Prolonged Fasting Watch for These Side Effects in the First 24 to 36 Hours
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Prolonged Fasting Watch for These Side Effects in the First 24 to 36 Hours- Thomas DeLauer
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0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Headache
3:55 - Dehydration
5:34 - Orthostatic Hypotension
6:58 - Sleeplessness/Restlessness
8:18 - Diarrhea
9:19 - Feeling Cold
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1. Headache (Less pain tolerance)
2. Dehydration (Drinking too much water/not enough salt)
3. Orthostatic hypertension or feeling dizzy when standing up (Not consuming enough salt)
4. Sleeplessness / Restlessness (Increased cortisol)
5. Diarrhea (Gut cleaning itself)
6. Feeling cold (White fat turning into brown fat)
7. Low libido (Decreased testosterone)
Thank you for the more details
@@XevLexa You're welcome.
Thank you
All bullshit
What if you feel really hot while fasting?
I just finished a 36 minute fast. Going to try a 72 minute fast next week!
Hope you have the discipline to achieve your goals, good luck 😆
Hehe
don't push it to fast!
Minute? Sounds harder than it is 😁😁
Smh😁
Great timing on this. Just finished a 48 hour fast. Noticed several of these side affects. Doing better at adding salt/electrolytes to water. I am doing 48 hour fast once a month and IF/Keto full time.
I'm interested in attempting this, have done up to 72 hour fasts in the past and have done both IF and keto independently but not at the same time. Can you tell me what kind of results you're getting by combining them?
@@Megaman8880 I started with Keto and lost weight pretty consistent but stalled into the 2nd month. IF and longer fasts helped significantly. Weight kept coming off. I think Keto and IF go hand in hand. Also makes fasting easier since you are not carb/sugar crashing after 4 hours. I actually typically workout at 36 hours into a 48 hour fast with good results. I plan to try a 72 hour fast this month. Good luck.
Wow this is so informative, thanks for sharing all this with us and for the new insights! 🙏🏽
Thank you Thomas!!! All very useful info!!!
Day 5 of a 7 day fast and the diarrhea has kicked in and cleaning house. Thank you so much for explaining this symptom as it is so hard to find an explanation on the web. I’ll just go with the flow! Also have a mild headache but it’s bearable.
This is some really good information.
The only effects I feel with a prolonged fast, by this I mean 3-4 days, is the emotionally side effects which is wanting to eat just because I'm around friends and also when I feel slightly stressed, I want to eat something. Lol. Honestly it's the best way to iron out these psychological habitual cues and makes you mentally stronger in life. 🤓
Thank you for this extremely helpful
Great great information!!!
I so needed to hear this right now! Just started doing longer fasts and the headaches are real Y’all! Really good deeper dive on things to know, watch for, and implement. So appreciate you making this video!
Never once had a headache with 24 and 36 hour fasts
Thank you Thomas for this video. I ‘ve been following you from last 1 year and started practicing fasting in 2022. I would say fasting has brought a lot of positive change in me and this is totally from my own experience. I have noticed that when I am getting mood swings or negative emotions or a little depressed fasting helps me a lot. Not sure if this is true with the fasting phenomenon but it definitely helps me to alleviate my mood. When I am not consuming food my mind is working sharp but I still feel all the symptoms what you described in this video. I am trying for 72 hour water fast but at max I can do upto 40 hours. A very helpful video
Also with fasting my will power has become very strong. Cannot believe that fasting can change you so much.
Dr Berg also posted a good one about Fasting last week, so in conjunction with his, this video is very well-timed. Thank you for your continued input, Thomas, very much appreciated.
Thanks! Echo, great timing! I just hit hour 86 of my 3 day fast and I'm about to break it. Except for wakefulness, zero side effects. I have fresh trout heads and chicken bones simmering for my broth and a fresh caught rainbow trout in the oven. It was a great, easy energetic fast, as always because Thomas reveals the best fasting and breaking information.
