An assertion has been made by ALB that dehyrdation rather than toxicity removal is the correct interpretation of fasting symptoms.

AlB: Are you able to point to any sources supporting this view? (The links for de-hydration that you have provided so far I have not felt that confident with. Perhaps you could help me there?)

To illustrate: there is a well known test for de-hydration: Pinch the forearm skin and see how quickly it returns. That response time after a pinch should not change during a fast.

Are the protagonists of the toxemia removal view able to back up the view that toxemia removal is a part of the fasting response?

In anecdotal support of the second view;

I initially fasted to reduce arterial plaque and blood pressure. The arterial plaque was greatly reduced and the BP normalised on subsequent medical examinations. I also had a number of minor issues: skin, teeth, knee and bowel all of which have gone - either during or after fasting. I should add that my initial fasts were not crises ridden.

Possibly related: after a number of fasts: I have very few (usually none) "entering a fast issues" or difficult episodes during a fast. Have I significantly reduced my toxemia levels? This is perhaps a more relevant question bearing in mind that these days I prefer to dry fast. I usually have no "de-hyrdation" issues - of course subject to favorable weather and little physical exercise.

ALB: if I can dry fast for seven days without crises wouldn't that tend to point to toxemia rather than de-hydration being the underlying issue? In effect reduced water and yet no de-hydration as I experience it.

It is worth making the point that a detailed read of the fasting literature points to specific issues often experienced during a fast at certain times. These are not related to any explanation of de-hydration I have read.
For example: kidney pain. If de-hydraion is the underlying explanation for kidney pain why does it usually go away during a fast after a certain period - regardless of water intake? Toxemia is the usual explanation.

Perhaps I need add: I use the word "toxemia" in the sense of anything that is antagonistic to the best operation of my body. For example over eating would be a type toxemia just as many heavy metals are. T2