 Hey everyone, Dr. O here. So let's dive right in with myth number one, that fasting is dangerous. Multiple studies have shown that fasting is a complete, safe, and viable weight loss strategy. Just as effective and just as safe as continuous calorie restriction. Let's go ahead and look at a few examples. What does the science say? Intermittent fasting and weight loss, a systematic review. They looked at 27 intermittent fasting trials in this study and found zero serious adverse events. It is safe, it is effective. Intermittent fasting interventions for the treatment of overweight and obesity in adults, a systematic review and meta-analysis, no serious adverse events, it is safe and effective. Next one. Intermittent fasting interventions for the treatment of overweight and obesity in adults aged 18 years and over, a systematic review protocol, zero serious adverse events, safe and effective. You get where I'm going with this. So the scientific literature is very clear. Not saying that fasting is a superior protocol for weight loss, but it is a safe alternative to other weight loss strategies. Another example I always like to use, if you think fasting is dangerous, right? During the holy month of Ramadan, about 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide, they consider it their religious duty to fast from both food and drink, from sunrise to sunset. So they abstain from eating and drinking for the holy month of Ramadan. So there's another example of just where we know that fasting is safe. Then just let's just talk about what body fat is, right? Here's me holding a five pound blob of body fat. I've lost 49 pounds in 10 weeks, 101.2 pounds in six months, 165 pounds in a year. And I use fasting as one of the most important protocols that I followed. Lots of combinations. We'll talk about fasting strategies later, but I used to fast up to 60 hours routinely and I fasted for even six days sometimes. I don't recommend extended fasting, but I recommend your intermittent fasting protocols that we cover here in this series. But during that time, I had no problems, right? So think about it this way. You don't need to fuel your body every single day if you're carrying 40 or 50 pounds of fat. Like that's actually what it's there for, right? Fat is stored fuel. A pound of fat has 3,500 calories in it. You do not need to feed your body every day, right? Fat is there as that backup plan for if we don't have food or we can't find food. Your body is always eating. That's the really important thing. The question is, is your body eating the lunch that you had today or is the body eating the pizza that it had three years ago that's stuck on your belly, right? So you don't have to worry about eating every day. So myth number one has been busted. We use scientific studies, Ramadan, my personal experience. Smart fasting is safe. Now, we'll talk about what smart fasting is later, but fasting absolutely can be safe. One last thing to leave you with really cool. The longest recorded fast medically supervised of all time was a Scottish man named Angus Barbary. I don't know how to say his last name, but he fasted for 382 days. He had water, he had electrolytes, some vitamin supplementation. He made it 382 days. You should be able to make it for 16 to 36 hours. Have a wonderful day. Be blessed.