Table 4.

Self-reported symptoms before and after 10 fasting days and self-estimated chronic body discomfort before and after 4 weeks of food reintroduction.

Fasting effects	Before	After 10 days	After 4 weeks
Self-reported symptoms, mean ± SD
Fatigue	4.1 ± 2.8	1.3 ± 2.1***	ND
Sleep Disorder	2.5 ± 2.9	1.6 ± 2.3**	ND
Headache	2.0 ± 2.9	0.1 ± 0.4***	ND
Hunger	2.0 ± 2.4	0.8 ± 1.7***	ND
Back pain	1.0 ± 2.0	0.8 ± 1.8	ND
Nausea	0.2 ± 0.8	0.1 ± 0.3	ND
Estimated chronic body discomforts, n (p = 0.002)
Elevated	26	ND	13
Moderate	65	ND	55
Low	15	ND	33

ND, not determined. P-values are <0.01^** and

p < 0.001^***.