16 vs. 24 hour fasting

[Avilantub]

Hey I am trying out fasting and so far I like it, I did a 16 hour fast 3X per week for the past 2 weeks, at first it was hard but now it is easy like people say. my question is what are the benefits of doing 24 hours fasts vs. just 16 hours and is it worth it in the end? and how often can i do those?

 

[SteveMobsterG]

Stevesmi is our fasting go-to guy

 

[stevesmi]

once you hit 20 hours you start getting cell repair, autophagy, gut rebalance, boost in hgh. there are 50 more benefits on top of that which start happening.

i recommend a 24 hour fast atleast once a week for this reason. and i would recommend 36-48 hours atleast once a month

 

[Tazz]

steve covered you

 

[MasonicBodybuilder]

Absolutely right man, once you get through it a few days, it gets super easy. I eat 1-2 times per day and am never hungry. It took a couple weeks but then things "level out" and you feel great.

 

[JonD13]

1-2 times a day is good. But eat like a king during the workout day.

 

[Topps_Baseball88]

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