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Do you have or can you make a video about what happens with the eyes. I need to know about vision improvements and floater reduction with fasting. Thank you!!
Thank you. We have a family member going through end-of-life food and water minimizing--just enough to take medications. Also had a friend with stomach cancer that could only take in little sips of water and he lived another 3 months. It's amazing how the body can adapt on its own.
I’ve been intermittently fasting for months, recently started fasting over the weekends, not eating from Thursday night all the way to Sunday night, it’s tough but it gets easier every time I do it. I am coming to a year now since I started my health journey, I lost 40kg of fat, and feel my best. God bless you Dr. Sten Ekberg.
I’m carnivore and have been fat adapted for almost a year now and I do really well at the OMAD fast, but the last couple of 3 day fasts I’ve tried have been miserable and by day 3 I’m so dizzy, weak, and sick that I have to eat. I have a keto mojo and by the morning of day three, I’m at glucose of 71 and ketones of 4.9. I drink my electrolyte fasting drops, but I still get dizzy. Since I’ve been eating zero carbs for months and feeling great, I thought fasting long term would get easier, but it’s getting worse. People say they love the mental clarity when they long term fast but I get brain fog. I seem to be experiencing the opposite of normal. I want the benefits of a long term fast, but maybe I’m just someone who can’t do them. I still have 50 pounds left to lose, so plenty of fat left to work off, but I’ve lost almost 100 pounds so far! I wish I could say the more I do my 3 day fasts, the easier they get, but I’m one of those that keeps getting worse. It also creates stomach issues for me when I start eating again (even though I start slowly with introducing food)
@@TMB-B10M it’s my third weekend in a row now, by Saturday I will be dizzy and feel like I want to faint. I found resting is essential, drinking water, tea and coffee, the later two with coconut cream really takes the edge off. I’m sorry to read it isn’t as easy for you as it may be to me, but know it’s not “easy” it’s definitely effort to keep it going. My goal essentially for me is to lose as much of my left over fat as I can, and be able to go without food for at least 3 days a week while only eating dinner for 4 days. But I also been thinking maybe eat every 48 hours that could also be powerful. About that mental clarity, I’ve had it throughout up to Xmas where I took a “break” from the diet, it was really really bad and I wish I didn’t take that break it took me a whole month finding back to it. But you’re doing the right thing, defeating the hunger and food addiction is the best thing you can do. I feel free
Thank you @retrospectivelyspectacular2331 for sharing your great results and helping inspire others. That is so awesome. I am thrilled that you have seen such great results. Keep it up! 😄
I have cancer and take weekly chemo treatments. I have had 13 treatments. I watched an oncologist TH-cam video and she said she recommends fasting for 48 hours before chemo treatments to her patients. The ones who do so have less side effects from the chemo. So I have fasted all but two times. Those two times I felt much worse. I was exhausted, had blurry vision, some chest pain, and back ache. I went back to fasting and feel fine after my treatment. I get a little tired but nothing like the times I didn’t fast. There is also the possibility that the chemo treatments will fight the cancer better when it’s given in a fasted state. My prognosis is good. Fasting rocks!
I had cancer 23 yrs ago. Took radiation for may lymphoma. Get rid of as much sugar as possible! Take as much cucumin, beef, fish, pork, cabbage , Krill oil, Vit D3, B1, asparagus every day as much as you can. I gained 8 lbs on radiation . Proton radiation treatment. Keep goi. Check out stem cell treatments. It has really worked wonders for a lot of people. It is your life. Check into everything.
I started my 100+ hours fast yesterday after my dinner. It's been 18 hours since I started it. I hope I will make it to 100 hours. If I could complete it this time I am planning to do this once a month 🙂. It's nice to read comments here and get motivated Edit : I have made it ( 1st 100 hr fast in march)
I'm literally just about to make it 100 hours. 4AM CDST tomorrow morning, I'll hit 100 hours and will get up, eat eggs, and meat. Later in the day, some cheese. I started both at 12:15AM on May 1st, I started my fast and at 8:30, I started walking again. I feel sure I actually made a couple of weeks straight of this back around 1989, but that's so long ago, that I can't recall. It's a whole lot harder when you don't have a handy distraction. I can't tell that I've lost any weight or fat, but as far as walking goes, I'm not even quitting.
I started regular fasting and exercising at age 62- (both induce autophagy) I went very low carb and am down 88 lbs! I read that sitting 8-10 hours a day is worse than smoking for the body, so I'm walking my dogs 2 miles a day. Keep it moving people! Thank you Dr. Ekberg! ❤
Exercising induces autophagy in skeletal muscles, the brain, some of the organs, adipose tissues, it's body specific. Fasting induces all over autophagy. So what happens if you Fast and also exercise Fasted near the end of your Fast. Is that process synergistic? I'm going to look that up 😊
@@Dgyhjigtjm no- but they should try to take a 30 minute walk after work . As long as you exercise minimum 30 minutes per day you can be healthy and sit at a desk job.
Same here. V. low carb, IF 18/6, zero sugars, and I started rowing (foot injury, walking hurts now :( I lost 2 sizes, and fixed my post-virus syndrome, which included hypothermia for >6 mos., muscle spasms, brain fog and much more. And I'm 65 ... feels better than 40! xx
_Because of the courage I gained from watching your in-depth videos about fast, I started fasting 14 months ago._ *My longest water fast is 134 hours and my longest dry fast is 69 hours.* I'm at my ideal weight, my muscle tone is fabulous, and my histamine intolerance (extreme asthmatic problem) is *GONE.* Thank you so much for your life's work - it changed my life and my 77 year old mom's, too. She's an avid faster, now, too, IF and prolonged. Oh, and it goes without saying we cleaned up our diet to as close to perfection as we can get.
Another man mentioned the same thing on the ‘Healthy Alternative’ YT channel. He lost over 100+ lbs and still going and cured his allergies through water fasting. No more pills to take for him.
@@jactac838 Sorry, just saw this today. You can do a search on "high histamine food" to answer your question; it's extensive. Beef is especially high because it's all aged at the butcher before it's sold and that allows the histaDine to break down to histaMine and become a big problem for the histamine intolerant folk. But lots of spices, vegetables, and fruit have histamine, too.
This doctor needs to be cloned and put into every medical school to re-educate doctors with correct information about health. He is brilliant, and a gem of a person to anyone with common sense about how to improve their health in a sustained way. I just love learning from his simple to understand videos.. I respect this man immensely. 🙏🙏🙏
@@chrismacfly6122Sadly, they aren’t taught about diet. They have one class on nutrition last I checked. Also, them actually curing our problems would t make them money, they have to push their mediations…medical schools are owned by the pharmaceutical industry, after all. They aren’t here to help us but to profit from our “sickness.”
My four day fast brought my blood sugar down to 63. I didn't tell my doctor the day of the checkup. When the results came in, he told me my blood sugar was low and not to fast. He didn't know I went into the checkup on a 4 day fast.
@@osmosisreacts Ooh, I took it down as I am not a doctor and never want to misinform anyone… but thanks, I’m glad you read it. I guess it won’t hurt to mention the key part: 63 is Low! 80-90 is normal. But if your blood sugar is 63 after 4 days of fasting and it is stabilized there, that would make sense. But if you are eating normally, NOT fasting, and the bloodsugar is that low? You don’t want to do anything that could drop it even lower.
Here is a summary of the key points from the video: - Fasting for 100 hours can have many health benefits like weight loss, reduced inflammation, improved mental clarity, lowered insulin resistance, and possibly reversed type 2 diabetes. - When fasting, the body primarily burns glycogen stores for the first 24 hours. This releases water stored with glycogen, resulting in initial weight loss. It then transitions to burning more fat. - Fasting lowers insulin levels, helping the body become more insulin sensitive. This promotes fat burning over storage and reduces hunger. - Fasting activates autophagy, the process of cellular cleaning and rejuvenation. It also increases growth hormone and BDNF levels, both beneficial for tissue repair and brain function. - Fasting may reduce inflammation by lowering pro-inflammatory immune cells and free radicals. It can improve gut and microbiome health as well. - Electrolytes like sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium should be supplemented during extended fasts to prevent symptoms from their loss. - LDL and total cholesterol levels may rise with fasting initially but LDL particle counts fall, reducing heart disease risk. - Most people will not lose muscle during shorter fasts due to growth hormone elevation. Bone and organ reserves also allow fasting without nutrient deficiency. In summary, intermittent or extended fasting can provide various health benefits by inducing metabolic changes like autophagy and ketosis. Electrolyte supplementation is recommended for fasts over 24 hours.
