A lot of people are concerned about corona now and similar viruses in the future. That is understandable, considering the psychopaths who are in a position to potentially do something unthinkable. So, how to handle it?
HCQ and other products might help. Maybe medications that Trump took could help (not that I believe necessarily that he really had anything, but it's possible). But let's look at the animal kingdom and recent scientific research.
When animals feel sick, they stop eating. STOP. As in, THEY DO NOT EAT ANYTHING. This is a natural response. No thinking, since they are not capable. Just nature doing its thing.
What do humans do when we feel sick, such as catch a cold? We eat. Maybe it's chicken soup, but we eat. Some eat all day. We get cold medications, flu medications, antibiotics (which kills all bacteria, including the good stuff that we need). We do the exact OPPOSITE of what nature tells animals to do.
The University of Southern California (USC) did a study where they found that if people will stop eating for 3 days (a 72-hour fast), their immune system completely regenerates.
Our immune cells have a very short life. They are constantly making more and the "older" ones are dying off. But when the system is weak, our bodies do not do this very well. However, when we stop eating completely, our immune system kicks into high gear and starts generating large amounts of new immune cells, which is what we need to fight off pathogens that enter our bodies, whether they are dangerous viruses or something else.
There are many people who have provided their own anecdotal evidence that when they fasted competely, they healed a variety of illnesses and conditions -- often times, after months or years of failure to heal by taking the advice of the medical industry.
Fasting means no food at all. Nothing with any calories. Such things as juice "fasts" or veggie "fasts" are not fasts. If you are putting calories into your body, you are NOT fasting. Your body is using energy to digest the food. The point of fasting is to give your body a rest so that your body can focus on autophagy (cleansing), and devote as much energy as possible to that. By fasting, your body kicks autophagy into high gear and repairs itself at a much faster rate.
If you really want to feel the healing effects, try dry fasting. Dry fasting is no food of any kind, and also no liquids of any kind, including water.
To set the record straight, there is a lot of disinformation about these things in the media and on TV. "Survival" type TV shows often state false information. You might have heard that you will die in 21 days if you have no food, or in 3 days if you have no water. Both are lies.
The world record for known fasting (no food, but with water) is over 1 year. A man in the UK was over 400 pounds, and he went just a little over 1 year fasting and ended up at under 200 pounds. He was living off of his body fat for energy -- which is the reason we store body fat (future energy needs).
The longest known time anyone has gone with no food or water is 18 days. A man was locked in prison and then they forgot about him. When someone discovered he was in there, he had gone 18 days with nothing to eat or drink.
Going more than 2 or 3 days dry fasting is tough, and I do not recommend it. 3 days is the max I would do. And I have. I am currently at about 40 hours and feeling fine. I'll get back to eating regularly tomorrow night. I do it from time to time just for the extra cleansing benefit. It is also an excellent way to lose bodyfat while preserving lean body tissue (muscle).
Anytime you wake up in the morning and have a sore throat or feel a bit sick, stop eating (and drinking, if you want to dry fast), and give it at least 24 hours, then go 48 or 72 if you can. No need to go beyond that.
You will feel hungry, but you should understand what that hunger feeling is. Contrary to popular belief (as many things are), it is NOT your body telling you that you NEED to eat. Rather, it is your body telling you that it is your normal TIME to eat. Ghrelin is our hunger hormone. It will kick in during times of day that you usually eat, so that your body's digestive enzymes and other digestive proecesses can gear up. If you eat around the same time each day, ghrelin will kick in around those times of day.
BTW, If you are used to eating more than 3 times per day (including snacks), that is a habbit you should stop IMMEDIATELY. High frequency eating is the #1 cause of metabolic syndrome (high insulin levels) and metabolic syndrome is the #1 cause of most illnesses.
If you are used to eating 3 meals per day, and you decide to fast, you WILL get hungry around breakfast time. That is ghrelin kicking in to tell you it is TIME to eat (not that you NEED to eat). Just power through it as best you can, and it will go away in an hour or so. It will kick in again around lunch time. Again, just power through and it will go away. After a couple of days, ghrelin will reset and stop kicking in, and you won't be hungry anymore. That's how it works.
Eating 1 to 3 times per day, and dry fasting in between, is the healthiest way to eat. Humans are not "grazers" like cows are, and we should not graze all day long with multiple snacks and drinks. It is the #1 thing killing us, moreso even than poor quality food.
When fasting, you cut that down to no food for a limited period of time. Dry fasting also cuts out all liquids (including water).
In the past, I would catch a cold and do the usual routine that everyone else does, mostly focused around buying useless products in the pharmacy. My colds would often drag on for 2 or even 3 weeks sometimes. My immune system was having a tought time killing off the virus.
But now, if I wake up feeling a sore throat, I just dry fast for a couple of days, and I am back to normal in 2 or 3 days max -- and I did not waste any money on worthless medications.
If a hard core virus hits us in the future, our immune system is going to be the best weapon to kill it.
Look into it. Try it out, so you can do it anytime you want without fear or hesitation.
