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baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 1 week agoI’ve fasted before. Just three days so I can eat normally on the 4th and not having worry about refeeding syndrome. I’m pretty sure hes talking about your daily electrolyte requirements
Sodium: 1500 mg for adult men and womenPotassium: 3400 mg for adult men and 2600 mg for adult womenChloride: 2300 mg for adult men and womenMagnesium: 420 mg for adult men and 320 mg for adult womenCalcium: 1000 mg for adult men and 1200 mg for adult women
I bought nu salt(potassium chloride) and added that to regular salt to my jug of water(2L) and a Cal+Mag pill. I didn’t do long fasts so it didn’t really matter for me, but they are crucial for any extended fast.
BurgerBaron@piefed.social 1 week ago
Nice yeah, you have the latest list.
With my 2-3 week long fasts I did have to worry about this. Basically @dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com you have to be careful not to eat too much right away. Eespecially not refined sugar/carbs, best to stick to tiny Keto diet meals at first because that’s what your body is doing during a fast anyways. You’ll be deep into Ketosis burning body fat for energy while fasted. You actually lose most of the weight by breathing it out in reality. For the first few meals you have to eat like a bird. Why is pretty straight forward to look up yourself / research.
Basically it’s to do with a huge insulin spike if you don’t heed this warning. Cells will all rapidly absorb electrolytes leading to dangerously low blood levels. Phosphorus is critical for ATP, you can get organ failure. Refeeding triggers water retention too and if it’s too rapid it can cause heart failure, arrhythmias, or sudden death. Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) or thiamine (B1) deficiency as well.
This is also why if you eat for a few days Keto diet before starting a fast, the first few days won’t be nearly as hard to get through. Getting into a ketosis (not burning glucose) state before fasting helps a great deal.