One of the reasons you need water is to process food. You have 30 feet
of gut, and when it is full of food, you need water to add with it
(the food gets watered down and made into a slurry). You need more
water when you eat packaged and processed food, because it is very
dry. Also, the food is often salty, and that causes you to retain more
water. And it makes your blood sugar go up, which (esp. if it goes up
too much) makes you more thirsty.
So, I can think of several reasons offhand why thirst *might* go down.
And some more traditional fasters find they actually do better if they
drink less when they are not eating, for some reason. Drinking water
causes you to lose electrolytes and B vitamins, so there is likely
some kind of "sweet spot" that is the ideal liquid need for each
person. Probably, as with food, I'd go with what works for you. If you
feel hydrated (plenty of saliva and tears, no dry lips) and healthy,
then forcing yourself to drink doesn't strike me as a good idea. You
have a very good chemistry set built into your body, and if it thinks
you need water, it will let you know by making you thirsty (at least,
it will if it's working: Fast 5 tends to make it work better). I
usually keep some fresh water next to me as I work: if I feel thirsty,
then I'll drink it unconsciously. If there is no water nearby, I tend
to drink nothing but coffee, esp. at work places where the coffee pot
is near cubeland but water isn't. Then I feel sick by the end of the
day.
I find my thirst level varies greatly depending on what I'm eating.
Sometimes I have zero interest in liquids: sometimes I drink a lot of
water and herb tea.
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 2:53 PM, wildduck_zaseuk
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> Hi,
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> I'm new to the group. I recently adopted this WOE partly out of convenience (don't really have time during the day to stop for meals) and partly as a weight control device - I am not trying to lose weight, just keep it stable. I found out about, and read, the Fast5 book about a week ago, after I'd been eating like this for a few days (was doing some research to make sure I wasn't damaging myself).
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> My eating window is pretty much one hour around 6-7pm, just enough to have dinner with my family and eat a bit of dessert. I am not troubled with hunger during the day until about 4-5pm, and even then it is easily tolerable. What concerns me though is my complete lack of thirst. I have a mug of water first thing to take some medication, and then seldom feel the need for anything more until just before I eat, when I'll have a pint of very diluted fruit juice. Then another mug of water later on with bedtime medication. That's it. I've read all about not going by thirst and how you're supposed to drink water all day long to keep hydrated and what have you, but I can't stomach drinks if I'm not thirsty.
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> So, I was wondering if anyone else has noticed a decrease in thirst, I've been trying to find out more but come up with nothing.
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> Thanks in advance, and happy Christmas to you all (if you celebrate it).
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> /Kirsten
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