SuperFasting Guide
Quick Clean-Up at a Cellular Level
Belly fat, Arteries, Liver, Joints, Gut
Metabolism, Mood, Energy, Sleep
THE EFFECT
SuperFasting effect is assessed on following body parameters and psychological and biological markers – before, during and after.
Mood Quotient
Cognitive Clarity, Emotional Resilience, Somatic Balance, Meaning & Engagement Future Orientation
Cardiovascular Resilience
Blood Pressure, Resting Pulse, ApoB, LDL Cholesterol, HDL Cholesterol, Triglycerides
Metabolic Resilience
HbA1c
Inflammation Regulation
hsCRP
Vitamin Status
Vitamin D, Vitamin B12
Body Composition & Longevity
Weight, BMI, Visceral Fat, Belly Balance, Physical Resilience, Body Age The actual effect varies from individual to individual. Following figure indicates our recent observations. Full details available on SuperFasting App or on this link.
THE SCIENCE
SuperFasting is based on scientific studies,
- bservation and more than two decades of work in biology, psychology and natural environments. Dr Vipin Gupta has been a Drug Discovery Scientist or Professor for
- ver 2 decades in India, Europe and US. For his distinguished work he got invited by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm as a resource person (the academy is famously known for granting Nobel prizes). Dr Gupta also spent a month traveling with a Nobel Laureate. Madhur Anand pioneered Green Mind Study in collaboration with Prof Geertjan at Amsterdam University, which became the basis for the Bio-Happiness Hypothesis.
Both of them stayed in a forest-lab for over a decade, and it is through that rigorous work the SuperFasting protocol got developed. Understanding the scientific principles behind the SuperFasting makes the process much more effective.
The foundational dimensions are:
- Hydration
- Autophagy
- Mobility
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin B12
- Cholesterol Pathways
- Cancer Metabolism
- Bio-Happiness
HYDRATION
Water is Life.
Dehydration is aging, and death.
Dehydration makes blood stickier. Most of us are more dehydrated while getting up, and this may contribute to early morning fatigue and cardiovascular stress. Besides accelerated aging, dehydration also shows up as:
- Constipation
- Hair fall
- Dry eyes
- Kidney stones
How much water do we need?
- Enough to produce 2 L urine (so we are really clean)
- About ¼ L to keep the stool soft
- To compensate for loss from skin and breath, ranging from ½ to 1 L, or more, depending upon weather or ambiance. In practical sense this loss often more prominent, and more
- verlooked in dry air-conditioned or wintery air.
However, the quality of water is even bigger issue:
- Water should have proper mineral balance and TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) to be able to properly partition and reach-out to deeper tissues. Low TDS water short circuits.
- To most people water tastes better in 40-70 TDS, but is likely healthiest in 200-300 range.
- Supplementing with just 1 or 2 minerals is not enough, whole mineral spectrum is required.
- Most bottled water sold in India is mineral deficient. Same is the case with most household RO filtered water.
- RO filtration makes water safe and tasty, but it also takes out the nutrition.
More to dehydration:
Caffeinated - tea, coffee, colas - and alcoholic beverages suck the water out of the body.
Many religious practices involve water restricted fasting. It is probably because they are optimized for salvation, nirvana or post-death world. SuperFasting is for life, in the heathiest sense. Keep hydrated, stay alive, stay young.
AUTOPHAGY
In 2016, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy. ‘Autophagy’ literally means ‘self-eating’ which relates to recycling and clean-up, at a cellular level.
Disruption of this process accelerates aging, and many aging linked diseases including diabetes, parkinsonism and
cancer. Keeping autophagy fine-tuned is keeping clean, young and new.
Fasting
Prolonged fasting is one of the strongest physiological conditions associated with increased autophagy. Prolonged, because the deeper work happens during a metabolic shift known as ‘ketosis’ which takes 2-3 days to set in. Likewise, when fasting is done in a forest- like setting, the effect is much cleaner and
deeper. In the forest gene-switches work better, hormones operate in harmony, forest is the primary home for life. Cities contain toxicities and distortions.
Hunger?
