Fasting

Fasting has been practiced throughout history on most continents. Fasting alone has a spiritual dimension, as the body, mind and emotions feel lighter after three days when all the cravings cease. It is not surprising then that fasting has been practiced by religions, and is sometimes associated with penance.

Detoxification

I remember the last time I fasted. I was at the local library, and saw a juice fast book. I think I was waiting to be served by someone, and somehow skim read what it had to say.

What I remember was that during a water, juice or fruit fast the key thing is that you take in less calories than use up. It should only done in spring an autumn when the temperatures are not extreme. Also it is hard to do if you have to perform hard manual labour.

The book went on to say that that the body has an intelligence of it's own and that it is safe and beneficial to fast. It described how as soon as the calorie intake no longer matches calorie consumption, the body starts using up it's reserves in order to maintain a reasonably constant mineral and blood sugar level the whole time.

It claimed that the body will start to use up the worst things first like pesticides stored in the liver, blemishes in the skin due to poor diet, and even toxins stored in the brain.

Anyway I did my fast for three days, and I was glad that I did, and experienced the promised benefits.

Scientific Evidence

What scientific evidence do we have regarding claims that pesticides can be removed from the body during fasting? Well fortunately one determined individual, Jack Goldstein not only cured himself of ulcerative colitis through water fasting and a vegetarian diet, but he also took samples of what was leaving his body, and pesticides not normally present were found.

It's great once again to find that ancient wisdom has been supported by scientific evidence. I never doubted it for one minute did you?

If you eat lots of junk the way people do it is good to go on some sort of detoxification from time to time. Unless you are like me and nothing goes into your mouth unless it's good for you!