Questions from the community
Short answers to questions people ask, with links to the notes that go into the detail. Not a salt recipe and not a plan for a week of water only.
These are questions people actually ask, answered in a few paragraphs. The longer notes stay the place for safety, drinks, minerals, and eating again.
A brand of salt is not a method. A week without food is a different question from a daily window, and a timer cannot clear it.
Educational only. Not medical advice. See our disclaimer.
Start a timer: 16:8 timer · OMAD timer · online fasting timer.
- Part 1: Which salt for a water fast?: Pink, Celtic or table salt: a teaspoon of any of them is mostly sodium. What a 2020 study of 31 pink salts found, and what matters more on a long fast.
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