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Another day and another experience. It feels already that I am fasting for weeks. Writing the blog about it is a challange, but I started it and I will go through.

1. Weight:         morning:   115kg  (253,5p)        evening:    113kg  (249p)

2. Last night: Very good sleep, same as yesterday.

3: Ingestion
Early Morning: water, cup of tea, water
Late Morning: water
Lunchtime:  tea
Afternoon:  FLEET fosfosoda, lots of water,
Evening :water

4. Excretion: Profoundly bowel puration.
5. Exercise – Rest: grass walking same as yesterday, short walk in  town, but then   REST.  And of course resting during and after the purgation.
6. Personal hygiene: morning same as yesterday
7. Sensibility: good eye sight this morning, no muscle pain at all

My opinion.

This morning I feel like long time fasting. No pain, no problems, just a normal day. A bit dry in the mouth, but water will solve that. And no appetite, food is totally unimportant right now. In the morning the weight is not much down, but that’s unimportant at this stage. Afternoon purgation – 2 kilos (4,4pound) loss. It’s an encumbrance for the body !

Don’t get me wrong, I am a food lover and I like cooking. After my fasting time it all will come back and I also will post good recipes again and will indulge myself.  You will remember my motto:  „Life is to short for bad food or bad wine“ !!  Before that, we will go through a lot of recipes for the after fasting time. Be interested, because I think „intelligent cooking and eating“ is an important part of healthy life.

This gives me, my body, all he wants and needs. I am not a fan of „eating half“ and I am not a fan of digging in all the last little corners of chemical research for better nutrition, nor I am a fan of „vegetarian“ or even „vegan“ lifestyle. I like to live „the full“. I can eat, with intellect and sense, whatever I like, but then a full portion. And on the other hand I like to fast, but also for 100% !

That doesn’t mean that my way or opinion is the right, the best, the only one – no, it’s just my way. And so as I accept that everyone will find his/hers best way of lifestyle and has the right to live for it, same way I expect that others tolerate my way.

Again – What is Fasting ?

• Fasting is a natural form of human life.

• Fasting means that the organism through internal nutrition and
Self-control can live out of itself.

• Fasting affects the whole human being, each one of his body cells, but also
his soul and his spirit.

• Fasting is a behavior of independent people who are free
to decide and do what they decided.

• Fasting is a strong impulse to change one’s own way of life, if necessary.

• Fasting is the activation of contact with ourselves, with our body and mind.

And what are the Benefits ?

• Has a positive effect on the body, mind and soul in a wide variety of ways.
• It offers the best way to get out of our time regulated lifestyle,
to find out and learn to eat properly and sensibly.
• Fasting is one of the few successful biological detoxifiers in one
polluted environment.
• It can help to get out from the pangs of medication and stimulants we use.
• It is used to de-accumulate and smear away slagged tissue,
the body becomes painless and feels „comfortable“.
• It is a path to have a beautiful skin and tight connective tissue.
• Fasting helps maintain physical and mental performance – especially
in the life section of the women’s menopause and man’s midlife-crisis.
• Fasting helps to improve well-being: through dehydration, desalination, detoxification
and purification. It also leads to an increase in ballast discharge power.
• Fast and comfortable method to get rid of unnecessary pounds.

   This is the liquid I was referring to earlier. FLEET is a product from NZ/AUS/USA and only to get on special order, at least here in UY. It is a phosphate-soda combination which I solve  in a glass of water and it still tastes horrible. But to me this is just a few seconds and I am done. A clyster enema is a longer and uncomfortable procedure. Here in UY the price is around US% 10,– for such a small bottle. But we say – good health need some investment.

  They sell the enema – clyster solution also, but more expensive.

Profit through dismantling.

The fasting organism is extracted from the vital energy and the warmth of life, energy storage grease, building materials from the body’s protein stores. It is important to know that the body does not burns any fat or any protein substances. The body dismantles – in this order – everything:

• What burdened on him
• What he does not need
• What disturbs him
• What makes him sick

The body never dismantles
• Useful – for example heart or musculature
• Functional – all organ activities
• Need for life – for example the control devices

                    In the US and Europe, as well as in new Zealand and Australia,  they also offer a higher quality solution. The enema with „mineral oil – lubricant laxative“ and the oral bottle with „ginger – lemon“ flavor.  A „doctors recommendation“, again more expensive.

