Dear Reader, I’m Greg. I’m not a doctor and I’m not a dietitian. I’m a dad, a curious bloke, and the author of The 72-Hour Fast.
How this started
In the spring of 2017 I had knee surgery that didn’t go to plan. An infection, a deep vein thrombosis, then emergency surgery to put it right. It shook me, body and head, and it made me look hard at how I was treating the only body I’ve got, with a second act (hopefully) still to come.
So I tried the oldest experiment in the human cookbook: not eating for a bit. That October I started this site as a diary, to write down what happened and to swap war stories with anyone else giving it a go.
What happened next
It worked. It’s still working. I’ve spent the better part of a decade since then reading, fasting, getting it wrong, getting it right, going back to the books, and fasting again. For a couple of years I did a 72-hour fast every other month, and I’m north of forty of them now.
Why I wrote the book
Nobody had written the book I actually wanted: everything the good doctors and the longevity people have been saying, put through a sieve, with the bits that matter handed back in plain English by someone who’s actually done it. So I wrote it.
I’m the cook, not the farmer. The science belongs to the people who did the work: Jason Fung, Mindy Pelz, Valter Longo, Satchin Panda, Peter Attia and the others I name as I go. What I’ve added is the running order, and the view from an ordinary bloke rather than a man in a lab coat.
What you’ll find here
- Start here if you’re new to fasting. Five steps, no rush.
- The free 7-Day Planner, and one good email a week from me.
- The book, and the twelve-week PDF journal that comes free with it.
- The diary: everything I’ve written since 2017, left as I wrote it, with a note where I’d say it differently now.
Nothing on this site is medical advice. Before you fast, please read the Sensible Bit, especially if you take any prescription medication.
And as well as being kind to yourself — remember to always be kind to each other.
Greg x
