Just the words “dry fasting” and “wet fasting” are deceiving. It implies that the fasting period is the important part without mentioning the recovery. The real work and the real progress comes after we fast, when we recover. Perhaps we should call it “wet fasting recovery” and “dry fasting recovery”.
As George Bernard Shaw said, “Any fool can fast. The recovery from the fast is the difficult part.” Or something like that.
I thought that I was taking enough time recovering from my last 3 day dry fast. But instead I got peripheral neuropathy. Just one little toe reminded me with excruciating pain that I had hurried my recovery time and over ate the next day.
So, basically, there should be NO dry fasting without tacking on some wet fasting at the end of the dry fast, at least a day. Perhaps there should be as much wet fasting at the end of the dry fast as there was dry fasting. I am headed towards 4 days of dry fasting, so I should do 4 days of wet (or water) fasting at the end of my dry fast. What do you think?
After being hospitalised with a guy who had to surgically have dried up faeces removed due to dehydration, I never dry fast without at least having first shit at least 24 hours into a wet. And goes without saying that you need to hydrate your guts before stuffing them again.
Inuits used to fear running out of seal fat for their lamps more than running out of food. The lamps would be used to melt snow for drinking water and without that, they would usually perish from dried up fecal matter in their guts rather than hunger.