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My digestive system has been giving me great trouble these past couple weeks, feel like I need to fast, but am a little afraid to go all in with it. I'd like to go at least a couple days on the lemon juice, cayenne, water, and maple syrup mixture. Does anyone have any experiences with these types of fasts or similar? My main goal is to give my digestive system a break and to challenge my ego.

I do not personally like that concoction for fasting. Main reason is the amount of sugar you are consuming, and only sugar. One of the main benefits of fasting comes from stabilization of blood sugar and giving the pancreas a break from producing insulin, as well as the cells a break from constantly having to process insulin. Blood sugar while used for fuel, is also toxic as any diabetic knows. What is less well known is that insulin is also toxic and eventually damages the cells. For anyone who gets "hangry" or has a emotional reaction to not eating you are likely experiencing metabolic syndrome from your cells becoming insulin resistant. Other people call it pre-diabetes. The cells become insulin resistant as an adaptation to prevent damage from insulin but this causes the pancreas to need to produce more insulin to get the same response at a given blood sugar level. Eventually the pancreas gets worn out and you have full diabetes. The maple syrup and to a lesser extent the lemon juice prevent the pancreas and cells from getting a break from insulin and they don't get the chance to rest along with the other organs like the spleen, gallbladder, intestines etc.

If you are not ready for a full water fast I would recommend trying the Fasting Mimicking Diet. Valter Longo, PhD. wrote a book about it and the many health benefits of fasting called The Longevity Diet. Great book.

Dr. Rhonda Patrick PhD. also has a great website called Found My Fitness and has done a lot of videos on fasting and its health benefits and some protocols.