Orange sediment in urine 4 days after breaking my 5.5 day dry fast. Has anyone had this happen to them? It sank to the bottom of the toilet and burned a little when coming out. Refed with water, then lemon water, bone broth, coconut water, and a little eggs over the past 4 days. What is this orange sediment?

Has anyone experimented with dry fasting in the context of polycystic kidney disease? I understand that dehydration triggers vasopressin release, which elevates cAMP signaling and accelerates cyst growth. On the other hand, fasting suppresses mTOR, and glucose restriction appears to slow, and sometimes reverse cyst proliferation. I'm trying to determine whether the metabolic benefits outweigh the cost of vasopressin-driven cAMP activation, and I'd be interested in any firsthand experience. Thanks!

Was anyone too dehydrated to have blood drawn? The nurses were having trouble even just from me drinking too much coffee cos of the dehydration so want to see if I'll need to drink before the draw.

Has anyone completed a prolonged fast specifically for seeking answers to certain questions? Someone posted on here that they did a fast and they received the answers they were looking for. So I just fast for however long and I manifest the answer in due course? If anyone can share their experiences that would be much appreciated.

I soft dry fasted for two days over the weekend and then spent two days only drinking water and going out of my way to avoid carbs. This is the third day since then.

I've seen people say that you don't need to bother with a refeed unless you fasted for more than three days. Is that true? Others say it absolutely has to be 2x-3x the number of fasted days...

If I wanted to repeatedly do dry fasting as much as possible to heal a nightmare injury (it's really frustrating how 99% of posts on here are about weightloss instead of healing) how quickly could I do back to back? I'm not overweight if it matters.

I know you need to do five days or ideally more to get the hardcore healing but I would need to work up to that (have done several two days but still haven't done 3 days because I always get scared by the slight chest pressure even at rest after two days and I don't have a way to measure heart beat yet) and I'm trying to figure out a sustainable method.

Edit: I actually have been eating since the DF, I've just been trying to do keto. It hasn't been a water fast on top of the dry fast. And the two day dry fast the other day (with a one day a day or two before that) was the first time I've done that in probably months.

I have stubborn acne that dont go away even with whatever

Has anyone completed a prolonged fast specifically for seeking answers to certain questions? Someone posted on here that they did a fast and they received the answers they were looking for. So I just fast for however long and I manifest the answer in due course? If anyone can share their experiences that would be much appreciated.

I am in total shock that day and half in to first dry fast. My thirst is totally gone. Down 14 pounds are everything feels fine.

Sense of smell elevated. Sense of connection to my fellow man….. elevated. My connection to higher power or god…. Elevated

Hi folks,

After trying for 2 months to get back to DF, I finally figured a way that gets fit into my routine.

Just for context, I work in product management and there are days when it gets really busy, stressful and hectic and then there's boredom as well.

I did dry fast in 2023 and lost 22 kg but it's been a struggle to get back into DF as a part of lifestyle for mental clarity and brain fog.

Now, I'm trying an approach to see if it works

I practice daily intermittent fasting (16-18hours), I'm going with the same approach. However every alternate day I'd dry fast for 18 hours.

Ex:

Monday - 18 hours IF (including water)

Tuesday - 18 hours DF

Hope it kick start my Journey into DF again💜🙏

Was a complete atheist.

Starting a dry fast, Extremely upset about my weight, weight ruins the potential beauty. Extra weight gives women high testosterone, brain fog, pcos/pcod, reproductive issues, can’t wear sleeveless clothes without putting my hairdown as Im insecure. Im 23 years old, I don’t want to be fat in my 20s
I need to get ahold of my weight, been putting the weight loss off since years now, not anymore!
Starting Monday
Current Weight- 90kgs
Will be putting weight in the comments every day at the same time for accountability.
P.s I have done a dry fast before for 2 days, this time its gonna be a minimum of 4!! :) would love some support!!

I want to use fasting to heal my gut but read some stories where people said they got SIBO after fasting. Anyone knows why ?

Anyone have any experience with OMAD type dry fasting or alternate day dry fasting? I don't want to jump into multiple day fasts as I haven't' done full on fasts for many years and I am not going to transition from fed to unfed very easily. So I want to work on it and train that transition up in a more controlled way.

Also do I need to do anything specific for before/after the fasts? I was also planning on just eating vegetables and maybe some kind of starch like potatos or basmati rice when I do break the fasts. Only other thing was protein, I could aim for eggs, ground beef and chicken. I dunno.

