Guest guest Posted January 22, 2002 Report Share Posted January 22, 2002 The state of fasting is one to which by the trials of history man is well adapted to thrive in. Moreover whenever there is trouble with the health the appetite slackens. In other words fasting and healing go together unless there is some chronic diet deficiency.<br><br>A fast puts me in mind of hunter gatherer man. The senses are sparpened although concentration is weakened. The body goes into what the medics call ketosis.<br><br>To get ready, I suggest a general slow down in eating with each fast a bit longer than the last. Start with a few juicing meals avoiding mixing fruit and veg at the same meal. Otherwise flatulence may result. The shock is that after the first meal of juice one simply does not feel hungry. Hard to believe until you try it. There is rapid digestion and energy that seems to come from nowhere. After a couple of weeks of replacing the odd meal try a two day stint all on juicing. Then a month later a five day sting doing a day of water in the middle. By April you should be in shape to do something useful.<br><br>With a fast I always start with two days completey raw followed by at least a day of juice before going into the water. Your body will tell you how much water it needs. I find a couple of litres a day suits me and whenever I feel any hunger I have a glass of water. Seemingly Evian water is fairly close to distilled water. Then, when in the fast, get the gut washed every five or seven days by a professional. Otherwise the waste in your system will recycle and may give rise to all kinds of fairly harmless but uncomfortable symptoms. The human body carries a lot of fat around so do not worry about wasting away. I do quite a lot of walking on a fast but I make no attempt to do vigourous exercise. The really important point is to come off the fast as slowly as you started with small and frequent munches. If you start to feel any stomach pains, it is a sure sign you are coming off too fast. Be warned, too fast and the pains will be sharp. Rush for water, drink and wait. The flavour of everything is up by a factor of 10 when coming off a fast. I have heard say that with a steak in the middle of a fast you risk death. I certainly believe it. <br><br>The bonus of doing the fast is that it puts you in the frame of mind to radically change your eating habits. <br><br>I understand there are some conditions in which fasting is not good. They are fairly obvious, pregnancy for example. <br><br>I find that there is no punishment with fasting. It is a joy. People who have never tried it nearly alway think it is punishment and nothing could be further from the truth. A fast is a true experience of life.<br><br>Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2002 Report Share Posted September 3, 2002 Diane, I am so sorry you have been so ill. Please understand that when I said I had no symptoms at all - that doesn't mean that everyone should do what I did, by any means. I was just lucky, I think. Frankly, my dear, I am not into masochism, and at the first sign of detox discomfort, would have been either whining to the group or quitting!! Well, almost.... This advice is worth only slightly more than what you're paying for it <g>....but definitely, if anyone experiences severe detox symptoms, I would (this is MY opinion) back it down....go at it a little bit slower. There may be folks who advocate all or nothing, but I'm not one of them. When we make these radical shifts in food, it has to " jolt " our bodies to some degree. Jean >Message: 2 > Sun, 1 Sep 2002 16:26:28 -0700 (PDT) > Diane Holmes <diane_j_holmes >Re: Digest Number 138 > >Dear BJ and List, > > >Never had any detox problems, in fact, felt so >fabulous from day one, that I felt pretty " high " >and a thread of euphoria woven throughout my entire >experience of life. > > >I've recently tried raw and had terrible detox and had >to stop completely. In fact, it triggered Chronic >Fatigue that I'm still not over. And the more I >experience RAW and think about it, the more I think >bad detox is a sign like most pain. It's a sign that >your body is having problems and needs help (like >maybe to stop for a while or do something in a gradual >way). I think some people can tough it out, but their >health is probably a good deal better than mine to >start with. > >When I went Vegetarian, I had no detox. All I felt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2002 Report Share Posted September 3, 2002 Hellyeah Diane!!! Only YOU can decide what's right. I wouldn't have stayed with it feeling bad. The only reason I jumped in there with BJ was because I hadn't seen the other side of the story represented yet. I thought the whole picture of what is possible (in individual cases) was important to flesh out the whole story to the group. Rock ON sister!! All the best to you! Mary Ann - BJ rawfood Monday, September 02, 2002 7:33 PM [Raw Food] Re: detox Diane, I am so sorry you have been so ill. Please understand that when I said I had no symptoms at all - that doesn't mean that everyone should do what I did, by any means. I was just lucky, I think. Frankly, my dear, I am not into masochism, and at the first sign of detox discomfort, would have been either whining to the group or quitting!! Well, almost.... This advice is worth only slightly more than what you're paying for it <g>....but definitely, if anyone experiences severe detox symptoms, I would (this is MY opinion) back it down....go at it a little bit slower. There may be folks who advocate all or nothing, but I'm not one of them. When we make these radical shifts in food, it has to " jolt " our bodies to some degree. Jean >Message: 2 > Sun, 1 Sep 2002 16:26:28 -0700 (PDT) > Diane Holmes <diane_j_holmes >Re: Digest Number 138 > >Dear BJ and List, > > >Never had any detox problems, in fact, felt so >fabulous from day one, that I felt pretty " high " >and a thread of euphoria woven throughout my entire >experience of life. > > >I've recently tried raw and had terrible detox and had >to stop completely. In fact, it triggered Chronic >Fatigue that I'm still not over. And the more I >experience RAW and think about it, the more I think >bad detox is a sign like most pain. It's a sign that >your body is having problems and needs help (like >maybe to stop for a while or do something in a gradual >way). I think some people can tough it out, but their >health is probably a good deal better than mine to >start with. > >When I went Vegetarian, I had no detox. All I felt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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