With the thought of ‘fasting’ the prominent pop-up is ‘hunger’. The mind goes ‘skipping
- ne meal itself feels so bad, not eating for many days would be many X.’ Surprisingly, this is not how it goes. Once ketosis sets in, hunger becomes remarkably low and stable. It is because hunger is closely tied to the fluctuations in glucose levels, which happens in normal eating or short-
term/ intermittent fasting. In prolonged fasting glucose level becomes stable as soon as ketosis sets in.
MOBILITY
There are many life forms on our planet, ranging from viruses and bacteria to human beings. The two most visible forms are Plants and Animals. The major design difference in these two forms is of ‘mobility’. Plants are supposed to be staying at one place, their whole life. Rain and sunshine come to them and they have apparatus to synthesize food. On the contrary, Animals do not have the photosynthesis apparatus. They are required to find their food, and in the course, safeguard themselves from becoming someone’s food. To meet this foundational need, animals have mobility. Humans are smart animals, we have secured
- ur food, and put all other animals who could eat-up us into the extinction or in fence. We
have also invented many automobiles; hence mobility, through our own limbs, is hardly a necessity. But our biology hasn't yet caught up with this industrial revolution. It is still primitive. It has not evolved to cope with modern 'sitting. Most modern ailments can be linked to
- ne thing—insufficient mobility.
Yoga, Gym, Exercises
To address this biological disarray, we invented artificial forms of mobility—Yoga, gym, exercises and many more. But they are not a perfect substitute for our innate biological design—the real, purposeful mobility.
Forest Hiking and Green Workout
Forest hiking, which has some difficulty and some uncertainty, is the closest natural
mobility and has significantly more powerful effect than yoga, gym or other artificial exercises. The second-best option is productive physical labour in an ecologically balanced environment e.g. farming, which we call Green Workout. It doesn’t mean you should stop your regular yoga, gym or exercise routine; it has its place. During SuperFasting, we intend to go more natural, more authentic.
In Hindi there is a powerful saying ‘बिन श्रम खाये चोर कहाए’ ‘eating without earning is forgery/theft’. And importantly, here ‘physical labour’ is the real labour, not the mental labour, which we often find glamourous and superior.
The Animal Instinct
We are animals, not plants. Let’s get our act clean. We aren’t designed for all-day sitting.
A minimum of 90 minutes daily mobility is necessary to keep our biology well-oiled, and 3 hrs if intention is to improvise. During the SuperFasting 6 hrs is what we look for.
VITAMIN D
This vitamin is in limelight these days. Some scientists think it is wrongly classified as a ‘vitamin’ — it is more than that; it behaves like a ‘hormone’. It affects not only bone health, but almost every system in the body and is strongly related to depression and heart health. Deficiency of Vitamin D is widespread. It’s a sunshine vitamin and in less sunny places, most people are deficient. But even in India, a sunny country, large urban population is deficient. The reason is a social taboo around being in the sun. Being dark-skinned is considered ‘uncivilized, unfair or unlovely’, while being white-skinned - ‘fair and civilized’. This is to the extent that India has big skin-whitening market and a popular brand has been ‘Fair & Lovely’).
A sunshine vitamin, not from food
One doesn’t need to get this vitamin through food; our body has a mechanism of synthesising its own. The precursor is cholesterol and when bare skin is exposed to sunshine Vitamin D forms.
Blocking this biochemical process results in two issues — increased cholesterol and deficient Vitamin D, potentially contributing to both – cardiac issues and depression.
Is this a fair price for whitening?
Why Vit D supplementation is not enough?
Vitamin D deficiency is a sign of something much bigger — ‘outdoor deficiency’. Sunshine and outdoors are also linked to switching on and off hundreds of human genes. By not exposing ourselves to sunshine and outdoors we are compromising the functioning of those many genes. Vitamin D supplementation can help us get better blood numbers, and can also help in some way, but it is tiny; it is eyewash. The real deficiency is ‘outdoor deficiency’, and it should be fulfilled by being outdoors.
Does sun exposure cause skin cancer?
The linkage of sun exposure and health is more complicated than simply saying — sun
is bad. In the same way as — germs are bad, dirt is bad, fat is bad. Small amounts of sunlight are useful for Vitamin D production and gene regulation. Excessive UV exposure, however, damages the skin. The answer is not to fear the sun. It is to understand it.
