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Scott Maxwell wrote:
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> Then again, you could argue that HGs probably had periods where they didn't
> have food for a few days. This could be built into our program as a period
> of cleansing as fasting proponents claim. I do occasional fasts, usually
> only single day but sometimes up to 3. It is not at all hard.
Fasting for 1-3 days may be easy for you, but it's very draining and
stressful for me, as is true, I think, for most people with
hypoglycemia.
My impression, possibly mistaken, is that it was rare for most North
American tribes to fast beyond four days. Also, I would sometimes read
the phrase, "we ate very little," which suggests that these weren't pure
fasts. But longer periods of fasting were common in the Middle East,
for example.
Cheers,
-- Aaron Wieland
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