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• 21 day water fast: Day 9

  In the same way that they say that the perceptive midpoint of an 80-year lifespan is around 30-35 years, I suppose that today should be more or less the perceptive midpoint of this 21-day fast.  I wonder…

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil.

  My 21 day water fast blog

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• Journal for the spring retreat, 7-day water fast: Day 5

  

  Increasingly, the fast is going deeper and deeper… After ketosis establishes itself over the first three days or so, the body often gives a “grace period” of a day or so before a deeper wave of detox sets in. For some people this manifests in physical symptoms, and it’s no coincidence that over the last […]

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil.

  7-day water fasting retreat

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