*I went 6 days, straight. That is 144 hours. Your stomach bile passes with water through your backside. It is sticky. It sucks. You can't hold it either. So, you run to the bathroom 6+ times a day. You cleanse your system out. But you also have energy surges. A massive plummet of energy, then a massive burst of energy. Non-stop.*
Surely you went too long. I started slowly. 12 hours daily for one week. 16 hours there after. Results for me were excellent. Now back to 12 hours but truth is I do not really need to do any now.
Sounds stress inducing? I would be afraid of adverse effects of cortisol on your body if that is how you reacted. Maybe a more gradual approach in your case? Everyone is different and we need to read our bodies.
I still have to try that…I haven’t gone past fasting for 24 hours. I did it for 4 days. Just eating a meal every 24 hours each of those days. 100 hours…. It seems very long. But I’ll try it one day. You guys are very strong.
I did a 110 hour fast last week for the first time. I felt absolutely amazing. High but stable energy, slept well, very clear headed and no hunger at all. I look forward to my next one. Maybe in 3 months.
@@Mhantrax Looking forward to fasting… wow. It sounds strangely amazing to look forward to not eating…. I still have to get there. Us women, we enjoy food too much it seems. Nature just urges us to eat, gain weight and make babies. When we don’t eat we think and feel like we are dying!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am a 50 year old woman in perimenopause and intermittent fasting has changed my life! I do periodic 48 hour fasts with no problem..and now I would like to try longer. I don’t do long fasting a week before my cycle and add a few healthy carbs to help with progesterone and my oh my! What a difference. I still have 15 pounds to go to my goal weight if where I was in my 20’s and 30’s. I’ve had 3 children (my last at 41 years of age) and I NEVER thought I could combat belly fat and insulin resistance. Thanks again for sharing your free knowledge!
I'm a person who usually sees through anyone who is trying to butter me up with sweet talk. But somehow I just love the way this guy calls us 'health champions".
Today is the 39th day of a 40 fast for me. My body took about four days to clear of all glucose in my system. Usually, by day 7, I get extremely sick. This time, since I've been on a keto diet for six years, there was no sickness. By about day 20, I felt like I could go on without food forever and even came to despise the control food has on me. I have felt just fine. By the 30th day, my ketones started reading 7.6,to 8.0 (just this morning) and three days it just read "HI". By sugar for the last week has set off alarms on my continuous glucose monitor. I silenced the one that signals lower than 70, but at 55, I can't turn off the alarms. My sugar for the last week has been about 50-54. To prevent it from sounding an alarm while I'm sleeping, I force stop the app on my phone before I go to bed. I'm not doing this for weight loss, (though I've lost 35 lbs.) I'm doing it for spiritual reasons. This is the fourth time I've done this in the last 30 years. I'm just doing water, filtered and spring water. I'm feeling great. Coming off the fast, I plan to go carnivore. Of course, breaking the fast will take a few days, just waking up my system. I plan to come off with bone broth, and then egg custard. Eventually, I will introduce meat, maybe starting with some chicken. It's not scary. I started January 2nd, after the holidays, and will come off Feb. 10th. It's an experience I have learned to embrace, because of all the benefits.
@@simondunne5362 Thanks for your interest. This was the fourth time in my life that I've fasted 40 days. I didn't do it for health reasons, but for spiritual ones. I have always planned them starting the day after new years day. That means, beginning January 2 and finishing February 10. I do that because there are rarely events happening in January, and my birthday is February 15th, so I want to be finished and back to eating regularly by then. I started wearing a CGM (Constant Glucose Monitor) just before I began. I wanted to see how my body was reacting to the fast this time. As in other times, I only drank water. We have a whole house filter that removes all chemicals from the water, so that's what i drank. I stopped all supplements and prescription medicine while fasting, since whatever you take during that time is magnified in it's effect on the body. I did take a pinch of salt occasionally to help with electrolytes. The first few days, my body was using up all the glucose in my body, so my blood sugar remained pretty consistent until its depletion. As mentioned above, Usually by days 7 to 10 my body will flush out all toxins. During previous fasts, I would get physically sick. But by day 15, it was not a problem. By the 20th day, I feel like I could go on forever, and by the 25th day, I began to hate the way my body was controlled by food. My blood sugar had gone down to 70's and 60's. At times, I was awakened at night by my phone indicating my sugar was done below 55. I eventually stopped the app before bed so as not to be disturbed. I test my ketones every morning. By the 20th day, my ketones were in the 5's and 5's and by the 40th day, they were consistently in the high 7's to 8, and three times, it just said, "high". Since I had not been eating food, I was extremely cold. I wore thermal underwear to bed and wore heavy sweaters during the day. By the end, I had lost 30 lbs. Following the fast, I had chosen to go carnivore, which is meat and meat products. To break the fast, the first day I had some bone broth from the freezer. By noon, I added an egg to equal parts of bone broth and steamed it for egg pudding. I repeated that for dinner. The next day, I had scrambled eggs, adding a little more solid food each day. By the evening of the third day, my wife and I went out for a date night, and I ordered a steak. It was wonderful. My stool took several days to regulate. But if you consider, you are awakening your system, you just have to exercise patience. I could probably tell you more, but that's the important stuff.
So grateful you took all that time to give me the most amazing response. I'm teaching the powers of fasting with regards to mental health. I firmly believe that a lot of mental health issues is from dysfunctional gut health inflammation and digestion issues which then cause inflammation in the brain. So your experiences will help others and I wish you perfect optimal health and happiness. Thank you.
I call it nomad. Nourish one meal a day haha Nomads don’t eat a lot as far as I know 😂 Curious to hear your results. I believe this practice and reverse multiple sclerosis on the body imo. But I am no dock door! lol
That must be the most comprehensive, informative and detailed video on fasting I've ever seen on fasting. Thank you so much for sharing all thisresearch! You have a new subscriber. 🙏💕
Great video! I did fast for 144 hours last month and I felt incredible ! I understand that I can’t do it often ! But definitely I will do as you said at list 4 times per year! Very helpful video thanks Dc.sten😊
I had stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma. While I admit that the immunotherapy got rid of the cancer, I probably lasted the 8 months before I started getting the treatment because of fasting. It wasn't voluntary fasting. I felt so much pain when I ate because it was effecting my pancreas. Basically, I was taking 45 milligrams of morphine just to eat and the constipation was so bad, I sometimes didn't eat. Fat was the worse. Needless to say, I had no visible body fat by the time I was getting treatment. Anyway, I believe fasting helps keep cancer away.
Dr Ekberg thank you for creating and making available the content on your channel. I have learned a great deal from watching your videos and have made changes to my eating habits, especially switching to low carb, high fat diet and starting intermittent fasting. The results have been unbelievably good. My metabolic health has improved significantly. In my mid-forties now and I have never felt better. Thank you very much. Keep up the good work Mr Ekberg.
I did a fast of 30 hours, then one of 50 hours, then 120 hours. An absolute breeze - I felt very little hunger, and I felt calm and well. Break your fast with a egg or two, start re-feeding gently. It is worth it. Drink water, throughout. In summer it is much easier than winter.
I was thinking of doing my 1st 36-72 hr fast this summer when we're in the 100s. I never feel like eating then anyway! I've been doing 16/8 IF for 5 weeks with one day of OMAD. I'm going to try OMAD on Mondays, except next week my yoga and fasting buddy and I are going to do our 1st 36-hr fast!
It's great to have this content in Portuguese! I speak english, but when I send to some people that I'd like to have this knowledge, they can't understand because of the language. Thank you doctor!
Grym video! Kan du inte göra en video om ADF fastan för viktnedgång och dess för och nackdelar. Ser många som gör detta över lång tid med goda resuelltat.
