Extended Fasting: What Does it Actually Involve? Why is Medical Supervision Important?

Important note
Social media is abound with stories of long haulers who have crashed hard when attempting to fast. Don’t be one of them: consult your doctor first if you want to try it. Or do it under medical supervision at an expert clinic (like I did).
lecture over

In this second video of four, I discuss my experience of doing two extended fasts, three months apart. What actually happens when you go to fast somewhere? What are the logistics and practical considerations? Why is medical supervision and oversight important? And of course, how much weight do you actually lose?

In the next video I’ll discuss the difference it’s made to my symptoms, and in the final part what the lessons might be for others suffering with Long Covid and/or ME/CFS.

*Important note 2*:
I have no conflicts of interest in talking about this subject. See video @1'35"

I went to Menschels Vitalresort. Link posted here upon repeated request!
https://www.menschel.com/en

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Introduction
0:34 The Risks
1:44 Why I Tried It
2:33 Buchinger Fasting
3:38 The 15 Day Fast
4:49 Medications & Supplements
6:08 Other Treatments
6:28 Medical Supervision
6:48 The Experience
9:31 Breaking the Fast
10:00 Weight Loss
10:33 Conclusion

LINKS:
Film 1: The Rationale and the Science for Fasting in Long Covid:
   • Extended Fasting: An Effective Interventio...  

Improvements during long-term fasting in patients with long COVID – a case series and literature review. Grundler et al:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/...

FastCoV: Study on the potential benefits of fasting for long Covid treatment:
https://www.uni.lu/lcsb-en/research-p...

Exploring autophagy in treating SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-related pathology, Halma, Marik and Saleeby:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

VIDEOS:
How Intermittent Fasting Might Help Dysautonomia and MCAS:
   • The Complex Interaction Between MCAS & Dys...  

The Latest Research on Mitochondrial Dysfunction, with Prof Klaus Wirth:
   • The Latest Research on Mitochondrial Dysfu...  

There's absolutely tonnes of research on fasting and chronic inflammatory conditions - just google anything you like, with 'scholarly article' on the end of the search and you'll find swamps of the stuff.