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Austin,

Yes indeed, the stress that goes along with caloric deprivation and its accompanying hunger, not to mention the mental overlay...........how long are you planning to fast for? Doc

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Currently on hour 36 of a water only fast and I feel my inflammation is worse. Could that be because of stress?

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Rich,

That is exactly right, after a little pain of getting adjusted to it, most patients do very well with intermittent fasting and realize they are not locked into the three meals a day mindset. Doc

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Part of the magic of fasting is you become

Metabolically flexible- now after a little morning

Hunger my body looses all hunger by 10am because I go directly to burning fat

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