Has anyone done a 10 day water fast?

[Roaring30s]

Not a thread created for the tearing down of the practice.

Just wondering if anyone has actually done one?

Sounds very dangerous, why would you do that?

dontwastethecrumbs.com/2013/02/10-day-water-fast/

Personally I would die as I hate water and never drink it in its own.

Maybe an insensitive time to be suggesting this?

this would make you ill, I wouldn't recommend it, if it were in hospital the staff would be acccused of neglect and starvation.

It’s very extreme.

Could you not do one day a week and see how that goes?

What an actual load of bolleaux. The above link appears to suggest not eating food cures cancer. Disordered eating at its finest...

Tan insensitive why

Fireman that was the article that made me consider it.

Funny how I specified I didn't start this thread to be told not ot but to find people that had and that was completely ignored.

I'll just wait for the cries of 'it's a public forum! We can type what we want!'

I think tan is referring to Ramadan, which I think started today.

I am curious as to why?

Might be worth exploring www.mumsnet.com/Talk/fasting_diet

Roaring, you don’t get to set the rules of the forum, or indeed the internet. People get to tell you something is a deeply dumb idea, even if you don’t like it.

I didn't know it was ramadan and why would it be insensitive to ask about fasting whilst people are fasting

Paper gets 1st place.

Oh I didn't realise there was a specific section.

Thank you :)

Aron Ralston? He lost some weight too.

As much as I want to lose weight I draw the line at having an arm off ;)

Nuts.

I was nil by mouth for 24 hours in hospital recently due to delayed surgery and I ended up on a glucose drip because my blood sugar and blood pressure had dropped dangerously low.

Speak to your doctor before you start this.

+1 to PaperHead

Ramadan is a personal choice and absolutely has no bearing on the op’s post.

I still don’t think that water fasting for ten days is a good idea though, but to bring Ramadan into it is

I believe there are benefits to fasting for one or two days but any longer I personally don’t think is a good idea.

I think if you are a celebrity or person who can be a person of leisure then you could sustain it but the average person could be at risk of fainting etc whilst going about their normal business.

I may be wrong, tan may be referring to something else entirely. Regardless, apologies for any offence caused. I certainly wasn't suggesting that this should have any bearing on OP's research.