So I wanted to do a quick video on mineral fluctuations when you're doing fasting because it's always

a concern.

Am I going to deplete my mineral reserve, especially if you're not taking electrolytes or other

minerals like trace minerals.

So let's go ahead and cover it on an average fast, let's say 72 hours.

So if you look at sodium, and we're talking about blood values, okay, goes from 138 to 136,

so a slight decrease.

Potassium, 4.6 to 4.3, a slight decrease.

Magnesium, 1.7 to 1.6, a very slight little dip there.

Then we have calcium, 10.3 to 9.1.

Again, just a small amount.

Phosphorus, 3.6 to 3.0.

Zinc, check this out.

104, it goes up to 117.

This is interesting.

Why would zinc go up when you're doing a fast, okay?

Well, you're not eating anything, supposedly, but what happens is your body releases from

the reserve a lot of zinc, goes up by 3.5 times, okay, and why would that be?

Because your body actually needs zinc to make certain enzymes as a part of the antioxidant

network that's involved with defending the body against pathogens, also in the repair

action, so that's why it goes up.

And the other thing that's very interesting is that uric acid goes from 4.5 to 26 to 41,

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