The majority of people are afraid of not eating (fasting).
There was this guy who was well known for walking on water,
healing the sick and bringing the dead back to life who
felt that He needed to fast for 40 days. His name was Jesus
Christ (Yeshua ben Yoseph). All of his miracles and
preaching were done after this 40 day fast. It was also
done by Socrates, Plato, Pythagoras, Buddha and Mahatma
Gandhi. But fasting is also done by 'dumb' animals.
The New England Journal of Medicine says "Fasting is a
valid experience. It can benefit any otherwise healthy
person whose calories now have the upper hand in his/her
life." Philippus Paracelsus, a Swiss physician and one of
the 3 fathers of Western Medicine (including also
Hippocrates and Galen), said "Fasting is the greatest
remedy-- the physician within." Elson M Haas M.D. says on
his website "Fasting is the single greatest healing
therapy."
If you fast too long, you can die but if you drink too much
water at one time, you can die. The most common problems of
modern day people, like being overweight, having trouble
sleeping, feeling tired during the day and headaches, are
the things that fasting is best for. When people ask about
ways to cleanse the body, others will say that you do not
need to do anything because the body is always cleansing
itself.
This is true but if the toxins are going in at a faster
rate than the body can get them out (cleansing), then they
will grow larger and larger. This is similar to the two
opposite medical processes that take place in the human
body called anabolism and catabolism. This is the building
up and the breaking down that is constantly taking place in
the body. At the same time that the body is cleansing
itself, you are eating and bringing in more toxins or
creating metabolic waste to use medical jargon (2: the
technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special
activity or group).
So when they say that you do not need to do anything to
cleanse the body, the quickest way to cleanse the body is
to do nothing, meaning to eat nothing, drink water and
rest. Fasting gives your body a rest or vacation,
especially the liver, digestive and elimination systems.
Your body knows how to fast. When you are not using your
mouth to bring in food, the body makes it into an organ of
elimination. That is why your tongue gets coated while
fasting. Fasting is great for rejuvenation.
John Tilden, M.D., who has fasted over 1,000 people in his
Denver center, said "I must say in all seriousness that
fasting when combined with a properly selected diet is the
nearest approach to a 'cure-all' that is possible to
conceive-- profoundly simple and simply profound!" With
juice fasting, people can still work thier job during it.
During the water fast, it is best to just rest. A famous
scientist, Alex Carrel, M.D., says "The elimination of
waste products by fasting increases longevity."
Gabriel Cousins, MD, says "I often observe in the fasting
participants that by four days of fasting, concentration
seems to improve, creative thinking expands, depression
lifts, insomnia stops, anxieties fade, the mind becomes
more tranquil and a natural joy begins to appear. It is my
hypothesis that when the physical toxins are cleared from
the brain cells, mind-brain function automatically and
significantly improves and spiritual capacities expands."
Prescription for Natural Healing by James Balch M.D. and
Phyllis Balch CNC says "Fasting is an effective and safe
method of detoxifying the body...A technique that wise men
have used for centuries to heal the sick. Fast regularly
and help the body heal itself and stay well. Give all of
your organs a rest.
Fasting can help reverse the aging process, and if we use
it correctly we will live longer, happier lives. Each time
you complete a fast, you will feel better. Your body will
have a chance to heal and rebuild its immune system by
regularly fasting. You can fight off illness and the
degenerative diseases so common in this chemically polluted
environment we live in. When you feel a cold or illness
coming on or are just depressed-- fast!" When you lose your
appetite, your body is telling you to stop eating.
Copyright 2007 by Chuck Bluestein.
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Chuck Bluestein is a ethnobotanical herbalist,
nutritionist, and an expert on fasting. He has been
researching different ways for people to improve
themselves. His website has information on colds and flus,
fasting, natural cures and how to be happier.
http://www.phifoundation.org/fast.html
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