4 articles tagged “refeeding”.
After an extended fast, some patients come out of refeed puffier than they went in, with sustained high blood pressure, anxiety, and post-fast weight rebound. The mechanism is an enzyme called 11β-HSD2 that gets stuck in the off position. This article explains the science and the protocol stack that resets it.
The dry fasting and T3 phases of the Scorch Protocol get the attention. The rebuild phase, refeeding plus hGH therapy, is the longest, most demanding, and arguably the most important part of the protocol. This guide explains why, what the timeline looks like, and what tools the rebuild requires.
Refeeding syndrome is the serious electrolyte and metabolic complication that can occur when food is reintroduced after extended fasting. For most extended dry fasters, the refeed window is the most dangerous part of the fast, not the fast itself. This article covers what refeeding syndrome is, who is at risk, and how the Scorch Protocol's refeed protocol prevents it.
The 1944-1945 Minnesota Starvation Experiment remains the most comprehensive study of human starvation and recovery ever conducted. Its core finding (that metabolic rebuild takes 9-12 months in healthy young men) is the empirical anchor for understanding why chronic illness recovery timelines are as long as they are.