Detoxification by fasting.

The detoxification is also linked to the same degradation processes:
Toxins, bound to protein and fat, are deposited in the connective tissue. With the fat and protein degradation in fasting, this binding is solved – the toxins can now, through the intestines, kidneys and skin be purated.

That’s why protein enriched drinks won’t help, they prevent the purification process and will take off the healing chances.

With very overweight people and long fasting may be a protein addition useful. But they should be controlled by a physician anyhow. Even with elderlys, protein addition is useful. In my „fasting life“, as I turned the 60’s, I added from about the 12th to 14th day of fasting some vitamin-mineral-protein complex. But in soft dose !

Who should fast ?

Every healthy person should at least once in his life try fasting. One can start from the age of 30,  latest by the 40th it is advisable to use it, often even necessary.

Anyone with an increased risk of disease due to nutrition, health damage and metabolic stress should occur at regular intervals of fasting. At least until such risk factors are eliminated through laboratory tests. Specialized physician advice with situations as such   is strongly recommended.

The positive effect of fasting on the disease pattern is shown for example by:

• Tendency to high blood pressure (hypertension),
what I have !
• High blood fat content (increased cholesterol and triglyceride levels)
• Increased blood glucose
• Too many blood cells and thick blood (polyglobulia or polycythemia ),
and I have this  too, that’s why I started fasting in my mid 20’s.
• Elevated urine acid levels in the blood (in the pre-stages of gout)

  Fasting is POSITIVE !

Who should not fast ?

Even if fasting is so positive, not everyone does tolerate the long-term renouncement of food. I understand that,  those people just shouldn’t fast, end of story.

Fasting is not suitable for following persons:

• People without reserves who are poorly fed, physically and nervously exhausted (After long illness or severe surgery). Ill people, with whom started pathological weight loss – e.g. Tuberculosis or cancer etc.
• Psychologically unstable, because they can not act on their own responsibility. Among however, specialist guidance was also given to schizophrenia and depression, showed good results.
• Mental stressed people, because they do not have inner peace and security. With neuroses, psycho-therapeutic treatment is necessary (fasting clinic)
• Nervous and physically challenged should take at least eight days leave before they begin a long-term fast.
• Patients who need to take Macumar or similar blood thinners.

Tomorrow we will go on with fasting information’s – so stay with me !

It is not easy to write day by day an article about yourself. But this little adventure is taking me full. So – have fun with my results and let’s see what the future will bring. Here are my daily 7 diary points.

1. Weight:      morning:    115kg  (253,5p)        evening:    115kg  (253,5p)

2. Last night: Wonderful full night sleep. Head down 10.30pm and fresh awake at 7.00am this morning. No interruption for 8 1/2 hours !!

3. Ingestion:
Early Morning: water and a cup of fruit tea
Late Morning: large cup of tea
Lunchtime: glass of fruit juice
Afternoon: water water …. , aware: the urine has to be light-colored
Evening: cup of bouillon, made from hot water and a vegetable bouillon cube

4. Excretion: small and spontaneous at early morning. Very good, bowel works well.

5. Exercise – Rest:  7.30am I was out in the prickly and moist grass for a bit of „Kneipp“ walk. What a great refreshing and blood stream awakening experience. I am lucky, I have the right backyard and the right grass for it. Late morning I worked in the garden, then 1/2 an hour rest – lay down. After lunch juice one hour nap in front TV, extended it a bit.  All day long around 30 grad Celsius, not much motivation to walk etc.,  but watering the garden in the evening is some exercise at least.

6. Personal hygiene: quick cold shower to refresh after morning grass walk. Cleaning shower with „hard-brush“ skin massage.

7. Sensibility: Bit dizzy eye sight, as yesterday, but I expect that it will be gone in an hour or so. Yes, was  gone within an hour. Totally normal.

