Fasting And Cleansing

Who can resist a nice juicy steak or that inviting looking hamburger? Just seeing that chocolate chip sundae is enough to make your mouth water, and when you actually eat it, you feel like you’re in heaven. Sadly, although such types of foods are very good to taste, they are not doing anything good for the health of your body.

In recent years, researchers have found that most bodily ills are caused because of an unhealthy body and organs. In modern times, foods are filled with all kinds of pesticides and toxins, which are very bad for human health. Overeating, having an unbalanced diet, and eating inorganic foods, all contribute to ill health.

Studies have proved beyond a shadow of doubt that harmful substances in our food and diet clog up our internal systems, as a result of which the organs in the human body do not function as they should. So what can be doe about this problem? Well, following a routine of Fasting and Cleansing is the best way to regain good health.

Have you ever stopped to wonder why you don’t feel like eating anything when you’re sick? Just the very mention of food to a sick person is enough to make him even sicker. This is because putting food into an already unhealthy body will make matters worse, which is why Nature itself shuts your body down and robs you of your appetite, thus making you fast for your health.

More About Fasting

Fasting is a therapy in which a person has to go without food for the entire duration of the fast. Due to improper digestion, wasteful remnants of food remain in the body and start to accumulate in the different organs, thus interfering with their functioning. Fasting helps to eliminate this accumulation of waste from the body, thus cleansing our organs and restoring their ability to do what they are supposed to, in order to keep the body healthy.

Types Of Fasting

Intake of solid food is generally prohibited when fasting, which can be of the following types.

1) Liquid Fasting

In such a fast, the fasting person is on a complete liquid diet. Liquid fasting includes various kinds of fasts, such as:

• Water Fasts: In water fast, you are allowed to drink only water, and nothing else, for the entire time that you are fasting. Fasting on only water is considered as the most pure type of fasting.
   

• Juice Fast: A water fast can be very difficult for many people, who can then opt for a juice fast instead. In such a fast, you can drink natural fruit juices and/or water. A juice fast is easier to keep than water only fast, as the juices satisfy at least a part of your cravings. Some people believe that a juice fast is better than water fast, as the juices help to reduce the acidic effects that arise when stored food waste is burnt and disposed from the body, during fasting.

2) Fasting on Air

This type of fast is also known as a Prana (air) fast. In a prana fast, you live only on air and are not allowed to take in any solids or liquids. Naturally, such a fast is, by far, the toughest to keep.

Now that you know what fasting is, let’s take a look at what cleansing is.

More About Cleansing

Just as your body naturally forces you to fast when you are sick, by decreasing your appetite, so does your body have a natural cleansing process.

Because of the diet that you eat, the organs in your body, specifically the colon and the intestines, get polluted and clogged. When your body has had enough, it starts its natural cleansing process, which you feel in the form of stomach aches, head aches, flatulence, acidity, acne, skin rashes etc. If the body is abused constantly, it will contract serious diseases and the cleansing process will be seen as the symptoms of these diseases.

When people experience such ills, or suffer from diseases, they do not understand that all their problems have arisen because of the choices that they make, especially their food habits. Your ill health is your body’s way of telling you, “Stop, I have had enough”

By cleansing your body and its various organs, you can simply and easily right all these health problems. Why do you want to wait for your body to automatically cleanse itself and become sick, when you have the option of regaining total body health through cleansing?

Whole Body Cleansing For Health

All the organs of the body related to the digestive system, such as the stomach, pancreas, intestines, and colon, get polluted because of our lifestyle and eating habits. To restore your fitness and regain vitality, energy, and total body health, cleansing is an absolute must.

Colon Cleansing

Those who have faith in alternative healing methods firmly believe that an unhealthy colon is the root of all ills and diseases faced by a human. This makes colon cleansing very essential. There are two ways by which you can cleanse your colon.
 

• Irrigation Colon Cleansing: This method of cleaning your colon involves a procedure known as colonics or colonema. This process is much like an enema. But where an enema only reaches your rectum and outer portion of the colon, a colonema cleanses your entire intestinal tract and colon. Such colon cleansing can be done either at home or at a cleansing clinic.
   

• Fasting for Colon Cleansing: A juice fast, as mentioned above, is a great way to cleanse your colon. Along with detoxifying your body, a juice fast also helps to rid your colon of accumulated food waste and other toxins.

As is evident from all the above, fasting and cleansing are very important if you want to be healthy and always feel full of life. Fasting and cleansing are not two separate therapies, but are very inter-related.

Fasting is the best way to cleanse your entire body and remove all harmful accumulations and toxins from it. When you fast, these released toxins enter your colon, which is where colon cleansing comes in. With colon cleansing, you can flush out these toxins from your body, once and for all. However, it is essential to note that fasting and cleansing is not something that you do once and you’re set for life. These are natural therapies that need to be made a part of your life and done regularly throughout the year. Fasting for a few days every month, and cleansing your colon a couple of times yearly, is the best way to ensure that you become healthy and stay healthy.