What has always fascinated me about fasting, particularly water fasting, is the issue of cravings versus hunger. Skipping a meal or two usually produces cravings. Cravings could signal a need but more likely mean an addiction (and I’m using that definition loosely here. think coffee, salt, wheat).
My understanding is that 24 hours is the minimum for the detection of unhealthy cravings and that 3-7 days is the average time needed to overcome them. The idea that skipping meals (some even consider skipping snack-time IF) will produce beneficial effects I can only guess is the result of giving the body an unlikely time to rest.
I exercise regularly and found that exercising on the non-fasting days was not a problem.
What has always fascinated me about fasting, particularly water fasting, is the issue of cravings versus hunger. Skipping a meal or two usually produces cravings. Cravings could signal a need but more likely mean an addiction (and I’m using that definition loosely here. think coffee, salt, wheat).
My understanding is that 24 hours is the minimum for the detection of unhealthy cravings and that 3-7 days is the average time needed to overcome them. The idea that skipping meals (some even consider skipping snack-time IF) will produce beneficial effects I can only guess is the result of giving the body an unlikely time to rest.
Did you mean that fasting days?
No, I meant that exercising on feast days was no problem.
I did not try to exercise on fasting days more than a couple of times. It wasn’t terrible, but I don’t know if it’s healthy.