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Will.
21-09-2016, 08:44 PM
So I've only ice cream today at around 3PM and just loads of water.

I'll probably try and eat something tomorrow.

Is it ok to not eat if sick?
MB.
21-09-2016, 08:47 PM
Why is the NHS website never your first port of call on these things
MTVN
21-09-2016, 08:48 PM
Well yeah you don't want to force yourself to eat
Vicky.
21-09-2016, 08:50 PM
Yes..people can go without food for weeks and still be fine :laugh: A day is nothing

Just make sure you drink plenty of water. And I wouldn't recommend going weeks.
Jessica.
21-09-2016, 08:50 PM
Is it okay to make multiple threads about being sick even though I am old enough and educated enough to know the obvious answer?
Will.
21-09-2016, 08:52 PM
Why is the NHS website never your first port of call on these things


IT SCARES ME!
Well yeah you don't want to force yourself to eat

Yeah.

Yes..people can go without food for weeks and still be fine :laugh: A day is nothing

Just make sure you drink plenty of water. And I wouldn't recommend going weeks.

Yeah I've drunk lots of water, oh no I won't go weeks, like I doubt i'll eat much tomorrow.
Will.
21-09-2016, 08:53 PM
Is it okay to make multiple threads about being sick even though I am old enough and educated enough to know the obvious answer?

ANYWAY.
Northern Monkey
21-09-2016, 08:54 PM
Yes it's fine.People do 30 day water fasts.
Daniel-X
21-09-2016, 09:25 PM
Is it okay to make multiple threads about being sick even though I am old enough and educated enough to know the obvious answer?

Fffffffff
caprimint
21-09-2016, 09:38 PM
Ask Nikki Grahame
Amy Jade
21-09-2016, 09:44 PM
Ask Nikki Grahame
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Vicky.
21-09-2016, 09:54 PM
Will, if it goes 3 days with just water and no food, you actually stop feeling hungry at all :joker:

I was so tempted to do a water fast once when I found out this. 3 days of being hungry then the hunger disappears totally until you are 'truly hungry' at which time you have to eat again but healthy stuff, mainly raw veg to start with
Marsh.
21-09-2016, 09:58 PM
Ask Nikki Grahame

:hehe:
Amy Jade
21-09-2016, 10:10 PM
Will, if it goes 3 days with just water and no food, you actually stop feeling hungry at all :joker:

I was so tempted to do a water fast once when I found out this. 3 days of being hungry then the hunger disappears totally until you are 'truly hungry' at which time you have to eat again but healthy stuff, mainly raw veg to start with

Water fast are amazing
Vicky.
21-09-2016, 10:13 PM
Water fast are amazing

I have seen amazing weightloss examples from them, and my GP agrees they aren't dangerous if long term. I wanted to do one for the supposed health benefits though. I still have massive issues with undiagnosed chronic pain and apparently water fasts can effectively 'cure' some illnesses.

Could do with it for the weightloss too I guess at the min.

Apparently once water weight is off you can lose up to 1-2lb per DAY. Which sounds crazy but there have been cases of this and it staying off too.
Amy Jade
22-09-2016, 05:02 AM
I lost a lot of weight 2 years ago by fasting Monday and Tuesday and following slimming world with my mum the rest of the week. My mum lost half a stone in two weeks doing it.

I never had as much to lose but I was losing every week. Most doctors are pretty happy for you to fast, its a detox really.
Jamie89
22-09-2016, 05:16 AM
I'd say no, I'm no expert or anything but your body needs energy/nutrients etc from food, right? I don't like the idea of fasting (I know that's not what you're saying but since it's been brought up), even if you can survive for x amount of time without food there's a reason you get hungry, your body isn't designed for fasting. And doesn't fasting have negative effects on your digestive system? I could be wrong about that.
On the sickness thing though I know there's a saying, feed a cold, starve a fever. Not sure if that's really applicable to you though :laugh: But yeah basically unless you have something where eating would be detrimental to your health for whatever reason, then I'd say to try and eat whether you feel like it or not. Eating food is like the most basic thing needed for being healthy, right?!
Mokka
22-09-2016, 05:35 AM
First of all... eating ice cream when you are sick is not ok. It is hard on the digestive system and it is mucus forming. Idk what kind of sick you are Will... but I guess I still go by the old adage...feed a fever... starve a cold. But when I say starve a cold... I mean plenty of fluids...and not just water when you are sick...because your body needs nutrients to heal....so juice, herbal tea...soup broth...
Water fasting can be done... I don't recommend it though...safely by someone who starts it in good health. If you are sick...water fasting isn't going to help you.
MTVN
22-09-2016, 05:58 AM
First of all... eating ice cream when you are sick is not ok. It is hard on the digestive system and it is mucus forming. Idk what kind of sick you are Will... but I guess I still go by the old adage...feed a fever... starve a cold. But when I say starve a cold... I mean plenty of fluids...and not just water when you are sick...because your body needs nutrients to heal....so juice, herbal tea...soup broth...
Water fasting can be done... I don't recommend it though...safely by someone who starts it in good health. If you are sick...water fasting isn't going to help you.

Isn't it the other way round :think:
Mokka
22-09-2016, 06:00 AM
Isn't it the other way round :think:

Nope :hee:
MTVN
22-09-2016, 06:12 AM
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131203-feed-a-cold-starve-a-fever :whistle:
Ammi
22-09-2016, 06:13 AM
So I've only ice cream today at around 3PM and just loads of water.

I'll probably try and eat something tomorrow.

Is it ok to not eat if sick?

..with a stomach bug, it's ok for the virus to pass through your body more quickly to just have fluids and also to rehydrate you with those things lost in vomiting... but I'm with Jamie in that it's weakened your body/your virus so you have to re-charge that as well and re-energise...so eating something light/little and often type thing and what you feel you can is the thing now...(sorry I'm in a rush but I hope that you're feeling a little better today, Will...:hug:..)...
Mokka
22-09-2016, 06:15 AM
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131203-feed-a-cold-starve-a-fever :whistle:

You Brits are so backwards :nono:
Josy
22-09-2016, 06:25 AM
1 day should be fine. If you do feel slightly hungry but are scared incase youre sick again then try having a piece of toast just to line your stomach.

When you do start eating have light stuff, some scrambled egg or soup mavbe.
Crimson Dynamo
22-09-2016, 07:35 AM
did will make it thru the night?

:worry:
arista
22-09-2016, 08:06 AM
You Brits are so backwards :nono:


We Are Not
Vanessa
22-09-2016, 08:11 AM
I'd say have soup, it's good for when you're sick.
smudgie
22-09-2016, 09:53 AM
Listen to your body, if it doesn't want food for a day or two due to being unwell then it won't hurt you. (Unless you have other health issues)
As long as you have plenty of fluids.
When we were kids and not very well, we looked forward to dad getting us a bottle of lucozade, all wrapped up in orange cellophane, proper glass bottle as well, this is before it became a trendy, million different flavours plastic bottle malarkey. So, try and drink some lucozade to keep your energy up a bit.
Northern Monkey
22-09-2016, 10:55 AM
When my little lad was 3 he got an awful stomach bug.He did'nt eat for 5 days.Just liquids.We were worried that he wasn't eating and took him back to the docs a few times.The doc was'nt worried at all and said he'll eat when he's ready and just give him plenty of fluids and Dioralyte sachets.He was fine.
So the moral of that story is that a fully grown adult will be absolutely fine without eating for a few days.Just keep drinking and eat when you are ready.