"Fasting is the greatest
remedy--the physician within!"--Philippus
Paracelsus
Fasting is a great way to
detox your body quickly. Fasting
is when you do not eat any
type of solid food for any
number of days. Liquids like
water, fruit and vegetable
juices and herbal teas are
excellent and recommended
to have during fasting and
they can help speed up the
cleasing and detoxifying process.
When you eat, a lot of the
bodies energy and resources
are used up for digestion.
Most people eat throughout
the day leaving little if
any rest for your digestive
system. A lot of the bodies
enzymes are required to digest
the foods that we eat, especially
if the food is mostly processed
and void of any nutritional
value.
When you give your digestive
system a well needed rest,
enzymes that would normally
be used for digestion can
then be used for other purposes
in the body such as the breaking
down and proper elimination
of waste material.
Considering that toxic matter
in the body being excreted
through the skin is one of
the main causes of acne, a
regular fasting detox could
prove extremely beneficial.
Research has suggested that
there is between 5-to-10 lbs.
of toxic chemicals locked
into the average adults body.
fasting with fruit and vegetable
juices is considered the safest
way to fast as it provides
the body with it's dietary
nutritional requirements and
are also of great benefit
for people suffering from
acne.
One of the best juices to
take several times a day on
a fast is carrot juice. Carrot
juice is an excellent blood
cleanser and helps to clear
and beautify the skin. It
reverses the condition of
acidosis which is an excess
of acid in the body tissues
and is one type of toxicity.
Another good juice that can
be mixed with carrot juice
is spinach. Spinach juice
is one of the best for cleaning
out the intestinal tract of
toxic waste. Spinach juice
taken on it's own has a rather
strong flavour which is why
it is usually mixed with other
vegetables such as carrots.
Together, carrot and spinach
juice help to cleanse out
the entire system and also
help the livers ability to
rid the body of toxins.
It has been stated that you
may take as much vegetable
juice as you wish. It is considered
a food but without needing
the arduous task of digestion.
As a general guideline, 2-4
glasses a day would be a safe
and effective way to fast.
It is a good idea to seek
a doctors approval before
fasting as it shouldn't be
attempted by certain people,
especially pregnant or nursing
woman and people on certain
medications or medical complications.
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