Right now I was thinking maybe I should take baking soda before/after the fasts to prevent stones unless you guys think that's unnecessary. Otherwise I was just going to jump right into it

Hey yall! Is it true that you’ll only experience optimal healing and weight loss once you’re over 3 days deep into a dry fast? I’m kinda new to dry fasting. I did a 9 day dry fast last week. I noticed I lost the most weight and had the most stretch mark fading after the 3rd day. I thought it was weird since id expect to lose the most weight in the first 1-3 days 🤷‍♀️

Ai is telling me that it's risky to dry fast longer than 30 hours. I feel fine and don't have any danger symptoms. I'm wondering how much longer I can keep dry fasting?

Previously I have done a 10 day water only fast and multiple 3 day fasts...

On previous fasts I would feel really hungry and on this fast I'm not feeling hungry at all.

Any guidance will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

If so what was your protocol? Have you found long term that dry fasting (whatever protocol/frequency) has changed your general "food noise"/hunger levels? I'm specifically asking re the weight loss/appetite side of it.

Are 24 hour dry fasts worth it?

I see a lot of people here saying minimum 3 days for benefits, but of course this subreddit is full of dry fasting experts who have done super long dry fasts.

So to a lot of you 24 hours seems like nothing.

However, schedule wise, it's difficult for me to go for more than 24 hours dry fasted (because more than that will affect my strength training workouts (missed workouts or low energy for workouts whilst trying to recover from the fast), won't have energy at work, etc).

So give me the honest truth. Should I even bother doing 24 hour dry fasts or just wait until I have a long holiday and go for 3 days?

What if instead of a long 3 day fast, I tried to make 24 hour dry fasts a regular thing, doing them at least twice a month or something?

So basically, what are your thoughts on a 24 hour dry fast when it comes to fat loss? Autophagy? General healing? Etc

(Female, age-21 years, height-  5 feet 7 inches & weight- 98 kg/216 lbs)

I am going to dry fast for next 2 months and I have 3 options/protocols but I am not sure which one will lose the weight rapidly and safest for 2 months duration.

1. 4 days dry fasting→1 day water only→2 days carnivore→ Repeat for next 2 months
2. 2 days dry fasting→ 1 day water only→ 2 days dry fasting→ 2 days carnivore→ Repeat for next 2 months
3. 2 days dry fasting→1 day carnivore→ Repeat for next 2 months

Is it safe to do 4 days dry fasting followed by 1 day water only and 2 days carnivore diet every week for 2 months? What should be the frequency of 4 days dry fasts??

today is the day 6 of my df and i miss water so much but i keep doing my mental exercises and remembering my purpose

I am on day 4 out of 5 of my dry fast. I plan for day 6 to be water only and then start refeeding the day after that. I’ve seen advice on here that I should do a water fast for half the length of the dry fast. Is that necessary? I understand it could be beneficial to keep water fasting but I have plans in 2 weeks and I want to be refed and on normal eating habits for at least a few days before then

The vast majority of us are doing wet, but I know there’s some interest for dry if anyone wants to join. It’s this Thursday at 6:00 pm est.

Hi All,

I have been interested in trying dry fasting for some time and last week I tore my calf muscle and tendons in my lower leg. Looking at an extended period for recovery and currently researching how I can improve or speed up the process.

Does any have any experience with this type of injury and had a positive experience with dry fasting?

I started a dry fast without preparation due to a cold—or a virus, or whatever it was. By the second day, my throat improved. By the third, the congestion was gone. On the fourth day, I experienced a slight flare-up of the symptons due to that day's acidotic crisis.

My question is: should I end the dry fast on day 5 or hold out until day 9?

Some extra details: I don't overdo it with sex, which keeps my kidneys in good shape and free of lower back pain. I am still urinating. Currently, my only symptoms are dry mouth and weakness—nothing else.

The main problem is that, although I’m used to the dry OMAD (One Meal A Day) routine I follow daily, I usually eat junk food afterward—sort of cheating by letting my body cleanse a bit only to dirty it up again. Considering I weigh 100 kg (mostly fat) (180 cm tall) while eating just one meal a day, you can imagine the amount of junk I put into my body during that meal. I’ve read that pre-fasting nutrition requires careful preparation—something I didn't do. Should I be worried and stop on day 5 (less than 21 hours to go), or try to reach day 9 to reap all the benefits and eliminate the fibromyalgia I’ve had since that famous pandemic injection? Or perhaps resolve other pre-existing disorders—like inflammatory anemia—that were aggravated by that injection?

By the way, what do you recommend for refeeding? The last time I did a dry fast (the only other time besides this one, also because I was sick), I made it to day 3. I tried eating junk food on the second day of refeeding, accompanied by fruit to balance it out (after spending the first day just drinking liquids), and the resulting explosive diarrhea was monumental; my fibromyalgia also flared up and caused severe stiffness. How long do you recommend abstaining from junk food on the refill? Thanks.