This was the perfect video to share knowledge of fasting benefits with family and colleagues! I have done 35 three day fasts and two 7 day fasts in the past two years! Your videos have been motivation during my toughest times! Thank you!
I do OMAD, so one meal a day, I fast 23 hours every day. I have added a 2 day from Sunday to Tuesday for loose stomach skin, it is helping, it is slow...
(losing weight) "I knew you didn't want that to happen ... oh, well." 🤣🤣🤣 His dry sense of humor kills me! SO much better than my college nutrition class. 👍
Dr. Ekberg, thank you for sharing your knowledge! Love your videos - they are so informative! Would love to see a video (and your opinion) on low carb for those with a solitary kidney.
I've been doing this for 3 years. I water fast 2 to 3 times per year for 72 hours, and I regularly practice OMAD during the week, taking a break on weekends by eating healthy 2 or 3 times a day. It has yielded surprising results for me-I've gone from 220 to 167 pounds. I've also been weightlifting, which has helped me burn fat while gaining muscle mass. Those who claim you cannot make gains while following the OMAD diet are mistaken. While you may not gain as much muscle as with bulking, I prefer to build lean muscle mass and maintain a lean body rather than becoming bulky.
I am a 63 year old woman and wish I had learned what you are teaching years ago! I found your content about a week ago and as I watched the lightbulb came on because I feel chronically fatigued. In fact, I went to my doctor last year and they did a complete work up and according to him I was healthy with nothing abnormal, just needed to lose weight. I started the low carbohydrate high fat diet as you recommend that very same day, and I am amazed at how much better I feel already! Thank you so much!
I'm going to work up to 100 hour fasts - all the benefits will be so helpful for my chronic illnesses. Thank you for your very precise and helpful explanations.
Big fan here! Thanks for the amazing, free information you give. Too bad we're continents apart. I think you could have completed the video on how to break a 100h fast. Not a neglectable detail.
Like I stated before, Dr. Ekberg you are the Saviour of humanity. Most of the people have shamefully embraced deception, and what is most annoying; is that they don't want to wake up from the slumber. Keep it up Ekberg.
The best part of all this video is having a tea especially green tea when you feel hunger but trying to maintain fasting cycle. Always helps to keep hunger down
❤ THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH DR.E!!! I've just ordered your electrolyte powder. I'm starting to fast for the first time in my 59 years. I Love you and your videos with all my heart! Starting my new healthy living, all because of You!!!❤
@drekberg , could you please create an in-depth video about breaking a prolonged fast? I believe it merits as much attention as the fasting period itself, due to the potential benefits of protein and fat intake when levels of HGH and other hormones are elevated towards the end of the fast. This contrasts with the intake of high glucose/fructose, which can result in a significant insulin spike and drastic changes in electrolyte balance, potentially leading to issues with the kidneys and heart.
Thank you Dr. Ekberg for being such a wonderful doctor, inspirational, and motivating me to make my life and health better and better! I appreciate you!
A really excellent and deep explanation of what is happening when you are fasting! And as a motive for another video - could you please make this kind of thorough explanation of how vitamins get used by our body, do you really have to take them with food and if you don't - they actually just pass by? Thank you!
Dr Ekberg the real Goat and i thank you for all the knowledge you share My longest fast was 168 hours, my lowest insulin was 3.2 and my highest ketos was 6,1 Make fasting a Lifestyle and you will be amazed I eat 1 meal every 24 hours and have so much energy, If I break my fast earlier and eat I feel sluggish I enjoy training in a fast state God Bless my brothers and sisters
Everyday training and every month i add something else 100 Squat/ clean and press with 20 kg 100 high knee 100 push-ups 100 russian twist with 6 kg 100 jumping jacks 100 plank jacks 100 mountain climbers @@YouOnlyLiveHans
100 of the following each day, every day push-ups squat/clean and press 20 kg high knee plank jacks Mountain climbers jumping jacks russian twist 6 kg @@YouOnlyLiveHans
uhh i do full body control 2x a year, last was in march last year and this was my numbers cholesterol totaal 4.4 mmol/l HDL-cholesterol 1.23 mmol/l cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol ratio 3.58 non-HDL cholesterol 3.17 mmol/l LDL-cholesterol 2.5 mmol/l@@renoytronalwialu6749
Thanks a lot Dr. Ekberg for all good information! I began my keto life style 4 years ago, following your videos and those from Dr. Eric Berg! I'm doing OMAD keto (always in the morning). Some 48 / 72 hours fasting in a while. But daily 23/ 24 hours fasting works very well for me. This has been a life changing! Keep the good work. People are greateful!
my overall healty is low card and fasting ... major change in brain functions.. this video for me best ! im close to 75 and feel the best. when they check me for health care insurance they alway ask what meds im I''m on.... i say nothing.... your explanations are easy for me to understand.... OH and make sense toooooo. thanks
I've been intermittently fasting for 12 years, now - long before it was an internet sensation - and I am the healthiest person I know. I have so much energy and sleep very easily. Now, I cannot say that it is all because of fasting, but I don't know anyone else my age (turning 40) that can say the same. I haven't always been eating healthy, either, but gave my body enough time to heal by fasting almost every day for 12 years.
I did my first extended fast last week, 86 hours. I only stopped because I am a bit lean/underweight and didn't have enough fat to keep going. I plan to gain healthy mass and do 100 hours in a few months. My biggest takeaway is that all my unhealthy food/carb cravings vanished on the morning of the 3rd day, and my entire craving structure changed. I no longer veiw sugar and carbs as primary food and my energy levels skyrocketed to heights I didn't believe were possible. I feel great, and everything I eat tastes better, and I sleep better. Thanks for everything!
As I was packing up my bag after a good workout this middle aged woman I had not met before began talking to me about her life changes. She had lost 40 ponds in 7 months and asked me about what I do … I gave her Dr.Ekberg and Dr.Berg’s Channel… that’s what you incorporate into your life …their ideals …Thank you to these two wonderful health experts
I have been carnivore /low carb and intermittent fasting and can see results. I will try to do longer fasts. I wish my late husband and I had found this WOE years ago. He might still be here.
I’ve been fasting and studying fasting. Short term and prolonged. Wet and dry. This is the best explanation I’ve heard since 2017! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Love your content brother.
Thank you @LoneWolf-um3vi. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it. The purpose of my channel is to explain the principles and mechanisms of health in such a way that you start gaining an understanding and respect for the miracle that is the human body. I spend so much time on it because when we get "the why" and start owning the mechanisms we become empowered for life . Comments like yours makes it all worthwhile. 😄
@@drekberg oh you have my friend. Do you have a current video on what won’t break my fast retaining high key tones and no insulin spike? Does olive oil break my fast?
Dr. How much does it cost for an ldl p test? My doc wants me on a statin and i refuse. My hdl is normal, my triglycerides are now low but now eating low to no carbs and fasting as a way of life for over a year and a half my ldl is 232.. my blood pressure is amazing and low resring heart rate.... passed the stress test with flying colors and my Calc score was super low acording to my doctor. He's just concerned about my ldl.
@@LoneWolf-um3vihey man, olive oil, coconut oil, MCT oil, butter and other fats won’t take you out of a ketogenic state. Technically any calories will “break fast” but fats won’t produce an insulin response or bump you out of ketosis. Stay on it brother!! Best wishes.
@@NuU_Wellness_Coaching wow that’s excellent. I use all those oils! Is avacado oils as good as coconut olive or MCT? I drink a couple ounces of olive oil right out of the bottle lol 😂
Dr. Ekberg, My issue with fasting is fear of toxic overload. Could you address the point that fat liberation from fasting can release toxins that lay dormant in fat, what can we do tto mediate or deal with the effects of those toxins circulating through our bloodstream and liver?
The only doctor I truly trust. I bought two euLyte. The electrolytes are excellent. It was somewhat difficult to collect at Thai customs. I'm not sure if you'd like a distributor to sell the products in Thailand. I would be excited to make a contribution for the Thai people.
I fasted for several days ,unwillingly , years ago after my mom 's death.. I ended in ER. with 30 % blood oxygen. But this was triggered by my depression . Fasting is really healthy . Thank you very much ,Dr. Ekberg !
