I'm trying to decide if I could do it...if I could really follow this guide for the process of detoxing, which incorporates one day of total fasting from solid foods (and everything else except water and the special mixture of juice and spices).
My interest in this diet is for the detoxing. My cousin followed the steps prescribed in this book and said she felt more alert and energetic, and even healthier after the 11-day process. The book is not just a step-by-step guide, it also explains why detoxing is vital to health. I've been disturbed and disgusted to learn about the toxins from everywhere in our environment that are poisoning us and (according to the author's stance) making us fat.
Keep in mind, this is not drug/illegal substance detox, this is environmental toxin detox.
Interestingly enough, in church this week, the sermon was on the spiritual discipline of fasting, how it's downplayed in our current Christian culture. A discipline that was practiced for thousands of years has been overlooked because...well...it is so extremely contrary to the American way of life. Not just with food - but with all things. Instant pleasure, gratification, satisfaction. You want it, you can have it. That's what we're taught. We also have this ever-present sense of entitlement that we deserve to have our desires fulfilled in the most expedient manner. Fasting, then, from any sort of need or want, goes against how we're trained to live--our thought processes, our life cycles, everything.
If I can follow the directions in the book to fast for one day (though the whole preparation process from start-to-finish is 11 days), it could possibly benefit me not only physically (my health), but also mentally and spiritually.
I want to do this. Despite the fact that the prescribed foods are, at times, different (aka, strange) and not at all what I want to be eating. Plus, there are supplements for things I've never heard of. I'm not even sure if you can find them in small town Midwest.
I don't know if I can do it alone. Anyone want to try it with me?
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Oooh, I sort of want to try it with you. I've looked into detoxes in the past and have only found ones that involve two or three days' worth of fasting... which seems not so much okay with me...
But one day would work; let's do it!
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