You have to ease into it. Over time. I started 16:8 which I was kinda doing anyway so was relatively easy to go to 20:4 and alternate day. Now experimenting with 72 hr ones. Now and then. Sadly people will tend to rush in and try these things with hardly any preparation. Both physical and mental prep are required. Ease in. Get it right and you won’t get the side effects.
I had no idea I could fast for 36 hrs. I just finished a 24. Bring on the 36!!
Longer fasts are great, I do ADF with my mom so basically we eat every second day. The 48 hour fast has done wonders for us both. Best of luck on your fasting journey!!! ☘
Good for you, we're so used to eating 3 times a day and snacking in between that most folks didn't think they could handle it. 😉
Eventually you'll be able to hit 72hrs. There come several extra benefits in that time frame.
@@Riosgirl98 I just got past doing the 24 once a week but I like the 48 hr idea. I'm actually on a plane to NOLA. This might be a bit tough since I plan on diving into to some char grilled oysters but alas that is some good fat no? Thank you for the good plan. I think I can do it in NOLA since I'm not much on drinking. Oh but that 🍞 LOL
@@lorraineshea Do things in your own good time doll!!! Enjoy your food and do the best you can.
Enjoy an oyster or two for me!!! 🤗
@@lorraineshea I love oysters! Have one for me too. A fantastic source of zinc💗
I would like to add that the leaner you become the harder these longer fasts are even for the "experienced" ones. When i first started fasting about 3 years ago, the longer i went was almost 5 days on water. Now at 149-154 lbs, a 72 hours fast is super challenging although i've been on OMAD for the last 2 years. I practically get zero sleep on that last night! What i find more manageable is to do a 48 hours fast more frequently (3 or 4 times each month).
Not always true. People are different. "The leaner you become the easier are the longer fast". That my experience. I think fast is like exercise. More you do, more your body is use to. If you reach plateau, add more days...like 5 or 7 days.
I am 63 male. Diabetic for 23 years. Regular intermittent fasting. Did 80 hrs fasting end Nov 21.
Thanks for explaining the diarrhea and dizzyness!! Those have been the bane of my extended fasting.
This was very helpful. It's good to know what mild symptoms are quite normal in the longer fasts.
So glad I found this video. I was into about 76 hours of a water fast (I’ve been fasting for a while now) and it was bedtime but could not go to sleep because my entire body was aching, especially my arms. The second day was actually easiest for me which was unusual because most people say it’s the hardest. On the third day, I was in pain, lethargic, and couldn’t focus. So I broke the fast in the middle of the night and the pain went away and I could get some sleep in. I was taking pink Himalayan salt (just a pinch) morning and evening and whenever I would feel dizzy or low on energy. I didn’t understand why it was especially hard on the third day, though. According to this video, maybe due to added stress from work as I recently started commuting to the office again.
Great information that I so needed today- okay after my lunch I am fasting for 36 hours.
I've been watching you for a long time in this video has has gave me some great advice sedanky Thomas
I am on my third day of fasting. So glad I watched this because I got dizzy the other day. I do have electrolytes so I will start taking those and I will start putting a 1/4 tsp of salt on my tongue with water everyday thanks
Omg THANK YOU for addressing #5 (diarrhea) with prolonged fasting! You’re the ONLY one I’ve seen address and explain this and I’ve looked everywhere! People always assume it’s constipation that can happen with longer fasts but I fast regularly and do at least one 48-72 hour fast weekly, and I ALWAYS seem to get diarrhea during the longer fasts. Thank youuuuuuu for explaining the mystery for me.
it's a form of detox
I wish I had that "problem"
Datsuntoyy - trust me it’s a problem when it’s emergent as the most inopportune times. Especially with painful cramping. My friend has IBS with constipation and I’m sure the bloating is just as sucky but the extreme opposite of it isn’t any fun, trust me. 😕
@@ceceliasantini7176 I've had problems with severe constipation for about 20 years. I've had 14" of my colon removed and had a colostomy for 9 months. Problem is when constipation gets to bad it can go into uncontrolled diarrhea with no warning. I used to take extra underwear and scrub bottoms to work, that's embarrasment but my coworkers were good. Mostly. My records are 11 days between movements and 47 times in one day. I don't need to trust you, I belive you and know myself. The positive note is, after starting Keto, cutting out wheat and cutting out processed foods it's 90% better. It took a couple weeks for the new diet to help the intestines, maybe tell your friend to give it a try for a month. I'm guessing since your on Thomas' site your on Keto, did it help?
