With water fasting, introducing a small amount of food starts digestion, releases insulin, etc… and you are no longer in the fasted state. With (soft) dry fasting, does a large reduction in drinking water increase benefits, as your body will still have to turn to your cells to support hydration? Or is it like food, where either you’re in it or you’re out? I guess what I’m asking is if there’s any point in drinking say, half a liter of water per day vs. 2 liters? I assume that IF drinking any water compromises your ability to produce water internally, then it’s worse to drink a small amount, vs. adequate hydration?
I have a theory that is based on absolutely nothing at all and so is probably a big steaming pile of nonesense. But I think drinking water is probably a bit like eating in the sense that the most natural way to do it is to consume a reasonable amount in one go and then none for a long/fasting period. Like eating 6 meals a day is less healthy because you’re constantly spiking insulin whereas a big meal followed by a decent fasting period is much better as your insulin and digestion return to baseline and autophagy is given a chance to kick in. I feel the same probably applies to dry fasting where theoretically our ancestors probably travelled long distances to find a water source, drank from it to satiation, and then carried on their way rather than sipping throughout the day. So I think intermittent dryfasting in an OMAD style is probably the happy medium and much better for you than little bits of water throughout the day, which I personally suspect does throw off your bodies ability to create metabolic water. So I think if you’re going to have any measure of liquid, have it in one go rather than spacing it out and it’ll be easier that way. But as I said this is only my theory and is probably bullsh*t.
Edit: there are quite a few success stories on this sub of people who have successfully implemented intermittent dryfasting into their daily lives long term and lost decent weight and improved their health.