There are moments in life when you feel your body has had enough. Enough of carrying, absorbing, running on empty. You look for something real, something deep — that doesn't involve a prescription or a supplement label. Something your body already knows how to do, instinctively, as it always has. Fasting is exactly that. It 's not a Silicon Valley trend. It's not a punishment. It is a natural, physiological process that humans and animals have always practised in times of ill