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Diarrhea after a 72 hour water fast

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It happens, especially if you’re newer to fasting. Depends on what you ate, as others have said. And how far you were from a toilet. The body knows when you’re nowhere near a toilet. The farther away you are, the more likely you are to have diarrhea. 😃🚽💩

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What did you eat?

Reintroduction of food after extended fasts vary from person to person.

After 48 hours, I can eat anything and be fine.After 72 hours, if I eat just anything, I’ll get diarrhea. This is likely because your digestive system needs a soft start.

So after a 72 hour fast, my reintroduction of food is well thought out. It’s all stuff easy on the digestive system. A vegetable juice blend followed by waiting a couple hours. Then a couple spoons of fermented sauerkraut. Then after another hour or two, I’ll begin to add food like 1 egg, white rice, etc…

All in all, I take about 12 hours AFTER my 72 hour fast to get back to eating normally. It’ll definitely be different for you. Just gotta experiment and see what works.

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