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• Fasting in a time of lockdown

  

  ‘This is the perfect time to fast…’ I’ve heard this sentence, again and again, repeated verbatim by numerous clients since most of the world went into lockdown earlier this year as a result of Covid 19. Now that many of us are slowly returning to a less restrictive regime in life, I thought this might…

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil., Nat.Dip.

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• Diets, fasts and healing injuries for runners

  

  When most people think of diets or fasting, they usually have weight loss in mind.  Even at the best of times this is a dubious practice. Changing the way you eat by reducing calories usually results in the body conserving energy and using calories more efficiently thereafter. Although a more efficient body is generally a…

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil., Nat.Dip.

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• Journal for the spring retreat, 7-day water fast: Introduction

  

  Tomorrow we set off for the forest and hills around Hungary’s Lake Balaton to begin this year’s spring retreat, which consists of a 7-day water fast. This year, in addition to the participants from here in Hungary, we have people coming from the U.S. and England. Everyone has now arrived in Budapest, the staging point…

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil., Nat.Dip.

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• Pills, powders and potions: the reality of taking supplements while fasting

  

  One question which persistently recurs on waterfasting.org is whether or not you should take supplements while water fasting. The majority of people want to know about vitamin supplements and, occasionally, even protein supplements. In this article I’ll deal with both, as well as other kinds of pills, powders and potions… There are some people who…

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil., Nat.Dip.

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• Telling friends and family about your fast (or not)

  

  Whether or not to tell friends and family you’re fasting can often be a huge dilemma. Just this last week, several visitors to waterfasting.org have brought up the subject in some shape or form. It usually goes like this: “I can’t tell anyone I know that I’m fasting. They’ll think that I’m crazy…” Or something…

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil., Nat.Dip.

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• Fasting as a means to improve athletic performance in endurance sports

  

  I’m sitting down to write this having had breakfast for the first time in a week… Lately, I’ve been practising “intermittent fasting”, which revolves around lengthening the time between your last meal in the evening and your first meal the following day.  It’s one of several ways I involve fasting to improve my health –…

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil., Nat.Dip.

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