Datsuntoyy - I’m sorry for all that you’ve been through - it sounds awful! My sister had severe constipation and ended up with colon cancer and also needed parts of her colon removed. Definitely something I’m grateful to never have experienced. My friend usually only goes once a week, sometimes longer, between movements. I will definitely pass on to her what has helped you. I don’t do keto, but I do I guess what some might consider to be “lower carb” or “carb conscious”, although it is by no means low carb by keto standards. Actually this week I’ve noticed I’ve had no diarrhea at all. Heck idk it might even be constipation as it’s slowed down ALOT so lol who knows but I do weekly 72 hour fasts, with 18/6 or 20/4 fasts for the remaining days of the week. Maybe that’s slowing my colon.
This was great…definitely confirmed some things for me as I intermittent fast every day. The last “symptom “ was a total surprise and I may change what I’m doing or how I’m doing it.
I'm almost to 72 hours! I've done omad strictly for5 months and on dayb3, im experiencing headache and dizziness when standing suddenly. I drank bone broth and added sea salt, I'm much better now! Thanks for the video, im going to watch more of yours as well as being a dr berg follower- Cheers to liquid fasting❤
Great timing for this video because I'm doing 36 through Sunday..
Just started a water fasting yesterday, my body asked for it. Feeling pretty great atm.
Great timing as I'm starting a 3 day today! I always feel best when fasting! I have chronic EBV and advanced OA. Fasting provides me with more energy, clarity in thinking, and I'm pain free! 💗
Haha, I'm about to end a 3 day fast! Got organic chicken bones simmering for my bone broth and a trout in the oven.
@@delphinekirkland1757 Awesome!
That’s awesome 👏👏 I’m day two in and feel so fabulous, calm and happy! Enjoy it :)
@@delphinekirkland1757 you’re organized! Love it and I just made bone broth to break mine as well! Fun Cheers!
@@amandatkids854 Great to hear! Happy fasting. I'm starting a 36hr fast tomorrow and another 3 day next week. I was going to do one, five day fast in one week but decided to draw it out over 3 weeks. I'm looking to drop about 5lbs below ideal and then build back up with muscle.
Just finished a 48 and started getting a dull headache around the 24 hour mark. It came and went until I had the meal after my breakfast protein shake. I always sip on electrolytes, lemon juice and ACV during fasting days. Want to do a 72 hour next.
I feel great when fasting. I fast 48 hours 3 days a week. Do a 72 hour fast during holiday times
I started getting pains on my gut but not because I was hungry because I needed to used the restroom I heard that this happens when you fast for longest periods of time and start eating a big meal.
I do get headaches but black coffee always does the trick! ☕️
The pain thing is weird because my back pain and overall body pain is much less about 24 hours into a fast than any other time
Hi @Thomas,
First of all, thank you for all you do :)
I have a question for you. EVERY TIME I fast, my hands and toes go extremely numb going into the 35 hrs zone. It is almost painful to the point would keep me awake at night. Is it normal?
Hair loss is another side affect. I thought I was going bald, but it grew back
just approaching 72 hrs... tired + not sleeping well + cold but committed. OMG electrolytes/salt is awesome
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Oh man, I’ve been fighting chronic pain, autoimmune conditions including multiple Sclerosis. These symptoms are already a major piece of my life. I still fast because MS has destroyed my appetite.
Studies by Dr. Valter Longo suggest that five to seven day fast done monthly (five day) or every other month (seven days) were best for neuroregeneration and remyelination in MS. I just finished my second seven day fast. I was diagnosed with MS 40 years ago and I always feel best fasting.