What is the ideal sun exposure?
It is the brighter sun that converts cholesterol to Vitamin D. The effect is best between 10 am and 4 pm — yes, fairly between standard office hours. Ideally, being fully unclad, lying down, and keeping the face, eyes, head and hair covered works best. The duration depends on skin types, sun intensity, clouds, temperature, wind, etc., and needs to be calibrated. It could be as short as 10 minutes and as long
as 1 hour, depending on the individual and the conditions.
VITAMIN B12
Vitamin B12 is yet another new age civilizational deficiency. This vitamin is vital to the nervous system, blood formation and DNA processing. Anxiety and other psychological changes can be among its manifestations. In fact, there are many who have deficiencies
- f both: B12 as well as D, and together they can contribute to depression and anxiety, besides physiological anomalies. We try hard to feel happy, excited and energetic – with many forms of achievements, entertainments, amusements, psychedelics and gurus. Fatigue, anxiety, depression are still widespread. What if these are the symptoms of dehydration, and Vit D & B12 deficiencies? In SuperFasting we see people becoming excited, energetic and
cheerful – despite being on the fast. We have a hypothesis around it ‘Bio-Happiness Hypothesis’. There are three things we should know about this vitamin:
- It is primarily made by certain bacteria and archaea, rather than by plants or animals themselves.
- The molecule is pretty large.
- It has issues in absorption. Henceforth, is not a very smart idea attempting to get this through food, as is the case with Vitamin D. And like Vitamin D is indication of ‘Outdoors deficiency’ in our framework, this vitamin is indicative of ‘Poor Microbiome and Gut Health’.
What is the Microbiome?
‘Microbiome’ is yet another buzzword like ‘autophagy’ in health circles. After decades of hating germs, we are now realizing – of
course there are some germs that make us sick, but there are many more which are good for us. In fact, life may not be possible without them.
Most allergies, autoimmune issues and cancers have a connection to microbiome, and it has been found that changing
microbiome can change health in dramatic ways. All the bacteria that live with us — in our gut, body cavities, and on our skin — are collectively referred to as the ‘microbiome’. It is a kind of our internal forest, with a complex ecosystem, and any damage takes years to replenish. Hence, we should be cautious of things that claim to kill 99% of germs – whether toothpaste, soap or any other sanitizer, we do not need to use such things blindly and excessively. We should let our microbiome become rich and diverse.
Why B12 supplementation is not enough?
As said earlier in our framework B12 deficiency is a signal of ‘Poor Microbiome
and Gut Health’ and this could be affecting many things, including the ‘gut feelings’. Hence, having B12 injections or tablets could show up as good blood numbers. The smarter approach is to boost microbiome and gut health.
How to boost Microbiome?
The following practices help boost microflora:
- Wherever possible avoiding things that kill germs – antibiotics, sanitizers, disinfectants. This call for maintain robust health.
- Taking bath with hot water.
- Avoiding things containing antimicrobial preservatives – packaged food and drinks, creams and lotions.
- Inviting microbial diversity — spending time
- utdoors, having regular soil contact, being in natural environments and, where appropriate, enjoying mud pools.
- Working with cow dung.
- Eating high fibre food that supports microbiome.
CHOLESTEROL PATHWAYS
Like ‘Germs’ ‘Cholesterol’ is yet another misinformed and feared word. Cholesterol is one of the foundational materials in body. Quite a lot of it is present in Brain. It’s important for Cell the integrity
- f Cell Membrane. It is precursor for Vitamin D and Sex Hormones. And of course, it is there in the heart and rest of the blood vessels as LDL and HDL – the clogging and cleaning versions. Cholesterol itself is not the problem. Elevated LDL is. Somehow modern consumeristic and mis- informed living is messing-up cholesterol pathways in whole humanity. Four of the major human issues are linked to it:
- Cardiac issues (as per ICMR study 68% urban Indian adults have HDL deficiency)
- Vitamin D deficiency
- Mental issues
- Declining birth rate (possibly because of declining sex hormones)
Hence, rather than merely worrying about LDL numbers, we should be looking at the larger story. Can LDL be reduced by taking low
cholesterol containing food?
