Ended my water fast at day 4 of 10. ✅

What happened?

I went into full ketosis early, two days ago. Fasters tongue emerged, hunger stopped, I felt serene, low blood pressure. Eyes no longer itched and body rash from autoimmune stopped.

I was able to achieve 2 days of autophagy and in those two days was able to effectively give myself natural stem cell therapy. That was the goal.

Why end the fast early?

I planned on 7 full day of stem cell therapy to help heal my gut before starting #carnivore. Every day in the evening I measure whether I have enough fuel and if I have pure hunger or not.

Last night I got a deep chill, laid in front of the fire with a heavy sweatshirt and a alpaca beanie. With an emanating chill, I grabbed on my lower back, where my body likes to hold the last of it's fuel reserves, and realized I had less than 1/2 a handful there (est 9% total body fat).

Then I did a test for true hunger. I imagined a food that I hated: in this case grapefruit juice, velvety mango, and canned spinach. Every day prior, I thought of them and it was not desirable. In this moment, I did the same thing and a deep desire resonated from my belly. Low body fat + true hunger = fast is over.

How did I refeed?

I simmered a pound of bison ground in remineralized and salted water and then sipped the stock (3 big cups) with manuka honey. That with a bit of animal fructose turn my system back on. Then I slowly consumed the ground bison with added beef tallow. Afterwords I had a handful blackberries.

At this point I needed to take my hoodie and heavy socks off. Blood pressure was back. I felt energy. I was out of full ketosis. Be careful not to overdo it on refeeding; take it slow.

Why did I fast with low body fat?

This is the first time I've gone for a prolonged fast when I could already see my abs and had been eating cleanly leading up to it; the purpose was healing my gut, not correcting for metabolic syndrome.

I was an avid coffee drinker and for some reason started getting a full body rash that only intensified to the point that I couldn't sleep. I cut periodic alcohol, coffee, then caffeine, then chocolate, then diary. I had already previously eliminated seed oils, glyphosate, processed foods, legumes. My story is pretty similar to Dr. Paul Saladino (The Carnivore Code): healthy diet with a hard to account for autoimmune disorder.

I chose to believe that the remaining vegetables (hot pepper, spinach, broccolini, olive oil, tomato) and perhaps even dairy and eggs and overuse of probiotics (kombucha) and potentially even herbal tea were the triggers. The underlying root cause must be compromised gut health (permeability).

The regime I chose to address this was giving my gut a break with a fast and then using the carnivore diet as an elimination protocol to rid myself of triggers and resolve the autoimmune disorder.

I'll be using Dr. Judy's carnivore regime with added honey and berries (which I know I cantolerated), and then slowly adding back foods like eggs, raw diary (milk, kefir, cheese, butter) and eventually even potatoes, rice, and few Japanese staples (fermented soy beans in the form of miso, natto, and soy sauce).

Thanks for joining me on this fast. I hope you've gained some insights that could help you and your loved ones.