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#996 What Happens When You Don’t Eat for 2 Days – The Metabolic Timeline That Heals Your Body Hour by Hour with Ben Azadi

Author
Ben Azadi
Published
Sat 26 Apr 2025
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Ben Azadi takes listeners on an hour-by-hour timeline of what happens inside the body during a 48-hour water fast. From digestion and insulin reduction to autophagy, fat-burning ketosis, stem cell regeneration, and a dopamine reset—this is the ultimate metabolic transformation guide.

⏰ 12–14 Hours:


Complete Digestion → Energy is diverted from digestion to cellular repair


Insulin Drops → Bloating decreases, energy rises

⏰ 16–17 Hours:


Autophagy Begins → Cleans out damaged cells and mitochondria


Mitophagy Kicks In → Optimizes fat-burning and anti-aging

⏰ 20 Hours:


Ketosis Accelerates → Burning body fat, not dietary fat


Mitochondrial Biogenesis → 400% boost in energy production


Metabolism Increases → Burn more calories effortlessly

⏰ 24 Hours:


Intestinal Stem Cell Activation → Gut healing, reduced leaky gut


Surge in Human Growth Hormone


2,000% in men


1,300% in women

⏰ 30 Hours:


BDNF Boosts → Brain-derived neurotrophic factor = brain repair and plasticity


Mitophagy in Brain Cells → Cognitive clarity, less risk of neurodegeneration

⏰ 36 Hours:


Deep Ketosis & Inflammation Drops


Fat Burning Peaks → Even while at rest

⏰ 48 Hours:


Apoptosis → Clearance of zombie cells (senescent cells)


Stem Cell Generation → Tissue regeneration, anti-aging


Dopamine Reset → Less emotional eating, reduced sugar/social media addiction

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