No necessarily. Cholesterol is a foundational material. We need quite a lot of it, and there are two huge factories inside us – 1) in liver, and 2) in brain. Hence, it is immaterial whether you are taking low cholesterol food or high. Is it a good idea managing LDL with
Statins?
Statins are in extensive use for lowering LDL. The problem, from our perspective, is that they suppress the overall synthesis of cholesterol—and this is one reason we question whether suppressing the pathway is the smartest long-term approach.
In our participant observations: we are finding SuperFasting wholesomely resetting the cholesterol pathways.
CANCER METABOLISM
All of us develop abnormal cells from time to time, but our smart immune system quickly destroys many of them. When system weakens, the cells keep multiplying to form cancer, although it takes years for those cells to become the disease. In 1931, German physiologist Otto Warburg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on cellular respiration. His later work revealed something remarkable about cancer metabolism: cancer cells consume large amounts of glucose and convert it to lactate even when oxygen is available. This became known as the Warburg Effect.
This is where fasting becomes interesting. During fasting, glucose levels, insulin and growth factors go down and ketone bodies go up as the body moves from growth mode to upcycling mode.
Normal cells adapt to this quickly, but cancer cells may be less able to adapt. Lot of research is going on to figure out:
1) Can fasting help in cancer prevention?
2) Can fasting help in cancer treatment?
Outcomes are interesting. There are studies suggesting that fasting may enhance the effects of some cancer treatments and may reduce some treatment-related side effects. It is a rapidly evolving area of research. Could metabolic fasting become another tool in our fight against
cancer?
BIO-HAPPINESS
Quite a lot of human happiness is biological, and for long it was given as humans lived in nature. The whole effort of last several decades has been on boosting social happiness – money, relationships, spirituality etc. – and we progressed in it. However, in the course, we have been losing biological component. This could be why so many of us feel restless despite being socially well off.
At Moodforest we are trying to look at it in
- ur own way, and we love having elaborated discussions around it.
SuperFasting Days 1-7
SuperFasting is not just fasting there are many components to it – and the most importantly it can happen only in proper Ecological & Psychological Environment. The key questions in most people have, are:
Can I do it Online or at Home?
No, it cannot happen online or at home as it requires very specific Ecological & Psychological Environment and lot of Supervision and Support.
Will I be able to do it?
Anyone who is not bedridden, or is not under active medical care can do it. The program is very personalized to suit individual abilities. The bottom line is – it feels mild challenge – not something very difficult or dangerous. The core principle is - the individual should feel more energetic and powerful by each day.
What Actually Happens, and Where?
The program is currently being offered in a forest campus (Bhoomi Eco Village) near Bangalore. The facility is a 22-acre organic farm, and has all the modern amenities for safe and comfortable stay. The day schedule subject to individual needs and weather, a common out line is as follows: Day 0 — Arrival/ Settle in · orientation · baseline checks Days 1–7/ SuperFasting/ The core residential experience Day 8/ Departure/ Completion · review · transition home A typical SuperFasting day: 6:00–8:30 am/ Cognitive Forest walk with a psychologist 8:30–9:00 am/ Morning log
9:00–11:00 am/ Vitamin D–boosting & epigenetic nature exposure 10:00 am–12:00 pm/ Cardio-metabolic movement 12:00–1:00 pm/ Vitamin B₁₂ & immunity- boosting pool session 1:00–3:30 pm/ Rest & personal time 3:30–5:00 pm/ Check-ups & technical sessions 5:30–7:00 pm/ Body-clock tuning sunset sit-out 7:00–7:30 pm/ Evening log 8:00–9:00 pm/ Life Circle Round the clock/ Autophagic fasting Organic meals & rejuvenating drinks are provided as required by your individual protocol.
Can I work from there?
Yes, you can. You get internet connectivity and time.
DAY LOGS
ARRIVAL
You don't need to achieve anything today. Just arrive.
What brought me here?
What would make these 7 days worthwhile for me?