Good info. Question, I watch a video the other day about inflammation through out the body. The discussion was about how people in general are lacking production of nitric oxide that the body produces naturally to soften blood vessels. Also how processed foods have chemicals that affects the process in our bodies. Also how fluoride also has negative effect of the production of nitric oxide. That's just one example of many they talked about. Could you make an informative video about that to clarify. Thank you in advance.
Since following this guy all I've done is stop eating things.... my cupboards are empty and I'm always hungry. I've lost too much weight. We need more videos on meal plans especially breakfasts and lunches.
I just finished a 7 day consecutive prolonged fast and wow I HIGHLY encourage everyone do this at least once a month. I slept better, had more energy in the morning, more mental clarity, sure I was physically weaker, but the pros outweigh the cons. But the best thing I obtained from doing a 7 day fast was that my STOMACH (the organ, not just my torso) shrunk! I broke my fast having a single bowl of chicken and rice soup, followed by a rotisserie chicken leg. And I was full instantly with no desire to binge on anything else. Cravings were completely destroyed and I lost 8 pounds during the fast. The food industry is LYING to you. They tell you you need to eat three meals a day. And honestly, you should only eat three meals a day if you haven’t finished puberty and if you are severely thin waist, thigh, neck and chest circumference, but if you are an average to obese weight, you should really be eating 1 every other day or 1 day within an hour AT MOST.
@Ms.AnatomyGeek i would be careful as it can bring issues. If you have good reason to do it like an illness or big weight problem, you are better to look up mindy pelz who will teach you how to do intermittent fasting appropriate to you age and cycle. Start fasting always wuth learnibg to do the shorter fasting periods first like 14 hrs, 18hrs, up to 24 etc. At your age doing it wrong can stop periods, mess up hormones , alsorts, but you used right it will get your health on track. X
Thank you very much for this highly informative video about fasting! The many insights and tips are extremely helpful. I will take your advice to heart in order to fast safely and in a healthy way. Thanks again for the valuable information and your great work in helping people live healthier lives.
Thank you @afterdark6822 for sharing your great results and helping inspire others. That is so awesome. I am thrilled that you have seen such great results. Keep it up! 😄
Hi Dr. Ekberg! I'm wondering if you can do a video about what happens to body when you donate blood during fasting? (If there are benefits or disadvantages of it?) I've been doing OMAD (5x a week for more than a year (not strict), but I'm used to it. The other day, I came to pass by a blood donation drive, when I was about 23 hours in fasting, and did weights workout in lunchtime. I did it without feeling lightheaded or anything. I'm just wondering though if there is an effect to the body when doing it while fasting. Love all your videos! PS: Also, does it bring benefits to the donee, like the autophagy? I'm curious.
Thank you @jdp5974. Interesting question. I'm just shooting from the hip here. I think a healthy body can adapt to a whole lot more than we think. I don't think it's a big deal to donate blood whether you are fasting or not. You do give away some resources though, which is why they don't let you do it very often. It's possible that by giving away some blood protein, you increase the autophagy effect. I don't see how the donee would receive any additional benefit, since the benefits are due to limited resources in the person who is not eating. It is an adaptation response. Even if there are some compounds in the blood to be transferred, I don't think there is enough of them to create significant benefit. 😄
@@drekberg ohhhh thank you so much for your insight dr. Ekberg! I appreciate it! Keep up your excellent work in educating a lot of people for a healthier living! 🤩
Hi Dr Ekberg, was it on one of your talks that you said Bragg Apple cider vinegar had some sort of heat treatment? Had just bought some but would prefer to get the real thing. Any suggestions?
Thanks for the fasting video Dr. Ekberg. I'm doing a 46 hour fast...feel great! I'm a little scared to go longer than 72 hours because I don't know enough about refeeding syndrome. Hope you have a Happy Friday!
Thank you @angelfriend3710. Congratulations. Just do it and learn. You can always increase a little another time. 72 will basically give you all the benefits mentioned in the video. 😄
Go longer, I'm at 218 hours and plan on longer, for re-feeding, I am actually going to do at least half the time I fasted after with just bone broth then slowly add in like eggs for a meal and so on.
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Do you have or can you make a video about what happens with the eyes. I need to know about vision improvements and floater reduction with fasting. Thank you!!
That is one day more than 100 hours. Some day I will do it if I run out of food and money LOL.
@@sabrinaeinolf5506I hear Pistachios are a food good for the eyes. People have to watch many videos on what's healthy and not.
Nejde překlad do českého jazyka!!!😢😢😢
Thank you. We have a family member going through end-of-life food and water minimizing--just enough to take medications.
Also had a friend with stomach cancer that could only take in little sips of water and he lived another 3 months. It's amazing how the body can adapt on its own.
I’ve been intermittently fasting for months, recently started fasting over the weekends, not eating from Thursday night all the way to Sunday night, it’s tough but it gets easier every time I do it. I am coming to a year now since I started my health journey, I lost 40kg of fat, and feel my best. God bless you Dr. Sten Ekberg.
I’m carnivore and have been fat adapted for almost a year now and I do really well at the OMAD fast, but the last couple of 3 day fasts I’ve tried have been miserable and by day 3 I’m so dizzy, weak, and sick that I have to eat. I have a keto mojo and by the morning of day three, I’m at glucose of 71 and ketones of 4.9. I drink my electrolyte fasting drops, but I still get dizzy.
Since I’ve been eating zero carbs for months and feeling great, I thought fasting long term would get easier, but it’s getting worse. People say they love the mental clarity when they long term fast but I get brain fog. I seem to be experiencing the opposite of normal. I want the benefits of a long term fast, but maybe I’m just someone who can’t do them. I still have 50 pounds left to lose, so plenty of fat left to work off, but I’ve lost almost 100 pounds so far!
I wish I could say the more I do my 3 day fasts, the easier they get, but I’m one of those that keeps getting worse. It also creates stomach issues for me when I start eating again (even though I start slowly with introducing food)
@@TMB-B10M it’s my third weekend in a row now, by Saturday I will be dizzy and feel like I want to faint. I found resting is essential, drinking water, tea and coffee, the later two with coconut cream really takes the edge off. I’m sorry to read it isn’t as easy for you as it may be to me, but know it’s not “easy” it’s definitely effort to keep it going. My goal essentially for me is to lose as much of my left over fat as I can, and be able to go without food for at least 3 days a week while only eating dinner for 4 days. But I also been thinking maybe eat every 48 hours that could also be powerful. About that mental clarity, I’ve had it throughout up to Xmas where I took a “break” from the diet, it was really really bad and I wish I didn’t take that break it took me a whole month finding back to it. But you’re doing the right thing, defeating the hunger and food addiction is the best thing you can do. I feel free
Thank you @retrospectivelyspectacular2331 for sharing your great results and helping inspire others. That is so awesome. I am thrilled that you have seen such great results. Keep it up! 😄
@@TMB-B10Myour body is telling you no
@@drekberg you’re the best! Thanks for giving me a like and a comment, really made my day!
I have cancer and take weekly chemo treatments. I have had 13 treatments. I watched an oncologist TH-cam video and she said she recommends fasting for 48 hours before chemo treatments to her patients. The ones who do so have less side effects from the chemo. So I have fasted all but two times. Those two times I felt much worse. I was exhausted, had blurry vision, some chest pain, and back ache. I went back to fasting and feel fine after my treatment. I get a little tired but nothing like the times I didn’t fast. There is also the possibility that the chemo treatments will fight the cancer better when it’s given in a fasted state. My prognosis is good. Fasting rocks!
A useful experience to share- Thanks
Good, useful info
I had cancer 23 yrs ago. Took radiation for may lymphoma. Get rid of as much sugar as possible! Take as much cucumin, beef, fish, pork, cabbage , Krill oil, Vit D3, B1, asparagus every day as much as you can. I gained 8 lbs on radiation . Proton radiation treatment. Keep goi. Check out stem cell treatments. It has really worked wonders for a lot of people. It is your life. Check into everything.
My sister did the same and had little to no side effects from her chemo.
Also try apricot seeds, there is also a book called A World without Cancer.... pls check it out!
