Last night I couldn’t sleep again, just rolling over and over and feeling unwell. In my „halfsleep“ I decided to fast and went through some of the stages I know from my experience. It helped directly and I had a good sleep for the last few hours.

This morning I thought it over and decided to go on and start fasting today. If the brain, your philosophy and your will, is not behind it, it won’t work. I have this done many times in my life and know how to do it and how it works. May be unusual for a FOODIE like me, but this is the other side of the medal. What I do, I like to do good, or better leave it.

In other countries I always informed my „family doctor.“ about it and got a blood test at the begin and end of the fasting period, to see the differences and the progression. In Uruguay they don’t know much about it and most doctors don’t motivate you to go on. I tried it several times here, but was let alone !

I decided to go on !! I also decided to inform you about this „adventure“ and give you a daily update. During the days I will inform you about the philosophy, about the method how I do it and answer a lot of questions one would ask between. Still – if you want – feel free to ask directly (you can have it open, or without mentioning, in my blog).

For the fasting time I will not post anything else. So stay tuned, if you are interested or like to join me, feel free to do so.

Today is the First Day.

This day is the so named „relief day“. The body should notice that there is coming up a different time.   This day I will eat fruit, some nuts (just tree grown nuts – no peanuts) and plenty of water. This is also the day where you prepare yourself for fasting.

Buying lots of water, having enough vegetable stock and tea. And – very important – get ready the „medium“ you use to get your bowel cleaned. In many country’s there is no problem, by example getting the right salt for cleaning, but in Uruguay they don’t know about fasting and one has to use the liquids they use prior a colonoscopy. This has to be ordered at a pharmacy, what I did today.

Then I have to start a diary about my weight. This morning it was 119kg (262p) !! Weight control is an essential matter of Fasting. Everything else later.

Fasting for Health

Historical records tell us that fasting has been used for health recovery for thousands of years. Hippocrates, Socrates, and Plato all recommended fasting for health recovery. The Bible tells us that Moses and Jesus fasted for 40 days for spiritual renewal. Mahatma Gandhi fasted for 21 days to promote respect and compassion between people with different religions.

For much of human history, fasting has been guided by intuition and spiritual purpose. Today, our understanding of human physiology confirms the powerful healing effects of fasting.
Fasting is a powerful therapeutic process that can help people recover from mild to severe health conditions. Some of the most common ones are high blood pressure, asthma, allergies, chronic headaches, inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease), irritable bowel syndrome, adult onset diabetes, heart disease, degenerative arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, eczema, acne, uterine fibroids, benign tumours, and systemic lupus erythematosus.

Fasting provides a period of concentrated physiological rest during which time the body can devote its self-healing mechanisms to repairing and strengthening damaged organs. The process of fasting also allows the body to cleanse cells of accumulated toxins and waste products.

Fasting gives the digestive tract time to completely rest and strengthen its mucosal lining. A healthy intestinal mucosal lining is necessary for preventing the leakage of incompletely digested proteins into the bloodstream, thereby offering protection against autoimmune conditions. A healthy digestive tract also helps to protect the blood and inner organs against a variety of environmental and metabolic toxins.

Benefits.

Fasting is a willing abstinence or reduction from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time A fast that is appropriate for your situation will allow for you to experience some or all of the following:

More energy.
Healthier skin.
Healthier teeth and gums.
Better quality sleep.
A clean and healthy cardiovascular system.
A decrease in anxiety and tension.
Dramatic reduction or complete elimination of aches and pains in muscles and joints.
Decrease or elimination of headaches.
Stabilization of blood pressure.
Sex life will be more active.
Stronger and more efficient digestion.
Stabilization of bowel movements.
Loss of excess weight.
Elimination of stored toxins.
Improvement with a wide variety of chronic degenerative health conditions, including autoimmune disorders.
All the senses will become much more sensitive.

Philosophy.

It is important to understand that „I am“ ! „I am“ is my brain, my believe, my spirit, my intellect, my mind, my psyche. And „I am“ has a body. To make it short. We have a body where we live in and the body has to do what „I“ (we) prevail.

It is further important to understand that the detoxifying and healing processes that occur during Fasting are also active when a person is consuming food. A fast can be helpful for people whose conditions are not improving as quickly as they would like, or for people who have health conditions that require a concentrated period of healing to resolve.

It is also important to understand that the most important part of a fast is how a person lives after the fast. Fasting can provide a clean and revitalized foundation upon which you can build and maintain a strong and well-conditioned body by consistently making healthy food and lifestyle choices.

It will be continued tomorrow – stay tuned !