WWG1WGA
Here is a great chart to use to see what fasting will do for you
https://files.catbox.moe/ftzcw4.pdf
Look at that one for blood glucose/insulin. Most people get up in the morning, have coffee with cream and sugar. Then, breakfast. A snack and then lunch. They eat or drink something in the afternoon, and then dinner. Then, they each junk food in front of the TV, maybe a little ice cream before bed, and then FINALLY their digestive tract gets a rest overnight. Some people even get up in the middle of the night and eat again.
Their insulin levels just get higher and higher and higher over time. That is metabolic syndrome. It causes diabetes, and other illneses. Probably contributes to cancer, as well, because when insulin is high, autophagy is non-existent (it's a see-saw, with one up and the other down).
This is the #1 cause of illness in the western world. It causes all these other illnesses we get, but they can all be traced back to metabloic syndrome, which can be traced back to the bad habbit of constantly feeding like a cow.
Problem is: we are not cows. (Well, most of us, anyway.)
How do you cope with the grumpiness?
I had a stay in hospital with a grumbling appendix for three days and didn't have any food as I could be taken down to surgery at any time.
I definitely got quite grumpy :)
Watch or listen to some comedy routines.
Laughter is the best medicine, ya know? ;-)
When you “have too” you have no choice. When you choose to, and focus on the positive effects, it is uplifting. I personally find a huge upswing of energy after day 2. I try to plan big projects for day 3. Think garage cleaning, which a celebration healthy meal as a reward for 3 days :)
I'm definitely going to give it a go, I've always stopped eating when I get ill, feels natural to me whereas my wife stuffs her face ?
Never done 3 days out of choice though, should be interesting!
When you give it a go, let us know. Btw - great time to try, we are all waiting for a Qittle time to pass :)
I know, right?
I did the one meal a day thing for a few weeks and by about 23 hours my brain feels like its working about 60%. I can’t solve complicated problems or multitask, and every failure to be able to do something I can do easily when not hungry, got very annoying.
Copied and saved. Thanks for that! Never seen it before, but pretty much verifies everything I wrote.
Well, how about that. I guess I know why I hardly get sick. And when I do.... I never eat lol. I knew I was like a cave woman. p.s. covid didn't kill me, and I didn't even take tylenol.
Good for you! Do you think you got covid? If so, what did you do and how did it go?
I am sure I had it. A year ago. I felt yucky for a few days. Couldn't taste or smell. Wasn't even sure I had a fever it was so low. And the breathing was difficult but I am a heavy smoker. Only last 3 or 4 days.
I know I can personally vouch for this. Would be nice to get a few more citations for the doubters though if you got them. A lot of claims in there. Never hurts.
Understood. The USC study is an important study, IMO, and I linked an article to that.
The problem is, you will not find a lot of randomized controlled studies because (a) there is zero money for Big Pharma or Big Medicine or Big Agriculture for people to regain health by eating no food for a period of time and taking no medications, and (b) it is considered by Big Medicine to be "risky" to not eat for more than a few hours (never mind that doing so is the #1 cause of health problems), so they won't do the studies.
People who are interested can find information about anectodal evidence (such as my own) and decide for themselves. I hesitate to point in any particular direction for this info because a lot of people who discuss this also discuss other health concepts that I do not necessarily agree with, and I don't want to point people in a good direction only to have them get a curve ball going in the wrong direction, too.
The easiest thing is to test it out. Cut down to 3 meals per day and no snacks and no liquids between meals. After a few days, try 2 meals per day, then 1 meal. Then go 2 days with only water. Go back to eating 2 or 3 meals for week or so. Then, try 2 days with no food or water.
IOW: Experiment and see what works for you. The "experts" have a different agenda, whether they realize it or not.
There is a doc who talks about this and has a lot of interviews and speeches on YouTube. Look up Dr. Jason Fung. Also, Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride does not specifically talk about fasting, but she does talk about metabolic syndrome. Some people (i.e. vegans) will not like what she has to say about diet, but she has cured many children of autism and her information is on point.
Wonder if that is why fasting and prayer was a big thing in the Bible. They didn’t have big pharma to create Vaccines for them.
Good stuff, although you are recommending a quite hard-core mindset, I can understand the utility in doing that.
For years I have been telling people the first feeling of hunger since your last meal (say after 2-3 hours) is a signal that digestion facilities are about to be switched off. In twenty minutes it passes and when it returns in 4 to 12 hours that is a more genuine hunger for external nutrition, but can also be ignored. Each hump of hunger just puts the body into different modes, the point being many people never get beyond the first hump, eating when digestion is just getting ready to shut down.
Any views on limiting portions to under the feeling full threshold?
There is a lot of info out there on calorie restriction, both for fat loss and longevity.
Personally, I am not a fan.
The #1 method for fat loss, if that is the primary goal, is fasting or dry fasting for short periods, then eating, and then back to fasting again. Rinse and repeat until body fat is under control. After all, fasting is just the ultimate end point of "calorie restriction." You can't restrict more than 100%.
