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I'm 40/F and I just did an 80-ish day fast. Vitamins/minerals/electrolytes only for the first 20 days, and then just enough dietary fat to stave off the hunger pangs (about 200 calories twice a day).

The Minnesota Starvation Experiment revealed that there's a rate limit to how quickly body fat can be converted to calories, and it's a function of how many pounds of body fat you still have. So if you've been on a total fast and suddenly get blindsided by an all-consuming hunger pang that won't go away, that may be your problem. Both carbs and protein raise your insulin, which inhibits fat-burning, so you'll still want to keep your calories during the social events to a minimum, even if they're keto calories. It won't be difficult; your stomach will probably be the size of a marble. LOL.

The sex difference may be a difference in the muscle tone of the heart, since elevated adrenaline after day 5 makes your heart work harder, so if you're not in the best cardiovascular shape, you'll feel fatigued all the time, similar to heat exhaustion, until your heart adapts. I started feeling amazing on day 20 or so, just before I had to start supplementing dietary fat.

Guys... Stop blaming our periods for everything! LOL. I had three totally normal periods during the fast. Zero changes in my menstrual cycle the whole time.

I'm not sure what specific recipe you are following but try bumping up the dosing towards the end of your fast. Note that the RDA/AI minimums for the electrolytes are:

1500 mg sodium

3400 mg potassium

1000 mg calcium

400 mg magnesium

2300 mg chloride

700 mg phosphorous

There is some debate whether those needs are increased or decreased during a fast but consider the values you are consuming and try to hit near those numbers if possible. One issue I have with Snake Juice is that it ignores calcium and phosphorous.

Salt is a near 1:1 ratio of sodium and chloride, and lite salt will also include potassium chloride which is also near 1:1. Calcium and magnesium are easy to supplement. The only tricky one is phosphorous for me. I have only found a few supplements that contain phosphorous (like this one).