Fasts can range in duration from a few days to help the body heal itself to medically supervised water fasts of 30 days or more to treat serious illnesses like osteo- or rheumatoid arthritis or asthma. All of the physicians consulted stress that fasts of longer than two or three days should not be done […]
Psychic Changes From Fasting
If you were to fast for one week – to have only water and no food – you might have an experience similar to the following: First, you set the intention to fast for seven days. During the first two or three days, you gradually recede from your physical body, passing through various levels of […]
Fasting Can Save Your Life
The popular mistaken concept is that we cannot gain strength and build resistance unless we eat. As long as this illusion persists, thousands will go to their premature graves. Food and nutrition are not synonymous. You are not nourished by food you eat, but in proportion to the amount you digest and assimilate. Through the […]
Fasting and Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that may affect many tissues and organs, but principally attacks flexible (synovial) joints. RA is one of about 80 different types of autoimmune diseases. RA accounts for 22% of all deaths from arthritis and other rheumatic conditions and the five-year survival rate for someone with severe […]