This fast is often referred to as the three-to-five-day water fast. The reason many go up to five days is because at 72 hours in a fasted state your body regenerates stem cells.

The second power phase (days 16–19) has another large dip in your hormonal production.

Take this week to nurture your body and watch progesterone shine.

Once your period starts and your body ramps up your estrogen levels, leaning in to a low-carbohydrate diet through your ovulation can give estrogen a chance to shine.

24-hour fasts recharges those stem cells so they can repair the terrain of your intestinal tract,

each hormone greatly influences the performance of the next hormone. If one hormone lags, the whole team can fall apart. Getting to know the effects that each of these hormones have on your moods, sleep, motivations, energy, appetite, and ability to fast will be life changing.

When your mitochondria are damaged, you will be low in glutathione, not methylating properly and therefore allowing toxins to stay stuck inside, leading to inflammation, damaged cell parts, and in some cases allowing disease genes to be triggered.

When you eat foods that are rich in good fats, amino acids, vitamins, and minerals, you power up those neurons so they function at their best.

antibiotics kill 90 percent of the bacteria in your gut.