72 Hour Water Only Fast: Is It Healthy? | Dr. Steven Gundry
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- Опубліковано 17 бер 2024
- Have you ever questioned the origins of this intense water fasting trend and wondered about the significance of the 72-hour duration? -- Order The Book "Gut Check” here: www.amazon.com/Gut-Check-Micr...
Join me as I explore the rich history and scientific intricacies behind it all.
But before you rush into fasting, there's crucial information you need to know. While some sing praises for its benefits, there are notable downsides. I'll reveal why many of you will hit a roadblock and experience a hard crash.
Furthermore, I dive into the hard truth about excessive fasting and the adverse effects it can have! The truth is you might unknowingly be introducing toxins into your body and losing valuable muscle mass instead of fat.
Fear not! There's a smarter way to attain these benefits without succumbing to the fasting frenzy-and I'll discuss all about it so be sure to watch the entire episode! You can finally bid farewell to the hardships of starvation mode and embrace a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle.
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Today at noon was 72 hours no food just water I honestly feel mental clarity that I haven't felt in years and my energy is surprisingly threw the roof
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I've done three 72 hours fasts over the last 2 years. I think they are very good for you. My only advice........never trust a fart after you end the fast!!
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I'd just completed a 40-hour dry-fasting, and my mental energy is literally in overdrive.
do that for 72 hours and you'll be just about DEAD
@planetguantanamo Don't speak about things you heard or read about. Speak only of things you've personally experienced. I've dry-fasted for 72 hours many times.
@@alansolomon2863 you must be really mentally strong too :)
@@planetguantanamoyou don’t know what you are talking about. 3 days is the minimum a normal person would survive without water. If you aren’t sweating, keep your activity down, stay out of the sun and you are overweight, most people could dry fast for more than a week. Not that I recommend it with rare exception.
@@planetguantanamo Not true. I'm 52 and have done 8 prolonged fasts between 72 - 134 hours. I've even done 3 days DRY fasting. I'm in the best shape of my life having completely cured an auto-immune disorder that was way more debilitating than fasting ever could be.
He does a great job pointing out all the bad things about doing a 72 hour fast, says no positivie things about it, and then ties it into how you need to buy his book in order to understand time restricted eating.
Yer he sucks, negative to almost condescending and offers no alternative.
Has he done 72hrs himself? Where’s your data. Paid actor this guy is old and dumb.
You're not supposed to do Pilates during a water fast.
Sincerely; it helps to keep cortisol from increasing due to exercise because fasting is already a stress on the body. There'll be plenty of opportunity to exercise when you're done fasting with all your new Human Growth Hormone and Stem Cells doing their thing. Oh, yeah, and your brand new mitochondria.
Most specialists say that after 3 days of fasting that's when the real healing begins.
Dr. Grundy stays on the opposing side😊he's quite controversial!!!
Yes, and that's what I experienced. Between 50-51 I developed a severe auto-immune disorder, and by IF *_and_* prolonged fasting (8 water fasts between 3 and 5 days plus a 3-day DRY fast) over about a year *_cured_* me of my severe asthmatic response to histamine. I'm 52 and in the best shape of my life. I wouldn't trade my prolonged fasts for anything.
@@allhimwithme5115 That's the testimony of so many people who tried prolonged fasting.
@@allhimwithme5115 That's the testimony of so many people who tried prolonged fasting and had phenomenal results.
@@allhimwithme5115 Wow, my reply to you keep getting removed/censored on this forum. All I said was that your testimony was the experience of so many people.
I agree that initially as you come out of being insulin resistant a 72 hour fast is not a good idea. Start with learning to do intermittent fasting. Then push it and push it until you can go to 24 hour fast. Then go to 30. Then 36. Then 40. Then 45. Then 50x then 60. Then 72. It’s well worth it. I wouldn’t worry about the heavy metals. That’s a rare condition. The 72 hour fast makes you feel amazing. Don’t do it if you are extremely skinny to start with. ❤
This is exactly what I did at 51 years old. I went from having "hypoglycemia" to being able to cruise through a 5-day water fast and 3-day dry fast, no problem. Solved tons of health problems.
That's true, dont rush to 72hrs. Go through the process of 12:12 14:10 16:8 19:5.
Intermittent Fasting saved my life!! 18 hours of fasting or 24 hours of fasting and also 5 hours of fasting. But I educated myself how I have fasting and how I break my fasting!!
Fasting with electrolytes!!zero calories!!🎉
in 3 hours i hit 72 hours water only fast and i feel like a million bucks. Lost 10 lbs so far. My skin rashes have near vanished. Had them for over half a year. Now they are fading for the first time. My belly has shrunk. However, i was going for 5 or 7 day but deciding to limit eating. Chicken wrap....250 calories. DOnt eat until tomorrows dinner and only consume 250ish calories. Then carry this on for a week or so. The main reason i did the fast was to shrink inner stomach to hold less food.