I'm curious how prolonged fasting affects you. Autophagy and all that. I have a friend with an autoimmune disease and I know fasting has helped me.. I wonder if it would honestly help her.
Yes that happened to me. Gut cleaned out. Headaches.
Is Propel electrolyte water OK when fasting to add minerals?
I don’t recall ever getting a headache while I was fasting, but my stomach would growl all the time. Also my sense of smell would be more sensitive and id talk about food constantly.
We do a 46 hour fast once a week and normally only have lunch and dinner. Weight and cholesterol, BP all better.
Now I know why I have felt the symptoms of gout!
So if your cortisol is high from stress 😬 then would it be contraindicated to fast?
What about nausea?
I have had that the last few times I tried to fast and quit. That made me feel a bit better. Wondering how I can avoid that, I also can't pinpoint the cause. I use to take electrolytes, don't have blood sugar issues as far as i know.
Can I swallow Himalayan salt rocks as if they were were pills vs dilute in water? Thanks
Spread your seed!
Can one lower gout and or cortisol so they can do long fast?
Question please on inflammatory reaction breaking my 44 hour Fast! Did I completely negate all the benefits of that fast since I tried chicken bone broth and it instantly inflammed my body? I so hope not. The Fast felt so wonderful and I’m bummed I had a broth I’ve never had before ( chicken and yea homemade though I haven’t eaten chicken in over ten years) Ok then, no more chicken for me! Thank you
Glad to be from the first people to comment
Absolutely! It sucks! I wake up to a random urge to go release a lava hot diarrhea in the middle of the night in every 36 hours fast..
For me its the oppposite, related to the toe example. When im stressed and/or angry, i dont really notice pain. Probably because im already thinking about all kinds of crap. When im calm on the other hand, oh boy. I sense the pain much clearly because my mind is clear. I guess pain has more room to make itself noticed i dunno.
Sleeplessness comes from being so hungry that you can't sleep. That's not hard to understand. I like Dr. Fung who tells about the people he treats who tell him they "have so much energy" they can't get to sleep. Ha! No. They're so HUNGRY they can't get to sleep. That's my problem. Two nights ago I dreamed about eating the marrow out of a chicken bone. I was eating in my dreams.
Just did a 65 hour fast and I felt some of these effects
Can headaches also stem from toxins being flushed out during a fast?
I’ve noticed that I get a little nauseous if I fast longer than 12 hours. Any advice?
Just add 1/8 teaspoon of no salt or lo salt and 1/8 teaspoon of Celtic/Himalayan salt in the morning with a glass of water. Repeat the same process at night and drink plain water throughout the day.
Apple cider vinegar may help with the uric acid.
LCHF/OMAD is so easy for me but it's too many calories.
Six meals a week keeps me in a better balance.
The hardest part is getting to sleep on an empty stomach.
Diarrhea comes (some time) after eating, for me.
I got weakness and fatigue with a 48 hour fast ( normally Keto so didn’t feel hunger too badly) but weakness was bad.
I didn’t give myself salt!
So my next fast will be a salt and electrolyte added fast.😀
Erm….why can’t I sleep when I’m on a fast? Just can’t switch off.
It hasn't happened in a while but when i would wake up and the second i would stretch I would get a charlie horse/cramp in my calf... my question is whats the cause... sodium, magnesium or potassium
I did 42 hrs fasting yesterday I had headache and feel dizzy.
How bout when u start shaking during a prolonged fast? Notice it mostly on my second 48 hour fast within 1 week.
Im doing 36-12 for 30 days.
I've heard many of Thomas' videos before where he says that any amount of calories will break a fast. The electrolyte packets he talks about in this video have 10 calories. Can they still be used during a fast?
Hey Thomas! I have a question that seems to not have an available answer anywhere. Does salt stop autophagy? So if you're doing a water fast and you drink sparkling water that has some sodium in it, will that stop autophagy?
Salt is fine as far as I've heard anyways. I'm not sure of all the ingredients in sparkling water, but I'd hazard a guess and say that it should be fine.
But if you can find a better source then me, I'd go with them instead. 😝
There's no reason it would. As long as your losing weight, autophagy is taking place.
