There’s lots of reasons I fast that go into play here. I like doing periodic fasts and it’s been a while since I did a multi day fast. Almost a year at this point. I have been struggling with my dieting and had hit a rock with weight loss. There’s a number of health benefits to doing it which goes into why I like to do it periodically. It also just makes me feel good knowing I can just decide to and then not eat for several days. It’s empowering. It’s the #1 thing you can do o to prevent diabetes. Its a hard reset on any insulin resistance you may have built up. As long as you aren’t already diabetic but even then it has been show to reverse diabetes in quite a few cases. Although, in the instance of being diabetic you should be medically supervised if attempting a fast.

It’s also a good thing to experience. We live in a society that is obsessed with consumption. Almost every older culture on earth has fasting as a part of it’s history.many still do. It’s only in the past hundred or so years that people have stopped, and I think that’s really sad. The average person freaks out if they don’t eat for even half a day. Lots of people talk about societal collapse and how to prepare for it. Hell, lots of people are hoping for it, but how many of them have ever gone more than ever 16 or 20 hours without food? If shit ever gets bad and they have no choice to go without food for days how many of them know the signs and symptoms of electrolyte deficiencies and ways to combat it? This is where people will start freaking out and get themselves or others killed. Experiencing fasting, knowing how to control your hunger and yourself will be a huge benefit in any food scarcity situation.

It really puts things in perspective of how ridiculous people sound when you hear stuff like “I haven’t had lunch yet I’m starving” etc etc. Even back when I did omad and working in an office listening to how dramatic and crazy people get when they don’t have their morning breakfast and then lunch 3 or 4 hours later. It really is surreal.