How a
three-day fast can help cure illness and restore health
Fasting
Your Way to Better Health and Fitness
by Ismael D.
Tabije
When I was
younger, I used to sing a great deal in public and earn from it. A
bad cold, therefore, meant harmed voice, equals no income. In those
days, I believed a great deal in the curative powers of medicines
and so every time a cold attacks, I did the usual "stuff a cold and
starve a fever". What was worse was that it usually took me too long
to recover from a single attack that left me unable to perform and
earn a living. There was this very important concert then that I had
to perform in along with others. I was so excited because this was
no small-time concert. All forms of advertisements were exhausted
for the event and the venue had been long prepared. Suddenly, three
days before the anticipated performance, I caught an awful cold.
I went to the
manager of the affair and reported my sad predicament. Fortunately,
the manager was a doctor who was not overly convinced by the
curative powers of medicines. And he was the one who introduced me
to the "fasting cure" which he, himself practices when he's
afflicted with one. I was advised to starve and eat nothing but I
can drink all the water I can until my pulse and body temperature
returned to normal. I was also advised to rest in bed for about
three days and he promised me I'd be as good as new after that. I
was told not to listen to my family, relatives and doctor if they
tell me to eat to gain my strength back. He assured me that I would
not grow weak for lack of nourishment in a three-day fasting. I also
learned about not being able to digest food well if the person has a
fever, so it is advisable, really to fast.
I took his
advice and the results were exactly as he had stated. After the end
of the three-day fast, I was able to join a last rehearsal in the
afternoon of the big event. And that night, I sang my numbers
without a trace of the bad cold! In three days I was able to recover
fully well from a bout of cold through fasting, which would have
normally taken me much longer if I had succumbed to purely medical
solutions.
Digestive
disorders are caused by many factors. Eating a lot and eating more
than what is required is quite a common cause. Other factors include
hurried and improper eating. These two alone cause about 80% of
digestive disorders. Then there's the tobacco or after-meal cigar,
"treats" and the business-first-before-meal attitude.
I have a very
good appetite or digestion though some things could cause it to
falter once in a while. In those cases, I eventually resort to
fasting to give my stomach a few days' rest. For my fever, catarrhal
problems and bad cold and glandular disorders, fasting never fails
to restore me up. Fasting can help clean the digestive system. It
can be done through the supervision of a capable nurse without
inducing any other commercial medicine. Under these conditions a
satisfactory cure is almost certain.
My summary of
the matter is, as I have stated, that the difference between
starving and fasting lies in the mental attitude. The beneficial
effect of fasting is that it gives the stomach needed rest from any
digestive disorders. While in "bad colds" the clogging rubbish or
surplus matter is burned up or eliminated from the body and
glandular structures very much in the same way that this end is
accomplished by prolonged systematic exercise.
The only
danger in the fasting system, if not of too long duration, seems to
lie at its termination. Taper off gently and don't gorge yourself.
Do this and no harm will result. At the end of the four days' fasts
I have taken, I ate in moderation; grape juice, well-boiled rice,
green peas and carrots. The next day I ate anything I liked,
provided I chewed it properly and slowly.
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