Fasting Fridays: Throughput

Now I must discuss the side effects, especially the delicate topic of throughput.  Feel free not to read on.

Fasting has side effects, some are desirable, even the aim, for example I am near to my lowest weight for 4 years, although there really hasn't been that much change.  I am also near to my lowest waist measurement in the same period, although again, little has really changed.  I have targets - 13st and less than 38 inches - and both are a long, long way away.  I haven't decided what to do when I get there.  There are other less desirable side effects.  I'll leave gnawing hunger, as that is really an aim as well, or perhaps you could call it a direct effect.
The main side effect is to do with the throughput of the digestive system.  The human digestive system takes its input - we call it food - and processes it through a long tube before discarding the parts that cannot be used.  This process takes two to three days from input to output and gets less efficient as we get beyond into middle age.  The system works best, at least mine does, when the input is regular and sufficient.  If there is too much input there will be too much output and it will not have been so well processed.  Similarly, if there is too little input there will be less output and the rate of progress through the system will be reduced.  this can make disposal, the last part of the output phase much harder.  The type of input also has a bearing on the effectiveness of the system.  With this in mind I have now altered the first input after the fast (Saturday morning breakfast) to have a higher content of fibre to see if the throughput can be improved.

More than enough said, results next week.