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Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Jun 30 12:25pm | Replies (105)Comment receiving replies
So, it seems there are some schools of thought that think the dead "spike protein" is what causes a lot of the LC symptoms. Has anyone tried intermittent fasting to help with purging this from your system? I'm not that familiar with fasting but am having to fast (clear liquids only) for 36 hours in prep for a colonoscopy/endoscopy so it got me curious. My understanding is that your body starts to consume the "dead cells" in your body when you fast, thereby consuming the bad stuff/garbage left in your system. Just wondering if this could help with LC and the spike protein. Not sure if just this one instance of fasting will help much but may try it some more and see if it helps and will try and remember (no guarantees there) to post back here if I find it helps at all. God Bless everyone that is dealing with this nonsense! Stay strong and keep on keepin' on...
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UPDATE: I just wanted to hop on and give an update while I was thinking about it, lest I forget, as per my usual. 🙂 To date, I have done about 4 sessions of fasting: 1st was a 36 hour fast of clear liquids only for my 5 year routine colonoscopy and the rest have been intermittent fasting of more or less, 16 hours. The thought behind this is that when fasting, your body starts to consume the cells in your body for food/energy (called autophagy) and it always starts with "dead cells" first which gets rid of the dead spike protein from COVID which is thought to be the main culprit behind many LC symptoms. Apparently, there were very good results in some testing that showed that people who underwent a 72 hour fast had great results with many feeling almost normal again towards the end of the fast. However, it is only recommended to do a lengthy fast like under controlled, medical supervision so you can be monitored as bad things can happen when you starve your body for that long. Me personally? I am not that brave and as it is I was getting "hangry" towards the end of 16 hours so I can only imagine what state I'd be in after 72 hours. My results so far are not earth moving but I do find that I am starting to feel a little more clear headed and can do small things I used to take for granted. For example, when a website sends you a 6 digit code when logging in, I used to be able to read it once and type it in but after COVID I would have to go 1 digit at a time because my short term memory was so bad. I am now starting to get that back to what it was so, again, not earth shattering but still encouraging. I'll paste the URL for the site I found this on below in the hopes that it may help someone else since I know that I was just about ready to try anything to get back to normal . Also, I am sure there are many on here smarter than I am that can explain it better so feel free to correct or elaborate on this for the group. Stay strong everyone!
https://www.onedaymd.com/2023/06/intermittent-fasting-and-spike-protein.html
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I believe I read about a German treatment center that uses medically supervised fasting for LC. I would think autophagy would help. I lost 60 lbs using IF, but regained all after covid and have no energy even with eating, so doctor advised against stressing my body further. I would like to try fasting again, however, as five years out, nothing else has helped.