I feel ya on the stevia. It kinda has a weird aftertaste depending on how well it’s blended. Lucky for me, I don’t have much of a sweet tooth aside from chocolate, which I can find sugar free must of the time.

I used to be all about Agave when it first became popular for cooking and baking, but I’ve read some unfortunate articles on it the last few years. Most brands are actually basically corn syrup, so you have to be careful when buying. And pure agave is fairly pricey.

As far as natural sweeteners that aren’t supposed to be as unhealthy, you could try monk fruit, date, allulose. Or sugar alcohols like xylitol or erythritol. I would still avoid these when fasting if you can.

The fasts I’ve done that really made me feel amazing after I was done were when I worked up to 5 to 7 days, which I only do every 6 months or so. First two days, I completely dry fast, as that is good for getting you to autophagy quick, and also helps clear out any internal parasites you might be harboring. Then I electrolyte/vitamin with only water the rest of the week.

When I first started, I would dirty fast, with only water, green or black tea, or straight black coffee. It took me a few tries to get past the third day, which is okay. It’s best to work up to it! I’ve been an evening only eater most of my adult life as well, so it was fairly easy for me to step up to a couple days.

Just start out with calorie restriction. Like I said, start at intermentent. Eat in a 8 hour period, and fast for 16. Work up to 20/4, OMAD, then step up to a 48. You can do it!

It’s just really good for your body to not constantly have to be breaking down food, so it can get a break, and clean up your body, and dead cells and whatnot.

And if you do indulge in sweets, it’s okay. I have periods where I have cheat weeks. But I am pretty much always at a 20 fast/4 eating a day 5 or 7 days a week, with a 48 hr thrown in when I’m feeling like it. And like I said, an extended fast twice a year. Work into it, and you’ll do fine

I avoid all artificial sweeteners aside from a few plant based ones like stevia.

Technically, no sugar very low/no carbs don’t break fast.

But drinks like g zero have ingredients like starches and artificial sweeteners, which if you research the keto diet, your body basically processes just like sugar. Both are bad for insulin levels, could stop ketosis, and may be bad for autophagy.

Which is why processed foods with starches are very unhealthy even when they brag about being sugar free.

Do you, but I personally avoid always, not just when I fast as I try to stay in ketosis even when not fasting

Any calories or sugar ends the fast and any autophagy benefits, so drinks like gatoraide aren’t good.

I get a powder blend from health food stores that I mix in water or green tea that’s sugar/calorie free. There are lots to chose from, but most have sugar. Stevia sweetened are okay, but may stimulate your appetite.

Cravings wear off fast. Especially if you are not dry fasting. It’s actually easiest after the second day or so if you are getting you electrolytes

What the psyop fuck is this?!

Yes, came to say fasting. Start with intermittent. Work up to OMAD (one meal a day). Then push it further out to 48 hr. plus depending on your weight, with just water, vitamins, electrolytes.

Autophagy is an amazing benefit of it to look into as well. Kicks in hard around 48 hrs, depending on how much sugar and carbs you have to burn off. Which is also why a ketogenic diet is good when you aren’t fasting.

Green tea, coffee, tumeric are good at stimulating autophagy too, if you want to dirty fast

Only a moron would do that…

I always see this dude in Burbank rolling around in his power chair with a Trump and American flag sticking off the back. My first thought when I saw this post

Indeed. I’m mocking the signal chat debacle

👊🇺🇸🔥

Send them all to Leavenworth

I use Mullvad, and I have learned a bunch of server locations to use that haven’t been blocked yet

I’m into Taoism, so I think of Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu and Chinese philosophy. I love their sense of humor, and humility. I often daydream of a different life, being raised a monk in the Himalayas. A place I like to imagine when mediating

Timeshift was a gamechanger

Sure. Now scurry off and deep throat a boot

Truth.

Though, America got by for a long time with that being Russia, and Nazis…

What happened to that

Also this. As NOFX says, Americas for sale, and you can get a good deal on it, and make a healthy profit. Fucking Pelosi and her kind gotta go

Many Americans don’t like either party at this point. Thus the low voter turnout and apathy. Many vote Democrat as the lesser of two evils. Though, the goalpost keep getting pushed to the right, to the point that Democratic party is well right of center. I understand the apathy at this point. But I wish that people understood that if we want things to come back to the left, then we’re going to have to vote overwhelmingly Democratic for a while. And not just every four years. Everybody whines the Democrats don’t get anything done when they’re elected. But they generally only have two years of majority in the house, Senate, because they can’t be bothered to vote every two years…

I’d definitely fly zero crew aside from the pilot, if it was cheaper.

Funny, askreddit, and gaming are the most popular. I’d assume gaming would generate the most