One Month Without Food
On the night of September 30, Hayley Ryczek and her husband went out to one of their favorite restaurants, where Ryczek sunk her teeth into a sizzling ribeye steak. When she came to the last bite, she savored it; it would be the last she would eat for a month.
The next day, Ryczek, a cookbook author and lifestyle blogger who lives near Pittsburgh, would embark on a 31-day “water fast,” during which she would consume only water, tea, seltzer, lemon juice, vitamin pills, and occasionally broth.