Hunger Games

I am on a journey of my version of "Hunger Games". This is the plan.

24 hour fast every other day.
Once every six months, a week long fast.

The reasoning? Primal man was at the mercy of nature, which at times did not always provide. Meals were inconsistent. I believe this is the way we have evolved. What is unnatural now is we have food on demand with very little effort to obtain it.

I want to simulate the homo sapian natural state of feast and famine.

Added to this, I read the scientific research on fasting. It boils down to this. When fasting healthy normals cells go into survival mode. This actually is a boost to the immune system. On top of this, the body starts to target the harder to get rid of fat cells (yes, the do exist. Think belly fat) which it starts to use as fuel.

What is really interesting is that normal cells go into survival mode. Recent and still inconclusive research involving cancer patients going through chemo have found that fasting prior to a round of chemo improves their well being after. They do not feel as tired or beat up. The reason is cancer cells do not go into survival mode and are always "on". Chemo targets all cells, healthy and unhealthy. So, while the healthy cells are in survival mode cancer cells are still just looking to divide and spread making them still more vulnerable to the poison of chemo. At least that is the theory.

My thinking is with an on/off switch of fasting every other day, the healthy cells will be in a constant state of protection/normalacy. Fasting will be like a suit of plate mail armor for my healthy cells worn every other day. My bet is I will experience far less illness and reduce my odds of even getting cancerous cells will be cut in half. This is important as I still do naughty things like smoking.