What helps me get through these prolonged fast are....
1) San Pelligrino water with a sprinkle of Redmond salt in two of those waters per day.
2) my first glass of water and last glass of water has apple cider vinegar and pure lemon juice added.
3) I eat peppercorn followed by turmeric, rosemary, thyme and cinnamon. Once in the morning and once at night.
4) consume a cup of coffee once a day
Very nice regimen! I'm an avid prolonged faster, too.
I found 72 hr fasting easy. It is no harder than 48 hr fasting and that is not hard. I am planning to do 5 day fasting, based on recommendation from another youtuber doctor channel.
Now I am confused how to achieve autophagy without water only fast for few days.
Long distance running or HIIT.
72 hr fasting is fine/recommended for people who is metabolically resilient. I'll do upto 5 day.
I'm feeling so go after doing a 4 day fast, I feel better than I have felt in a long time. My mental clarity and senses is up. I'm so happy I gave my organ system a rest.
Thanks Doc!
So many bits of information -. a) what happens when you fast - you detox b) fat releases toxins c) if you have a lot of toxins in your fat (which most of us do) - you are NOT doing yourself any favors with the 72 hour fast d) KNOW what is good for your body ... start slow, and work towards longer times for fasting.
Take activated charcoal or chlorella to bind toxins in gut. Not fasting for that reason is dumb. By that logic no one should lose any weight to avoid their fat cells releasing toxins…
Change the playback speed to 1.5 - Thank me later
Dude… TY 💜
or to 2.... 😅🤣🤣 , so important, He talks so slowly!
Thank you 👍🏽
he doesn't do 72 hour fast@@AudreyLMcFarland
Some people just love the sound of their own voices.
My favourite Doctor 🥰😍
I have been carnivore for the last nine months and change my life
I started doing weekly 72 hour fasting and it's pretty easy when your body is already always in ketosis.
if you are fat adapted, meaning you can make and use ketones (flexible metabolism) and you have weight to lose, regardless of how you lose the weight, you are going to release toxins into your system. So, take activated charcoal or even Gundry Detox to mop up the toxins and (literally) flush them out of your system while losing the weight. Fasting up to 72 hours has been shown to be the most effective time length for the main benefit of fasting (weight loss with minimal muscle loss, autophagy, inflammation reduction and many others). So where is the downside?
There is no downside. I take "Bind" when I do a prolonged fast. I've even done a 3-day dry fast and it was the easiest of all and I ended up avoiding needing to take antibiotics (gasp) for an injury that was starting to get angry. Nipped that in the bud and I wasn't "fat" either - even slim people have PLENTY of fat to spare for a healing fasting regimen. I'm slim but a LONG way from "emaciated."
I stopped drinking beer on New years and started drinking water. I still got sick and indigestion three times, once per month.
So, how long does it take for the body to switch to fat burning if you’re not metabolically flexible? Perhaps, maybe, about 72 hours? I agree with a previous comment, to avoid excessive muscle loss switch to a keto diet or larger and larger intermittent fasting windows for at least two weeks before doing 72 hours. Most of us overweight people have lots of muscle mass due to excessive insulin for so long…
Thanks I was wondering if I should do this periodically, I won't now!
Re gut check, it's not clear if we should be phasing the food list or not. Can you clarify, there is confusion. Half people think phasing is needed, half don't. The book gives a list of foods but doesn't mention phasing at all so I assume phasing is not required to get best results with latest knowledge?
I'm sorry to hear he deterred you from prolonged fasting. The autophagy (for cleaning out and replacing damaged cells of all kinds) and mitochondrial (giving you more brand new power generators and cleaning out old ones) only happens with fasting longer than intermittent fasting. I've done 5-day fasts simply for that reason. No one could guess my age of 52; most guess 40ish. Collagen is boosted, damaged skin "eaten" by autophagy. No wrinkle cream can do that from the outside.
His problem with it is that people try to do it before they are "fat adapted." If you do IF (OMAD with keto) enough before you move to 36-hours, 48-hours, and then 72-hours and beyond you'll be 100% fine. But, I guess not many people want to put in the effort so he says to just not bother.
You do get SOME autophagy from 17 hours, but it's a dimmer switch kind of thing. Your autophagy switch is JUST barely turning on at that point and then BAM you eat and it turns off. Sigh.
As for what and when to eat there are tons of good resources out there but if I name any my post will likely be deleted. I found them; so can you.
My favorite ❤️ DR GUNDRY good man big respect for him ❤❤
I practice intermittent fasting (6 hour eating window), am metabolically flexible and have detoxed all my heavy metals. I do a 72 hour water fast 4 times a year and have no problem with it. It resets my immune system, keeps me trim and makes me feel great! I started doing this a few years ago just by listening to my body. I later found out that Dr. David Perlmutter (another one of my heroes) does this as well.
