nothing but water for 3 months and essentially do themselves no harm and the record is a 400 pound man going over a year consuming nothing but water and vitamins. The rest of the video is a good overall intro to the social/dietary/philosophical approach he espouses on his blog if you have the time to watch and aren't familiar with his work.
This Scientific American article supports a claim that a person can go at least a month without food. How long can a person survive without food?: Scientific American
I used to think I was quite the badass for routinely going 24hrs without food as part of an IF regimen. My law school finals will be over in 2 weeks and I won't have almost any time to exercise in that span, so perhaps a diet of water and vitamins is ideal until finals are over.
How healthy do you think it is to go without eating for multiple days at a time? In the video Nikoley talks about the benefits of extended fasts for cancer patients at the cellular level, may infrequent week-longish fasts be a good idea for healthy people?
Most of the googling i've done on this topic returns forum threads, so I'd be interested to know if any of you know of more reliable sources on the subject of extended fasts.
And no, I'm not talking about doing 3 consecutive 40 day water fasts...
He goes on to say the average person could consume nothing but water for 3 months and essentially do themselves no harm and the record is a 400 pound man going over a year consuming nothing but water and vitamins. The rest of the video is a good overall intro to the social/dietary/philosophical approach he espouses on his blog if you have the time to watch and aren't familiar with his work.
This Scientific American article supports a claim that a person can go at least a month without food. How long can a person survive without food?: Scientific American
I used to think I was quite the badass for routinely going 24hrs without food as part of an IF regimen. My law school finals will be over in 2 weeks and I won't have almost any time to exercise in that span, so perhaps a diet of water and vitamins is ideal until finals are over.
How healthy do you think it is to go without eating for multiple days at a time? In the video Nikoley talks about the benefits of extended fasts for cancer patients at the cellular level, may infrequent week-longish fasts be a good idea for healthy people?
Most of the googling i've done on this topic returns forum threads, so I'd be interested to know if any of you know of more reliable sources on the subject of extended fasts.
And no, I'm not talking about doing 3 consecutive 40 day water fasts...