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First of all, thank U for adding me to your prayer list, I have prayed for you as well after hearing your journey I am taking high quality Magnesium Taurate, and the other a mixture of Taurate, Glycinate, and Malate, one cap of each before bedtime, all supposed to be the best for the heart from what I’ve read.. I am currently not taking potassium except in a water that is enhanced with minerals and electrolytes which I just started drinking instead of the Rambler carbonated mineral water I was drinking. Thanks for the warning on potassium, please which electrolyte supplement were U when it got so high, I want to avoid that one?? Lastly, I quit dairy yesterday for awhile except butter and some heavy cream, and seem to feel a difference already, time will tell, amen? Thanks again for responding and for your insight and input, U are a blessing at this time I’m in! When I heard U talking about your ill experience specifically with the Metoprolol, I was Amazed to say the least because I was going thru the EXACT same thing at that very time and still am!! I showed my wife Vanessa your experience and she also was amazed at how God put that in my face (via Kerry) at that very time! I dont Know if U can see it, but another fellow here said he is also going thru the same thing with the Metoprolol, Wow! Blessings Geoff, all input is welcome any time! Lord willing, I may be interviewed by Dave Mac someday too, when I have enough to report!

I have been watching Dr. Bikman videos as of late. One of the newest things I have learned is that it is more important on how you come out of the fast than it is to measure the length of the fast. Most lead off with I fasted XX amount of hours. But if you come out of the fast and eat like a horse (or two horses like I did) to sometimes overcompensate for not eating, it can not give the benefits one would think. During the fast the benefits are there but there can be some losses on the back end. I would think the 24 hour fast, or eating OMAD, consistently will keep one from overcompensating during your eating window as it becomes habit. Doing a 24 hour fast and then eating twice the next day may lean toward overcompensating. I would think if one did a 24 hour fast to get all the benefits the food intake to break the fast must be minimal on the day after. Simply not sure. I'm just shy of 11 months in and I can only speak to my experiences. I had my best over-all results from carnivore when it morphed into eating about once per day. I would occasionally snack on some bacon or a left over burger, but that snack could push me past 24 hours the next day. With that, 24-hour fasting on a somewhat regular basis would be just as beneficial, maybe even better because it probably more sustainable. Again, this is seeing thing thru my lens. Might not hit the mark. Scott

combined before and after. I was down around 213-214 a month or so ago when I started trying to hit the ideal protein target. My weight went up around 4-5 pounds. The 96-hour fast dropped 7 but then as I started eating again to hit that amount, I jumped up three or four pounds quickly. I guess there is a net loss in there somewhere, but I track daily and most days a couple three times per day. I approximate as I think I ate too much too soon coming out of the fast. One, I had some stool issues and two, my body was probably waiting to store whatever came down the pipe and I obliged by sending in a lot of food, maybe even more than I would have eaten if I hadn't fasted. Sort of overcompensation. I am sure that might even be a pound or two of the 8-9 I mentioned. Couple that with I refueled with moderate fat and high protein. Not a great combination. I think the 8-9lbs is what I ate, when I ate it and how the amounts affected the breaking of the fast. Just for numbers as I don't count calories, but if I eat 2000 calories a day and then fast for a day I am 2000 in deficit for those two days. But if I come out of the fast and eat 3000 and overcompensate for three days, I'm now in surplus. I think I still got all the benefits from the fast from autophagy, ketones, growth hormones and stem cells but I gained some weight on the back end. I feel like I couldn't see the forest with all the trees in the way. LOL Scott

Yep. It is pretty straight forward. I didn't really have an energy problem, but the fat content was low. When the protein is that much (and I am not sure what the number is for everyone) and the fat content is too low gluconeogenesis can happen. The "extra" protein is turned to sugar and some of that sugar will be used for energy (probably why I didn't see the energy drop with the lesser fat content) but parts of that sugar will be stored as fat. (most likely why I gained 8-9 pounds over the month or so I have been trying to hit the protein per pound target). Hitting the target is doable for some if you have the eating capacity to eat X amount of protein and then still ensure the fat content is a bit higher than that X amount of protein. I zoned in on hitting the protein target and struggled with eating that much food. I sacrificed some fat content trying to get there. Energy level was fine, got a tad bigger and some stronger but the down side was 8-9lbs re-gained. It is not the end of the world but re-gaining sucks. Scott