The Fasted State Journal
Magnesium has some support for helping you fall asleep, but sodium at night can mean extra bathroom trips. Here's who electrolytes before bed may help and how to do it.
Electrolytes are the supplement most worth taking during a fast. Here's what else helps, what breaks a fast, and how to make fasting easier.
LMNT says it won’t break your fast, and on calories that holds up. But the stevia, the flavor carrier, and a 1,000mg sodium dose matter depending on why you fast....
Last updated: October 2026. LMNT is changing its flavor carriers over the next year, so I'll update this as things change. Short answer: yes, most flavors do. LMNT's own...
Liquid IV and LMNT get compared quite often even though they're not built the same way at all. Liquid IV is the more recognizable name, the one you'll find at...
If you've started keto and hit a wall of headaches, dizziness, and fatigue somewhere around day two or three, you're not imagining it, and it's not the diet "not working...
LMNT and Instant Hydration take almost opposite approaches to electrolytes: one maxes out sodium, the other spreads the dose across four minerals and adds sweetener. Here's exactly how they stack...
Monk fruit, allulose, diet soda, heavy cream, coffee with cream, MCT oil. Here's the honest, ingredient-by-ingredient answer on what actually breaks a fast, what technically doesn't, and why the technical...
Black coffee doesn't break a fast, but that's not the whole story. Here's what the research actually shows about caffeine, fat oxidation, autophagy, and exactly what turns your coffee into...
Everything I'd tell someone starting intermittent fasting from scratch — which protocol to pick, the mistakes that make people quit in week one, who shouldn't fast at all, and how...
I compared LMNT, Redmond Re-Lyte, Ultima Replenisher, and Optimize on the numbers that actually matter for fasting — sodium, potassium, magnesium, and what's hiding in the ingredient list. Here's an...
Magnesium doesn't crash the way sodium does during a fast, but most people are already running low before they ever start their window. Here's why sleep and muscle cramps are...
If you have ever felt a headache creep in a few hours into a fast, you already know how much it can throw off your day. It shows up right...
A clear hour-by-hour breakdown of what fasting does to your body, including the one thing most people get wrong about when the clock actually starts.
Struggling to lose weight in a calorie deficit? It's probably not your willpower or your metabolism. Here's why the numbers are so hard to get right and what actually works...
Sodium, potassium, and magnesium doses that actually work during a fast, when to take them, and what to look for on a label. The practical version, not the mechanism deep-dive....
Stevia has zero calories and no sugar. So why do most serious fasters avoid it? The answer comes down to what sweetness does to your body during a fast.
Zero-calorie electrolytes do not break a fast. But most electrolyte products are not zero-calorie. Here is what to look for on the label.
It had been over a year since I'd done a true extended fast. I'd hit some 24-hour fasts, a few 36s, and maybe a 48 in there.
You've seen it on every label. Protein powders, electrolyte drinks, sparkling water, even your "healthy" snacks. What are "natural flavors," anyway?
One of the most common questions I get from coaching clients: what can I actually drink during my fast? The short answer is water and black coffee.