I started my 100+ hours fast yesterday after my dinner. It's been 18 hours since I started it. I hope I will make it to 100 hours. If I could complete it this time I am planning to do this once a month 🙂. It's nice to read comments here and get motivated
Edit : I have made it ( 1st 100 hr fast in march)
you can do it!!
Every fast gets easier.. I've done two 24 day fasts and now I'm doing 50 DAYS.. Just water and salt...
Inspiring . ThankYou
@@jorgecarrejo7562 50 days? Wow!
Most I’ve ever done is a 36 hour fast. I want to make it to 100 one day
"Your body is not evil and mean to you"
- Dr. Sten Eckberg
A very nice post.
It moved me.
I don't want to be, but I feel, because of processed food addiction, I am evil and mean to my body. 😥
I'm literally just about to make it 100 hours. 4AM CDST tomorrow morning, I'll hit 100 hours and will get up, eat eggs, and meat. Later in the day, some cheese. I started both at 12:15AM on May 1st, I started my fast and at 8:30, I started walking again. I feel sure I actually made a couple of weeks straight of this back around 1989, but that's so long ago, that I can't recall. It's a whole lot harder when you don't have a handy distraction. I can't tell that I've lost any weight or fat, but as far as walking goes, I'm not even quitting.
I just wanna say that this channel absolutely changed my life lost over 100 pounds less than a year. Thank you.
I started regular fasting and exercising at age 62-
(both induce autophagy)
I went very low carb and am down 88 lbs!
I read that sitting 8-10 hours a day is worse than smoking for the body, so I'm walking my dogs 2 miles a day.
Keep it moving people!
Thank you Dr. Ekberg! ❤
No… is that means office , computer, factory workers should quit their jobs?
@@Dgyhjigtjm
Yes. You should quit your job. 🤦♂️
Exercising induces autophagy in skeletal muscles, the brain, some of the organs, adipose tissues, it's body specific. Fasting induces all over autophagy. So what happens if you Fast and also exercise Fasted near the end of your Fast. Is that process synergistic? I'm going to look that up 😊
@@Dgyhjigtjm no- but they should try to take a 30 minute walk after work .
As long as you exercise minimum 30 minutes per day you can be healthy and sit at a desk job.
Same here. V. low carb, IF 18/6, zero sugars, and I started rowing (foot injury, walking hurts now :( I lost 2 sizes, and fixed my post-virus syndrome, which included hypothermia for >6 mos., muscle spasms, brain fog and much more. And I'm 65 ... feels better than 40! xx
_Because of the courage I gained from watching your in-depth videos about fast, I started fasting 14 months ago._ *My longest water fast is 134 hours and my longest dry fast is 69 hours.* I'm at my ideal weight, my muscle tone is fabulous, and my histamine intolerance (extreme asthmatic problem) is *GONE.* Thank you so much for your life's work - it changed my life and my 77 year old mom's, too. She's an avid faster, now, too, IF and prolonged. Oh, and it goes without saying we cleaned up our diet to as close to perfection as we can get.
Amazing!
What did you eliminate from your diet that was causing the histamine reactions
Another man mentioned the same thing on the ‘Healthy Alternative’ YT channel. He lost over 100+ lbs and still going and cured his allergies through water fasting. No more pills to take for him.
@@jactac838 Sorry, just saw this today. You can do a search on "high histamine food" to answer your question; it's extensive. Beef is especially high because it's all aged at the butcher before it's sold and that allows the histaDine to break down to histaMine and become a big problem for the histamine intolerant folk. But lots of spices, vegetables, and fruit have histamine, too.
I guess you do weight training for the muscle tone?
This doctor needs to be cloned and put into every medical school to re-educate doctors with correct information about health.
He is brilliant, and a gem of a person to anyone with common sense about how to improve their health in a sustained way.
I just love learning from his simple to understand videos.. I respect this man immensely. 🙏🙏🙏
🙏
And Dr Berg
Same. Amazing how any doctor I've been to never asks me about my diet or talks about intermediate fasting
@@chrismacfly6122Sadly, they aren’t taught about diet. They have one class on nutrition last I checked. Also, them actually curing our problems would t make them money, they have to push their mediations…medical schools are owned by the pharmaceutical industry, after all. They aren’t here to help us but to profit from our “sickness.”
Watch Dr Berg too he’s also great
My four day fast brought my blood sugar down to 63. I didn't tell my doctor the day of the checkup. When the results came in, he told me my blood sugar was low and not to fast. He didn't know I went into the checkup on a 4 day fast.
Is that good or bad? He saying it was low as in concerning?
@@foreverealmmakes sense, thanks for the reply
@@osmosisreacts Ooh, I took it down as I am not a doctor and never want to misinform anyone… but thanks, I’m glad you read it. I guess it won’t hurt to mention the key part: 63 is Low! 80-90 is normal. But if your blood sugar is 63 after 4 days of fasting and it is stabilized there, that would make sense. But if you are eating normally, NOT fasting, and the bloodsugar is that low? You don’t want to do anything that could drop it even lower.
Did you then tell him?
The low blood sugar is IRRELEVANT if you're fat adapted. You are burning alternative fuel
Here is a summary of the key points from the video:
- Fasting for 100 hours can have many health benefits like weight loss, reduced inflammation, improved mental clarity, lowered insulin resistance, and possibly reversed type 2 diabetes.
- When fasting, the body primarily burns glycogen stores for the first 24 hours. This releases water stored with glycogen, resulting in initial weight loss. It then transitions to burning more fat.
- Fasting lowers insulin levels, helping the body become more insulin sensitive. This promotes fat burning over storage and reduces hunger.
- Fasting activates autophagy, the process of cellular cleaning and rejuvenation. It also increases growth hormone and BDNF levels, both beneficial for tissue repair and brain function.
- Fasting may reduce inflammation by lowering pro-inflammatory immune cells and free radicals. It can improve gut and microbiome health as well.
- Electrolytes like sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium should be supplemented during extended fasts to prevent symptoms from their loss.
- LDL and total cholesterol levels may rise with fasting initially but LDL particle counts fall, reducing heart disease risk.
- Most people will not lose muscle during shorter fasts due to growth hormone elevation. Bone and organ reserves also allow fasting without nutrient deficiency.
In summary, intermittent or extended fasting can provide various health benefits by inducing metabolic changes like autophagy and ketosis. Electrolyte supplementation is recommended for fasts over 24 hours.
*I went 6 days, straight. That is 144 hours. Your stomach bile passes with water through your backside. It is sticky. It sucks. You can't hold it either. So, you run to the bathroom 6+ times a day. You cleanse your system out. But you also have energy surges. A massive plummet of energy, then a massive burst of energy. Non-stop.*
Sounds amazing....
Doesn t the energy regulate to a somewhat stable level without that many ups and downs?
Another quite good doctor that I follow didn t suggest to go above 40 hours in one fast if you do keto
Surely you went too long.
I started slowly.
12 hours daily for one week.
16 hours there after.
Results for me were excellent.
Now back to 12 hours but truth is I do not really need to do any now.
Sounds stress inducing? I would be afraid of adverse effects of cortisol on your body if that is how you reacted. Maybe a more gradual approach in your case? Everyone is different and we need to read our bodies.
That's a coincidence. At the time of posting I am at 100 hours of fasting. I hope you have some good things to say...
I still have to try that…I haven’t gone past fasting for 24 hours. I did it for 4 days. Just eating a meal every 24 hours each of those days. 100 hours…. It seems very long. But I’ll try it one day. You guys are very strong.
Thank you @NicoSmets. Wow. That's cool. You'll like the video. 😄
I did a 110 hour fast last week for the first time. I felt absolutely amazing. High but stable energy, slept well, very clear headed and no hunger at all. I look forward to my next one. Maybe in 3 months.
lol I’m 72 hrs in and boy was this serendipitous
@@Mhantrax Looking forward to fasting… wow. It sounds strangely amazing to look forward to not eating…. I still have to get there. Us women, we enjoy food too much it seems. Nature just urges us to eat, gain weight and make babies. When we don’t eat we think and feel like we are dying!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am a 50 year old woman in perimenopause and intermittent fasting has changed my life! I do periodic 48 hour fasts with no problem..and now I would like to try longer. I don’t do long fasting a week before my cycle and add a few healthy carbs to help with progesterone and my oh my! What a difference. I still have 15 pounds to go to my goal weight if where I was in my 20’s and 30’s. I’ve had 3 children (my last at 41 years of age) and I NEVER thought I could combat belly fat and insulin resistance.