         Sun comes up,  grass is still wet and prickly under the feet. But a lovely massage to earn good blood circulation .

My opinion.

My blood pressure this morning around 105 over 71 after getting up. After grass walking 110 over 78. This decides that I will not anymore take my blood pressure pills. If the life spirit awakens as expected, then I don’t need these pills no more.

Today I am feeling already my life spirit coming back. This is only possible if one let everything else go and be totally relaxed. Lucky me, Anna is a great help, not expecting anything from me right now and serving a tea if I ask for one – THANKS DEAR !  Loosen of all kinds of commitments, especially when you start fasting is essential for success. That’s why I decided to start on Thursday, facing a quiet weekend with no commitments.

Some good feeling in the afternoon. I watched on German TV the show „Lafer-Lichter-Lecker“, the most well known German cooking show. Fantastic recipes – and NO PROBLEM with „mouthwatering“ or „hunger feeling“. That means my switching from outer nutrition to inner nutrition is already done. On second day – great feeling.

What happens during fasting ?

The inner „food“.

Why is fasting working so easy and well and why we are not hungry ? During fasting one does not feel any physical appetite because:
The switch from food to fasting happens automatically. The programs run completely
automatically. Switching food from the outside to food from the inside will be
prepared by yourself:
1. by the knowledge that the ability to fast, in human life, is pre-programmed.
2. by the trust that fasting is harmless in its natural way.
3. to fast through the voluntary decision.
4. through a consequent purgation you send the signal for the initiation of fasting.
5. by anticipation of the well feeling in a few days

In the above chart I mean with power also energy.  The word heat means „inner body warmth – warm feeling“.

Make fasting holidays.

Experienced Faster know that it is best to be on holiday. Even joining a fasten group  during your holidays is an excellent decision. The nerve system shifts from the „daily fight for survival“ to total relaxation.  That’s an important prerequisite for proper fasting and the best guarantee that fasting succeeds.

Another possibility: Start on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, because the first 2-3 days are the most difficult – according to my experience. One must find peace in itself. Inform your family, your friends  (party’s, golf or tennis buddy’s etc.) that you „need“ some time for you alone. Prepare a diary in which you write your feelings and body condition, your weight change etc. Try to do as I do with the 7 points above.

Fasting is life.

Everyone has the ability to switch to fasting. It just has to be new experienced and practiced. The body naturally switches faster if one is experienced. But even for a newcomer it will be easy as soon as food is lacking. The absence of a meal is no longer a problem for a fasting body. Fasting is natural it is a natural part of life.

    Water is life !

The second fasting day.

On the second day  there are occasional changes in the body. Therefore, the following physical states may occur:
* Feeling of hunger.  1/2 glass of water  drives it off fairly quickly. Do not use appetite suppressant  of whatever kind.
* Dizziness and nausea. The usual blood pressure drop might not yet
to be completely intercepted. A dull feeling or occasional dizziness are
Harmless and quickly pass by.
A walk in the fresh air and washing the face with cold water will help quickly.
* Head, limb and cross pain They often occur at the beginning of the fasting period,
because the drainage of tense and smeared muscles can cause pain, pulling or restlessness. Moist hot packs, for example, a sachet of crushed potatoes on the neck, crossbones
or the corresponding joint, will help quickly.  An enema and an ascending foot bath are
also important assistance.
* Insecurity and depression feelings will occur to some fasting sufferers, others are again affected by doubts.  don’t let us fall too much into our worries. As I wrote before, use some tricks to distract yourself – Movies, a good book, writing your memoirs (Ha) about fasting.

And:
On the second day of fasting, a big bow around all of them restaurants and food.
Same at home, try to convince your family, that you won’t join them with meals.

Tomorrow I will follow up as usual. It is still so much to say and to explain. Stay tuned !

Fasting is not easy if you do it all by yourself. You need a lot of self esteem, very good motivation and a very very strong will to go through. In a group, fasting together, it would be much easier. If you have done everything right with your preparation, then you have no appointments, no commitments at all for the next few days.

