Could it cause permanent kidney damage?
Hi Everyone,
I’ve been diving into dry fasting content and after doing my first 72 hours, I’m pretty excited, inspired, and curious.
Ive had a tendency to go 110% with things which has, at time, led to choices that I’m not particularly proud of, but I chalk them up to learning and growing.
Chronic disease will inspire drastic behavior in the journey to health. I have an autoimmune condition called ankylosing spondylitis and it’s quite possibly been my biggest teacher in this life.
Writing to you now, a bit more mature and measured, I want to be safe and honor my body throughout this healing journey. There’s a lot of positive info out there on dry fasting and some pretty negative stuff as well.
Yesterday I went into a bit of a negative wormhole on YouTube and found many people cautioning against dry fasting for its potential to permanently damage the kidneys. They contend that dry fasting can be particularly insidious because you damage them incrementally and because kidneys are so resilient, we don’t know there’s a problem until it’s too late.
Any experienced, grounded dry fasters out there who have contended with these same concerns? What do you think? Have you had your blood markers measuring kidney function tested over time?
I’ve only completed five 3.5 day dry fasts, so I’m pretty new to the practice.
Would love to hear your experience and opinions on the matter.
Thanks in advance.