I've got to disagree with the first paragraph just a little. Not in full on general terms, in full on general terms I do agree, for an active, healthy individual. On occasion it pays to not eat for a while, especially if you have a sedentary desk job and can afford to do it.

I've fasted for five days, and I really should build up to more. I didn't just fast for five days, but I've had the occasional one day for medical test or even just didn't have time to eat and didn't think about it days. I started at two for intentional and built up a day at a time until I got to five and intended to go for more. Fasting - for non-religious health reasons (no reason you can't combine religious reasons into this), can actually do the body some good. I've read some of the Bragg writings, and while I do think a significant part of that was an effort to sell books and hawk the apple-cider vinegar, there is some truth to it. The body cleans itself out during a fast. I need to go for more than five days personally - I never did hit the big clean out, but I did hit some impressive gut clean out at day four. I won't detail that. I was building up my fast time during my last job which was sedentary, and at about day four I did have a few dizzy spells. It's important not to jump in and go long term with the first one, build up in small fast a month apart. My current job has me working out in the sun moving heavy stuff on occasion - not the time to fast.

I am a type II diabetic, which is part of why I've done the fast. I've read that fasting long enough can cause the pancreas to heal itself. I never did fast long enough to do that, but I will say for weeks after coming off of a fast my blood sugar was better. It did weird things during the fast - often staying rather high especially at first, but it would even out over time.

Back to the Bragg stuff - my old coworkers got me into the Bragg stuff. I will tell you based on self experimentation, coupled with the hear-say of a coworkers sister who had gestational diabetes and at least one other diabetic coworker, taking a shot of apple-cider vinegar will lower your blood sugar by quite a few points quickly. When I have trouble keeping it down I use a shot-glass and down some of the stuff. I hate it. I hate it with a passion, I've tried mixing it with water and drinking it slowly - which did me a lot of good - but it just makes the whole glass of water taste horrible. The shot glass makes it over with quickly.

As for your recipe - I love fish. I think think I'm going to share this with my wife to see if I can get her to make it. She loves to experiment with things like this. I have to say - I leave near Cajun country just by being in Houston, on top of that I make semi-frequent trips to deep in the heart of Louisiana, not as frequently as I used to, but I still get there, and I don't think I've heard of grounded crayfish. I'll have to ask mom about it - they've lived there since 2000, meaning I didn't grow up there but they have a feel of it now.

Thanks for sharing, sorry for thread-jacking.