[baldfat]

1) People seriously think they are going to die when they fast for 3 days

2) Some people's blood sugar really is an issue and they can't traditionally fast without serious low blood sugar

3) People's understanding of how people lived 100 years ago let alone 10,000 years ago is minimal

[Someone]

1) People with diabetics may not surely die when they fast for 3 days, but it isn't something they can discard as a freak event, either.

2) For diabetics, blood sugar is an issue.

3) Many diabetics do quite well understand how diabetics _died_ 100 years ago, let alone 10,000 years ago ('young'. http://www.defeatdiabetes.org/diabetes-history/: "In 1897, the average life expectancy for a 10-year-old child with diabetes is about 1 year. Diagnosis at age 30 carries a life expectancy of about 4 years. A newly diagnosed 50-year-old might live 8 more years.")

[dukeluke]

4) Saying it's safe to do so opens you up to liability for other people's injuries from the diet.

[baldfat]

Don't start exercising without first speaking with your doctor. Now we are going to do 3 jumping jacks and then sit down in a chair.

[numbsafari]

You'd be amazed how many people show up for activities like that after having surgery. I had a woman come to a dance class with a knee brace on and ask if it was okay to participate even though she had had knee replacement surgery the week prior.

For someone with diabetes, an unmonitored and poorly planned fasting diet could be a recipe for disaster.

[JustSomeNobody]

Oh, come on. We have shards of pottery that tell us _exactly_ how people lived 10,000 years ago.

/s

[kleer001]

I know you're joking, but the evidence of diet from old teeth is pretty good.