From today on I will begin the fasting information with my own details. That means 7 points which will be repeated every day. Also I’ll posting at the end of my fasting day, just before I go to bed. With time change you might have the information the following day.

1. Weight:      morning:  116kg  (255p)      evening:   116kg  (255p)

2. Last night: Was long and sweaty, we have summer and around 25 celsius during the night. Also the body likes to sweat and loosing water. Not a very good sleep.

3. Ingestion:
Early Morning:   2 glasses of mineral water.
Late Morning:   1 big cup of tea.
Lunchtime:   water, water, water
Afternoon:   purgation of the bowel (takes mostly 3 to 4 hours)
Evening:  glass of fruit- or vegetable juice

4. Excretion:   Profoundly bowel purgation !! Your urine should be always light-colored !
5. Exercise – Rest:   None
6. Personal hygiene:   Cold shower in the morning and a cleaning one after purgation.
7. Sensibility:   You have to have a warm and pleasant feeling.

My opinion.

This first fasting day, and the second, is the hardest through the fasting period. This morning it seemed already that I was fasting many days. Then one can face irculatory problems, having dizziness, a bit of smaller eyesight, dry mouth and a shattered, floppy feeling. The solution, drink water in small portions, go with a cold water damp towel over your face, neck and arms and most important – lay/sit down, relax, let your body slowly get used to the new lifestyle.

On this first day (and mostly second – some beginners even need a third day) you have to recover and keep up your motivation to go on. Sometimes the appetite will disturb you, all of your body, from top of your head till your toes will signal pain, not heavy, but very uncomfortable. All your muscles (and I mean ALL) signalize pain.  I found out, the easiest way to get over it, to distract yourself, is watching movies on TV or writing this article. Also I tell as many people as possible that i am going to fast, that makes it easier to keep the word and not giving up to early, being a softy or a coward.

  Very very important during fasting, the inner- and outer-hygiene.

Most important during the FIRST FASTING DAY.

This first day you have to clean your bowel for the first time. This kind of purge and detoxify is immense important. My way to do so is drinking salty water with lemon. In other countries (Europe) easy to get in pharmacy’s is „GLAUBERSALZ“, also called bittersalt. 2 teaspoons of salt in a glass of warm water and a few splashes of lemonjuice. Drink it down in one go and drink another glass of water directly afterwards.

Don’t go far from a toilet now, an hour or two later the cleaning procedure will start !!

Whoever has problems to drink such or has a sensitive stomach or bowel (a colonoscopy or your physician can tell you), should use the „clyster“ method.  Like I wrote before, one can buy premixed liquids which hospitals etc. use before a colonoscopy. I prefer those over the clyster system, also because clyster only cleans the lower part of the bowel. Today I had to use the clyster, see pics, because my premix lotion arrives on Sunday. Bad luck.

        This we can buy in Uruguay, not bad.

As one can see, I already lost during the last 24-30 hours about 3 kilogram of body weight. Mostly water draining out the muscles and the rest of the body. This, as well as the diarrhea after clyster or saltwater, is a heavy burden for your body. So, be prepared to relax, to rest or sleep, just what your body requires.

Everyone has to find its own method, just think that the laxative liquids or salt liquids are an incisive penetration of the intestinal system. But it has to be done – every second day – because the body excretes/detoxes during the whole fasting period, even after 20 days. One won’t believe, how much „dirt“ we have in us and we can eliminate.

  Information charts from a specialized Fasten Clinic.

From top left to bottom right: Sauerkraut,  „Sauerkraut juice“ is a good purgation igniter. A professional clyster bag for 1 liter. Showing all the inner organs. Ideal position during purgation. Glauber Salt, strong magnified, it will dissolve in water completely before use. And – professional guidance in a Fasten Clinic.

Not only through the rectal, also through the mouth/lung, the urine and especially the skin. That’s why the topic about personal hygiene will become a main discussion.

Introduction.

For thousands of years, people have fasted to achieve physical and psychological health benefits, but only recently have scientists confirmed that fasting, in conjunction with eating a plant-based, salt-, oil-, and sugar-free diet (SOS-free diet), offers tremendous benefits. Benefits which nowadays are scientifically proven.

