Many people these days are concerned with improving their health by beginning with a blood cleansing program. I agree that this is a valuable first step. The best way to accomplish this is by fasting for at least three days or by doing a cleansing diet and fast for seven days. Fasting is one of the quickest ways to eliminate wastes and enhance the healing processes of the body. When our body does not have to deal with breaking down new foods, it can work on getting rid of old accumulations, which often develop into toxins. Taking herbal preparations can enhance this process, but by itself the process is much slower and not as effective long-term.
A cleansing fast consists of drinking a juice on the hour and water on the half-hour throughout the day. It is important to keep the bowels moving so that the toxins drawn from the cells and body fluids leave the body and not just get carried to other tissues. Often this is done by starting out the fast with an enema in the morning of the first day and taking an herbal laxative (Cascara sagrada) in the evening (or as needed). Herbal teas can be taken as part of the liquid intake.
Usually the first two days are the hardest and by the third day your desire for food lessens. By then you feel good, the cloud over your mind has lifted and you are thinking more clearly and you may even continue on to a fourth day.
It is important how you begin and end the fast. Some diets plan for a seven-day fast, including 2 days preparing by eating easily digestible foods, 3 days of the actual fast, and then ending with 2 days of gradually adding more foods, rather than making an abrupt change.
I like to recommend Dr. Bernard Jensen’s cleansing program. This includes cleansing drinks, nutritional supplements, enemas or colemas and skin brushing. Drastic health and skin problems have been greatly helped by this program.
Also see: 3-Day Detoxification Diet; Lemon Aid Cleanse; 7-Day Cleanse; Cleansing; Fasting
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