What is the purpose of fasting?

Cleansing therapeutic fasting

When you starve your body cleanses itself of toxins, often disappear or chronic inflammation, and possible skin lesions disappear.

Why is this happening?

Depriving your body of valuable food (mainly protein and high-calorie ingredients) makes passes at the physiological nutrition, because it is needed for the functioning of energy.

It saves your little healthy tissue as needed calories draws from everything that hinders the proper functioning every day and begins to absorb such all kinds of inflammatory foci, nodules, cholesterol deposits, dead tissue fragments, and folds of fat.

Note! Shortage of food is perceived by the brain as an emergency, mobilized the whole body, which begins to run at the highest speed (though he fought for survival).

Increases resistance to infection, and after the first 3-4 days (you can then experience headaches) suddenly felt a surge of energy.

Note! Most people who have carried out several times fasting cures says that during its duration also improves mood, and even intellectual ability.

Indications and contraindications for the use of fasting

Short (1,2 or 3 days) post can perform almost everyone, without consulting a doctor.

Note! Only people with diabetes treated with insulin and destroyed a severe illness (eg advanced cancer, pancreatitis), should do so under the strict supervision of a physician or resign - if your doctor tells you.

In contrast, prolonged fasting alone treatments can be carried out when a person is healthy, in order to remove toxins, a person wanting to lose weight, with reduced resistance to infections and suffering from low blood pressure or elevated cholesterol levels. People seriously ill, receiving a lot of drugs, such treatment should be carried out under the supervision of a doctor or nutritionist.

Note! Hunger strike lasting for at least several days have a positive impact on the treatment of ailments such as ovarian cysts, migraine, skin diseases and cardiovascular diseases.

What types of fasting?

A one-day hunger strike, consists of discontinuation of all foods and drinking only water and weak infusions of herbs (nettle, chamomile, mint, etc).

The hunger strike of two-or three-day, is to eliminate all foods except stale wholemeal sourdough bread. You can eat 4-6 thin slices of day. It is recommended to drink up every day 8 glasses of water or herbs.

Note! Bread can be replaced with 2 cups cooked thick porridge (for the day).

Fruit and vegetable hunger strike, which should last from 10 days to 6 weeks. During this time, you should eat the same vegetables that are low in starch (potatoes excluded) and a little sweet fruit (apples, grapefruit, lemon). Portions not need to be small - it is enough to satisfy your hunger.

Note! Using this type of fasting, you can not add to the salad oil, because then you will lose medicinal properties.

And the day of fasting fruit and vegetable

Breakfast: Beet acid | salad with tomato, pickle and celery | coleslaw with apples and carrots | mint tea

Lunch: cucumber soup | braised peppers stuffed with vegetables | boiled cauliflower | red cabbage salad with grapefruit | apple compote

Dinner: boiled cabbage | apple sauce to heat | carrot salad | tomato juice