If a person is underweight already, then they will not be able to dry fast for very long, because they do not have much bodyfat. In that case, 1 meal per day (zero carb) and dry fasting for 23+ hours is probably best.
For people of normal weight or overweight, dry fasting for longer periods is relatively easy to do.
Also, you should understand the feeling of hunger and what it really is. When you get the feeling of hunger, it is not your body saying you NEED to eat. It is your body saying it is TIME to eat.
Ghrelin is the hormone that kicks in at the time of day you usually eat. If you usually eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner, grehlin will kick in around breakfast. If you don't eat, you will feel hungry. But if you ignore it and don't eat, it will go away in an hour or so.
If you keep doing this for a few days, you will eventually not get hungry at breakfast time anymore. If you fast for a few days, after about 3 or 4 days (if you want to go longer), you won't feel hungry at all. Many people report of feeling euphoric.
Personally, I would not go more than 3 or 4, maybe 5, days at most completely dry fasted. The known longest anyone went dry fasted was a man who was locked in jail and they forgot about him. He was in there for 18 days with no food or water, and he survived just fine.
The world record for fasting (not dry, but just drinking water) was a man in the UK who fasted for 374 days. He was over 400 pounds when he started, and under 200 pounds when he ended the fast.
If you ever watch those survival shows with military spec ops guys saying you can't go more than 3 days without water of 21 days without food or you will die, guess what?
They are full of shit.
Also, for trying to kill cancer or other illness, it might be best to not work out with weights. Weight training activates mTOR, which brings anabolic processes into play and works against autophagy. It's like a see-saw. Up/down. One system is up (building the body) while the other is down (breaking down and cleansing the body), or vice versa. They are never both up or both down.
BTW: One caveat --
If a person is underweight already, then they will not be able to dry fast for very long, because they do not have much bodyfat. In that case, 1 meal per day (zero carb) and dry fasting for 23+ hours is probably best.
For people of normal weight or overweight, dry fasting for longer periods is relatively easy to do.
Also, you should understand the feeling of hunger and what it really is. When you get the feeling of hunger, it is not your body saying you NEED to eat. It is your body saying it is TIME to eat.
Ghrelin is the hormone that kicks in at the time of day you usually eat. If you usually eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner, grehlin will kick in around breakfast. If you don't eat, you will feel hungry. But if you ignore it and don't eat, it will go away in an hour or so.
If you keep doing this for a few days, you will eventually not get hungry at breakfast time anymore. If you fast for a few days, after about 3 or 4 days (if you want to go longer), you won't feel hungry at all. Many people report of feeling euphoric.
Personally, I would not go more than 3 or 4, maybe 5, days at most completely dry fasted. The known longest anyone went dry fasted was a man who was locked in jail and they forgot about him. He was in there for 18 days with no food or water, and he survived just fine.
The world record for fasting (not dry, but just drinking water) was a man in the UK who fasted for 374 days. He was over 400 pounds when he started, and under 200 pounds when he ended the fast.
If you ever watch those survival shows with military spec ops guys saying you can't go more than 3 days without water of 21 days without food or you will die, guess what?
They are full of shit.
Also, for trying to kill cancer or other illness, it might be best to not work out with weights. Weight training activates mTOR, which brings anabolic processes into play and works against autophagy. It's like a see-saw. Up/down. One system is up (building the body) while the other is down (breaking down and cleansing the body), or vice versa. They are never both up or both down.
Just a random thought.