My 6 Day Water Fast in Mexico

This is the audio-only version of a video of the same name on the school of unlearning YouTube channel. To see the full experience, please view it there: https://youtu.be/WMKTpGKoWjQ?si=3w25QUZHus6CpXUp Please enjoy my candid reflections from my most recent water fasting experience. I felt great for the most part and learned some good lessons. What is fasting? Fasting is defined as abstaining from eating food. You already fast whether you know it or not - every time you sleep you are fasting. That’s why the first meal after you wake up is called break-fast. So the question is not “do you fast?” but rather “how long do you fast?” Fasting helps the digestive system (and other bodily systems) rest, recover, and cleanse after eating. The digestive system, which is about 30 feet long in most adult humans, is one of the biggest users of nerve energy in the body. Constantly filling your system with excess food taxes the body’s energy reserves and eventuates in disease. It is wise to let the body rest, recharge, and catch up on cleaning from time to time. A fasted digestive system not only tells your body to burn fat for energy, it increases the removal of dead cells and growth of new ones in a recycling process called Autophagy, reducing inflammation and providing renewed energy. A fasted system sends signals to the brain to be more alert, serving our ability to gather more if there is a food shortage in the wild. Fasting is not starvation, it is the conscious abstinence from food-based energy sources. Other physical and spiritual energies are always available; tap onto your bountiful reserves. Timestamps: 00:00 Fasting day 2 | 14:14 Fasting day 3 | 20:03 Fasting day 4 | 25:04 Fasting day 5 | 34:45 Fasting day 6 | 39:24 Refeeding day 1 | 43:36 Refeeding day 2 | 47:55 Refeeding day 3 |