"Hi Anindita, i think what surprised me was that is was do-able in the first place. Somehow I thought the wheels would fall off if i stopped eating food, if only for one day :) The other was that, when i don't have the chance to eat, I don't have the same little panic and irritations, snapping at others, for example. So, maybe the benefits are as much mental as physical. Regards, Ivan" - Ivan Walsh