What is fasting? What happens when you stop eating?
When food stops arriving, the human body doesn't simply run down like a phone with a dying battery.
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The three-day fast: what happens during 72 hours without food?
Over seventy-two hours, a well-nourished person moves from normal post-meal metabolism into a state where stored fat, newly produced glucose, and ketones are doing much more of the work.
The seven-day fast: what happens during a week without food?
The body adapts brilliantly; adaptation still has a cost.
Fasting beyond seven days: the limits of the human body
The human body's ability to survive is astonishing. The conclusion that extreme fasting is therefore a good idea does not follow.
Modified fasting: what happens when you eat a little during a fast?
What modern research and traditional practices reveal about fasting without giving up food entirely.
A puff piece for Thrive Ultimate, because I like it
I like this stuff. Is there actually a good reason why?
The nerd review of the daily green drink
What the science supports, what anecdotes can tell us, and where concentration or plant-defense chemistry complicates the picture.