Week 18

October 18 – October 19, 2026 · Days 119–120 · 2 entries

Days 119–120 of the One Year Fast project, written up day by day: three full fasting days in the week, what happened on each of them, and the weight, blood pressure and ketone readings recorded on those dates. Every figure shown here is measured on the day, not reconstructed later.

Day 119 · Sunday, October 18, 2026

Day 119 — Are We Heading Toward Lovelock’s Novacene? Forced Confinement & Engineered Global Conflict

Day 119 of the One Year Fast: a discussion of James Lovelock’s Novacene hypothesis, forced confinement and engineered global conflict, recorded as part of the daily video log of fasting three days a week for a year.

Day 120 · Monday, October 19, 2026

Day 120 — Which Religion Fasts the Most? The Orthodox Church Has the Most Fasting Days

Day 120 of the One Year Fast: a look at which religion fasts the most, with the Orthodox Church observing the most fasting days, recorded as part of the daily video log of fasting three days a week for a year.

Readings shown on each entry come straight from the health dashboard data logged on that date. The exact procedure, device and known limitations behind each measurement are documented on the methodology pages. For definitions of any term used above, see the fasting dictionary.

Written by Alfie Hammersham — founder of One Year Fast, who is fasting three full days a week for 52 consecutive weeks and publishing every biomarker openly. Not a doctor; every physiological claim on this site is referenced to published research, and lived experience is labelled as such.

Physiological claims on this page are cited to peer-reviewed studies; first-hand readings come from one subject and are labelled as personal experience. See the editorial & sourcing policy for how this is written, reviewed and corrected.

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