Flowing,
I wouldn't pay any attention to Vernos post or his/her advice, which is largely irresponsible and incorrect regarding your query in this thread.

At 5' 8" and 130 lbs you are in no danger while fasting or continuing to fast. Much depends on your frame and what type of build you have, such as being an ectomorph, mesomorph or endomorphic type.

Vernos mentions Wikipedia as the most trusted source of information on the subject of fasting, but nothing could further from the truth than that misinformation, so take no heed.

To allay any fears, these statements of Vernos are totally incorrect, irresponsible and so untrue...........
#1. "When the % of body-fat drops to 10% or below while not eating, your body goes into starvation mode"

#2. "your body will turn to muscles instead of fat to get the calories, and that means ALL muscles in your body will slowly be used up. That includes your heart".

The body uses something called "protein-sparing" in its efforts to conserve food reserves, and even after the point where starvation has been reached.
For example: Yeo's physiology gives the estimated losses that occur in death from actual starvation as:--
Fat 97%
Spleen 63%
Muscle 30%
Blood 17%
Liver 56%
Nerve Centers 000
Brain 000

Furthermore it is physiologically impossible to starve to death until after the skeleton condition has been reached........................

"Dr Edward Hooker Dewey MD not only emphasized the fact that it is physiologically impossible to starve to death before the skeleton condition is reached, but he also emphasized the fact that nature will always demand food long before this stage is reached, providing it is a remediable case. That people have died before the skeleton stage is reached is true, but in such instances death has been due to causes other than starvation. Too many people turn to fasting as a last resort; whereas, it should be the first resort. If, standing with one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel, they attempt a fast as a last desperate attempt to save life, and they die while fasting, the fast should not be blamed for the death. Fasting is a natural, vital process, and no such process is injurious unless it is wrongly used or over-used".
http://chestofbooks.com/health/natural-cure/The-Hygienic-System-Fasting-and-S...

This a photo of Mr George Tuthill on day 41 of his fast and where the skeleton condition has almost been reached and where he is still in the fasting state. He derived much benefit and broke his fast shortly after with no danger of starvation whatsoever.




This one is partially true............
#3. People who die from starvation generally die of cardiac arrest because their heart isn't strong enough to keep going".

In point of fact, people who die from starvation, generally die from general organ failure and not just heart-failure, but no one here is advocating starvation.

#4. This is also false..........
Furthermore, most other things about fasting I've read specifically say to stop fasting if your heart starts to palpitate".

This is sheer nonsense as T2 so rightly points out, as is this.......................

#5. "Regardless what your body fat is though, YOU SHOULD NOT FAST IF YOUR HEART PALPITATES. Even in full-out ketosis (how your body uses fat for calories), you will STILL be using up a small amount of muscle".

As T2 so rightly points out, Heart palpitations are quite normal on a fast where the body is self-adjusting its electrical activity and sometimes working harder to eliminate toxins such as arterial plaque. The body would require rest at such times so as to aid the Heart in its work..........
http://chestofbooks.com/health/natural-cure/The-Hygienic-System-Fasting-and-S...

AND...........
Palpitation: "Pain in the heart" and palpitation of this organ are due to gases in the digestive organs. These symptoms are of rare development and are not dangerous, although they are usually the source of much needless apprehension on the part of the patient. Palpitation may be the result of "nervousness," fear or exertion.
Pain felt in the heart is rarely actual pain in the heart. It is usually pain in the chest. It may be due to gas, it may be of "psychic" origin, it may be of toxic origin. Unless it is accompanied with other symptoms that indicate heart trouble, it should be ignored. It is not serious and soon passes"....SHELTON.
http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020127shelton.III/020127.ch28.htm


Vernos advice re' having your fast supervised by a Doctor is fine, but what do most Doctors know about fasting or the fasting process?
Very little if anything.

I would need more detail concerning your eye vessels which you say are inflamed and red. Is this the whites of your eyes that are red or bloodshot? or the eyelids and so on to be able to help you further.
There are numerous causes for these symptoms, including a slight Vitamin C deficiency, which is highly unlikely in the fasting state.

You have said that bad blood circulation is your families heritage, but I would wager that this has everything to do with your families history with diet, rather than anything genetically-caused.
Take care.

Chrisb1.