Thanks again for sharing your free knowledge!
Check out Dr. Mindy Pelz, Fast Like a Girl.
Follow Dr Mindy Pelz. She wrote Fast like a girl.
I'm a person who usually sees through anyone who is trying to butter me up with sweet talk. But somehow I just love the way this guy calls us 'health champions".
Today is the 39th day of a 40 fast for me. My body took about four days to clear of all glucose in my system. Usually, by day 7, I get extremely sick. This time, since I've been on a keto diet for six years, there was no sickness. By about day 20, I felt like I could go on without food forever and even came to despise the control food has on me. I have felt just fine. By the 30th day, my ketones started reading 7.6,to 8.0 (just this morning) and three days it just read "HI". By sugar for the last week has set off alarms on my continuous glucose monitor. I silenced the one that signals lower than 70, but at 55, I can't turn off the alarms. My sugar for the last week has been about 50-54. To prevent it from sounding an alarm while I'm sleeping, I force stop the app on my phone before I go to bed. I'm not doing this for weight loss, (though I've lost 35 lbs.) I'm doing it for spiritual reasons. This is the fourth time I've done this in the last 30 years. I'm just doing water, filtered and spring water. I'm feeling great. Coming off the fast, I plan to go carnivore. Of course, breaking the fast will take a few days, just waking up my system. I plan to come off with bone broth, and then egg custard. Eventually, I will introduce meat, maybe starting with some chicken. It's not scary. I started January 2nd, after the holidays, and will come off Feb. 10th. It's an experience I have learned to embrace, because of all the benefits.
Wow, would love to hear your experiences in full detail.
@@simondunne5362 Thanks for your interest. This was the fourth time in my life that I've fasted 40 days. I didn't do it for health reasons, but for spiritual ones. I have always planned them starting the day after new years day. That means, beginning January 2 and finishing February 10. I do that because there are rarely events happening in January, and my birthday is February 15th, so I want to be finished and back to eating regularly by then. I started wearing a CGM (Constant Glucose Monitor) just before I began. I wanted to see how my body was reacting to the fast this time. As in other times, I only drank water. We have a whole house filter that removes all chemicals from the water, so that's what i drank. I stopped all supplements and prescription medicine while fasting, since whatever you take during that time is magnified in it's effect on the body. I did take a pinch of salt occasionally to help with electrolytes. The first few days, my body was using up all the glucose in my body, so my blood sugar remained pretty consistent until its depletion. As mentioned above, Usually by days 7 to 10 my body will flush out all toxins. During previous fasts, I would get physically sick. But by day 15, it was not a problem. By the 20th day, I feel like I could go on forever, and by the 25th day, I began to hate the way my body was controlled by food. My blood sugar had gone down to 70's and 60's. At times, I was awakened at night by my phone indicating my sugar was done below 55. I eventually stopped the app before bed so as not to be disturbed. I test my ketones every morning. By the 20th day, my ketones were in the 5's and 5's and by the 40th day, they were consistently in the high 7's to 8, and three times, it just said, "high". Since I had not been eating food, I was extremely cold. I wore thermal underwear to bed and wore heavy sweaters during the day. By the end, I had lost 30 lbs. Following the fast, I had chosen to go carnivore, which is meat and meat products. To break the fast, the first day I had some bone broth from the freezer. By noon, I added an egg to equal parts of bone broth and steamed it for egg pudding. I repeated that for dinner. The next day, I had scrambled eggs, adding a little more solid food each day. By the evening of the third day, my wife and I went out for a date night, and I ordered a steak. It was wonderful. My stool took several days to regulate. But if you consider, you are awakening your system, you just have to exercise patience. I could probably tell you more, but that's the important stuff.
So grateful you took all that time to give me the most amazing response. I'm teaching the powers of fasting with regards to mental health. I firmly believe that a lot of mental health issues is from dysfunctional gut health inflammation and digestion issues which then cause inflammation in the brain. So your experiences will help others and I wish you perfect optimal health and happiness. Thank you.
@@simondunne5362 You're so welcome. Praying you will find great health and stamina through fasting.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience as I am a diabetic and also want to do it for spiritual reasons.
I have a terrible auto immune disorder right now, thinking about doing my first fast. I already stopped eating around 4pm. Doing Omad.
I call it nomad.
Nourish one meal a day haha
Nomads don’t eat a lot as far as I know 😂
Curious to hear your results. I believe this practice and reverse multiple sclerosis on the body imo. But I am no dock door! lol
Thank you @Nogui_Aramburo. Best of luck 😄
Wish you the best luck! Hope you can revert the disease, I'm sure fasting will help!
Best wishes to you on your journey! You CAN improve your life.
Thank you for yet another fantastic comprehensive lecture. Glad that you went into GKI in detail, more people need to hear it.
Thanks Dr. Sten Ekberg! 28hrs into the fasting and going strong! Let's go!
Lent is coming up on 2/14. It’s a good time to fast and pray. ✝️🙏😊
I hope your Lent has been fruitful.
@@markmiller3713 😊Yours too. God bless you. ✝️🙏😊
Amen do it for the right reason 🙏
Today just finished 20 hrs fasting, trying another 4 hrs...lets see. Your video giving the strength.Thank you.
my best was 73 hours no food no water dry fast... 3 of these fasts improved my health a lot...
I am at day 16 of my fasting period of 40 days. So far I am very well and can recommend fasting.
That must be the most comprehensive, informative and detailed video on fasting I've ever seen on fasting. Thank you so much for sharing all thisresearch! You have a new subscriber. 🙏💕
Great video! I did fast for 144 hours last month and I felt incredible ! I understand that I can’t do it often ! But definitely I will do as you said at list 4 times per year! Very helpful video thanks Dc.sten😊
Such helpful valuable information . Thank You for teaching clear understanding of our essential natural body processes
I had stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma. While I admit that the immunotherapy got rid of the cancer, I probably lasted the 8 months before I started getting the treatment because of fasting. It wasn't voluntary fasting. I felt so much pain when I ate because it was effecting my pancreas. Basically, I was taking 45 milligrams of morphine just to eat and the constipation was so bad, I sometimes didn't eat. Fat was the worse. Needless to say, I had no visible body fat by the time I was getting treatment. Anyway, I believe fasting helps keep cancer away.
Dr Ekberg thank you for creating and making available the content on your channel. I have learned a great deal from watching your videos and have made changes to my eating habits, especially switching to low carb, high fat diet and starting intermittent fasting. The results have been unbelievably good. My metabolic health has improved significantly. In my mid-forties now and I have never felt better. Thank you very much. Keep up the good work Mr Ekberg.
Excellent explanation!
Thanks Dr.
Gio from Brazil!👏👏
I did a fast of 30 hours, then one of 50 hours, then 120 hours. An absolute breeze - I felt very little hunger, and I felt calm and well. Break your fast with a egg or two, start re-feeding gently. It is worth it. Drink water, throughout. In summer it is much easier than winter.
Yes. Summer I found is easier too
I was thinking of doing my 1st 36-72 hr fast this summer when we're in the 100s. I never feel like eating then anyway! I've been doing 16/8 IF for 5 weeks with one day of OMAD. I'm going to try OMAD on Mondays, except next week my yoga and fasting buddy and I are going to do our 1st 36-hr fast!
It's great to have this content in Portuguese! I speak english, but when I send to some people that I'd like to have this knowledge, they can't understand because of the language. Thank you doctor!
Doctor Ekberg, please do a video on a 14 day fast.
I trust your analysis and information.
Much love❤
I did 7 day fast. I hardly lost a pound,but felt great and euphoric at times.
Water is all I consumed.
12 days in: 4 water, 3 dry, 3 water, 2 dry. 25 lb and 2” down
Wow! Congratulations. I’ll try your way on May,I’m 36 hrs water fasting now. I’ll come back with my results 🙏🏻🙏🏻😢
Grym video!
Kan du inte göra en video om ADF fastan för viktnedgång och dess för och nackdelar. Ser många som gör detta över lång tid med goda resuelltat.
