Fasting: Fast Track to Control Plaque
If you’re anxious to obtain
faster control over your heart scan score and its causes,
then fasting is worth considering. Fasting is the quickest, most
effective method to
“jump-start” a lifestyle that has suffered neglect and regain
control over health.
Fasting is not some grim punishment
for previous sins. It is not the same as starvation or anorexia,
disease states from sustained undernourishment. Fasting can be a
positive, enlightening experience that re-educates you and your body
about what food and eating should feel like. It can be a process
that readjusts the distortions your body has suffered from life’s
excesses over the years. It’s the fastest method available that can
put you back in control over coronary plaque.
Most people cringe at the thought of fasting because they
immediately recall how they felt when they’ve missed a meal. Three
or four hours after a meal, most Americans experience a deep,
uncomfortable gnawing in the pit of their stomach. Some even become
lightheaded, weak, and nauseated. Endure days of this? Pure torture!
But that’s not what fasting means.
"Fasting is not so uncomfortable as many would think. Hunger
typically goes away completely by the second day and the symptoms of
withdrawal from food and toxins typically end quickly, usually by
the second day of the fast. Interestingly, it has been noted by
physicians conducting fasts for decades that true hunger is a mouth
and throat sensation, felt in the same spot that one feels thirst.
Gnawing in the stomach, stomach cramping, headaches, and generalized
weakness from not eating or skipping a meal or two are experienced
only by those who have been eating the standard American diet with
all its shortcomings (those in most need of a fast)."
Joel Fuhrman, MD
Fasting and Eating for Health
If you’ve struggled to lose weight
through healthy eating and exercise, or if you would like to lose
the weight quicker, fasting may be a solution. Weight loss occurs
rapidly while you fast. You can generally expect to drop 1 lb per
day of fasting.
Beyond the physical benefits of fasting, the most profound benefit
you’ll experience is the new way you view food. Most people gain a
renewed appreciation for food textures, tastes, and portions.
Fasting helps you enjoy food more. Fasting also puts you in control
over food, unlike the millions of Americans who allow food to
control their lives. Critics of fasting say that it’s better to just
eat healthy. What they fail to recognize are the powerful lessons
you can learn from fasting that go far beyond just the weight loss
or other physical benefits.
What can you achieve by therapeutic fasting?
First of all, the world of fasting is
filled with claims of physical and spiritual “cleansing”,
“detoxifying”, and other scientifically suspect concepts. Perhaps
these supernatural claims are encouraged by the natural “high” many
people do indeed experience during fasting, particularly after 48
hours. Nonetheless, there are several genuine benefits to fasting.
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