From: gb03@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (GEORGE PHILIP BLUHM)
Newsgroups: misc.fitness
Subject: Re: LIQUID FASTING DIET
Date: 1 Oct 92 01:47:44 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

In article <1992Sep29.182207.1415@cnsvax.uwec.edu>, mcelwre@cnsvax.uwec.edu writ
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>                              LIQUID FASTING DIET
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>               Many readers of this article are already familiar with
>          the important health benefits of apple juice, lemon juice,
>          apple cider vinegar, distilled water, prune juice, honey,
>          garlic, and fasting.  I have combined all of these health
>          helpers into a repeatable four-week cycle of weekly one-day
>          liquid fasting diets, similar in some respects to the famous
>          three-day cleansing program of Dr. John R. Christopher, M.H.
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>               The purpose of such a diet is to neutralize and flush
>          out various toxins and waste products in the body which cause
>          degenerative diseases and other health problems when they
>          accumulate there.  Each of the four main fasting fluids--
>          apple juice, lemonade, apple cider vinegar in water, and
>          distilled water--has its own unique way of accomplishing
>          this.  This repeatable fasting diet cycle is an integrated
>          way of using important healthful items on a regular basis.
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>               The first fasting fluid, to use for the first weekly
>          one-day fast, is pure apple juice, one whole gallon of it,
>          preferably not made from concentrate, and with no
>          preservatives or additives.  This is really just a one-day
>          version of one of Dr. Christopher's 3-day cleansing diets.
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>               The second fasting fluid, for the second week, is
>          basically just a gallon of lemonade.  Squeeze the juice from
>          two large fresh lemons into a gallon of water (use the big
>          jug that the apple juice came in), and add four tablespoons
>          of locally-made honey (NO sugar).  Dissolve the honey by
>          stirring it into half a glass of water before adding it to
>          the lemonade.
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>               The third fasting fluid (for the third week) is similar
>          to the lemonade, except that four tablespoons of pure apple
>          cider vinegar (NOT apple cider "flavored" vinegar) is
>          substituted for the lemon juice.
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>               The fourth fasting fluid, for the fourth and final week
>          of the cycle, is a gallon of pure distilled water.
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>               Pick a day of the week, usually Saturday or Sunday for
>          most people, when you can relax and stay close to your home
>          bathroom.  Start the day with sixteen ounces of prune juice
>          with pulp.  This will clean out your digestive system.  But
>          try to hold it for two hours to allow it to draw out heavy
>          metals and other toxins.  Starting an hour after taking the
>          prune juice, drink the gallon of fasting fluid that you
>          prepared on that day at the rate of ten to twelve ounces per
>          hour.
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>               The healthful benefits of garlic may be added to the
>          fast in the following manner.  Each hour, slice a clove of
>          garlic lengthwise into halves or quarters, and then cut the
>          slices crosswise into pieces about one-sixteenth inch thick.
>          Spoon the pieces a few at a time into your mouth, and use
>          some of the fasting fluid to wash it down your throat without
>          chewing it.
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>               Eat or drink nothing else during each fast, except your
>          usual vitamin supplements.  Also, aspirin may be taken for
>          the headache and other aches and pains that will probably
>          result from toxins being flushed into your bloodstream on
>          their way out through your kidneys.
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>               On the day after each fast, your digestive system will
>          likely be disrupted.  Therefore, break the fast slowly and
>          gently.  Start the day with a twelve-ounce glass of water.
>          An hour later, drink twelve ounces of orange juice.  For
>          lunch have a glass of vegetable or tomato juice.  Have a
>          glass of milk in the afternoon.  Eat a modest meal for
>          supper.  Before bedtime, take an Acidophilus capsule, or eat
>          some yogurt containing active yogurt cultures, to replenish
>          beneficial bacteria in your digestive tract.
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>               You are likely to feel hungry, weak, and very rough
>          during each fast and even on the day after, especially during
>          the first cycle.  Self-discipline and patience are required
>          here.
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>               This four-week cycle of weekly one-day liquid fasting
>          diets should be repeated often, on a regular basis, for a
>          long and healthy life.
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>               UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this
>          IMPORTANT Information is ENCOURAGED.
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>                                   Robert E. McElwaine
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