Dr. Gundy, what about acheiving autophagy to recycle old cells and activate survival genes?
Yeah...he kinda dismissed that. Autophagy "turns on" at about 17 hours of fasting and turns up the heat until about 72-hours. Once you eat it shuts off. So, that's why my prolonged fasting time is about 5 days. I don't want to get to max rate autophagy and immediately turn it off.
Just reached my 72 hours fast, feeling great and now pushing to 96 hours, is a day by day thing, so far I am really amazed of how is working out for me.
I didn't lose weight intermittent fasting till I fasted longer
Yup!! Don’t forget to drink electrolytes!! Zero calories! I ordered from Amazon!🎉
Snake diet
Did you try the medium chain triglycerides?
Yes, IF has a lot of benefits, and IF regularly, but I've done 8 prolonged fasts in the last year and they really pushed me into the health zone like nothing else. I weigh what I did in high school - slim, and trim at 52.
Loving prolonged fasting _with_ metabolic flexibility and _Bind_ activated charcoal. Great points, Dr. Gundry! I became metabolically flexible via intermittent fasting (23:1 OMAD) and eating a ketogenic diet. Then I did a 36-hour, bumped it up to 48 and then I started finding 5-day water fasts easy except for emotionally missing the activity of eating. After a year of doing IF and prolonged fasting, I tried a 3-day DRY fast, and that was the EASIEST by far - no hunger, great energy, and guess what, I did it because an injury was showing signs of infection and by the end it was GONE without antibiotics. Autophagy to the rescue.
I'm 52, female and used to suffer from hangriness if I didn't eat every 4 hours. Now, I can go as long as I want...I have only broken prolonged fasts because I plain ol' desired to have a meal, not because I felt weak or even hungry, per se.
Over the past 3 years, I have fasted for seven days without food at least once during the year. 3 of those days was without water and the last four was with electrolytes and my daily vitamins with light exercise. I did not feel lethargic or weak during that period. I also do 72 hours fasts every so often as well as fast intermittently. I was able to reverse Metabolic disease and my doctor took me off of high blood pressure medication and Statin. My blood/sugar levels are normal and I lost 70 pounds and have kept it off for 3 years now. So, all of the advice I have been hearing from some of these so-called experts is driven by the profit agendas of the food manufacturing and pharmaceutical industry to keep us fat, hungry, sick, and medicated. Simple visits to my doctor for labs and blood work have debunked their claims every time.
Im just trying to figure our how much fasting is needed for cancer prevention?
It would be interesting to get your thoughts on the AHA study on intermittent fasting that may harm the heart.
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Through prayer and fasting Jesus Christ Feeds me.
”But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.“
Matthew 4:4 KJV
I’m morbidly obese about to hit my 72 hour point and it’s easy, Thank you Jesus. Fasting is Feasting.
Makes sense from expérience , my body started using my fat on day 5 of my 7 day water fast , then l threw up as a contraction of the stomack and it caused à tear in it so yes it's dangerous but it did remove all of the bad tissues out of my body for the process of each cells feeding on the bad tissues start only after 2 days of fasting . I've been fasting since 23 and l'm 62 but l like intermitent fasting better , no danger but it takes longer but it's a new way to feed my body so again thank you infinitely doctor G for educating us the way you do !
I did a 40 hour fast last Saturday and felt my spine being drained of all sorts of things I didn't feel should be there
If you thrive on it, keep going. I've done 134 hours no problem while I was healing from an auto-immune disorder.
You can always do a metal toxicity test to check if that's happening.
i have done rolling 72 hour fasting for as long as 6 months as a time. eating only 4th day and in that day, only eating Dairy and Fish.
its effects were profoundly positive. I did however supplement with Potassium chloride and Sodium chloride in the correct amounts,
i also supplemented micro nutrients for organ function.
I wouldn't recommend just anybody do it for that length but it completely changed my body for the better.
I'm confused: Stacy Sims, MD, says scientific studies are made mainly on men while women shouldn't do intermittent fasting because in some way they're not made for it and they get more damage than benefit from it. Is it true?
smart spark
I will do 3 days fast any day. It works well for me
I agree
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I am sharing my experience of doing water only fast. Currently 35 hours in.
I have no benefits this far, only a lot of negatives. Headaches, no energy, physical capability decrease, anger, fogginess in mind.
In my daily life i am healthy daily activities and exercise. Constant healthy diet very low carbs high protein natural products and not eating after 18:00 or 19:00.
About break the fasting. I completely agree with this doctor some just dont have the capability to make this drastic change in food.
Feel like body is taking energy from higher level sources like muscle istead of fat.
In summary, be conscious of how you feel about body and adjust to the signals it gives. What might have extraordinary benefits to one person might not apply to you.
