Based on this meeting, the Scorch protocol is a structured program from Dry Fasting Club that combines intensive dry fasting, very specific refeeding, and targeted hormone therapies to address chronic issues like insulin resistance, low body temperature, and slow metabolism.
Below is what can be clearly inferred from the call (not medical advice, just a recap of what they described).
1. Core Pillars of the Scorch Protocol
From the practitioner’s own words, Scorch is built around three main pillars:
- Dry fasting
- T3 thyroid hormone therapy
- Human Growth Hormone (HGH) therapy (only for some, at an advanced stage)
“In the Scorch protocol… it's dry fasting, t3 therapy. And then there's a third pillar… human growth hormone therapy.” [0:21:43–0:22:22]
They see it as a stepwise system:
- First: dry fasting + diet & refeed strategy
- Second: add T3 therapy if needed
- Third: in only the most difficult, chronic cases, add HGH therapy
2. Dry Fasting Phase – “Deep reset.”
The protocol uses multi‑day dry fasts (like your current 5‑day) as the main “reset” tool.
They emphasized three claimed benefits of dry fasting:
- During the fast, stem cells are “put to sleep” and primed.
- On refeed, carbs act as the signal to wake them and regenerate.
Increased growth hormone
“Growth hormone is its third benefit… that’s why people get these crazy benefits on like a nine day dry fast… nine days of intense growth hormone.” [0:23:06–0:24:01]
Strong stem‑cell activation followed by carb “signal”
“Your stem cells… are ready to explode, but they will not, until they get the signal. And it requires the carbs as the signal to regenerate the stem cells…” [0:08:26–0:09:33]
Aggressive autophagy
“I think the main benefit of a dry fast is its autophagy… Dry has a unique one, and it's more aggressive… an osmotic dehydration one, where it rips out of the cell.” [0:23:06–0:23:38]
They also warned that longer is not automatically better, especially for insulin resistance:
“More is not better… you want to do the least amount of fasting that gives you the benefits… every single extremely long fast that you do, you make your insulin resistance a little bit worse.” [0:17:14–0:17:26, 0:24:22–0:24:38]
For you specifically, they felt:
- 36 hours once a month +
- 5‑day dry fast twice a year
is a “good rhythm”:
“36 once a month and twice a year five day, I think that is a good rhythm.” [0:17:04–0:17:12]
3. Refeed Strategy – High‑carb, low‑protein, low‑fat
A big part of Scorch is how you break the fast, especially to help with insulin resistance and stem‑cell “activation.”
3.1 First drink after the dry fast
They are very specific that the first drink is coconut water, not plain water:
“The first day out of your fast, my recommendation in the Scorch is coconut water. Yeah? No, no regular water… we’re going to drink both water and calories and electrolytes in coconut water.” [0:11:50–0:12:30]
They mention very diluted juices as an alternative, but coconut water is their “nature’s fast breaker.”
3.2 First 5–7 days: carb‑focused, low protein & fat
They strongly stress:
- Carb‑focused refeed
- Low protein
- Low fat, especially in the first 5–7 days
“We’re a carb focused refeed with low protein, because once you bring in protein, you actually engage in a form of insulin resistance in the body in the very first week. We want to avoid protein and fat.” [0:11:01–0:11:54]
They compare the ideal early‑refeed model to the Kempner rice diet:
“The easiest way for me to tell you… is compare it to the Kempner rice diet… a mix of white rice and fruit, fruit juices… white rice. And if you need extra calories, he puts sugar onto the rice, white sugar.” [0:19:03–0:19:54]
So for days 1–5 (or up to 7) they recommend:
- White rice
- Fruit, fruit juices, compotes
- Very low sodium
- No fat, minimal protein
- No dried fruit (too dehydrating and rough on digestion early on) [0:19:54–0:20:09]
Only after at least 5 days of this carb‑based refeed do they suggest:
- Slowly adding other foods based on digestibility.
