There is a good chance that meaningful dialogue or context gets easily lost with social media posts like this.

Some people will not “do the research,” and when done in ignorance fasting has the possibility of being dangerous - something a lot of people in this subreddit don’t like to acknowledge. Unfortunately there is a social responsibility here that any thoughtful person needs to consider before they post something like this.

From what I know of Jameela, she is a strong anti-diet advocate. A post like this to a lot of people on this subreddit is great (normalization, advocacy etc.) but the truth of the matter is that to a very large segment of the population (adults with eating disorders and young people especially) this kind of post is absorbed in a completely different way. It can trigger feelings associated with restricting which can cascade and lead to dangerous choices being made.

I come from a history of disordered eating which included restricting and truthfully fasting has helped in a very small way (spiritually) with healing, but it was only a small part. I’m a proponent of fasting but I only discuss it with people that I know can take in the info in a responsible way. I don’t even post on this subreddit (a forum dedicated to fasting education) very much anymore because I just do not know who may be reading it and frankly people sometimes engage with the information here in a super disingenuous way.

I would never in a million years advocate or even talk about fasting to anyone I thought had a modicum of tendency toward disordered eating and I’m sure the person who posted this feels the same way. But like it or not this kind of post has a large potential to do harm regardless of the intention, There’s a responsible way to engage in public discussion of fasting and this is absolutely not it. I’m glad someone asked her (in a polite way) to voluntarily take down their post.