subject: Fasting A Natural Way To Detoxify Body [print this page] The body is designed to fast, we do it every night.
If you are healthy, fasting for entire day or two is rarely a problem. It can be dangerous only if you've got liver or kidney problems or any kind of compromised immune system functioning.
Fasts are sometimes accompanied with enemas to cleanse your intestinal tract. The intestinal tract has a lot of good bacteria. When you are changing that balance, the good bacteria are affected too.
Spiritual and Religious Fasting
Fasting has been used for religious and spiritual purification for centuries.
Nearly every religion, be it Christianity, Islam, Jainism or Hinduism, calls upon followers to fast periodically as a rite of spiritual purification, penitence, or preparation for union with God.
Medical Reasons for Fasting
Another topic on which there is medical agreement is the benefit - actually, the necessity -- of fasting before surgery.
You don't want the body to be digesting food as it manages the slower breathing and other body changes under anesthesia.
Fasting is also required to get accurate readings for certain medical tests. Short-term fasting before tests for cholesterol and blood sugar levels, for example, helps achieve a more accurate baseline count.
Does Fasting Detoxify the Body?
While, the liver is a natural detoxification center, the lungs, the colon, the kidneys, and the skin get rid of toxins.
51% of a quintessential North American diet consists of processed foods and foods low in phytochemicals and antioxidants. So you see a buildup of waste products in the cells (AGE) Advanced Glycation End products that build up in cellular tissues and lead to atherosclerosis, faster aging, diabetes, nerve damage, and the deterioration of organs.
How does fasting remove toxins?
When you go without eating for more than a day or two, the body enters into ketosis. Ketosis occurs when the body runs out of carbohydrates to burn for energy, so it burns fat.
And the fat is where the body stores many of the toxins it absorbs from the environment.
Fasting to Treat Disease
Fasting advocates also claim that the practice can effectively treat serious health conditions, from arthritis and colitis to heart disease and depression. Fasting may yield psychological benefits as well.
Sometimes fasting four to five days a month can help them break to a next level of immune competency.
It will only work if you frame the fast with good nutrition before and after.
Other Methods of Detoxification
Just like fasting, Colon Hydrotherapy is a highly effective detoxification treatment. It removes accumulated toxins from the body by flushing the colon with purified water. It encompasses a number of alternative medical therapies intended to remove feces and nonspecific toxins from the colon and intestinal tract.
It has become crystal clear that poor bowel management lies at the root of most peoples health problems. It is the bowel that invariably has to be cared for first before any effective healing can take place.
