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