I've done two before, they say fasting for more than 48 hours causes autophagy, which is the body eating old cells and then growing new ones.
Given that I haven't fully recovered my sense of smell, and I feel like coronavirus has aged me, I am wondering if autophagy might be what's needed to kill off all lingering problems of covid-19 and regenerate.
This again ?
Don't fast when you're sick especially with this aggressive virus. Your body needs nutrients in order to maintain a healthy immune system while it's fighting the virus.
This virus can lasts weeks if not months.
Talk to your doctor to see what else you can do to speed your recovery.
I get that but I’m basically better. I feel like autophagy will flush out all these damaged cells and regrow new ones. The blood tests showed that my body isn’t fighting any virus so maybe my lingering problems can be fixed with autophagy. Fasting is the only way to do this.
shareAsk your doctor how long for full recovery and why did you relapse?
sharemore pseudoscience and the previous fasts didn't prevent you from getting covid.
shareUnfortunately, my cynicism has taken over by now.
shareYes, I got covid after doing a bunch of 6am shifts which threw me out. When I’m sleep deprived I get the cold.
My immune system has struggled with how to deal with it. But it kicked in where it mattered, not allowing it to take hold in my respiratory system. I only got shortness of breath and never got the cough.
It's good that your immune system worked as it should. Fasting will not strengthen it in any way.
shareI think that is too much
Take it easy, rest up, drink some green tea and eat a small meal every day
Even Muslims during Ramadan only go from sunrise to sunset, so...
shareYep, and most of them are actually not suicidal as it turns out
shareThat's MORE dangerous because they don't drink water. I know someone's father who was muslim and wearing leather as he rode his motorcycle and he overheated and died. Had he not been fasting that wouldn't have happened.
shareI've cancelled the fast after 23 hours. I got weird pains in my bones again (one of my covid symptoms) and thought "maybe starving myself isn't good just yet."
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