Guest guest Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 I have no books on fasting but do, do it for health for myself!! but there are many types of fasts. Fasting is the act of willingly abstaining from some or all food and in some cases drink, for a period of time. When food is not eaten, the body looks for other ways to find energy, such as drawing on glucose from the liver's stored glycogen and fatty acids from stored fat and eventually moving on to vital protein tissues. The body is fine relying on fatty acids but the brain and the nerves depend on glucose. Once the glucose is significantly used up, the body switches and begins to produce ketone bodies (acetoactate, hydroxy-butyrate, and acetone). Even though this transformation to an alternative form of energy has been made, some parts of the brain exclusively need glucose and protein is still needed to produce it. If body protein loss were to continue, death will ensue. After approximately three days of fasting, feelings of hunger usually become infrequent or disappear altogether. Water fasting is a type of fasting and detox diet in which the practitioner consumes only water. No energy is spent on digestion, other than to heat any cold water to reach homeostasis of a uniform body temperature. The fast is normally undergone with the intent of detoxification for greater health. The reasoning behind this is disputed and controversial, that less energy is expended on digestion of foods, resulting in more energy for the rest of the body to expel " toxins " as well as to recover and heal itself from the stresses digestion places upon it. Some proponents claim that protein sparing minimizes muscle loss as the body adapts to the lack of incoming protein by drawing upon almost solely fat for energy. Even so, metabolism will slow during a fast and physical/mental activity should be minimized for safety reasons. fruit fasts that are great for detoxifying the body, the best fruits for this is apples, pears, melons and grapes but only choose one type for a fruit a day, works wonders!!!! Juice fasting which I do similar too a fruit fast and in some ways is better Juice fasting is a type of fasting and detox diet in which the practitioner consumes only fruit and vegetable juices. Being only simple sugars, these foods are digested rapidly and expending little energy. They are normally consumed with the intent of detoxification for greater health. The reasoning behind this is disputed and controversial, that less energy is expended on digestion of foods, resulting in more energy for the rest of the body to expel " toxins " as well as to recover and heal itself from the stresses digestion places upon it. smartgirl27us wrote: > I am thinking about trying fasting for health/detoxification > purposes. I have started reading about it as I want to have a full > understanding before I venture into trying it. Has anyone here ever > fasted? How did it go for you? Any books/resources that you would > recomend I check out? > > Rachael > > > > > > For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website > at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families > go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not > intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be > obtained from a qualified health professional. > > edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified > health professional. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Rachael, I have fasted several times and am happy to share info. and resources with you. Please feel to email me directly. Peace, Laura in MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 what about doing a cleanse? I've been considering doing one of these lately but am a bit nervous as I'm not sure how I'll do without eating --- VAP79 wrote: > Rachael, > I have fasted several times and am happy to share > info. and resources with > you. > Please feel to email me directly. > Peace, > Laura in MD > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > For more information about vegetarianism, please > visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for > materials especially useful for families go to > http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list > and is not intended to provide personal medical > advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a > qualified health professional. > > edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained > from a qualified health professional. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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