Fasting has the capability to influence the healing of the mind, body and spirit.
Resetting eating habits and giving the digestive system a rest are both achieved through fasting.
Fasting has always been an important part of every major culture and religion.
Arnold Ehret, a pioneer from the 19th century who used fasting to heal himself said, “Fasting is nature’s surgical table”.
Even though many people fast with only water, it is better to fast with liquid nourishment.
Fasting with liquid nourishment means drinking fresh, raw vegetable juices like green juices and (optionally) small amounts of diluted ripe fruit juices and herbal teas.
Green juices should be the main beverage consumed during fasting.
At least two quarts of water should be consumed throughout the day while fasting.
The last drink of the day should be had at least three hours before going to bed to reduce nighttime trips to the restroom.
Once a week, one-day fasts are safe to do to purify the body, mind, and spirit.
At first, fast on days when you are not as busy. Over time, your fasting days will become your most productive and energized days.
Research shows that if you fast one day a week, you can add 20 years to your life.
During Fast
Stored toxins are released from cells and flushed out of the body. This can make you feel tired, achy, and cranky for most of the day. Drinking more liquids, especially green juices, and giving yourself enemas can help ease these symptoms.
After Fast
Give the digestive system time to slowly wake up.
The first meal should be very light, like tree-ripened fruits or a few sprouts and green, leafy vegetables.
This meal can be eaten 30 minutes after the first drink of the day.
For lunch and dinner, go back to your normal eating schedule.
The day after a fast is a great time to change how you eat.
One Day Fast
Breakfast: 1 quart of water with half a lemon squeezed into it. 20-30 minutes later, 1-2 ounces of wheatgrass juice, cucumber, or watermelon. If you want to use fruit juice, mix one part juice with four parts water.
Between breakfast and lunch: As often as you need, filtered water with lemon or herbal tea.
Lunch: Green juice or vegetable juices.
Between lunch and dinner: As often as you need, filtered water with lemon or herbal tea.
Dinner: Green juice, or vegetable juice.
Green Juice Recipe
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50% juice from sprouts, baby greens, or edible weeds (Sunflowers, Pea shoots, dandelion, purslane, sorrel, arugula, ect.)
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50% juice from green vegetables (mostly cucumber and celery, but also kale, collard, spinach, lettuce, cabbage, ect.)
Note: You can put in fresh herbs like parsley, cilantro, basil, dill, mint, or dill, or you can put in natural medicines like garlic or ginger.
Avoid: Carrot, beet, and other sweet vegetable juices since most people's bodies can no longer handle sugar when it is combined with these juiced vegetables.
Some well-known figures and what they had to say about fasting:
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“I fast for greater physical and mental efficiency.”_ Plato
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“Fasting is the greatest remedy, the physician within.”_ Paracelsus, one of the three fathers of Western medicine
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“A little starvation can really do more for the average sick man than can the best of medicines and the best doctors.”_ Mark Twain
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“All the vitality and all the energy I have comes to me because my body is purified by fasting.”_ Mahatma Gandhi
Sources: Hippocrates Health Institute, Permacharts