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Water, water, everywhere
11/15/2007 10:37:21 / happy
It's been months since I blogged about my human guinea pig experiment (formerly known as water fasting).
But apparently, lots of people were interested in the process. Some (family, mostly, and the boyfriend) were concerned I'd keel over. Oh, how wrong they were!
So, since I did not buy the farm, kick the bucket, push the little daisies and make 'em come up ... I am going to do another one. And blog about it.
I think the results will be good. A large body of research indicates that calorie restriction actually prolongs life. And, as recently as this week, a new study was released that shows that just one day of fasting a month improves arterial health.
Add that knowledge to the fact that a healthy adult can live for a month or longer on no food at all, and it makes going without for three days just a little less scary.
So for those of you who are curious what it feels like to eat absolutely nothing for a period of three days -- tune in and experience vicarious stomach rumbles. ( :
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9:35 a.m., Day one.
I am not hungry yet --- I had a big dinner last night, so that's helping. I *have* caught myself wondering what I'm going to have for breakfast at least five times already.
It's just force of habit, I guess.
That's one of the things a water fast (in my case, a water/coffee/diet soda fast) is good for -- breaking old habits and reminding us that we can live a loooong time without food. Therefore, there is no reason to be dependent on it, or center our day around meal times.
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