There are a lot of differences between protocols! Do you have any experience with or insights into the following:
Food and/or water deprivation: Why do some protocols only say water deprivation over night and not food also? You would think that food stuff in the stomach would slow the uptake.
Fasting time: How much time is really necessary? There are relatively large welfare and stress issues with fasting, and some protocols say up to 9 hours (overnight). Others say 4-6 hours. And there is a difference between starving during the night, where they do most eating, and starving during early morning/day, where they do not eat anyway. so is it ok to starve them in the morning (food)?
Hi Ipsita, For fasting time, I reckon you should do it naturally. Forcing a protocol is probably less helpful to most. As to food overnight, I agree that a full stomach can be hard to sleep on but I think it depends on the type of food. For example, a baby drinks then eats. I eat a little yoghurt with linseed oil at night if I'm hungry. It helps me sleep.
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