Just an update. I stopped my fast Wed. night (after about 3 days). A salad, two small veggie taco's and a glass of cabernet never tasted so good!
(Yes, I know you're supposed to gradually taper off a fast, and I blatantly ignored that.) Here's a few notes to wrap up the experience:
Jim, thank you for your skepticism. I was going to question the Falcon Blanco material, as the site also appears to advocate sun gazing, which is completely beyond me.
In regards to body fat, I have an ample supply, and lost little, if any, of it - but that wasn't the intention.
One thing I took from this is that my hunger, that I normally perceive as a dire need, is really not so urgent, and if I skip a meal, I'm not going to pass out and die.
I gained a heightened appreciation for food (absence makes the heart and stomach grow fonder).
In general, I believe that going to extremes in life is not a good idea. (though I would agree extreme avoidance of things like heroin or crack cocaine is a good idea.) Life is about balance. Our bodies either evolved or were deliberately created with the ability to digest food. Therefore I don't believe we were intended, by God or nature, to subsist on sunlight or water alone. However, thousands of years ago, humans didn't have the luxury of regular meals every day, in every season. It was feast or famine. So perhaps a balance of fasting, or light eating, in concert with increased levels of eating, is really best. I wonder if there is any hard scientific data on the effects of fasting on a healthy human compared to those in good health on a regular diet. The studies on worms are interesting, but come on, they're worms! They also subsist by eating dirt!
Most interestingly, it gave me a clean slate, from which to renew my diet. Like cleaning your garage works better when you empty it entirely and put back just the things you really want, rather than trying to pick out the things you don't want. I look at food with a more critical eye now, and I haven't had a bite of Halloween candy since.
