I was specifically looking for information between 32 and 48 hours because I’m trying to decide which one I want to do regularly. However, this chart kind of skips that specific part. Does anyone have any charts that illustrate the area I’m curious about and/or know where this image came from? (sources weren’t cited where I got this from)
That chart is from a classic fasting book:
Fung, Dr. Jason, Moore, Jimmy, Victory Belt Publishing
It is from one of the early chapters, and I have copied it, cut it out, and hung it over a prominent place by my desk. Using the chart and the book I have lost about 25 lbs over the last six months with only 16 hr and 24 hr fasts, the former every day, the latter only once a week. (225lbs down to 200 now, my goal is about 180)
One of those options is 1.5 days and the other is 2 days, which means they’re roughly the same amount of time but will impact your day much differently. Honestly, I would just do whichever one fits my lifestyle and schedule the best.
This is likely an adapted chart from the seminal paper Fuel Metabolism in Starvation by George Cahill, specifically Figure 1 in that paper.
Find the fasting chart Dr. Mindy Peltz has crated at www.drmindypeltz.com it’s awesome and has the info you’re looking for.
Here’s a video she made to describe it: https://youtu.be/SF1fXovh9Js
