FASTING: What's the scoop?

ran into someone who feels fasting ain’t good for you.  I’ve read
Anderson and Bragg and Jensen and a few others, have done a couple
supervised 7 day fasts, a couple liver cleanses and feel it’s done me
some good.  I feel cleaner and less toxic, but I wonder, am I wasting my
time?  am I just biased because of the time i’ve put in.  am I just being
suggestible?  is there no cause and effect?  

How about some yay’s and nay’s on fasting?
What does our traditional Western medical establishment have to say about
the subject?

One Response to “FASTING: What's the scoop?”

  1. admin says:

    marc diener writes:

    >ran into someone who feels fasting ain’t good for you.  I’ve read
    >Anderson and Bragg and Jensen and a few others, have done a couple
    >supervised 7 day fasts, a couple liver cleanses and feel it’s done me
    >some good.  I feel cleaner and less toxic, but I wonder, am I wasting

    my time?

    >How about some yay’s and nay’s on fasting?
    >What does our traditional Western medical establishment have to say
    about the subject?

            IMO: Fasting is one of the oldest ways of healing and cleansing
    the body of diseases and build-up of mucus and toxins.  Therefore I do
    think that it is good for you.  However it has to be the correct type
    and not for too long of a period.  Because you must keep in mind that
    during a prolonged fast, the body is cleansing itself without any
    opportunity to replenish or regenerate the cells and tissues.  A safer
    length of time would be 3 – 4 days.  I think that juice fasts are the
    saftest.  For follow-up use a *mild*-diet so as not to overload the
    system with hard to digest foods.

            Suggested reading if you are interested:
            Norman W. Walker D.Sc., Ph.D

            P.S.  You can also go on a *cleansing*diet as an alternative to
    fasting.  Suggested reading: Stanley Burroughs, Vena Burnett.

            Good Luck,

                                            ~Cheryl~