Right on Brother! 12 pounds in, what, 3 weeks? That’s fantastic! How is your strength doing? I imagine it’s steady as you haven’t mentioned otherwise. Seriously, a nearly 6 day water fast... Impressive! Keep it up, you’ll be there in no time.
As an aside, I read a study somewhere that the occasional extended water fast (IIRC it was 9 days once a year) drops all cancer rates by 99%. The researchers were looking at populations that have no occurences of cancer and found the commonality between them to be varying periods of water fasting. Apparently this allows the body the opportunity to cannibalize all damaged (cancerous or otherwise) bio-material for resources.
As an aside, I read a study somewhere that the occasional extended water fast (IIRC it was 9 days once a year) drops all cancer rates by 99%. The researchers were looking at populations that have no occurences of cancer and found the commonality between them to be varying periods of water fasting. Apparently this allows the body the opportunity to cannibalize all damaged (cancerous or otherwise) bio-material for resources.