[beagle3]

> They key is not eating at all for a full 24 hours including your sleep cycle and then to only eat a normal meal on the days you eat.

I've gone on 7-21 day fasts, with good results and improved health. I agree with you, except I think the "24 hour" limit is rather arbitrary - up to 30 days yearly is common in some eastern religions with no irreversible damage (note - I'm not recommending everyone go on a 30 day fast; just that 24 hours is arbitrary, and the real limit is apparently some 30 times higher)

[cup]

I'm fasting at the moment for Ramadan. It goes for 30 days and theres no eating or drinking from sunrise (5 ish) to sunset (6ish). Actually the fast includes a lot of other things besides food. If anyone has any direct questions I'd be happy to answer them.

[beagle3]

The experience is not comparable:

GP and myself are talking about avoiding food (but not water) for periods of 24-720 hours.

Ramadan fast is avoiding both food and water for ~13 hours (for 30 consecutive days).

Not a judgement of anything - but that's not what we were talking about.