Evolution Three – Week Four
Hello Folks,
Since I am following the Eat Stop Eat program by Brad Pilon I thought I would address a few questions or thoughts around fasting...
What does it mean to fast?
- Abstain or "firmly withhold from food"
- Done as spiritual, health or political practice
- Drink only water for a period of time
- Body stores used to sustain body during fast
- Differing from starving the body, in that, body reserves are not depleted causing tissue to be used for energy
- Done willingly
- Could last for long stretches or short stints
- Complete fast includes abstaining from liquid and food
- Medically speaking 8 - 12 hours without food is fasting
- Break from digestion
- Reducing amount of energy needed to digest gives body more energy for healing purposes
- Gives body break from toxic processed food
- Immune system can deal with healing when not used to deal with toxic food
- Cleanses entire digestive system naturally
- Excellent for curing digestive disorders
- Helps metabolism, which may be normally dealing with too much food
- Helps prevent chances of getting cancer, diabetes, insulin resistance, immune dissorders and cardiovascular disease
- Increases life span and slows down aging
- Fasting more than 30 days risky
I have done all kinds of fasts over the years. My first fast was the Master Cleanse or Lemonade Diet. I did it for eight days.
I exercised the entire time I was doing the cleanse with no problem. It is a very simple program with generally good results.
Here were my results...
The Up Side:
- Lost 8 pounds (could be some water weight or muscle too)
- Skin very soft and clear
- Eye's clearer
- Felt really good/ energized
- Made me want to do it again
- Difficult without support
- Teeth feel gritty entire time
- Lemonade gets old fast
- Fantasized way too much about food
- Hard to come off with out eating some junk
- Had acid reflux when I ate a little peanut butter after fast
- Make sure you are the kind of person who can deal with it
- Plan a come off diet when you are done fasting
- Be prepared to watch things come out of your body that you didn't think were there
- Be careful not to overeat when you return to your regular diet
- Better to do intermittant fasting than long fasts, easier on the body
Until next time…
Think, Believe, Act, Adjust, Never Give up
Dakota
Today’s Mantra: Don't turn fasting into a chore, it should be simple and easy
~Brad Pilon