Eating and Not-eating – Being-Awake and Sleeping – Tension and Relaxation are like North-pole and South-pole  between them human life occurs.
Eating during the day and fasting during the night belong obviously to our rhythm of life that no one really thinks about anymore.
Our body takes the necessary  substances during the night out of natural body reserves. Important to all this is quietness, warmth and security. This is also the crucial requirement to successful fasting.

What Exactly is Fasting?

Therapeutic fasting (also called “water-only fasting”) is the complete abstinence from all substances except pure water in an environment of complete rest. It is important to emphasize that simply abstaining from food—even for a few days—while continuing to work, exercise, and worry about day-to-day cares is not therapeutic fasting.

Likewise, eating only certain foods or drinking only juices is not therapeutic fasting. Juice diets and “elimination” diets can be healthful, but they are not the same as therapeutic fasting. The physiological and clinical benefits are different.

There are different methods of fasting and everyone has to find its own way and favorite method. During the last 50 years practicing fasting, I choose a mix of water-, tea- and broth-fasting.  Tea and broth contents 99% water anyway, but provides to me more often a warm drink then just water. Benefits are the same.

Why Fasting ?

The clearest indication for fasting is the loss of appetite that characterizes acute disease. Fasting is extremely effective in helping to quickly resolve the problems that cause symptoms like fever, inflammation, and other temporary pains. It can be very helpful to stop eating until the crisis has resolved and hunger returns. That might mean skipping a meal or two, or it might mean skipping many meals.

Fasting also has been proven to be effective in a variety of other situations, including helping the body to heal itself from high blood pressure, diabetes, and autoimmune diseases including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, asthma, eczema, and psoriasis. Fasting gives your body the opportunity to purify and heal its tissues and to eliminate undesirable tissue accumulations and growths.

Why do I Fast ?

The answer is very easy, if you have a look onto the list of benefits, you’ll find it. When time comes that I miss several of the benefits then I know my time for fasting came again. This time I missed:

mainly energy.
quality sleep.
elimination of aches and pains in muscles and joints.
increase or elimination of headaches.
stabilization of blood pressure.
stronger and more efficient digestion.
loss of excess weight.

Just to mention a few. Above that, it’s a good time to stay at home, temporada in Uruguay forces you anyway. And in hot summertime the appetite is less and the interest less to cook heavy meals. It’s also a chance to clean out our largest organ, the skin.

When to Fast?

The most important advice for anyone considering a fast is this: If you are going to fast, do it right, or don’t do it at all. To maximize the benefits of therapeutic fasting, complete rest is essential. Complete rest is hard to get in a noisy, high stress, and/or nonsupportive environment, so finding a safe, supportive environment is necessary if you want to get the most from your body’s self-healing mechanisms.

Who Should Fast?

The decision to undertake fasting should be made in consultation with a knowledgeable physician, ideally one who is certified in fasting supervision. Sadly not available in Uruguay, but I have plenty experience to do it on my own.

Warning: Don’t do it on your own, as a newcomer, without experienced guidance.

You don’t have to be seriously ill to benefit from a supervised fasting. A fast can be of great help if you need to make lifestyle changes to achieve improved health. Fasting for as few as five days often will dramatically shorten the time it takes to make the transition from a conventional diet and lifestyle (with all of the associated addictions, pains, fatigue, and disease) to the independent and energetic state associated with healthful living.

Where to Fast?

Once you have made a decision to fast, selecting a facility that will meet your requirements. An experienced health center provides an ideal environment. In addition, it provides knowledgeable medical, psychological, and other therapeutic care as needed and, when you start eating again, healthful meals designed especially for you by expert chefs. As a bonus, one can have lectures on healthful living that will teach you how to continue living healthfully when you return home. I know many people they check in a Fasting Clinic for several weeks as a second holiday per year.  Right – if one can afford the price.

It will be continued tomorrow – stay tuned !   Fasting is NOT starving !

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 !