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Day 5 of a water-only extended fast, home stretch! 🤘

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wow impressive, how have you been feeling mentally through the days?

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I usually go strictly keto to prepare!

My normal day-to-day is intermittent fasting with a simple 16:8 split -- I've done shorter fasts, but there are health/longevity benefits that don't start ramping up until a few days in which is why I do the extended fasts!

fascinating and totally counter-intuitive! reminds me to the effects of a keto diet, loved the cognitive clarity and feeling more consistently energetic but struggled with cravings 

with a 5-days water only fast you get into keto too. did you try shorter fasts prior to this one?

You'd be surprised! Insane focus, clarity of thought, recall, calmness, etc... overall very optimistic and feeling good! 🙂 

Occasionally, my energy will drop a bit and/or I'll get a bit scatter-brained, but I've anecdotally found that any amount of physical activity (e.g. stretching, walking) will combat this!