Water fast - day four

[Guest guest]

Dear Peter,

 

That's good news: I have gone into ketosis. And you are right my

senses are sharpened. My eyesight has become clearer and more acute.

And yes I can smell food at 50 yards. I am becoming the lean and

hungry hunter.

 

Also today I have become slower. It's like I am more in touch with

myself. I am a bit more sweaty than usual. I am drinking a lot of

water. I am still sleeping nine hours but last night I woke up at 3am

for an hour then went back to sleep. However I am losing weight

appreciably. I am more tolerant of other people. Everyday I am going

for slow walks. I think, I hope, my heart is slowing down.

 

I have five more days to go then three days on vegetable juice, two

days on vegetable and fruit juice then lots of raw fruit and

vegetables and sprouts and a little nuts, seeds, olive oil and fish.

 

It's very nice to have you along for the ride and I appeciate your

knowledge.

 

With Thanks,

Victor.

[Guest guest]

Keep going Victor,

 

I am neither a quack nor a qualified practitioner of medicine so take

what I say as just the result of experience in good faith.

 

Moderate exercise appeared in several passages I read on fasting. It

makes sense - sugar is down, fat has to be cashed in. When so much is

going on in the body, it is no time to be thrashing yourself. Rather

the reverse of taking care of yourself whilst the repair job is in hand.

Meanwhile more rubbish will slowly tip into the latter end of the

digestive tract. At the same time the blood is in scavenge mode and it

will draw on fat and that residue and recycle it a bit. This might

result in many of the so-called side effects of fasting; fatigue,

headaches and a whole lot of other things which never bothered me.

 

After a week, I took the gut wash and it gave a huge lift and feeling of

well being. Of course if you do that more than a time or two you risk

cleaning our all the good and bad bacteria that is said to reside in us.

 

 

The remedy is to ask the hydra-therapist to supply a potion or take

medical opinion. On the other hand you might go the whole distance

without bothering. I did a two week fast without bothering but for a

longer fast I have taken the weekly clear out. Some say every five days

is better. Generally Americans are hot on " colonics " although I have

read that Dr. Graham warns of " serious " pitfalls and posits the notion

that a raw diet is enough without the cinema of fasting and washing the

colon.

 

If you start to feel badly rough, just take some watered juice - in 20

minutes you will feel a different person. Meanwhile enjoy the ride.

 

Peter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

shortus [no_reply ]

13 February 2003 08:08

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] Water fast - day four

 

Dear Peter,

 

That's good news: I have gone into ketosis. And you are right my

senses are sharpened. My eyesight has become clearer and more acute.

And yes I can smell food at 50 yards. I am becoming the lean and

hungry hunter.

 

Also today I have become slower. It's like I am more in touch with

myself. I am a bit more sweaty than usual. I am drinking a lot of

water. I am still sleeping nine hours but last night I woke up at 3am

for an hour then went back to sleep. However I am losing weight

appreciably. I am more tolerant of other people. Everyday I am going

for slow walks. I think, I hope, my heart is slowing down.

 

I have five more days to go then three days on vegetable juice, two

days on vegetable and fruit juice then lots of raw fruit and

vegetables and sprouts and a little nuts, seeds, olive oil and fish.

 

It's very nice to have you along for the ride and I appeciate your

knowledge.

 

With Thanks,

Victor.