As far as longevity, it might be true that fewer calories makes a person live longer. But that is an issue that is impossible to know. There are no accurate 100-year studies of individuals, and there never will be. The best we can do is something like lab rats. There is evidence from that, but I don't think it is primary for good health.
Good health:
(1) Eat less frequently. Generally, eat 1-3 times per day, whatever works for you (experiment to find out, don't assume). Dry fast between ALL meals.
(2) When eating, focus on animal foods, not plant foods. The vegan movement is promoted by the NWO. Do you think Bill Gates and his ilk have your best interests in mind? Plants can help towards cleansing (but dry fasting is ideal). Plants, however, are not foods that can build the human body. Their proteins are wrong for humans, their fats are wrong for humans, and their carbohydrates are unnecessary for humans -- tasty sometimes, but there is no nutritional requirment for (and little nutritional value in) carbs. That should tell us something right there, when we consider that plants are around 90%+ carbs and animals foods are very close to 0%.
(3) As much as possible, eat foods raw, and not processed. That means raw animal foods. I regularly eat raw eggs and raw beef liver, and I can tell you that I can see and feel a difference. Get the best quality you can, of course.
(4) Finally, we should enjoy life. Eating a spartan diet is not as much fun as having chocolate cake from time to time. Then again, wobbling around with a cane because heath is so poor that life doesn't feel worth living is worse.
I suspect that calorie restriction anecdotes might have as much to do with eating less frequently (1 or 2 times per day) as the fewer calories.
I prefer to feel satisified after a meal. The fat in animal foods satiates, unlike anything from the Plant Kingdom.
Eat heathy foods (animal foods, mostly). Throw in some fun cookies from time to time, but they should be high quality and not total garbage (no high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, etc.), and eat to feel satisfied. Then, dry fast until the next meal, and make sure the meals are not too frequent.
Anytime you feel a little sick or just a little tight around the waistline, fast for 2 or 3 days.
Enjoy life.
there were IRA guys in prison that went on hunger strike for months
Bobby Sands - look it up
i know of several people who hardly eat anything at all ever
they seem to be able to run on sunshine and water.
Right. Lots of people have had hunger strikes over the years. How do they do it? People who have gone on longer-term fasts report that they are no longer hungry after about the 4th or 5th day. It is probably not that hard, especially if they have done it before to prepare.
Great info. Thank you and fatigued for the chart. Saving it all. I'd like to add my own on virus killing.
https://imgur.com/taExYUW
LOL. Top kek.
Hmm, I started intermittent fasting (IF) about 8 months ago...I am a Junior High teacher and have been in contact with lots and lots of people and children that have tested positive for COVID...I have not had any symptoms since the beginning of this mess...IF has a lot of health benefits...I have lost over 40 lbs as one example. Your post makes me wonder if my regular fasting is more likely the reason I have been so healthy through this "plandemic". I do not know for sure but it does make sense....there are a ton of documented benefits from fasting and it is the least expensive diet or health plan you will ever attempt so worth a look imo.
In my personal experience all fasting has ever done for me is make me feel shitty until I start eating again. Never went a full three days though either. Hard to when you don't see any change from one or two. To be clear I'm not saying it doesn't have real benefits but I do wonder just how reliable they are.
A lot of people feel shitty when they start fasting. That might be due to low electrolytes. You can fast with water, and add salts to your water (which will add electrolytes). People who do that say it makes them feel better. I haven't had to do it.
Salts: 1/2 tsp pink salt + 1/2 tsp "no salt" (has potassium instead of sodium) added to 1 liter/quart of water.
This post is legit. I've been intermittent fasting for over a year now (with a 2 or 3 day fast every week, with 16:8 all other days) and the benefits are too many to lost, but they cover both physical as well as psychological.
As for the physical, fasting promotes autophagy and regeneration. Huge reduction in inflammation, and aches and pains that I'd dealt with for years have disappeared. Also, haven't caught a cold or flu since.
I've been intermittent fasting for three years. It's AMAZING how much better you feel when youre not constantly losing energy to processing food you didn't even need!
I've thought about doing this, but the one thing keeping me from it is not knowing whether drinking black coffee would ruin any progress I made.
Caffeine artificially stimulates the adrenals, which is not healthy.
Good to know, thanks!
Thank you for posting, fren.
Rebels are the most interesting people. Fun, too!
The first thing that comes to mind are stomach illnesses where the body vomits up any food ingested. It’s a forced fast because any food swallowed comes right back up.
Good advice. I'm a fan and practitioner of fasting and I just survived covid.
I didn't fast to beat it. My body was telling me to eat the whole time.
I usually go by the old " starve a fever" advice,and it works really well.It just didnt work for this.
This is an awesome post. But take it from an experienced faster — dry fasting is dangerous as fuck and could really harm those who try it without medical supervision. Please stop advocating for it. It’s not for most people, and it certainly isn’t for those who have never fasted before.
Water and electrolytes (sodium, magnesium, potassium), frens. That’s all you need.