While the conclusion seems reasonable (ie, some people have adverse affects to not eating) it's by no means a condemnation of fasting.
Fasting is the universal method of allowing the body to heal itself, animals fast to heal naturally. (ie, no medicine actually heals only compliments/supports healing, the body does all the real work)
This sounds like folkloric nonsense.
How often do home remedies "work" because of placebo and/or simply time?
Wive's tales and home remedies still circulate because they often work. Of course, you're not going to read that on Hacker News because it's biased by people wearing modern American blinders that don't have the humility, courage, awareness or something else, to just try for themselves. I was that way until I tried psychedelics, meditation, pranayama breathing, lucid dreaming and many other alternative modalities just two years ago.
All love--good luck on your journey!
No, it's about having some degree of scientific rigor, as opposed to blind anecdote.
Thanks for the conversation, best to you.
A positive impact from entering a massive caloric deficit when the body is actively burning calories is counter-intuitive.
Not GP. I don't remember where I read it about wild animals, but my dog would have the occasional "low energy, don't want to play" day, followed by a couple of days of not eating, and then being super-energetic when he went back to eating.
On one of these occasions, I took him to the vet, who said he had a fever, likely of viral cause, and that him losing appetite was perfectly natural and likely helping him heal.
When I'm sick I lose my appetite (and don't eat, sometimes for a few days).
Don't you lose your appetite when you are sick?
lack of will to eat --> not eating until will returns --> feeling better
is supposed to be analogous to
lack of ability to poop --> trying not to poop --> ?
somehow?