A few months ago I experimented with a fast for five days.
Knowing about how the body will interpret not being fed food, it'll go into conserving mode, I did a modified fasting.
Every day I would have a no carb protein drink, mixed with water, once in the morning and once at night.
I exercised every morning to keep the muscles stimulated, hopefully preventing them being used as body food.
What I found was that after the first day I had slightly increased energy, each day got easier not eating and my energy levels increased quite a lot over the five days, my mood was great, I felt great.
The bonus was not having to do a crap every day, so liberating!
The fast was spoiled by having to attend a family birthday dinner, it's hard fasting when so much social interaction revolves around food.
The main thing I took away from it all was that if you are continually feeding your face, you're going to run rough, like a car with a carby running too rich, too much fuel is no good.
I find that eating healthy for the most part and letting the tank run dry in between meals gives your body the chance to properly process and efficiently use what you are putting into it.