This was the perfect video to share knowledge of fasting benefits with family and colleagues! I have done 35 three day fasts and two 7 day fasts in the past two years! Your videos have been motivation during my toughest times! Thank you!
I do OMAD, so one meal a day, I fast 23 hours every day. I have added a 2 day from Sunday to Tuesday for loose stomach skin, it is helping, it is slow...
(losing weight) "I knew you didn't want that to happen ... oh, well." 🤣🤣🤣 His dry sense of humor kills me! SO much better than my college nutrition class. 👍
Dr. Ekberg, thank you for sharing your knowledge! Love your videos - they are so informative! Would love to see a video (and your opinion) on low carb for those with a solitary kidney.
I've been doing this for 3 years. I water fast 2 to 3 times per year for 72 hours, and I regularly practice OMAD during the week, taking a break on weekends by eating healthy 2 or 3 times a day. It has yielded surprising results for me-I've gone from 220 to 167 pounds. I've also been weightlifting, which has helped me burn fat while gaining muscle mass. Those who claim you cannot make gains while following the OMAD diet are mistaken. While you may not gain as much muscle as with bulking, I prefer to build lean muscle mass and maintain a lean body rather than becoming bulky.
I am a 63 year old woman and wish I had learned what you are teaching years ago! I found your content about a week ago and as I watched the lightbulb came on because I feel chronically fatigued. In fact, I went to my doctor last year and they did a complete work up and according to him I was healthy with nothing abnormal, just needed to lose weight. I started the low carbohydrate high fat diet as you recommend that very same day, and I am amazed at how much better I feel already! Thank you so much!
Thanks buddy. Another excellent video!
I'm going to work up to 100 hour fasts - all the benefits will be so helpful for my chronic illnesses. Thank you for your very precise and helpful explanations.
Big fan here!
Thanks for the amazing, free information you give. Too bad we're continents apart.
I think you could have completed the video on how to break a 100h fast.
Not a neglectable detail.
What a great video! So much valuable information. Will watch the 5 day fast video next!
What a great video! Thank you, I learned so much from this video! ❤
Love your videos. Keep up the good work.
I did 7 days straight water only ( With a teaspoon of Himalayan salt) . Felt Amazing at the end. Food flavor was so intense after (in a good way).
HOW WAS YOUR SLEEP DURING THAT PERIOD
Like I stated before, Dr. Ekberg you are the Saviour of humanity. Most of the people have shamefully embraced deception, and what is most annoying; is that they don't want to wake up from the slumber. Keep it up Ekberg.
👍👍
The best part of all this video is having a tea especially green tea when you feel hunger but trying to maintain fasting cycle. Always helps to keep hunger down
Thank you Doctor !🙏
I have been doing intermittent and omad plus fasting every year for the month of Ramadhan .🤲🙏
❤ THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH DR.E!!!
I've just ordered your electrolyte powder.
I'm starting to fast for the first time in my 59 years.
I Love you and your videos with all my heart!
Starting my new healthy living, all because of You!!!❤
Love is a bit strong, isn't it?
@@Chris-kr7ggSomeone's expressing their gratitude in improving their life. Chill tf out.
@@iamwhoyousayiam6773
No! You chill the F***! Out.
@drekberg , could you please create an in-depth video about breaking a prolonged fast? I believe it merits as much attention as the fasting period itself, due to the potential benefits of protein and fat intake when levels of HGH and other hormones are elevated towards the end of the fast. This contrasts with the intake of high glucose/fructose, which can result in a significant insulin spike and drastic changes in electrolyte balance, potentially leading to issues with the kidneys and heart.
Thank you Dr. Ekberg for being such a wonderful doctor, inspirational, and motivating me to make my life and health better and better! I appreciate you!
A really excellent and deep explanation of what is happening when you are fasting! And as a motive for another video - could you please make this kind of thorough explanation of how vitamins get used by our body, do you really have to take them with food and if you don't - they actually just pass by? Thank you!
Best teacher ever TY
18:47 Cholestérol
34:00 Autophagie
38:50 GKI
You’re awesome Doc.! Good stuff!
Remain blessed for bringing this piece to the space. It's timely
Dr Ekberg the real Goat and i thank you for all the knowledge you share
My longest fast was 168 hours, my lowest insulin was 3.2 and my highest ketos was 6,1
Make fasting a Lifestyle and you will be amazed
I eat 1 meal every 24 hours and have so much energy, If I break my fast earlier and eat I feel sluggish
I enjoy training in a fast state
God Bless my brothers and sisters
Amazing! What kind of training are you doing regularly?
Everyday training and every month i add something else
100 Squat/ clean and press with 20 kg
100 high knee
100 push-ups
100 russian twist with 6 kg
100 jumping jacks
100 plank jacks
100 mountain climbers
@@YouOnlyLiveHans
How much your cholesterol lever bro
100 of the following each day, every day
push-ups
squat/clean and press 20 kg
high knee
plank jacks
Mountain climbers
jumping jacks
russian twist 6 kg @@YouOnlyLiveHans
uhh i do full body control 2x a year, last was in march last year and this was my numbers
cholesterol totaal 4.4 mmol/l
HDL-cholesterol 1.23 mmol/l
cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol ratio 3.58
non-HDL cholesterol 3.17 mmol/l
LDL-cholesterol 2.5 mmol/l@@renoytronalwialu6749
Doctor, thank you very much, a real outstanding briefing 🥇
Thanks a lot Dr. Ekberg for all good information! I began my keto life style 4 years ago, following your videos and those from Dr. Eric Berg! I'm doing OMAD keto (always in the morning). Some 48 / 72 hours fasting in a while. But daily 23/ 24 hours fasting works very well for me. This has been a life changing! Keep the good work. People are greateful!
Dr. Ekberg and Dr. Berg should get a Nobel Peace Prize!
my overall healty is low card and fasting ... major change in brain functions.. this video for me best ! im close to 75 and feel the best. when they check me for health care insurance they alway ask what meds im I''m on.... i say nothing.... your explanations are easy for me to understand.... OH and make sense toooooo. thanks
Thanks to Dr.Ekberg I'm down 45+lbs in 5 months. I OMAD M-F,and 2mad on weekends. His knowledge is truly life-saving. Thank you Dr.Ekberg
No snacking?
That’s how much weight I want to lose 45-50 lbs I do fast and omad. I did it before and it works I got baby weight to lose plus a little more.
@@MrGeorgewf no when you fast and do omad you don’t need to snack just drink bone broth coffee and water electrolytes including.
Be consistent, and you will succeed 😊
I completed a 72 hours fast this week. Thank you so much Dr Ekberg, now I'm motivated to go for the 100 hours 🙂
Thanks for the awesome video! What do you suggest we eat when we break the fast after a longer fast?
You are the Best Dr. Sten
Great knowledge.
Thanks 🙏
I did 160 hours once and all of my health issues resolved
I've been intermittently fasting for 12 years, now - long before it was an internet sensation - and I am the healthiest person I know. I have so much energy and sleep very easily. Now, I cannot say that it is all because of fasting, but I don't know anyone else my age (turning 40) that can say the same. I haven't always been eating healthy, either, but gave my body enough time to heal by fasting almost every day for 12 years.
A twelve year fast.....that is truly amazing! 🤣
@@Spork123able I didn't fast for 12 years, I intermittently fasted for 12 years.
What kind of fasting. Omad or 12 24 Hours or which type
2mad - I only eat breakfast and dinner. I drink water the rest of the day. Sometimes, I'll have an apple, or something, for lunch.
This sounds awesome! I'll try it in a few months when I'm a bit more adapted.
Love your vids mate
Were can l get your products in australia?
Thanks for the information doc ❤
You are welcome @anneross5347. Thank you for watching. 😄
I did my first extended fast last week, 86 hours. I only stopped because I am a bit lean/underweight and didn't have enough fat to keep going. I plan to gain healthy mass and do 100 hours in a few months.
My biggest takeaway is that all my unhealthy food/carb cravings vanished on the morning of the 3rd day, and my entire craving structure changed. I no longer veiw sugar and carbs as primary food and my energy levels skyrocketed to heights I didn't believe were possible. I feel great, and everything I eat tastes better, and I sleep better.
