What Actually Happens When Someone You Love Does a Prolonged Water Fast— and How to Best Support Them | EP 150

Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE **What if the thing you assumed was deprivation is actually one of the oldest healing practices in medicine?** Someone you love is exploring a prolonged water fast, and you want to understand what that really means. Host Dr. Katie Deming  walks you through what a supported fast actually is, the way she would explain it to her own family. She describes what happens inside the body when someone stops eating, and why it looks nothing like what most of us learned in school. You'll hear why she compares a supported fast to a retreat rather than a period of going without, and what the structure looks like day to day. She also explains the part of the process almost nobody talks about, the piece she takes more seriously than the fast itself.  If you've been worried, confused, or unsure how to bring this up with the person you love, this conversation gives you language and a clearer picture. Dr. Katie also traces fasting back through Hippocrates, Galen, and the physicians who shaped Western medicine, then explains what changed and why we set it aside. And she names what people are truly reaching for when they choose this path, which is rarely what you'd expect. Stay through the end for the most important thing she has learned in two decades of caring for people with cancer, including a deeply personal story about her own mother. **Press play and learn how to walk alongside someone you love as they heal.** **Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ:** https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ **Join Dr. Katie's 3-Day Guided Fast, for expert support, daily live calls, and a community to fast alongside:** Sign-Up  Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram **Watch on** Youtube **DISCLAIMER:** The Born to Heal Podcast  is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Individual medical histories are unique; therefore, this episode should not be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease without consulting your healthcare provider. A thought-provoking podcast explores cancer through the lens of holistic medicine and functional medicine, discussing causes of cancer, metabolic health, and unconventional approaches like water fasting, fasting and autophagy, and detox, while weighing fasting benefits against chemo side effects and radiation side effects, sharing stories of a cancer survivor navigating chemotherapy, natural medicine, holistic healing, and even spiritual healing on the path toward cancer remission and holistic ...