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- From: hartman@informix.com (Robert Hartman)
- Newsgroups: alt.recovery
- Subject: Re: Fasting Comments
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.202816.13052@informix.com>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 20:28:16 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.220336.28936@gumby.dsd.trw.com>
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- In article <1992Nov20.220336.28936@gumby.dsd.trw.com> suhre@meltami.dsd.trw.com () writes:
- >
- >=====Begin post for Diane=====
- >I need to post about the dangers of fasting since I've seen these (in my
- >opinion) crazy diets being posted here. I am quoting from an article from
- >_Cooperative Extension of California Orange County_ June 1986, _From your
- >home advisor_.
- >
- > "The average adult now carries over five pounds or chemical
- > toxins in his/her precious body, often along with unwanted
- > weight. End unneccessary suffering. . .Lose one pound daily,
- > permanently, safely. . .Personally monitored juice fasts also
- > detoxify, rejuvenate, break addictions."
- > ...
- >Prolonged fasting is unsafe, says Dr. Swenerton. It neither cleanses nor
- >rests the body. Instead, it mobilizes homeostatic mechanisms designed to
- >go into gear when emergencies such as sickness or accident prevent normal
- >eating. Under these conditions, some body tissues are "cannibalized" in an
- >attempt to keep other essential body tissues alive until the emergency is
- >over. Thus, for some individuals, even short-term fasting can carry
- >significant health risks.
-
- Hmmm. I just want to point out that when taking a juice fast, one
- is receiving nourishment. I don't think there's any problem with
- giving one's digestive tract a break from solid food every so often.
- There probably is something wrong with attributing miracles to a
- practice that can be dangerous.
-
- -r
-