Can Fasting Help Regenerate a Damaged Celiac Disease Intestine?

This is very interesting! I keep thinking of all the times I've been glutened and how long it took me to recover. Fasting would have helped with the recovery?

Not sure I could go two days without eating.  Does fasting mean water only?

I have been fasting for a while now, 16/8 schedule. I wonder if I'd have the same effects on my fasting versus the 2 days to 7 days fasting. I'd love to find out more. 

That sounds interesting if I could make it a whole day without getting light-headed.

I have reduced my meals to two per day & the amount to 1/2 due to early satiety.

Eating food is revolting.  Varying from plain meat/veg/fruit causes GI problems.

Got celiac in my late 50's after the introduction of modern wheat with it's massive increase in gluten content to 17 x the 1960's wheat, & its been downhill since then. No gluten cross-reactors are permitted : yeast, egg, dairy & coffee. No oils due to the toxic residue of hexane, bleach, defoaming agents, deodorizers. Cannot tolerate preservatives (nitrates/sulfites/celery powder)      I pay dearly when I ingest any of these additives & residues & preservatives.

The geneticists thought they were so smart in hybridization of wheat to make it insect & drought resistant. Instead they made it "people resistant". If I had ONLY been warned this was coming, the harm could have been avoided.  It makes me feel like the entire US population were the test subjects of this harmful cross-breeding experiment.  

Thanks for this article, I'll start my own experimentation with fasting.

I hope that one day scientists find a way by which humans can swallow a pill in exchange for eating food.

Celiac disease when at its worse is a living hell.

Not surprised. My gi naturally after my gluten challenge could not handle food. My digestion was impaired amongst many other symptoms. I would blend and purée foods anti inflammatory food combos for weeks.  I remember my celiac cousin asked one day what did you eat today ? early in recovery, I replied a peach and tons of water.

I still remember months later when my gallbladder "turned back on" before then any attempt to eat meat had me awake all night in tears as my body struggled to digest with sub par performance of bile, gastric juices and enzymes apparent from my organs. I'd say to myself ok can't handle meat yet . Tcm helped tremendously to aid the healing process and no joke I slept for 2 years trying to repair 4 decades of damage.

As many know some cultures do a periodic fast at certain times of year and often times researchers report how their group reveals better health overall. 

So the researchers findings doesn't surprise me at all (science background), but a great conformation read.  

For those who can't fast perhaps as many veterans on celiac .com suggest bone broth /clear liquids you make at home may be a good start. I use crock pot to make them and freeze batch excess. It maybe a way to experience relief and jump start health if a full fast cant be done, A quasi fast. As always lots of water!

This article is fascinating but I wish it would have included the actual fasting schedule and what exactly is meant by "fasting".  Is this water only?  Liquids only?  What is the 2 to 4 day cycle over 6 months?  Two days fasting, 4 days regular for 6 months?  That seems extreme.

To AWOL: Thanks for your message.  So sorry to hear about your struggles with health. I never thought about TCM. My mother always told me that as bad as I think my life is; "look around & see what others are experiencing and you'll see what bad really is".  Due to my aging joints I began supplementing my Wellesse joint supplement with: 1/3 cup bone broth followed by 1/3 c cherry juice. I haven't bought the collagen II pills yet.  Just adding the broth & juice has made me feel better.  Joint pain has mostly subsided.

To George: Agreed, not enough information supplied. Humans should no be more than 3 days without fluids or the kidneys begin to shut-down.

The following March 2019 article provides exciting new findings on the benefits of fasting, fasting-mimicking diet, and cell regeneration resulting from such dieting.  It is an "Open Access" article and can be freely read in html or pdf format:

Fasting-Mimicking Diet Modulates Microbiota and Promotes Intestinal Regeneration to Reduce Inflammatory Bowel Disease Pathology
Priya Rangan, Inyoung Choi, Min Wei, Gerardo Navarrete, Esra Guen, Sebastian Brandhorst, Nobel Enyati, Gab Pasia, Daral Maesincee, Vanessa Ocon, Maya Abdulridha, Valter D. Longo
Cell Reports, Volume 26, Issue 10, 5 March 2019, Pages 2704-2719.e6
Open Original Shared Link
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I’ve wondered about fasting after being glutened, to see if recovery is faster or easier. It usually takes about two week to get over being glutened. I got glutened (again) this week, after three days of painful diarrhea I decided to just stop eating for a while. I’ve been doing intermittent fasting since December (2019). I’ve also done long term fasting of three or seven days in the past, for religious reasons. I just finished reading The Obesity Code, by Jason Fung, and he talks about fasting to reset insulin resistance. 
Right now I just want relief from painful symptoms.  It’s been about 24 hours since I last ate, and I’m feeling pretty cleaned out, but not really tired or hungry. I am tempted my the chips & nuts around the house, but I know what will happen if I eat something. Better not. 

Has anyone else tried fasting to recover from being glutened? 
 

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On 10/2/2018 at 9:06 PM, Awol cast iron stomach said:

Not surprised. My gi naturally after my gluten challenge could not handle food. My digestion was impaired amongst many other symptoms. I would blend and purée foods anti inflammatory food combos for weeks.  I remember my celiac cousin asked one day what did you eat today ? early in recovery, I replied a peach and tons of water.

I still remember months later when my gallbladder "turned back on" before then any attempt to eat meat had me awake all night in tears as my body struggled to digest with sub par performance of bile, gastric juices and enzymes apparent from my organs. I'd say to myself ok can't handle meat yet . Tcm helped tremendously to aid the healing process and no joke I slept for 2 years trying to repair 4 decades of damage.

As many know some cultures do a periodic fast at certain times of year and often times researchers report how their group reveals better health overall. 

So the researchers findings doesn't surprise me at all (science background), but a great conformation read.  

For those who can't fast perhaps as many veterans on celiac .com suggest bone broth /clear liquids you make at home may be a good start. I use crock pot to make them and freeze batch excess. It maybe a way to experience relief and jump start health if a full fast cant be done, A quasi fast. As always lots of water!

On 2/23/2020 at 12:44 AM, Scott Adams said:

Comments on articles aren't the best way to get answers here...I recommend posting in out forum:

https://www.celiac.com/forums/

200 calories per day is considered fasting according to the Report. And plenty of water.