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Should I break my 20 hr fast that's been going for 5 hours?

Just kind of worried I might be over doing it and wondering if it is fine to break the fast with how many I have done in the last week-ish.

I had a 14 hr fast last Friday, 20 hr fast on Tuesday, 16 hour fast on Wednesday, 21 hours fast yesterday and completed a 13 hour fast today. I am currently 5 hours in on a 20 hour fast and am worried if I am over doing it and should take a break for a couple days.

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Answer

I can understand where your emotion is coming from. An absolute lifetime of teachings which suggest to not eat is to kill yourself. As long as you are keeping supplementation of electrolytes going and you have no major pre-existing health issues I could not think of a reason you should stop. I would venture as far as to say you could probably push for a 36 hour now.

There are people here doing 4, 7, 20, 45, and 50+ day fasts.

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