Fattier foods like avocado only after those first days, not immediately:
“Avocado is okay… definitely not in the first five days.” [0:20:36–0:20:42]
Eggs and other nutrient‑dense animal foods are praised in general, but not for the immediate refeed window:
“Eggs are the best food on earth… superfood like milk, eggs, liver… The egg yolk has everything you need.” [0:20:44–0:21:17]
4. T3 Therapy – Thyroid support as a “reboot”
The second major pillar of Scorch is T3 thyroid therapy, particularly for:
- Women
- Chronically ill
- Low body temperature / suspected hypothyroid patterns
“Any woman that comes to me to dry fasting, I already assume your temperatures are bad… t3 therapy is something I think you should be very looking into… In the Scorch work, I’ll recommend it to everybody, even people who don’t need it. It’s just in there as a pillar of the Scorch.” [0:21:43–0:22:22]
They described T3 therapy as:
- A cyclical protocol, not necessarily lifelong.
- A typical one‑month cycle:
- ~10 days ramping up
- A few days at the target dose
- ~20 days tapering down
“A cycle of t3 when done correctly, is one month… 10 days of ramping up… then you come down twice as slow… 10 days to come up, 20 days to come off of it, and then you're off.” [0:27:18–0:28:10]
They claim the goal is to:
- “Reboot the system like a computer.”
- Improve:
- Temperature/heat
- Energy
- Weight loss
- Thyroid hormone conversion
“In general, it fixes the problem… It will. It should bring back… better conversion of thyroid hormone… help with weight loss and energy and heat. And then you scale off of it.” [0:27:18–0:28:10]
They also noted important cautions:
- Heart issues
- “Very aggressive” blood issues
Need to be careful if you have:
“Unless you have heart issues and blood issues, like very aggressive ones, then you have to watch out.” [0:21:43–0:22:22]
Access via chronic-illness.ca
They mentioned:
- A source: chronic-illness.ca
- It requires Bitcoin because they ship without prescriptions, which is legally sensitive.
- In their own six‑month coaching, they resell and ship slow‑release T3 themselves, which can bypass the bitcoin requirements.
“From chronic-illness.ca, you can only pay with Bitcoin… they’re providing that service illegally, with no prescriptions… If you work with me… part of the cost… is I basically send you the medication from me.” [0:28:10–0:29:29]
5. HGH (Human Growth Hormone) Therapy – Advanced “third pillar”
The third pillar is human growth hormone therapy, but:
- Not for everyone
- Reserved for the sickest cases where dry fasting + T3 + diet weren’t enough.
“Not everybody has to reach level three… some people who are so sick that without the HGH as like the final pillar, they would not recover.” [0:22:52–0:23:06]
They explained:
- It is injectable HGH.
- Lab‑synthesized using bacteria (like E. coli) that produce human growth hormone.
“Growth hormone is synthesized in a lab… They insert Human Growth Hormone into E coli bacteria… grow it in a batch, and then they extract it.” [0:25:46–0:26:23]
This is positioned as a way to get growth hormone benefits without needing extremely long, stressful dry fasts:
“We don’t want to fast anymore… but we still want the growth hormone. That’s where it comes in. We’re fixing both insulin resistance through diet… plus we’re taking some growth hormone at night… And it’s magical.” [0:24:54–0:25:46]
As with T3, they said they do not view it as a required lifelong therapy.
6. How It’s Supposed to Work Overall (Their Framing)
Putting it together, according to the practitioner:
- Dry fasting
- Deep autophagy, strong GH pulse, priming stem cells.
- Short but focused multi‑day fasts (like 5 days) spaced out over months.
- Refeed with carbs
- Carbs signal regeneration of stem cells.
- High‑carb, low‑protein, low‑fat, low‑sodium for 5–7 days (Kempner‑style).
- Gradually expand diet, still emphasizing good carb handling.
- Address insulin resistance
- Use fasting as a tool, but:
- Don’t chronically overload long fasts.
- Correct refeed is crucial.
- Over time, aim to improve blood glucose regulation.
- Use fasting as a tool, but:
- Correct low thyroid / low temperature
- Use cyclic T3 therapy as a “reboot,” particularly in women and chronically ill.
- Optional HGH for extreme cases
- For those who don’t improve enough, external HGH is added to drive regeneration without needing repeated extreme fasts.
7. A very important caveat
Everything above is what the Dry Fasting Club practitioner described in this session, not a medical recommendation. Many aspects (especially dry fasting, T3, and HGH use without standard medical oversight) are controversial and potentially risky, particularly if you have:
- Heart disease
- Thyroid conditions
- Diabetes or strong insulin resistance
- Other chronic or complex health problems
Any decision about fasting, hormones, or protocols like Scorch should be reviewed with a qualified healthcare provider who knows your full medical history and current medications.
