In the last month I’ve done one 5 days dry fast and a couple 48-72h dry fasts. I am doing it for weightloss mostly, and i have noticed that my craving for sweets has been close to zero or none at all…Does this happen to anybody else? And why?
I feel like when you’re dry fasting, your body prioritises what it needs and so it only really craves water, to the point that it just kills all other cravings. Like why would it want to have a jam doughnut or chocolate milkshake when it really wants, really needs water before anything else.
In a way I think that’s why it can be easier for some to do over a water fast, because you’re only dealing with that one craving, and it is the one craving you haven’t got a toxic relationship with.
I can’t speak to “cravings,” but I can definitely say that a palate shift is real.
I’ve done several shorter dry fasts, tons of water fasts up to 30 days, as well as plenty of keto+paleo cycles that all induce a palate shift.
When you’re putting things in your body that you shouldn’t (sodas, booze, sugary food, carb heavy food), you develop a taste for it. After ~7 days for me I get a real palate shift, and those taste DISGUSTING.
My favorite scotch, wine or beer? Forget about it. Waste of a good pour. Tastes like industrial cleaner.
Diet Coke which I fiend over? Tastes like pure chemical.