Dopamine fasting is a lifestyle trend popular in the world's tech centre Silicon Valley which involves cutting yourself off from almost all stimulation for 24 hours.
You can't eat or drink anything apart from water, or use the internet, your phone, your computer or TV (or any other screens or technology) during that time. You also can't listen to music or radio, have sex or masturbate, and you are encouraged to keep reading and talking to a minimum.
Its name refers to dopamine, a chemical in our brains. Scientists don't agree on how exactly it works but it can become activated when something good happens or we feel rewarded.
Fans of "fasting" say that we are all so overloaded by media and distractions that we constantly get dopamine "hits", so we have become numb to them. They think that by taking a break we might become more focused and productive when we start doing these regular things again. Others, however, say it is unscientific rubbish.
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