Fasting Helps Fast!

I don't mean dependence literaly, sorry. I meant as in, my body depending on a medicine that is masking my issues. For example, i'm on prednisone right now, but I have no idea what my body will be like when I get off of it. I feel nauseous, i'm not hungry, i'm irritable. Now i'm on flagyl, these are things I want to avoid, but still understand they are necessary in serious times.

Gary, I'm certain many things listed in my signature have always worked well for me, unfortunately, flare ups can really come on strong as you know. I don't doubt any treatment i'm using because I've researched and worked closely with my doctors to perfect a good regimen.

Anyone else find fasting quickens the recovery process?

One advantage of fasting is that for sure you are avoiding triggering foods. Instead of abruptly ending your fast maybe you should add relatively safe foods one at a time. A trigger could be anything.

I was well on recovery from my last flare when all of a sudden I began to relapse. No idea why. Then someone here on this forum mentioned that she would go into a flare whenever she ate crab cakes. Well I was regularly eating crab bisque soup at lunch. I saw an immediate improvement when that ended.

And every time I ate at a salad bar I would again experience symptoms. First I isolated the broccoli. Then I was fine until I ate kale. Then cauliflower, watercress, etc. I couldn't believe it because I had been eating copious amounts of cruciferous my whole life without incident. But stopping all cruciferious also stopped my symptoms.

Even now years later if I eat some broccoli or kale for lunch for sure there will be problems that evening. I recommend starting your fasting again with maybe some ultra safe food like chicken broth. When your symptoms lessen you could add new foods to your diet but only one food at a time.