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Intermittent fasting can be easy to maintain, especially if it’s more of a habit than a strict restriction.
My fasting was always 2 or 3 days. I think once I went to 4 days.
I absolutely dreaded it. I know some people love it, and get a fasting "high", and lots of mental clarity. Not me, I just watched cooking videos.
There were definitely some interesting things that happened, though. For instance - eyes become completely white, no red veins anywhere. Inflammation going down, or maybe autophagy?
Same. I always dreaded a multiday fast.
Just waiting until later in the day to eat one big beautiful meal is totally different.
Count me in as one of those people who've transformed via carnivore. I've written it up in stacker news quite a bit. Here's some of those posts.
2025-07: My friend is eating an almost vegetarian diet. I think it's killing him.
2025-05: Carnivore Classic by Dr. Anthony Chaffee - Plants are trying to kill you
2025-04: Carnivore hack: how to buy meat without spending a fortune
2025-04: It seems like all carnivores converge on this one favorite food
2025-04: Rendering beef tallow, from beef fat trimmings - yum
2025-04: The most common question I get asked as a Carnivore has been answered
2025-03: I was unknowingly almost vegetarian, before going carnivore
2025-02: Is sugar the new smoking?
2025-02: I would continue with Carnivore even if I got only this ONE benefit
2025-02: Weird, oddball health improvements I've experienced on the Carnivore diet
2024-10: There's currently a propaganda campaign against low-carb diets
2024-07: Carnivore quotes in classical literature
2024-04: Carnivore diet - looks like it fixed this nighttime disorder for me
2024-04: Carnivore diet - believe it or not, it healed this oddball disorder for me
2024-04: Can a keto/carnivore diet heal issues like depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar?
2024-04: Eating Carnivore on a short trip - tips and tricks
2024-01: Latest steps in my carnivore path
2024-01: Carnivore achievements unlocked
2024-01: Taking a temporary break from mostly-carnivore diet during holidays
2023-12: Sugar and Alzheimers
2023-12: Kinda-carnivore diet is leading to WAY more energy
2024-12: Question for carnivores/carnivore-curious folks
2023-12: I'm transitioning ... to a more MEAT centric diet
2023-11: This book is blowing my mind - The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholtz
Back when I fasted (I'm doing carnivore now, I like it lots more) I would sit down with the family during meals. It didn't really bother me, and it's a lot more social.
I used to spend a lot of time thinking about fasting, planning and scheduling a fast. And I always dreaded it. Fasting has obvious benefits, but it's not sustainable, obviously, and not a life-long habit. Carnivore is much, much easier than regular fasting for me, and the benefits are enormous.