Re: Question about Excerising during a Fast

Chrisb1,

Dying is a part of living, and we are all going to do it eventually. It has no bearing if anybody can supply proof that dry fasting has caused anybody to keel over dead from dry fasting. It can on the other hand cause internal damage that could contribute to dying faster than you normally would, who can say?

A person dies sometime after dry fasting, and it wasn't known that he had been dry fasting, so the cause of death might not be contributed to dry fasting, even though dry fasting could have been responsible to some degree.

The point of discussions on fasting are to let the members read the information, and determine for themselves what information makes more sense to them. For me personally, I prefer to err on the safe side, and since It is well known that water is a vital part of living, I don't want to dry fast. If you and Fonty want to, that's okay with me, and everyone else.

For you to say that "Dr. Graham speaks in ignorance of the facts" is ignorance in itself. The fact that you can supply another doctor with the opposing view is not conclusive evidence that you have all the facts either.

Here's another opinion on the subject, but by no means the end all to the subject. My way of telling you and fonty that all opinions and information on the subject are welcome, but by no means the gospel.

"Dry fasting induces extreme stress on the body. Cortisol is released into the bloodstream, which induces several metabolic pathways to release energy, first in the form of carbohydrates, but also fat to produce energy. The carbo storage in the body is not high and is spent fast in fasting. The brain needs fuel even when on fasting, and only sugars can feed a healthy person's brain. But when the carbo stores are all spent the brain still needs energy. That it now gets from fat metabolism. Small fat molecules called ketonebodies are products of fat metabolism, and are also able to penetrate the brain to give energy. This however is not very good. Ketonebodies produce acidic waste, which acidify the blood. The blood must have a very constant pH so that organs can work properly, and when there's a drop in pH there's a dysfunction of the internal organs. This state of ketoacidosis, which is common in diabetics and can cause coma and even death. Fasting for one day doesn't cause death of course, but many of the same pathomechanisms are induced, and they are very unhealthy for the body. Sorry, but it will take too long to write more about this topic here. "

Regards