Stomach issues when breaking my fast

(Tyler) #1

I’m wondering how others break a fast. I am really starting to feel the benefits of my weekly 48-60 hour fasts. My biggest issue is the extreme stomach issues I have when I break my fast. I’ve tried small lighter meals, meals with not much fat and bone broth. I get the same horrible stomach issue no matter what I’ve eaten when breaking my fast. The benefits far outweigh this problem but I’d sure like to know if there is something I can do to avoid it.

(Bob M) #2

Is it stomach, digestive (something happens a bit later), or constant potty breaks? The last one is my issue.

(Tyler) #3

Same for me Bob, constantly running to the restroom

(Eric - The patient needs to be patient!) #4

Try a small arugula salad with salt and olive oil on it. Also 1 o2 2 tablespoon of active culture sauerkraut or the juice of same. That kick starts the gut bacteria.

(Bob M) #5

If you learn how to fix this, let me know. I’ve also done everything I can think of, small meals, starting with bone broth, enzymes, etc. My body has a bunch of water and my system shuts down with that while fasting, and when I eat, all that water starts coming out. Why that’s the case, I don’t know, but it happens every time. Thus, I break a long fast ONLY during the day (no breaking a fast by going to dinner at a restaurant, for instance). It’s gotten a bit better after 4.5 years of fasting, but it still happens.

(Bob M) #6

Sadly, I’ve reached the conclusion that raw sauerkraut and I don’t get along. Cooked sauerkraut, ok; raw = bad. And I’ve used pickle juice from fermented pickles during fasts, and it hasn’t helped much if at all.

(Tyler) #7

Thanks Eric I will give that a try after my next fast. Like Bob, I never break a fast anywhere but home.

(Eric - The patient needs to be patient!) #8

I’ve been lucky maybe the last 6 fasts or so. But still I break fasts at home.

(Robert C) #9

I would keep this habit forever!

I sometimes use the lack of a good situation to break a fast as an excuse to extend it an extra day to be at home.

But also, I wouldn’t trust a solution to this problem - I would still keep the habit.

Say eating a few nuts and some eggs seems to work - even work well for 2 or 3 breaks.

I still wouldn’t trust having a few nuts and some eggs to break a fast and go on a multi-hour car ride (unless you really hate the car :grinning:).

Also, it may just be that whatever you eat, you’ll get this issue to some extent. The foods don’t bother you at other times so it is more likely it is just a byproduct of starting up your digestion again.

(Tyler) #10

I’m convinced that you’re right. Thanks Rob

(Bunny) #11

The Migrating Motor Complex Occurs in the Fasting State:

”…The migrating motor complex (MMC), also called the migrating myoelectric complex, describes the pattern of motility during the interdigestive period. As discussed in Chapter 8.2, this stereotypical pattern consists of three phases over a period of 85–115 min. It is the “intestinal housekeeper” that propels undigested matter and everything else into the colon. Phase I of the MMC is a quiescent period lasting 40–60% of the cycle length. Phase II, lasting another 20–30% of the cycle length, consists of increasingly strong but irregular contractions. Phase III lasts 5–10 min but consists of strong contractions that propagate caudally and that completely occlude the lumen. …” …More