Scott Maxwell wrote:
>
> 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