Fasting and skin benefits

[MC Paul Barman]

A friend of mine who is very obese (500+ lbs) and has been living in a nursing home for the past 4 years… and he’s a young guy.

Recently he hit a very rough patch with his health and had to be intubated. For about 5 days he was in and out of consciousness. The pulmonary specialist in the ICU essentially said “game over”. My friend’s lungs were not working on their own, he had fluid buildup in his lungs, and his legs started to get dark spots on them.


But then he had a miraculous rebound. Tubes out and he’s breathing on his own, fully conscious, and even his legs are starting to clear up. When the doctor said that even if he somehow pulled through, he would need to have his legs amputated.

Praise God.

But another thing happened. While he was out he wasn’t eating. Close to 5 or 6 days of no eating and his skin around his face and neck lost most of the blemishes: numerous skin tags, very bad and long lasting eczema behind both ears, as well as dark bumpy skin around his neck.

It all went away. Now that he’s resumed eating some of its coming back. But it’s made him think that, given his weight, maybe a regular fast would be good for him. As well as a closer look to what he’s eating.

 

[chardog]

I can confirm that fasting DOES have skin benefits, however, it's tough to get on a serious rythm, too many temptations. Swimming in the ocean also helps a ton for skin issues.

 

[RichardHarrow]

My skin is okay. I did a 3 day water fast once. Not a blemish and consistent tone all over.

 

[William Huggins]

The Beneficial and Adverse Effects of Autophagic Response to Caloric Restriction and Fasting - PMC

Each cell is equipped with a conserved housekeeping mechanism, known as autophagy, to recycle exhausted materials and dispose of injured organelles via lysosomal degradation. Autophagy is an early-stage cellular response to stress stimuli in both ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

It's a pretty well studied process.....

 

[fica]

A friend of mine who is very obese (500+ lbs) and has been living in a nursing home for the past 4 years… and he’s a young guy.

Recently he hit a very rough patch with his health and had to be intubated. For about 5 days he was in and out of consciousness. The pulmonary specialist in the ICU essentially said “game over”. My friend’s lungs were not working on their own, he had fluid buildup in his lungs, and his legs started to get dark spots on them.


But then he had a miraculous rebound. Tubes out and he’s breathing on his own, fully conscious, and even his legs are starting to clear up. When the doctor said that even if he somehow pulled through, he would need to have his legs amputated.

Praise God.

But another thing happened. While he was out he wasn’t eating. Close to 5 or 6 days of no eating and his skin around his face and neck lost most of the blemishes: numerous skin tags, very bad and long lasting eczema behind both ears, as well as dark bumpy skin around his neck.

It all went away. Now that he’s resumed eating some of its coming back. But it’s made him think that, given his weight, maybe a regular fast would be good for him. As well as a closer look to what he’s eating.

it just shows you man how many chemicals are in foot inusa i was in europe for month and i was laying down in bed just to relax come back to usa ate this food i lay down to try to relieve stress

 

[Renard]

I'm baffled these people can afford to be 500 lbs tbh. A guy that size probably needs 3500+ calories a day just to maintain his weight. Clearly he can't work. A nursing home is a lot of money as well.

 

[Prex32]

its mostly the sugar that kills you

 

[William Huggins]

I'm baffled these people can afford to be 500 lbs tbh. A guy that size probably needs 3500+ calories a day just to maintain his weight. Clearly he can't work. A nursing home is a lot of money as well.

OF, it allows degenerates to make money.........

 

[Sobek]

Fasting if done with electrolytes can be very good for you.

 

[RoastBeast]

I'm baffled these people can afford to be 500 lbs tbh. A guy that size probably needs 3500+ calories a day just to maintain his weight. Clearly he can't work. A nursing home is a lot of money as well.

I'd say well north of 5000 calories.

If you've ever seen that my 600lb life show, 99% of the people are poor. They get depressed, find happiness in food, get addicted and then have other poor people enable them on their journey to becoming bedridden, useless and even more depressed. It's quite sad.

 

[MC Paul Barman]

I'm baffled these people can afford to be 500 lbs tbh. A guy that size probably needs 3500+ calories a day just to maintain his weight. Clearly he can't work. A nursing home is a lot of money as well.

He’s had a childhood they make movies about.

 

[Possum Jenkins]

Fasting helps with just about everything.

The all-time record for fasting was this obese guy in the 1930s that went slightly over a year without eating.

 

[TheTickG]

A friend of mine who is very obese (500+ lbs) and has been living in a nursing home for the past 4 years… and he’s a young guy.

Recently he hit a very rough patch with his health and had to be intubated. For about 5 days he was in and out of consciousness. The pulmonary specialist in the ICU essentially said “game over”. My friend’s lungs were not working on their own, he had fluid buildup in his lungs, and his legs started to get dark spots on them.


But then he had a miraculous rebound. Tubes out and he’s breathing on his own, fully conscious, and even his legs are starting to clear up. When the doctor said that even if he somehow pulled through, he would need to have his legs amputated.

Praise God.

But another thing happened. While he was out he wasn’t eating. Close to 5 or 6 days of no eating and his skin around his face and neck lost most of the blemishes: numerous skin tags, very bad and long lasting eczema behind both ears, as well as dark bumpy skin around his neck.

It all went away. Now that he’s resumed eating some of its coming back. But it’s made him think that, given his weight, maybe a regular fast would be good for him. As well as a closer look to what he’s eating.

If you stop eating yourself to death, you stop dying so quickly.

It probably isn't just the fasting that clears up his skin condition. He's likely not fully recovered from the damage his body went through from being overweight. It's also possible that certain foods, eaten in a high enough quantity, are causing the issue.

 

[Zyklon R]

Never had a problem fasting or intermittent fasting I highly recommend it

 

[HARRISON_3]

Fasting is good for boosting a sherdogger’s maternal instinct.

 

[mozfonky]

My skin is okay. I did a 3 day water fast once. Not a blemish and consistent tone all over.

ok, try a 15 minute oxygen fast and that might do wonders too.

 

[mozfonky]

If you stop eating yourself to death, you stop dying so quickly.

It probably isn't just the fasting that clears up his skin condition. He's likely not fully recovered from the damage his body went through from being overweight. It's also possible that certain foods, eaten in a high enough quantity, are causing the issue.

that kind of weight, he's lucky to be alive. My brother weighs over 400 easy and is getting fatter all the time, he doesn't want to change his habits so..,

I just today saw an old former kung fu student of my teacher, basically, a fellow student but he was fat as fuck ever since I knew him, had a heart attack years ago and lost a lot of weight, it wasn't soon enough, I saw on facebook, he's back at death's door. People really do have their priorities fucked up, i keep telling my brother to stop worrying about money and worry about his health, but he's too far gone.

 

[Kardashians]

It’s all fun and games to browse the SSBBW forums but then you turn on My 600lb Life or read a Sherdog thread and fun goes out the window.

 

[RichardHarrow]

ok, try a 15 minute oxygen fast and that might do wonders too.

Avoiding food not your thing ? Lol

 

[mozfonky]

Avoiding food not your thing ? Lol

I've done it, it really can give you a high. never tried three days without water that's not good for you.