Digestion and fasting: why the gut loves pauses
During a pause without food, the gut turns on “clean-up,” which does not start with snacks. Why bloating and IBS quiet down during fasting, how to end the pause, and what happens with the gallbladder.

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During a pause without food, the gut turns on “clean-up,” which does not start with snacks. Why bloating and IBS quiet down during fasting, how to end the pause, and what happens with the gallbladder.
Bacteria eat what you eat. Without sugar and flour, the composition changes in a month: less gas and fewer cravings for sweets, more butyric acid. What happens and how to help.
The two most common intolerances. Lactose and casein are different problems; gluten disappears on the method by itself. An elimination and reintroduction protocol that gives an honest answer without tests.
Live cultures in a spoonful of sauerkraut — more than in a probiotic capsule, and ten times cheaper. What counts as live, how much, how to introduce it, and how to make it yourself.
After 45, while taking omeprazole and with gastritis, there is little acid, and meat is difficult to digest. Signs, simple tools — lemon, bitters, chewing — and talking to a doctor about omeprazole.
Irritable bowel syndrome is fueled by fermentable carbohydrates — sugar, flour, onions, apples, sweeteners. The method removes most of them. What remains and what to do about it.
A gallbladder unaccustomed to fats on a low-fat diet cannot keep up with a sudden increase. Heaviness, bitterness, nausea — and what to do about it. Gallstones, a removed gallbladder, and the method.
For most people, heartburn resolves within 2–3 weeks on the method. For some, it gets worse in the first few days from coffee on an empty stomach and fat without food. What to do in both cases and when to see a doctor.
“There won’t be enough fiber without bread” — a myth. The method’s food table, two types of fiber, and a 30-gram day without a single grain.
Three symptoms of the first weeks on the method and one answer to all of them — sodium, potassium, magnesium. How to understand what is missing and what to do today.
Fat increased from 30 to 70% in one day — the gallbladder and pancreas did not have time to adapt. Why this happens and how to increase fat so that the intestines keep up.
I cut out bread and grains — and my bowel movements disappeared. This is not “keto is harmful”; it means too few vegetables, water, salt, and magnesium. A breakdown by cause and a one-week plan.
