Steven Bartlett with Dr. Alan Goldhammer
A water-only fast does not end with a normal meal: this protocol calls for gradual, medically supervised refeeding lasting roughly half as long as the fast.
Once glycogen stores are depleted, the body adapts to caloric restriction by converting to fat metabolism, utilizing ketones to fuel the brain and preserve lean tissue.
Water fasting is presented as an efficient way to mobilize visceral fat, the pro-inflammatory tissue Goldhammer links to many cardiometabolic diseases.
The modern food industry uses added salt, oil, and sugar to overstimulate dopamine and weaken natural satiety signals, promoting dietary excess.