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by Cloonic 19 days ago
How do you prepare/deal through a water fast? What kind of supplemens would be needed for the water?

Can I read up on this anywhere? I'd welcome a suggestion over surfing the many many pages I found through a simple search. A book or paper reccomendation to read up on would be nice as well

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Honestly AI overviews are a pretty good guide, ask about a 3-5 day water fast. I was nervous going into my first one, but now I don't worry about it. The main thing is to drink a lot of water and have 1-3 LMNT electrolyte packs (unflavored, no sugar) per day, depending on how much you're sweating/exercising (which you absolutely can do, especially the first 2 days).

You can expect to feel colder as your body doesn't conserve as much heat, and after ~2 days more lethargic physically, but your mental energy may actually be higher. I don't sleep as well when fasting, so 3 nights is about my limit. That being said, you feel rested on less sleep, because your body is probably producing a lot less waste.