I know Dr. Dunning talks often about why he spaces out fasts over a year dude to the risk of “Stem Cell Senescence” i.e. overusing the reservoir of stem cells for healing too much, but never really expands too much on it. But Dr. Filinov speaks towards just spacing out double the length of your fast to start another as how long you should wait without any context to Stem Cell Senescence. So which would be the proper approach for longevity?
I completed my first dry fast and feel 7 years younger, and am tempted to do another, but it would only be 3 weeks removed from my last phoenix protocol (7 day dry fast) to really rejuvenate and get back to my peak while I’m still in a relatively youthful body (29). Which approach best to be safe in the longevity game for getting persistent stem cell infusions?
I don’t know that August has done any actual research on DF himself - it sounds like he is getting all of his info purely from reading the work of the Russians, and of course from his own experience. So in that sense, I’d be inclined to lean more toward Filonov and trust his sentiments … but on the other hand, I don’t know the extent to which Filonov has conducted this research, either. Based on what I have seen online as well as read in the “Starving to Heal in Siberia,” book, he seems at this point in time to be more of a retreat leader than a researcher or clinician. Was he ever actually looking at stem cells under a microscope? Observing mitochondria? Actually witnessing the lysosomes in action on specific days of an extended dry fast? I have no idea - I hope so, but I don’t really know 🤷♂️. Not entirely sure who to trust in these matters.