We visit TrueNorth Health, where ordinary people, some aging and with serious diseases, undergo medically supervised water-only fasts. Here's what happens to their bodies.

WEBSITES:

TrueNorth Health Center
https://www.healthpromoting.com/

TrueNorth Health Foundation
https://www.truenorthhealthfoundation...

Michelle Cen's Website:
https://www.michellecen.com/

Michelle Cen's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@michelle_cen...

Plant Chomper's Twitter:
  / plantchompers  

BOOKS:

The Pleasure Trap: Mastering the Hidden Force That Undermines Health & Happiness
https://www.amazon.com/The-Pleasure-T...

Fasting Can Save Your Life by Herbert M. Shelton
https://www.amazon.com/Fasting-Can-Sa...

Fasting Supervision and Lifestyle Care in the Tradition of Natural Hygiene by Alec and Nejla Burton
https://www.amazon.com/Fasting-Superv...

PAPERS:

The Effects of Prolonged Water-Only Fasting and Refeeding on Markers of Cardiometabolic Risk
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Potential Effects of Prolonged Water-Only Fasting Followed by a Whole-Plant-Food Diet on Salty and Sweet Taste Sensitivity and Perceived Intensity, Food Liking, and Dietary Intake
https://www.cureus.com/articles/85853...

Medically supervised water-only fasting in the treatment of borderline hypertension
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10...

Is fasting safe? A chart review of adverse events during medically supervised, water-only fasting
https://bmccomplementmedtherapies.bio...

Water-only fasting and an exclusively plant foods diet in the management of stage IIIa, low-grade follicular lymphoma
https://casereports.bmj.com/content/2...

Follow-up of water-only fasting and an exclusively plant food diet in the management of stage IIIa, low-grade follicular lymphoma
https://casereports.bmj.com/content/2...

A Six-Week Follow-Up Study on the Sustained Effects of Prolonged Water-Only Fasting and Refeeding on Markers of Cardiometabolic Risk
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/20/...

Exclusively plant, whole-food diet for polypharmacy due to persistent atrial fibrillation, ischaemic cardiomyopathy, hyperlipidaemia and hypertension in an octogenarian
https://casereports.bmj.com/content/1...

Challenging Case in Clinical Practice: Prolonged Water-Only Fasting Followed by an Exclusively Whole-Plant-Food Diet in the Management of Severe Plaque Psoriasis
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10...

0:00 Inside TrueNorth
1:32 Loss of appetite = healing?
3:49 How Alan got interested in fasting
6:14 Are long fasts safe?
7:21 Dr. Goldhamer's training by Alec Burton
7:47 Dr. Campbell's dioxin exposure recovery
8:48 Why do people feel bad the first 3 days?
10:04 Screening patients
11:39 What can go wrong
12:36 Muscle loss
15:29 Make younger friends
16:15 Electrolytes
26:08 Conditions treatable by fasting
29:38 Case study: Mikhaila Peterson & autoimmunity
33:57 Cancer
38:14 Headaches
40:37 Heart disease
45:54 The cost of fasting
47:12 Future directions
49:29 How many patients backslide?