Joys of Fasting
- Fasting is a calming experience, often relieving tension and insomnia.
- Fasting is adaptable to a busy life.
- Fasting is used successfully in the treatment of many physical ills.
- Fasting lowers and normalizes cholesterol and blood pressure levels.
- Fasting gives body a physiological rest.
- Fasting is the quickest way to lose weight.
- Fasting can yield weight losses up to 10 pounds or more in first week.
- Fasting is easier than any diet.
- Fasting improves dietary habits.
- Fasting increases eating pleasure.
- Fasting frequently induces feelings of euphoria, a natural "high".
- Fasting is a rejuvenator, slowing the ageing process.
- Fasting is an energizer, not a debilitator.
- Fasting aids the elimination process.
- Fasting often results in a more vigorous sex life.
- Fasting can eliminate or modify smoking, drug, and drinking addictions.
- Fasting is a regulator, educating the body to consume food only as needed.
- Fasting saves all time spent marketing, preparing and eating.
- Fasting rids the body of toxins, giving it an "internal shower" and cleansing.
- Fasting does not deprive the body of essential nutrients.
- Fasting can be used to uncover the sources of food allergies.
- Fasting is effective in schizophrenia treatment and other mental ills.
- Fasting under proper supervision can be tolerated easily up to 4 weeks.
- Fasting does not accumulate appetite; hunger "pangs" disappear in 1 - 3 days.
- Fasting is routine for the animal kingdom.
- Fasting has been a commonplace experience since existence of man.
- Fasting is a rite in all religions; the Bible alone has 74 references to it.
- Fasting under proper conditions is absolutely safe.
Allan Cott, M.D. in Fasting As A Way Of Life
Fasting is not starving, it is nature's cure that Jesus has given us. Patricia Bragg