Therapeutic Fasting: To Starve Or Not To Starve?

In this article, learn more about Therapeutic Fasting: To Starve Or Not To Starve?. Therapeutic fasting: to starve or not to starve?.

 

Whoever wants to be brave eats meat. Whoever wants to be healthy eats vegetables. Whoever wants to be wise eats air. Whoever wants to live forever does not eat anything!" An ancient Chinese proverb

 

To starve or not? The question is not permissive at all. For many years and even decades, the controversy surrounding this method of recovery has not subsided. And how many absolutely fantastic stories of "healing from incurable diseases" are told! One thing is clear: fasting is not the easiest and not the most pleasant way to get rid of extra pounds. However, it is probably one of the most effective. In addition, it is also an opportunity to prove to everyone that you are strong, successful and beautiful.

However, not everything is so simple. For our body, starvation is quite a strong stress, a change in established metabolic processes. You cannot expose yourself to such a shock without preparation. Therefore, you can fast for more than three days only under the supervision of a doctor.

Not everyone can starve. Doctors say a categorical "no" to teenagers, as well as to women during the first year after childbirth and during the onset of menopause, that is, during periods of hormonal restructuring of the body.

 

How long to fast during medical fasting

No special preparation is required for a short one- to three-day fasting. Such unloading days give our body a little rest and allow it to start "cleaning" - to air the cells and wipe away dust from them. For many, fasting for one day a week has become a part of their lifestyle, just like the craze for low-calorie food or going to the gym.

The most resistant can try themselves in long-term abstinence from food, which lasts from three to thirty days.

 

How to starve correctly during therapeutic fasting

Of course, you need to prepare for it in advance, having previously consulted with a doctor. Experts recommend switching to a vegetarian diet a week before it begins, excluding alcohol, and returning to regular food after the same number of days as the hunger strike lasted. The meaning of long-term fasting is that due to the lack of nutrients, the body is engaged in processing unnecessary, getting rid of waste and toxins.

The fasting technique itself remains the same - you only need to drink mineral water and forget where the refrigerator is. Hard? However, as a result, the body is cleansed, the volume of the fat layer decreases, and the condition of the skin improves.

At first, the body tries with all its might to force you to provide nutrition from the outside, so as not to let the "reserve" reserves go into operation. But "self-eating" does begin and gives fantastic results. A person gets younger, his working capacity increases, lightness appears in the body.

 

How to get out of medical fasting

You need to come out of fasting carefully, gradually re-accustoming the body to food. On the first day, you should limit yourself to only juices, necessarily diluted with water. Then switch to fruits and vegetables, and on the third day you can already afford porridge on the water. After a week, you can eat dairy products, after them - vegetarian food, with a smooth transition to your usual diet. The circle closes, the body shines like a new heel, you smile, feeling an unprecedented surge of strength.

 

Rules of medical fasting

There are several important rules that must be followed if you have already decided on medical fasting (both short and long):

• lead an active lifestyle - only for short hunger strikes.

 

• do not drink more than three liters of water per day - this will create an additional burden on the kidneys;

 

• cancel vitamins in tablets - they are beneficial only with food;

 

• be careful when taking medications - during fasting, they can act on the body in a different way;

 

• try to change the environment: go outside the city, to the mountains, abroad - this way you will get out of the usual rhythm of life, which includes food;

 

• find yourself a company - if you are supported by like-minded people, it will be easier and more pleasant to starve.

 

And the last. When you are hungry, you need to maintain a joyful and cheerful mood. Convince yourself that you are doing an important thing for yourself, beloved (beloved). It is in this case that therapeutic fasting will benefit your health.