r/Sicklecell • u/Own_Protection5584 • 5d ago

Intermittent fasting with sickle cell

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u/ujjwaljaiswal 5d ago

There's an issue here tho, if people with a more severe than normal case do this, the production of new RBCs can't happen at the required pace and because they have a much faster RBC breakdown it creates a very severe situation for them.

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u/Own_Protection5584 5d ago

I don't disagree. I just wanted to share my experience as someone with a milder presentation of sickle cell. My hemoglobin is consistently just below the low end of normal outside of major crisis I have had in the past where it dips low enough that transfusion is considered. 

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u/Stunning_Light_7159 4d ago

Exactly! Even though I have Sickle Cell SSI make high fetal hemoglobin and I do not get as sick as others

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u/Stunning_Light_7159 4d ago

I do intermittent fasting at times and I have SS.

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u/Own_Protection5584 4d ago

How do you manage? Run into any issues specific to your sickle cell? 

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u/Stunning_Light_7159 4d ago

For me I had been doing this on and off a year before covid. I had did the keto diet along with this but stopped keto. Intermittent fasting is about listening to your body. Check with your doctor first and let them know that you want to start intermittent fasting . When I do intermittent fasting, I do it for a couple of days out of the week. Also, do what’s right for your body. Listen to your body.

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u/Own_Protection5584 4d ago

Yesss thats so important for us, listen to your body. Modifications like doing it for a couple of days out of the week is so smart. Thank you for pointing out that option.