I was outside, fifty hours into a water fast, trying to explain a strange feeling: there seemed to be more time. More space to deal with myself. More room around thoughts that normally arrive on top of one another.

In the recording, I describe walking in something like a meditative state. Ideas felt clear. Unfinished things could be looked at from several sides. That was what excited me: the possibility of working, creating and understanding something I had not properly processed before.

The experience was real to me. The explanation still needs care.

Fifty hours is a duration, not a threshold

Fifty hours means two complete days and another two hours: 2 × 24 + 2 = 50. That is the elapsed time I reported in this particular video. It does not establish that everyone reaches the same mental state after the same number of hours.

I also speak enthusiastically about going deeper after the third day. The recording contains that expectation; it does not demonstrate a universal day-three effect. A clock tells us how long something has lasted. It cannot tell us whether the experience is medically beneficial.

What I meant by having more space

There are several threads in the video. One is attention: being able to stay with an idea. Another is perspective: seeing unfinished work differently. A third is emotional: making room for things I felt I had not dealt with.

Those distinctions matter. Feeling clear is not the same as having measured better memory, judgment or concentration. I did not present a before-and-after cognitive test in this recording. Nor does the video separate the effect of fasting from the other circumstances of that moment.

What I felt, and what it can establish. Time: I described having more space to reflect. Focus: Ideas and unfinished tasks felt easier to examine. Evidence: A personal report does not measure cognitive improvement or detoxification.
The first two cards summarise the recording. The third separates experience from a scientific conclusion.

When I talk about a physical or mental “cleaning,” the emotional part describes an interpretation of my own experience. It cannot serve as evidence that fasting removes unspecified toxins from the body. A powerful metaphor can help describe a feeling; it cannot do the job of a biological measurement.

The health claim needs a different kind of evidence

The US National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health reports no compelling research supporting detox diets for removing toxins. It also warns that fasting can cause headaches, weakness, fainting and dehydration. Feeling mentally clear does not rule out those risks. NCCIH’s evidence and safety review.

This video is therefore a record of my experience, not a fasting programme. Anyone considering prolonged fasting should discuss their circumstances with a qualified clinician, especially when a health condition or medication is involved. Feeling unwell is not a milestone to push through.

In my longer article on fasting and medical evidence, I examine the broader claims separately. Here, the point is narrower: I was noticing my relationship with time and attention.

That question survives even without copying the fast. Which thought have you kept postponing? Which unfinished thing becomes easier to understand when you give it undivided attention?

I wanted to show that feeling of space. The honest way to keep it is to describe what happened, and leave room for what I do not know.

Sources and calculation notes

  • Duration calculation: 50 hours = 48 + 2 = two days and two hours. This reproduces the video’s stated duration, not an independently observed fast or a recommendation.

  • NCCIH: detoxes and cleanses, updated March 2025. The source supports the evidence and safety distinction; it does not diagnose the experience in this video.

  • Original video and thumbnail: Eduard Luta on TikTok. Published 2026-05-31. Research checked 28 September 2026.