Phase 2: The Dry Fast (The Scorch)

Phase 1: Getting Ready

Preparing correctly avoids a “detox crash” and makes the fast easier.

• Choosing Your Diet:
  • If you are sick or in high pain: You should eat a Ketogenic (high fat, low carb) diet for 1 to 2 months before you start. If your body has struggled with fasting before, you must do this first.
  • Standard Prep: For everyone else, you don’t need major dietary changes, but eating low-carb for 3 days before the fast can help reduce hunger.
• Get Your Mind Right: Write down why you are doing this and focus your mind. A strong mindset helps you through the tough emotional parts.

Phase 2: Starting Slowly

Do NOT jump straight to 5 days. You must build up your body’s strength.

Between Fasts: Wait 5 to 10 days while eating normally to recover.

Phase 3: The Dry Fast (The Scorch)

How it works: Your body starts getting water by burning old, damaged cells and fat. This speeds up deep cleaning (autophagy) and releases new building blocks (stem cells).

The Stages of a 5-Day Fast

• Burning Sugar (0–24h): Your body uses up its sugar stores. You will feel hungry, but thirst is usually okay.
• The Acidosis Stage (24–72h): Your body switches to burning fat. This creates a mild “acid” state that triggers a massive “deep clean” (The Scorch). You might feel heat inside your body.
• The Peak Stage (Day 4–5): This is the deepest repair phase. You might feel a “healing fever.” You will pee less, and your energy might dip before you feel clear-headed.
• Regeneration (Day 5+): New cells are released, and you might feel a surge of energy as your body adapts.

What to do During the Fast

• Environment: Stay in a cool room with fresh air. Rest as much as possible, only do very light walking.
• Daily Habits: Try gentle belly massage, dry skin brushing, and light stretching.
• Tracking: Watch your weight (you will lose 1–2 lbs per day), heart rate, and the coating on your tongue.

Phase 3B: The Water Fast (Days 6–10)

After completing the 5-day dry fast, you do not break the fast with food. You transition directly into a 5-day water fast. This is not a cool-down period: it is its own distinct and powerful therapeutic phase.

Why the Water Fast After a Dry Fast Is Different

A water fast done after a 5-day dry fast is not the same as a standalone water fast. The dry fast has already completed the deep cellular cleanup: the old damaged cells are gone, toxins have been burned, and your body is primed at a cellular level it cannot reach through water fasting alone. The water fast that follows is supercharged by this state: you are washing through a body that has already been restructured from the inside.

What Is Allowed During the Water Fast Phase

• Water: drink freely. Your body is now able to absorb it properly.
• T3 therapy, started on day 3 of the water fast (see below).
• L-Carnitine (optional): if energy is a significant issue, small amounts of L-carnitine can help. This is not necessary for everyone.
• Nothing else: no food, no juice, no broth, no electrolyte supplements.

Starting T3 Therapy During the Water Fast

T3 therapy begins on day 3 of the water fast, not at the end of the fast, and not at the start of the refeed. The timing is deliberate: by starting T3 on day 3, you are on day 3 of T3 therapy when you have your first calories. This matters because T3 needs to already be running when refeeding begins, shifting your metabolism into a state that allows the antiviral protocol (L-lysine + monolaurin) to start immediately on refeeding day 1, rather than waiting.

Follow the standard T3 ramp: start at 15 mcg on day 3 of the water fast, adding 15 mcg each day per the T3 therapy protocol. So:

Phase 4: Breaking the Fast (Refeeding)

Very Important: Eating too much too fast can be dangerous. Your refeed should last roughly as long as the fasting block. For a 10-day fast (5 dry + 5 water), give your body at least 10 days before returning to normal eating. By this point, your T3 therapy is already running at day 4, which is intentional and allows your antiviral protocol to begin immediately.

• The First Hour: Drink Coconut Water only. Do not start with plain water. Take tiny sips (half a cup over a whole hour). This tells your new cells to start growing correctly.
• Hours 2–4: Keep drinking coconut water very slowly (about one cup every hour).
• Day 1 After the Fast: Stick to coconut water. In the late afternoon, you can have a small bowl of soft, mushy rice if you feel stable. Start your antiviral protocol (L-lysine + monolaurin) today. T3 is already active and your kidneys can handle it.
• Day 2 to 7: Follow the rice and fruit schedule. (See the Refeeding Page for the full plan).

What to Expect at Each Stage

• 36 Hours: A quick energy reset and light detox.
• 72 Hours: Deep cleaning starts and inflammation goes down.
• 5 Days Dry: Maximum repair, new stem cells are released. The body is primed for the water phase.
• 5 Days Dry + 5 Days Water (10 Days Total): The full protocol fasting block. Deep cellular restructuring followed by a supercharged water fast with T3 already running. This is the definitive version.

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Jesus on Fasting: What is Done in Secret, God Rewards

Matthew 6:17-18: “But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”

Jesus did not debate whether fasting was valid. He assumed you would do it, and told you how. The dry fast is one of the most private things a person can do: no food, no water, no performance. Just you and God and the silence. In that silence, old grief surfaces and old fears dissolve. I found that the fast was also a confrontation with truth: the named, specific kind. The Epstein files document what powerful men did to children with impunity. The suffering in Gaza is real. Evil propagates when good men look away. The fast is a recommitment to looking directly at what is true, in your body, your spirit, and the world.

Your Father sees what is done in secret. He will reward you.