FT Questions....

[Scott Stevenson]

Hey Scott,

Sorry for the late reply!

First off! I expect you to know telepathically what my question means without me providing any context! You're Scott Stevenson for god's sake!



I phrased this question badly, and provided not much context.

This is the study I was referring to:

Study Finds that Fasting for 72 Hours Can Regenerate the Entire Immune System – Awareness Act

That's still not a study. It's a new story that's poorly referenced and copied / reposted widely.

As far as I can tell, this is the original study that was published:

http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fullt...16)00019-9

(My thoughts on fasting for 1-3 days at the beginning of a blast are still the same and found in [your] answers to the question about how this would impact training... )

From a health standpoint it stands pretty neat; but a crucial thing you mentioned is; how would my performance in the gym be after 3 days of not eating? How long would it take me to refeed back up properly?

And?....

My biggest problem like many in this endeavor is: I'm simply not a big eater. I can train myself to rhabdo no problem ...one of the reasons I love FT. But it's the constant influx of calories, and trying to push the bw to establish set points that is extremely challenging, I would probably eat 2 meals a day if I didn't do this.

This is why I'm always trying to find means of improving digestion, and make myself hungrier; whether it's 10 minute walks, 10 hours between my last meal and first meal on non-training day like Jordan Peters has talked about in one of his videos.

I still don't see how this relates directly to this news story / study.

Are you looking for a reason to fast that will offset / justify your concern with muscle loss?

-Scott

P.S. I'm hoping of course you're just joking about loving FT and your ability to train yourself "into rhabdo." I get the sense here you're deflecting with humor a bit...