Frankly I don’t know why people are looking to make the fast easier. There is an inyan of Inuy and if the fast is hard you get schar for that and its a kaparah for you as long as you have that in mind and aren’t miserable and looking at your watch waiting for the fast to end.
I hat to say this but if the Moslems can fast 40 days we can stop being such sissies and fast for one day without all these mishegassin!