One thing I want to practise
- Staying with the protocol ☐ Drinking as instructed
- Moving my body ☐ Spending time outdoors
- Observing hunger ☐ Asking for help
If I find this difficult… What usually helps me stay with something when it gets
uncomfortable?
DAY 1 — BEGIN
The first day is not about being good at fasting. It is about beginning to notice.
Hunger low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Energy low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Mood low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Sleep low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Ketosis low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Hydration low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Fasting low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Forest Hiking low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Sun Exposure low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Green Workout low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Microbiome Pool low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Technical Session low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Life Circle low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Something my body did today that I didn't expect?
DAY 2 — NOTICE
Notice what happens when you observe a sensation rather than immediately reacting to it.
Hunger low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Energy low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Mood low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Sleep low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Ketosis low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Hydration low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Fasting low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Forest Hiking low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Sun Exposure low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Green Workout low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Microbiome Pool low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Technical Session low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Life Circle low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
When did hunger feel strongest?
DAY 3 — THE SHIFT
By now, the experience may be changing. Notice it without trying to force a particular experience. Some enter into ketosis in the beginning of day 3, some at the end.
Hunger low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Energy low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Mood low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Sleep low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Ketosis low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Hydration low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Fasting low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Forest Hiking low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Sun Exposure low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Green Workout low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Microbiome Pool low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Technical Session low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Life Circle low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Compared with Day 1, what feels different?
DAY 4 — WORK WITH IT
By day 4 everyone is in ketosis. Ketosis brings a big shift in overall metabolism. You might notice it in hunger, mood and energy. Hydration is the key, and when the balance is right, many people begin to feel surprisingly good.
Hunger low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Energy low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Mood low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Sleep low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Ketosis low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Hydration low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Fasting low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Forest Hiking low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Sun Exposure low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Green Workout low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Microbiome Pool low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Technical Session low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Life Circle low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Is my body odour changing? Am I attracting
butterflies?
DAY 5 — GO DEEPER
This is where SuperFasting is different from intermittent or short fasting. You are now several days into a prolonged metabolic state, with the body adapting to the absence of regular food intake.
This is the phase in which we are particularly interested in cellular clean-up, recycling and renewal.
Hunger low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Energy low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Mood low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Sleep low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Ketosis low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Hydration low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Fasting low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Forest Hiking low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Sun Exposure low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Green Workout low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Microbiome Pool low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Technical Session low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Life Circle low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
DAY 6 — LOOK BACK
You have now spent several days observing yourself. Look back as well as inward.
Hunger low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Energy low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Mood low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Sleep low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Ketosis low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Hydration low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Fasting low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Forest Hiking low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Sun Exposure low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Green Workout low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Microbiome Pool low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Technical Session low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Life Circle low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
I came here thinking…
Now I am noticing…
DAY 7 — COMPLETE
You could be breaking your fast today, getting the first fruit bite. It might taste very different than earlier. Your taste buds could have become very sharp.
Hunger low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Energy low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Mood low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Sleep low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Ketosis low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Hydration low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Fasting low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Forest Hiking low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Sun Exposure low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Green Workout low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Microbiome Pool low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Technical Session low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
Life Circle low ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ high
How did you feel with the food?
TAKING IT HOME
The camp ends. The process continues. The biochemical shifts that have happened will continue bringing more changes, and we got to handle in a manner the effect continue becoming deeper.
After a week, you’ll be filling online MQ, and after another you will have a blood sample taken, thereafter, we’ll compile the results and have
- nline consultation.
Do not forget to login your personal link, now most conversations will happen digitally.
SuperFasting is primarily a clean-up and renewal process. You are going home as a new- person. Health is no longer being an effort. You are स्वस्थ (स्व + स्थित) situated in your Self. Health is now your Home state, an effortless zone, a fun zone.
Will I lose the effect once I’m back home?
No. I’ll not go back to become the old version of myself.
What changed for me?
Body
Mind
My relationship with food / fasting
My relationship with nature / outdoors
Which practice do I want to continue?
- Fasting at home ☐ More outdoor time
- More natural movement ☐ Better hydration
- More awareness of hunger ☐ Something else
What could make this difficult at home?
What will I do when that happens?
My one commitment to myself For the next 30 days, I will…
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