Group Water Fast for September

[Tenzin]

Hi All,

I am doing a group water fast come September and have created a private event on Facebook so we can help one another out.

Feel free to join us! Doing a short one with us is fine as well.

Here are the links and will be adding more when the admin of the other groups allow me to host the event on their own pages:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1299435113430551/ (via United Healing Communities (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1068094816615009/))
https://www.facebook.com/events/1626076374348935/ (via Water Fasting Support Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1519659068301486/))

If you have ideas on how to make this event even more far reaching, please feel free to chime in!

[Ewan]

May I ask, why would you 'water fast'? In my imagination I can only see health problems and no benefits.

[Tenzin]

Of course you may! We must question everything!

By freeing up the huge amount of energy used for digestion and elimination of the food we consume daily, it allows the body to heal itself, a capability a lot of people underestimate.

Do you believe in detox?

[GrnEggsNHam]

May I ask, why would you 'water fast'? In my imagination I can only see health problems and no benefits.
I believe this is what Tenzin is referencing, http://www.allaboutfasting.com/water-fasting.html.

I currently practice "intermittent fasting" for the benefits of Ketosis metabolization.

[sheme]

I would call this a simple fast -no food just pure water, I do this every time I get sick naturally- sounds like the wrong name for a natural remedy = fasting.

[Daozen]

I used to be into water fasting. In the last month I left it for dryfasting, i.e. 12-24 hours with no water. Dry fasting is much more powerful IMO, and a lot easier. No hunger pangs.

A good middle ground is cascade fasting, where you dry fast for 6-8 hours, or however long you feel, then drink water... I just don't believe in "sipping water throughout the day to flush out toxins" any more. It's easier to drink water in a specific 4-5 hour window.

This is an amazing blog if you dig through the science:

http://www.anti-agingfirewalls.com/2013/04/19/autophagy-the-housekeeper-in-every-cell-that-fights-aging-2/

But each to his/her own. Any fast has some benefits.

[Tenzin]

Oh yes, dry fast is king. Mark Gordon did a survey recently and found out that dry fasting gets weak kidneys to filter lymph while water fast does not. I will be interspersing dry fast but since my body is very acidic, I need to go slow.

Still, will work towards a 40 days fast with water.


I used to be into water fasting. In the last month I left it for dryfasting, i.e. 12-24 hours with no water. Dry fasting is much more powerful IMO, and a lot easier. No hunger pangs.

A good middle ground is cascade fasting, where you dry fast for 6-8 hours, or however long you feel, then drink water... I just don't believe in "sipping water throughout the day to flush out toxins" any more. It's easier to drink water in a specific 4-5 hour window.

This is an amazing blog if you dig through the science:

http://www.anti-agingfirewalls.com/2013/04/19/autophagy-the-housekeeper-in-every-cell-that-fights-aging-2/

But each to his/her own. Any fast has some benefits.

[Justplain]

Here is a link to a TED talk by a neuro-scientist who advocates fasting:

http://www.cosmicscientist.com/ted-talk-neuroscientist-shows-what-fasting-does-to-your-brain/

I have used fasting over the past year and a half to help bring my blood pressure down since suffering a stroke. It has been quite beneficial. I do a twenty-four hour fast once a week, a three day fast once every three months or so and a seven day fast once a year. These are water fasts where all you consume is water when one has hunger or thirst.

Exiting a fast is very sensitive, one should juice for a period before one can eat normal food again. The longer the fast the longer the juicing. After the 7 day fast i had to juice for two days before more normal food could be consumed.

This summer i did my second seven day fast. The last three days of it i was pretty useless, could do little. My body was cleaning itself cuz my wife said my breath smelled like that of a smoker and i quit smoking 28 years ago.

Another thing to note is that diet is very important for good health. The better quality of food one consumes, the better one's body can process the food energy and heal itself, etc. We eat as much organic as we can afford, also as little gmo as possible (hard to do in north america) and as little processed food as possible to cuz of its sugar/salt/gmo/fats/preservatives/food coloring/etc.

Good luck on your fast!

[Tenzin]

Really appreciate it, Justplain!

I broke my 2nd fast (18 days) incorrectly and took cooked food just 1 day after the fast. I then had edema in the feet for about a week... Can fully understand how important it is to treat the fast breaking as carefully as the fast itself.

All the best for your healing journey!



Here is a link to a TED talk by a neuro-scientist who advocates fasting:

http://www.cosmicscientist.com/ted-talk-neuroscientist-shows-what-fasting-does-to-your-brain/

I have used fasting over the past year and a half to help bring my blood pressure down since suffering a stroke. It has been quite beneficial. I do a twenty-four hour fast once a week, a three day fast once every three months or so and a seven day fast once a year. These are water fasts where all you consume is water when one has hunger or thirst.

Exiting a fast is very sensitive, one should juice for a period before one can eat normal food again. The longer the fast the longer the juicing. After the 7 day fast i had to juice for two days before more normal food could be consumed.

This summer i did my second seven day fast. The last three days of it i was pretty useless, could do little. My body was cleaning itself cuz my wife said my breath smelled like that of a smoker and i quit smoking 28 years ago.

Another thing to note is that diet is very important for good health. The better quality of food one consumes, the better one's body can process the food energy and heal itself, etc. We eat as much organic as we can afford, also as little gmo as possible (hard to do in north america) and as little processed food as possible to cuz of its sugar/salt/gmo/fats/preservatives/food coloring/etc.

Good luck on your fast!

[Ewan]

Ha ha, I feel so foolish, having now read some of those links kindly provided.

I thought you meant an attempt to avoid drinking water which seemed, understandably, madness to me. :) Sometimes my brain is not my friend.