How to Properly and Safely Conduct a Fast for Cleansing or Spiritual Purposes

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Tip 1 - How to Properly and Safely Conduct a Fast for Cleansing or Spiritual Purposes | eHow

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by James Stockdale | permalink

Human beings spend almost as much time eating as they do sleeping, and up to 40 percent of our calories are used to actually digest the food we consume. When eating is dropped from your daily routine, your life changes on many different levels. The dining downtime allows the body to prioritize detoxification and elimination over digestion. And the...

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Tip 2 - A Safe 3 Day Fast | Fasting & Health | Health & Wellness Blog | Live Lighter

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Lanboy | permalink

Five steps to a safe, effective and enlightening fast.
Tags: fasting,healthy lifestyle tips,lose weight,be healthy,cleansing,detoxing,health and wellness blog,cleansing & detoxing

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Tip 3 - How to Juice Fast Safely

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Karen Marcucci | permalink

Juice fasting is an often misunderstood practice and can be very detrimental if not approached correctly. Promises such as "lose 5 pounds in 5 days!" and "get glowing skin!" are often bandied around
Tags: cleanse,food,wellness,detox,healthy-foods,beauty,casey-mccluskey,juicing,culture

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Tip 4 - Dietary Fasting: Detoxification, Spirit Healing and Rejuvenation – By Jack Eidt

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by golfstud | permalink

We are cut off from the healing calm of nature, we drive in gridlock inhaling carbon monoxide, and spend our leisure enclosed in a cold dark movie theater or dine at all-you-can-eat fried-food-extravaganzas. Hence, people often undertake a number of calorie-limiting diets and fasting regimes, which also may include connecting with the forests and oceans or communing with animals out in the wilds.
Tags: master cleanse,fasting,gandhi,abstention,healing,juice fast,detoxification,diet,jack eidt,jesus christ,lemon juice fast,spirulina,vision quest,environmental health

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Tip 5 - Three day fast? One day fast? How long should you fast? | AllAboutFasting

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Gurdeep Hora | permalink

Should you do a three day fast? or a one day fast? or ten? Information on the different commom lengths of fasts, when they're best used, and how much time they actually require.

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