What about fasting for detox and weight loss? Is it safe?
I AM TRYING to simplify my life, lose weight and get healthier. If there were spiritual benefits that would be a plus as well.
I found a whole ‘subculture’ of people (committed to-) and methods of- ‘fasting’ out there.
The basic method involves drinking lots of water (one ounce per every pound of weight you are on a daily basis), using eminas extensively, and going without food (ALL food) for 7-14 days while your body cleanses itself — and doing this (within certain guidelines) fairly regularly or periodically.
Ida know — toxins or no toxins, the idea of going without ANY food for such long periods seems dangerous (anything more than a day seems it could be hazardous for some) — and the prolonged or even repeated use of emenas seems like it could be quite dangerous, too.
I know that yaw’ll say you’re not doctors but I already know what my doctor would say.
Any educated or semi-educated or skilled, semi-skilled or trained or opinionated folks want to comment?
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2) Fasting to detox is rather severe. The reason religious folks fast is that their boss told them to: "But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days" (Mark 2:20). But that only works if there is a spiritual life being augmented in lieu of the physical.
#3) Folks who try to lose weight by fasting tend to put it back on because the body isn’t going to put up with this not eating malarkey for very long. Add to that the discomfort sliding into pain and the human tendency to double-spend, and one fasts a couple of days and then eats banana splits because he "earned it."
#4) NEVER get an enema. Your body knows quite well what to do with the waste from food you eat. You not only don’t need to do the job for it, but like drugs (and just about everything else), if you do the job for it, it stops doing the job itself. Seriously, exactly like if you take heroin your brain stops producing dopamine, if you get too many enemas, your intestinal muscles stop being strong enough to push the waste out on their own.
That said, I would recommend merely including in your diet a daily dish of legumes + rice, which are utterly non-fat, healthy as any food available, and so low in the calorie dept. that you’ll probably burn off the calories cooking and eating the stuff. Flavor as you wish with all that your supermarket has in the spice & herb aisle. There’s your "cleansing" of the system. You don’t try to wash things out. Intestines don’t work that way. You put thru what pushes things out. THAT is how your intestines work.
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and for the fasting;
it can be extremly great for you, or terrible.
If I were you I’d start with a three day fast, have two days of low calorie then do it again.
Or try a juice fast, it’s not quite as extreme.
but fasting will not hurt you unless you do long term fasting.
if you are really having a hard time eating try some negative calorie foods/low calories foods; Apples, hard boiled eggs, celery, soup or other fruits.
Happy fasting(:
What I do, is Semi-Fast my food, which is just juicing you food, after you have chewed it, and dropping the bulk out of my mouth, into a cup.
I Chew the food till the flavor is gone, then swallow the juice, and drop the rest out of my mouth, you can do it with about any kind of food, except soup.
This has been the diet of ants for over 100 million years, and there are no fat ants. I call it the Ant Diet. It takes about a week to get use to it, Try it on potato chips, what is neat, the more you Semi-Fast, the tastier your food gets. I have done it for about a year, and my weight is down to 185, from 230.
I just love Semi-Fasting, can eat anything, as much as i want, and lose weight. But you can’t know it if you don’t try it. People say, well you don’t get any fiber, you don’t need fiber for juice!
Corn beef will be on sale next few weeks, that is just great to Semi-fast on, in fact any meats are. Your stomach is no bigger than your Fist, so why stretch it! Your whole body is relaxed, you can get to sleep easier.
More information on Semi Fasting is at http://www.popsci.com/node/22953 toward the end of the comments. Also the cure for the cold and Flu is there.
Our bodies tend to accumulate toxins throughout our life. These toxins enter the body through the polluted air, water, food full of preservatives, chemicals and artificial colors, exposure to radiation and unhealthy lifestyle practices like smoking, alcohol and drugs. If not removed immediately, they can cause tiredness, restlessness and lead to many serious diseases like cancer, heart diseases, osteoporosis, diabetes and others.
without going to the EXTREMES(colonics, coffe enemas, fasting for days….) going without food.. .can be done, you can survive as long as you have water. Saying that let me say for the 100th time..losing eight, is NOT the issue… .its keeping it off. And the ONLY way to keep off weight, is to adopt a life plan.. .one you can live with. All diets work… .even ATKINS(UGH) you’ll lose weight fast, but gain it all back +..within 2 years. 98% of everyone who loses 50 pounds or more will gain it back plus way more within 2 years. Even people who have had gastric bypass.. .can gain it all back and more..I have known a few. Adopting an entire healthier lifestyle…. .and way of thinking will help you keep it off. One plan I very much approove of is the GLYCEMIC INDEX way of eating.. .you do not need to be a diabetic to adopt this way of eating. Tons of food…. .no hunger & great weight results.. .and best of all you can actually live your life eating this way. Its not HOW MUCH YOU EAT…. .ITS WHAT YOU EAT…. .that sets the pace for your weight loss. Starting with a clean slate is always good… .but I have NEVER fasted, did colonics(thats just absurd) or did enemas……I however did every other weight loss diet on this planet, I have every book, every meal plan, every diet pill, drink, potion, cookie etc…………. .but until I examined myself on why I ate, why I was overweight, when I ate and how important my health really was to me…… .it didn’t happen. It stayed with me fro age 9-25. I never realized that FOOD was not the enemy…. .my thinking was…….I’m not a doctor. .but I do have 15 years in the Health & nutrition field, because I wanted to share my situation & help others. .who struggle with their weight.. .its not very empowering to have a skinny person telling you how to lose wieght, UNLESS they know.. .and boy do I know. Find a plan you can live with, adopt it….. .and there are many forums on the internet for support…. .you do not have to kill yourself and destroy your health in this process.
It all depends on what kind of fasting you are wanting to do. But, overall, fasting for weightloss is not that great of an idea. For detox it is not bad, but really tons and tons of water is the safest and best way for detox.
As for fasting, most cultures that partake in it for spiritual/religious reason do not do a complete fasting. Normally it is a bread and water fasting or no meat fasting. There are a large amount that partake in the "No food except water during sunlight" type of fasting. Always be careful because tricking your body into thinking that it is starving or malnurishing one’s self is never safe.
For me now Semi-fasting is a way of life, knowing now I don’t have to swallow, all the garbage I eat. And to day people eat a lot of garbage, or uncooked food.
Try Semi-fasting, get a 32oz cup, and eat two or 3 bagels, chew them to mush or till no longer any flavor, suck the juice out, and drop all the bulk in the 32oz cup, and then weigh it, it will come up to 12 or more ounces, that would of been in your stomach, and then going through your digestive track. Why swallow the Garbage???? For that is what it is.
Have fun with your food, you really are only after the taste. You probably LIVE, to eat, and not eat to live. There are no taste buds in your stomach!
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