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45 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 07 April 2010 06:48PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 30 June 2015 01:56:37PM 0 points [-]

Hi Kaj, Eby,

For naturally struggling people one useful thing can be to find ways how to doing nothing can be useful and healthy. I have very good experiences with intermittent fasting - for an NSP "just suffer and deal with it" i.e. fasting is FAR easier than "cook something weird, unusual and healthy". But an unexpected advantage I found was what through IF positive motivation and energy kicks in, through the good old hunger pathway. Apparently the old adage "stay hungry" is true in a non-symbolic way as well: a bit of fasting puts the body in a generally motivated, pushed, "let's go hunting" mode.