NutritionFacts.org recently completed their World's Largest Fasting Study

Buchinger-modified fasting program put to the test. Fasting was touted a century ago as “starvation as therapeutic measure”, leading some physicians to label fasting “an ideal measure for human hogs…” This prescient assessment shows how far fasting has come in medical literature since that infamous statement in 1919! With regards to weight loss specifically, fasting for hypertension was explored extensively with my nine video series; what about other purported benefits like those claimed for psoriasis, eczema type 2 diabetes LUPUS metabolic disorders Rheumatoid Arthritis or depression and anxiety? Why hasn’t more testing been conducted?

2019 saw the publication of one of the largest studies ever on fasting. Over one thousand participants underwent a modified fast, reducing daily intake to only 10 cups of water, one cup of fruit juice and vegetable soup per day with virtually no reported side effects. Water-only fasting data from a study with half as many participants reported nearly 6,000 adverse reactions; by contrast, modified fasting seemed to undercount negative side-effects by only counting symptoms reported three times or more frequently. Though adverse side effects like nausea, feeling faint, upset stomach, vomiting and palpitations were observed “only occasionally”, my video at 2:05 shows the water-only fasting study reported 100 to 200 cases each time (you can view my video for yourself below and at 2:05 in my video). So what are its benefits though?

At 2 hours and 24 minutes into my video below you can watch one participant report improvements to both physical and emotional well-being as well as an unexpected lack of hunger from participating in this modified fasting study. Furthermore, most who came in with preexisting health complaints reported feeling better overall with only 10% reporting worsened health symptoms; you can see this chart here (below) or watch my video at 2 minutes 24 seconds!

However, study participants did more than fast; they also participated in a lifestyle program, including adhering to a plant-based diet both before and after their modified fast. If only researchers had assigned some study participants without fasts a plant-based diet without fasts to tease out its effects – however this did occur; almost one thousand individuals fasted for one week on juice and vegetable soup regimen while others maintained normocaloric (normal-caloric) vegetarian diets (NDVED).
As can be seen below and at 2:54 in my video, both groups experienced substantial improvements in physical and mental quality of life – and, interestingly enough, no significant disparity existed between groups.

As far as major health complaints were concerned–rheumatoid arthritis; chronic pain syndromes like osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, and back pain; inflammation/irritable bowel disease/chronic pulmonary diseases/migraine/tension headaches–fasting was shown to offer some advantages; nonetheless both groups performed equally well, with approximately 80 percent reporting improvements while only 4 percent felt worse (see graph and video at 3:25 for details).

So this was no randomized study – individuals made their own choices about which treatment to undertake; so perhaps those selecting fasting were sicker? Furthermore, self-reports for quality of life and disease status improvement may have been affected by placebo effects; there was no do-nothing control group, response rates to follow up quality of life surveys were only 60-70% which may have biased the results; nonetheless extended benefits may exist, given they all improved their diets, as shown below and at 4:00 in my video.

“Ultimately, their diet consisted of more fruits and vegetables while less meats and sweets – this could be their secret! Fasting can provide motivation for lifestyle change. Most fasters experience clarity of mind as well as feelings of liberation from past actions or experiences which allows for an optimistic attitude about the future.”
As determined by a consensus panel of fasting experts, nutritional therapy (theory and practice) is an integral component of fasting. Following fasting therapy and the subsequent refeeding period, nutrition should adhere to recommendations/concepts from a whole-food plant-based diet…
If you missed our previous video on The Benefits of Fasting for Healing, take a look.

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