Thanks for everything!
I have over weight ,a lot of fat in my abdomen area .You take electrolytes ? What are those exactly?
Sodium, magnesium, potassium,calcium. These are essential and help the fasting process by keeping your energy levels up.
Cheers so much great information 😊❤
As I was packing up my bag after a good workout this middle aged woman I had not met before began talking to me about her life changes. She had lost 40 ponds in 7 months and asked me about what I do … I gave her Dr.Ekberg and Dr.Berg’s Channel… that’s what you incorporate into your life …their ideals …Thank you to these two wonderful health experts
Brilliant, as usual. TY Doctor.
your body is not evil!!!loved that 🤣🤣
I have been carnivore /low carb and intermittent fasting and can see results. I will try to do longer fasts. I wish my late husband and I had found this WOE years ago. He might still be here.
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Would love to see you cover dry fasting
Thank you for been there Dr Ekberg, your videos are trully making a difference in the quality live of people.
Regrads from Spain :DDD
I really appreciate your information!!!
I’ve been fasting and studying fasting. Short term and prolonged. Wet and dry.
This is the best explanation I’ve heard since 2017! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Love your content brother.
Thank you @LoneWolf-um3vi. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it. The purpose of my channel is to explain the principles and mechanisms of health in such a way that you start gaining an understanding and respect for the miracle that is the human body. I spend so much time on it because when we get "the why" and start owning the mechanisms we become empowered for life . Comments like yours makes it all worthwhile. 😄
@@drekberg oh you have my friend.
Do you have a current video on what won’t break my fast retaining high key tones and no insulin spike?
Does olive oil break my fast?
Dr. How much does it cost for an ldl p test? My doc wants me on a statin and i refuse. My hdl is normal, my triglycerides are now low but now eating low to no carbs and fasting as a way of life for over a year and a half my ldl is 232.. my blood pressure is amazing and low resring heart rate.... passed the stress test with flying colors and my Calc score was super low acording to my doctor. He's just concerned about my ldl.
@@LoneWolf-um3vihey man, olive oil, coconut oil, MCT oil, butter and other fats won’t take you out of a ketogenic state. Technically any calories will “break fast” but fats won’t produce an insulin response or bump you out of ketosis. Stay on it brother!! Best wishes.
@@NuU_Wellness_Coaching wow that’s excellent. I use all those oils! Is avacado oils as good as coconut olive or MCT?
I drink a couple ounces of olive oil right out of the bottle lol 😂
Dr. Ekberg, My issue with fasting is fear of toxic overload. Could you address the point that fat liberation from fasting can release toxins that lay dormant in fat, what can we do tto mediate or deal with the effects of those toxins circulating through our bloodstream and liver?
The only doctor I truly trust. I bought two euLyte. The electrolytes are excellent. It was somewhat difficult to collect at Thai customs.
I'm not sure if you'd like a distributor to sell the products in Thailand. I would be excited to make a contribution for the Thai people.
I fasted for several days ,unwillingly , years ago after my mom 's death..
I ended in ER. with 30 % blood oxygen.
But this was triggered by my depression .
Fasting is really healthy .
Thank you very much ,Dr. Ekberg !
Thanks for these videos full of useful information, there is a lot of effort and time involved.
You are welcome @plumairalbannach8492. Thank you for watching. 😄
Day 30 today. Thanks Dr.
Good info. Question, I watch a video the other day about inflammation through out the body. The discussion was about how people in general are lacking production of nitric oxide that the body produces naturally to soften blood vessels. Also how processed foods have chemicals that affects the process in our bodies. Also how fluoride also has negative effect of the production of nitric oxide. That's just one example of many they talked about. Could you make an informative video about that to clarify. Thank you in advance.
Since following this guy all I've done is stop eating things.... my cupboards are empty and I'm always hungry. I've lost too much weight. We need more videos on meal plans especially breakfasts and lunches.
I just finished a 7 day consecutive prolonged fast and wow I HIGHLY encourage everyone do this at least once a month. I slept better, had more energy in the morning, more mental clarity, sure I was physically weaker, but the pros outweigh the cons. But the best thing I obtained from doing a 7 day fast was that my STOMACH (the organ, not just my torso) shrunk! I broke my fast having a single bowl of chicken and rice soup, followed by a rotisserie chicken leg. And I was full instantly with no desire to binge on anything else. Cravings were completely destroyed and I lost 8 pounds during the fast. The food industry is LYING to you. They tell you you need to eat three meals a day. And honestly, you should only eat three meals a day if you haven’t finished puberty and if you are severely thin waist, thigh, neck and chest circumference, but if you are an average to obese weight, you should really be eating 1 every other day or 1 day within an hour AT MOST.
Could a 14 year old female do it?
@Ms.AnatomyGeek i would be careful as it can bring issues. If you have good reason to do it like an illness or big weight problem, you are better to look up mindy pelz who will teach you how to do intermittent fasting appropriate to you age and cycle. Start fasting always wuth learnibg to do the shorter fasting periods first like 14 hrs, 18hrs, up to 24 etc. At your age doing it wrong can stop periods, mess up hormones , alsorts, but you used right it will get your health on track. X
@Ms.AnatomyGeek absolutely. It's how humans lived for thousands of years
@@Ms.AnatomyGeekI could not eat the rice
I love watching your videos, keeps me motivated through this transformation.
Thank you very much for this highly informative video about fasting! The many insights and tips are extremely helpful. I will take your advice to heart in order to fast safely and in a healthy way. Thanks again for the valuable information and your great work in helping people live healthier lives.
😍love your health knowledge and intelligence Doctor Ekberg.
Came off a forty eight hour fast this week. My energy and focus was off the chart.
Thank you @afterdark6822 for sharing your great results and helping inspire others. That is so awesome. I am thrilled that you have seen such great results. Keep it up! 😄
Hi Dr. Ekberg! I'm wondering if you can do a video about what happens to body when you donate blood during fasting? (If there are benefits or disadvantages of it?) I've been doing OMAD (5x a week for more than a year (not strict), but I'm used to it. The other day, I came to pass by a blood donation drive, when I was about 23 hours in fasting, and did weights workout in lunchtime. I did it without feeling lightheaded or anything. I'm just wondering though if there is an effect to the body when doing it while fasting. Love all your videos!
PS: Also, does it bring benefits to the donee, like the autophagy? I'm curious.
Thank you @jdp5974. Interesting question. I'm just shooting from the hip here. I think a healthy body can adapt to a whole lot more than we think. I don't think it's a big deal to donate blood whether you are fasting or not. You do give away some resources though, which is why they don't let you do it very often. It's possible that by giving away some blood protein, you increase the autophagy effect. I don't see how the donee would receive any additional benefit, since the benefits are due to limited resources in the person who is not eating. It is an adaptation response. Even if there are some compounds in the blood to be transferred, I don't think there is enough of them to create significant benefit. 😄
@@drekberg ohhhh thank you so much for your insight dr. Ekberg! I appreciate it! Keep up your excellent work in educating a lot of people for a healthier living! 🤩
Hi Dr Ekberg, was it on one of your talks that you said Bragg Apple cider vinegar had some sort of heat treatment? Had just bought some but would prefer to get the real thing. Any suggestions?
Thank you doc I love your videos
Thanks for the fasting video Dr. Ekberg. I'm doing a 46 hour fast...feel great! I'm a little scared to go longer than 72 hours because I don't know enough about refeeding syndrome. Hope you have a Happy Friday!
Thank you @angelfriend3710. Congratulations. Just do it and learn. You can always increase a little another time. 72 will basically give you all the benefits mentioned in the video. 😄
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А чи я можу це ж робити при діабеті 2 типу?🤔
Go longer, I'm at 218 hours and plan on longer, for re-feeding, I am actually going to do at least half the time I fasted after with just bone broth then slowly add in like eggs for a meal and so on.
Hi. Try searching up Jason Fung on how to break an extended fast. That will answer your questions. He is very knowledgeable regarding fasting.
Love your smugly sense of humor 😊
Yes , me too. It’s cute when he’s sarcastic. Nobody does it quite the way he does…
Thank you @adamant9940 😄