prioritizes rest and recovery as highly as physical activity, and as such necessarily includes typically brief periods of days or weeks of inactivity. During such recovery periods, deeper rest may be beneficial in response to injury, illness or emotional fatigue which may:
have resulted in loss of appetite
resolve through eating less calories, minimizing physical exertion and / or undertaking a hygienic water fast of a period which is:
short such as perhaps 1-5 days if self-supported
long such as 1-4 weeks if responsibly supervised by an experienced professional