Why is there so much emphasis on skipping breakfast on a 16/8 intermittent fast? Why is skipping dinner never mentioned by anyone?
I've been doing a keto diet and 16/8 intermittent fasting since January 2024 but i skip dinner - I have a high protein & fat breakfast (30:30:30 diet) between 6:00-7:00am and lunch at 2:00pm and have lost 19kg in three months maintaing 9500 calories/week.
And as I type this out Im at hour 60 of my first 72 hour water fast with absolutely no noticeable side effects in my mood or energy levels.
FASTiNG HOUR BReAK⬇
Here’s a breakdown of what you body does each hour of fasting (times based from last calorie intake)
4-8 hours
* Blood sugars fall
* All food has left the stomach
* Insulin is no longer produced
12 hours
* Food consumed has been burned
* Digestive system goes to sleep
* Body begins healing process
* Human Growth Hormone begins to increase
* Glucagon is relaxed to balance blood sugars
14 hours
* Body has converted to using stored fat as energy
* Human Growth Hormone starts to increase dramatically
16 hours
* Body starts to ramp up the fat burning
18 hours
* Human Growth Hormone starts to skyrocket
24 hours
* Autophagy begins
* Drains all glycogen stores
* Ketones are released into the blood stream
36 hours
* Autophagy 300% increase
48 hours
* Autophagy increases 30% more
* Immune system reset and regeneration
* Increased reduction in inflammation response
72 hours
* Autophagy maxes out
What I thing is good to do in 72h fasting is to take injection with gluthation .. I've tryed and after glutathion injectiin I Feel amazing
I have low iron, can I to do that?
Sounds like a bad idea, but Google it and also ask your doctors.
True it’s a challenge. Now after 48 hours my 2.8 mmol/l ketones so it’s not true what the says - 47 M
Already 40 hrs in now i gotta finish i fear😭😭😭
Dr. Yoshinori Ohsumi got noble price for discovering Autophagy, if no water fast how you are getting those cancer causing senescence cells cleared off your body? The biggest curse of the medical industry is one contradicts with the other leaving people in dilemma.
I diss agree with this DR
Tou need that your fasting muscle start to work out by baby steps. Begin with 24, then 48, then 72 and son on. Break it when you need it. Id you're feeling bad, you need electrolytes. Nees to update your info
So…don’t burn fat because it releases toxins?
And don’t fast because you’ll lose muscle? How much do you really lose in 72 hours? Do resistance training when not fasting.
Long term fasting has helped me with inflammation along with a healthy diet. Time-restricted eating didn’t.
I think occasional fasting is good. Frequent long-term fasting isn’t.
U know u can just take activated charcoal to suck up the heavy metals
Yup, "Bind" is my go-to.
Going on to say 3 and what your saying is wrong I feel great your body does amazing things you got to re think this and do more research
If you have a problem with entero-hepatic recycling (reabsorbing things your body is trying to get rid of in your bile) ask your provider for some cholestyramine - a bile sequestrant. So if you are forced to go long periods without food, you won't reabsorb those bad things (such as heavy metals).
This is the silliest thing I have listened to this year. If you're not eating, your body has no option but to liberate glycogen from your fat cells. This is the very basis of metabolism. Now, should you take someone who is insulin-resistant and stick them on a 72-hour fast? NO! Obviously not. You put them on a time-restricted diet first, then intermittent fasting with a 24-hour fast every week, then to a 48-hour fast every week, and then a 72-hour fast once or twice a month. 100% of normal people who do this will lose weight and be healthier!
So any fat loss is bad cause we have toxins?
I❤GSK
Step #1: cover healthy food with nutella!
That works for me. If not that , PB, ketchup, and mayo also work in certain applications too.😉😄
@@Richard-or2km 😂😂😂
@@nursejen1111 Jenny, Jenny who can I turn to? 867-53... I just had to do it.😄Have a nice day.
Dr Mindy Pelz claims to be an expert on this, but I don't believe her and believe we are all different and for most people, either sick or healthy, 48 hours is enough thanks!
She doesn't "claim" to be an expert; she cites the studies she's read and based her advice on.
Complete waste of time video which ends in an advert for his book. Spare yourself the time tbh.
This guy is not up with the latest research. Still preaching eat 5 a day.
Surprisingly in the comments below show some just do not get it...a 72 hr fast is silly after this explanation stupid...brain transplant instead
72 hrs fast there are better ways to fast and more natural...
Like running a marathon, no point...... there are better ways to exercise ...and its well documented ......
I don't think it's silly how I healed a severe asthmatic auto-immune disorder by IF and prolonged fasting at 52.
What on earth is he talking about.talking bollocks
I want to see a history of deposits into his bank account to see who's paying for this BS.
BS
Such a BS on fasting and ketones I haven‘t heard since the dinosaurs!
Lies