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does fasting help heal brand new injuries? (sprained middle finger)

today at gym i sprain my middle finger on left hand. now it feels tender, stiff and painful and abit awkward to move.

i read somewhere fasting is good for healing some stuff and bad for others. like if you have an infection, or physical wound/gash u need food and fasting wont help you.

so im wondering what about sprains in the joints? should i do like a 72 hour water fast (ive done muitiple 72+hour fasts in the past)

for reference ive eaten 2 meals already after gym sesh so theres nutrients in me, sprain was literally 6 hours ago

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My experience is that fasting helps the immune system. You don’t get sick as often. And when you do, you get well faster. Certain types of injuries heal better (sprained ankle healed fast as compared to similar injury few years earlier).

I attribute it to a combination of autophagy and gut biome improvements afforded by long term fasting lifestyle (I’ve eaten OMAD for over 3 years).

I can’t speak so much for starting the fasting after an injury or illness. I know seriously ill do sometimes try fasting in hopes of having the body heal itself. But not sure what a 72 hour fast would do after an injury. All I can say is try. Don’t think it would hurt. And might have a beneficial effect.

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I’m certainly not a doctor, but I think in the very short-term when an injury is new, fasting wouldn’t necessarily help. For me, fasting has helped to reduce inflammation everywhere, which I imagine would help a ton for lingering injuries. I would think that in the short-term, the inflammation around an injury is maybe necessary or at least helpful in the healing process?

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