jacknap
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Yeah, I'm aware of the other benefits of fasting but don't see it how it plays a role in PFS, maybe with the new guys approach is terms of progesterone receptors that could be it. If you read more logs on SS a lot of people didn't get benefits from fasting or returned to baseline again when eating.
Why would you pay 5000 just to fast, people do it all the time unsupervised
cause I have low body % and I'm strong minded so I fear that I'll push through the point where it's a healing crisis vs. actual damage.
the SS people who returned to baseline I have no seen a case where they full did what CD said
they were mostly half **** attemps eg) 10 day water fast (not the 14 he said), 10 day juice feasts, 5 day water fasts. cd eliminated like 10 symptoms from his water fast. I already got rid of like 10 symptoms through following his protocol without the fasting. the fasting seems huge component if you look at his threads from PH he wasn't getting anywhere till he fasted.
ie. 14-21 days water fast or more. introduce foods slowly for half length of the fast ie 14day water fast 7 days reintroduction (2 days juice, 2 days cooked vegetables, 1 day add protein, one day add nuts, one day add dairy etc).
think a safe way to do it unsupervised is have the goal of 14-21 days and if the pain becomes too much switch to juice feast for the rest of the days.
and yeah losing muscle sucks but there's muscle memory, you'll get it back 10x faster than it took for you to gain it in the first place. probably around 3 months to get back to current level. I'd rather do it now than later than continue to build muscle on the wrong foundation.
you and I both seem to like to know the 'why' we're doing things whereas cd is pure action oriented which I think leaves us frustrated at times and hesitant to do risky parts of the protocol.