What about throwing up in the morning? Happened to me already twice on 30h+ fasts. Pure gastric juices vomit, for apparently no reason.
Last time I did a fast, at about the 36 hour mark I went into Afib. I hadn't had an episode in many years. It lasted almost a day. I think it was due to an electrolyte balance even though I was taking Calcium, Mg, Na (sodium) and K (potasium) suppliments. I'm kind of afraid to try again.
The LMNT has 3 times more Na than K when the RDA OF K is twice that of NA. The balance doesn't make sense to me. A surplus of one electrolyte and you'll just pee it out. Na also absorbs faster than K so you want to take your K suppliment 20-30 minutes ahead of Na so both are available at the same time.
If I had a nickel for everytime he said "there was a study"
JUST IN TIME, I'm doing like 5-6 days
I did 12 days fast this September. Felt like 💀
I am here for the info about extended fasting side effects
I want to do it, but I get so hungry... 🥺 IF with 2/day is fine, but I'm often very hungry...
OMG, I *just* finished a 36-hour fast, and experienced a fart+. :D
Disagree with the gout part. You probably won't trigger an attack despite the increase of ureaic acid levels.
As I lost weight, I’ve become cold more often.
I'm on day 11 of what I hope can be 30 days water only. God help me!
I've done 27 day water only fasts 3 times, with a goal of 30 days, something always preempted. No side effects at all. I can only do 5 days while maintaining my very extensive and rigourous training regimen. So at least once a year I do the 5 day. In nearly 40 years of fasting, I can only remember getting a headache once. Only side effect, other than always exhausted after training on the 5th day, and I mean EXHAUSTED! All day.
I love LMNT but wouldn't it break my fast ?
Good timing thomas! Im due for a 36 hour im starting tomorrow, im gonna take about 3 grams of creatine during still, a little apple cider vinegar, maybe a few pink salt potassium chloride drinks in there too as i have to throw in cardio
spreading them seedsss lmao
LMNT is $20 for a sample pack PLUS shipping. Not the deal you advertised. I'll stick to adding salt and Magnesium to my water.
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I need to lose 50 lbs So I thought I would fast til I lost 20 lbs. So tomorrow will be for fourth day. I did eat today three scrambled egg whites. Thats it.
WAIT!!!! You forgot to include what to do to PREVENT the diarrhea!!! where are the tips for what to do pre-fast and during fast to prevent? and what to do once diarrhea starts to get it to stop? while cleaning is good, how do we nurture the body to do so in a more controlled fashion and without being scared to leave the house??? i fasted up to 5 days for 2 years and never had a problem with this... now suddenly for past few months it happens every time! HELP!!!
I learned the diarrhea side effect the hard way, when I was walking down the street on a 24 hour fast xD
Okay what’s NOT mentioned here, is your current weight. Side effects of fasting will vary depending on your starting weight. Someone with a lot of stored fat may not feel, ‘weak.’
If you’re already skinny soaking wet though you’re possibly going to feel the effects more quickly, but maybe though you’re already someone who fasted unknowingly anyway, we all know some smokers who put cigarettes before food, and know people that have always skipped breakfasts.
If you are a coffee drinker, and you start your fast you are going to get a major caffeine withdrawal headache. You’re also, probably by day two, going to get the processed sugar /carbohydrate withdrawals and feel the effects of detoxification.
Get a hydrator containing sodium and potassium. Most are Zero calorie. Best of luck. 👍
24 hour fasts have caused flares in my rheumatoid arthritis. So bad for a few days after. Turns out autophagy is bad for auto immune diseases, and several drugs work by preventing autophagy. So I guess reading and watching the internet is not such a good idea
I though Women have different pain thresholds though because they give birth...any studies on men?
Con artist juices and gives natties false hope with "hey look i fasted and worked out for this body. So can you!"
Dose long fasting affect sperm ?
Only it’s taste
5. Diarrhea. If you think you have to fart, find a toilet. Trust me.
i'd rather die than eat food..