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Headaches

Does fasting give you headaches? What do you do about it? I’ve been doing 20:4, but at about hour 18 I start getting a headache.

Answer

Yes!! Been on IF since 2 weeks and get massive headaches around noon. After going through this subreddit, the most popular advice was water + salt. Did that and I can confirm it works. I typically have warm water + salt + lemon.

The headache is usually due to sodium deficiency and hence salt.