wintran:
Sounds a bit rough with water fasting though, nothing I would try. I can understand the idea of cleansing the body of toxics, but I personally don't find it appealing enough. There are too many negative side-effects such as nutrient deficiency and an intense period of muscle/fat conversion into energy, which sounds to me like it can mess up ones metabolism because it shocks the body.
There is a difference between Fasting and Starvation as you put it above.
to quote:
There is a vast difference between fasting and starving. During the absence of food, the body will systematically cleanse itself of everything except vital tissue. It continually readjusts to make minimum demands on reserves. Starvation will occur only when the body is forced to use vital tissue to survive.
From:
http://www.freedomyou.com/fasting_book/ ... vation.htm
dadasarah,
There are so many problems with what you wrote, I'm not sure where to begin. I mean this in the nicest way, which doesn't sound so nice, but I meant it nice...
I could not exercise, and my body ate my muscles away.
Truly, you're not supposed to be doing any strenuous excersing. The whole point is to flush your body and give it a rest.
It did make me feel more inspired to eat healthy, but then after I started to eat food again, I couldn't control myself. I basically think it was useless for me, except as a learning tool.
Then, it wasn't completely useless as a learning tool. You think you learned that you can't control yourself, but you can. Self control is the biggest problem of all.
Any cleansing and detox I achieved disappeared in one week. I was extrememly sensitive afterwards to caffeine and alcohol and severely dehydrated myself by experimenting with these again. I also gained all the weight back and more.
I agree with RRM and Oscar. I also think whole fruits clean out my system much better.
DOHHH! Of course you were sensitive to caffeine and alcohol!!!! Why were you experimenting with them again??? Alcohol is poison. I struggle with occasional abuse of this (thankfully did give up coffee completely though) but these items have nothing to do with the benefits of fasting. They have to do with years of programming and human weakness. What is the point of using whole fruits to clean out your system if you continue with the above also? And I do believe fruits are cleansing.
I can see the Master Cleanse's usefulness for someone who is very ill (who is not already deficient in something) or is very overweight and would like a kick-start to feeling better. The drink also tasted very good. I sometimes have it for breakfast.
So there is a usefulness. But also you just wrote that you put more weight back on??
Fasting has been around for thousands of years. Very important people has supported fasting throughout history.
A nice quote from:
http://www.fasting.com/newsletter.html
The average adult American, for instance, now carries 5-to-10 lbs. of toxic chemicals in her or his precious body. Additionally, 100 million Americans are today unnecessarily overweight, primarily because of unskillful nutritional habits. (Plus, at least that many more now think they are too heavy, as indicated by a recent GLAMOUR MAGAZINE survey in which 82% of women at desirable weight believed themselves to be fat, as did 45% of under-weight women. . .due, in no small measure, to the sad acculturation by our media at all levels, especially in our 'women's' magazines.)
As the oldest, fastest, safest (biochemically), least expensive and most effective method of removing unwanted weight and also toxins, scientific juice-fasting helps you stay slim, healthy and vital, while breaking addictions. Further, it will increase physical well-being, mental clarity, and sexual virility. However, its greatest benefit of all results from its capacity to detoxify, rejuvenate and regenerate the physical body, thus allowing the mind to function more efficiently, as well. In Plato's words: "I fast for greater physical and mental efficiency."
Peace,
Avalon
