Have you tried fasting for health?

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Fasting has been part of the human experience for thousands of years, but mostly for religious or spiritual purposes. Of course, there have also been plenty of times when people didn't have a choice - there was simply no food available. For a long time there have also been people who recommended and practiced fasting for health reasons, but mainstream medicine has largely looked at them as the lunatic fringe. Today, however, a growing number of cutting-edge researchers are looking at fasting in a whole new light, and are beginning to recommend everything from time-restricted eating (limiting eating to 6-8 hrs per 24) to intermittent fasting (going without food totally 1 or 2 days a week) to longer fasts of 5 days or more as an amazing aid to health. Some are even seeing fasting as a possible "silver bullet" for cancer. I personally stumbled upon time-restricted eating some 25 years ago. I hadn't read about it - there wasn't anything around in those days - I simply found that my body liked it better if I only ate 2 meals a day (in those days it was breakfast and dinner.) Over the years I slipped away from it, allowing myself to be distracted by the "3 meals a day" propaganda. Now I have returned to a program of time-restricted eating and intermittent fasting, and feel much better for it. What about you? Have you tried any form of fasting for health? What has been your experience?