Although fasting has been esteemed as a near cure all, or that great physician within, there are different types of fasts. Two are the main stand-outs, but let?s go in depth into the differences between the both.
Quite simply, a fast is abstinence from solid food for a considerable length of time in the aim of giving the digestive organs a rest. Not to mistaken for starvation, this practice greatly benefits our overall health and is by far a greater cure of our ills-both physical and mental-than all of the drugs of the medical fraternity combined.
Now, let?s assess the two main ones:
1. The Complete Water fast: This, admittedly, should be conducted with extreme caution or in a specialized sanitarium if undertaken more than 3 days.
2. The Juice Fast: This is much easier for the general populace and can be undergone as long as you feel like it.
From experience, the second option is much easier to execute than the first, however, you could make a juice fast seem just as (if not more effective-at least from the point of view of cleansing) effective as a water fast by thoroughly masticating the juice you do consume and drinking a lesser amount of it.
It is safe to say water fasts are more for spiritual rejuvenation and in some circles, some folks consume nothing at all. However as a means of using both here?s a tip, taper off a water fast by using the second type (juice fasting) for a few days, then gradually going to the third (mono-fruit fasting), then afterwards you could (like I do most of the time) simply stick to tons of fruit as the core of your diet or include properly cooked roots, steamed or raw leafy vegetables.
Whatever you do, just please don?t go back to eating the old junk stuff. To explain why in a nutshell, here are two quotes: ?You are what you eat? and ?Let your foods be your medicine??
All in all, just as Philippus Paracelsus stated, fasting indeed is ?the greatest remedy-the physician within?.
For improving health, it works.
