Posted on November 10, 2007 in Latest News
Fasting: Willingly abstaining from food, drink or both for a specified period of time. It can be total or partial. It can be observed uninterrupted for many days, or for certain periods of time like the Muslim practice during Ramadan. Fasting will help the body to get rid of toxins. From the medical point of view it is a state achieved after digestion of a meal.
Fasting is done for religious and spiritual reasons and is mentioned in the Bible, in Old and New Testament, the Quran, the Mahabharata and the Upanishads.
Basics of Fasting
You fast by not taking certain foods, while taking some. At times, you may not take any solids, but just liquids. Depending upon tradition, people fasting abstain from sex as well as food, or sometimes certain types of foods or they may refrain from eating meat.
Detoxification
is what fasting is all about. It is the normal body process of eliminating or neutralizing toxins through the colon, liver, kidneys, lungs, lymph glands, and skin. This process is precipitated by fasting because when food is no longer entering the body, the body turns to fat reserves for energy.
The fat reserves were created when excess glucose and carbohydrates were not used for energy or growth, not excreted, and therefore converted into fat. When the fat reserves are used for energy during a fast, it releases the chemicals from the fatty acids into the system, which are then eliminated through the aforementioned organs.
Methods Used in Fasting
Benefits of Fasting
There are several benefits such as purification, rejuvenation, revitalization, and rest for digestive organs, clearer skin, anti-aging effects, improved senses, hearing, taste, and reduction of allergies, weight loss, drug detoxification, and better resistance to disease, spiritual awareness.
Fasting increases the process of elimination and releases the toxins from the colon, kidneys and bladder, lungs and sinuses, and skin. This process can generate discharge such as mucus from the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, sinuses, or in the urine. This is helpful to clear out the problems that have arisen from overeating and a sedentary lifestyle.
Self-control is also learnt from fasting.
Fasting helps body in self-regulatory way of functioning. It helps the body to gain back its vitality.
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