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Fasting & Alcohol AddictionMarch 7, 2008 | | 3,086 Views One beer on a long water fast and you are blasted. You get high fast and then come down quickly and feel like crap. The worst part of drinking during a fast is the intense hunger it creates. Alcohol is somewhat like an appetizer, when you drink even...
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- Rudolf Breuss Cancer Cure (21)
- Petula: Hi My mum have been diagnosed with cervical cancer two (stage 2)months ago. She is undergoing cystoscopy next week to evaluate the extent of the cancer. I am not very keen for chemo, especially that it is much critisized. We are in South Africa, anywhere we could access the juice...
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- Latisha: Tom What is the best one dosed enema do you recommend I cant find that other one no where and Im on a budget?
- Fasting Weight Loss Rates for Juice Fasting, Water Fasting and Dry Fasting. (378)
- shan: Hai Tom, How r u?sorry i didnt get ur point.do i need to use only veggie juices? “Could be fermentation as your stomach is not secreting the right digestive juices.”is this means because of acid. thanks a bunch.
- Tom Coghill: Hi Shan Yogurt with acidpholus cultures are good but regular yogurt bacteria cannot live in the intestine. Sure squash is good as it has some omega 3 and leafy veggies are high in minerals.
- Tom Coghill: Hi Shan, You may want to do a few days of water fasting to let your digestive system heal. Try just veggie juices, or adding lemon. Could be fermentation as your stomach is not secreting the right digestive juices.
- Tom Coghill: Hi Lia, I had to weight lift for one year to develop my self discipline enough for fasting. I decided if I did not have self discipline I would have to develop it. But here are a few tricks to get you started. 1. buy a juicer and take juice with you where ever you go. 2. On the first...
- shan: sorry again,im having bloating after drinking the juice.how long it will take to stop bloating.anyways i decided to juicefast for 30 days.yes im doing warm water enema daily.today mucus like thing came in my stool.can i drink orange juice,mango juice? sorry for too many questions,too many...
- shan: sorry i forgot that im having acid coming up to my throat
- shan: Hai Tom, How r u? can i use natural yogurt(indian curd) instead of probiotics.today is 3rd day of juice fasting.i lost 2 pounds.can i use sqash,lefy veggies for juicing? thanks in advance
- Lia: Hi again Tom. I’ve fasted many times and just recently failed and eating. I don’t know what to do anymore. I would really like to do this fast to see if I have self-control. I want to complete a fast at least for one day but I really want to try for 10 days. I really need some...
- Tom Coghill: Hi Shan Sure add fruits to veggie mixes. The best are apple, lemon, pineapple to carrot based mixtures. In 10 days you will lose weight depending on a complex metabolic factors and you digestion will be increased but use the enema, take probiotics after the fast for a week. White...
- Mary Beth: Hi Tom, I am breastfeeding my 13 month old. He does eat other food but has a milk allergy so he is limited on what he eats and this has caused him to eat smaller amounts and nurse more than a regular 13 month old. I gained 100lbs during my pregnancy and need it to come off. it is...
- Ron: Hi ran, I wouldn’t be too concerned about “green” stool. It sounds like your gall bladder and liver are getting cleaned out! Good Luck with your fast! Ron
- ran: Hai, How r u?im having dark green stools once in a while.not all.but some of the stool.this especially happening after using warm water enema thanks in advance
- shan: shan 01 Jun 2009 at 5:50 am Hai Tom, Thanks for ur quick replies.sorry for too many questions.can i add fruits to potato,carrot,beet,c ucumber juice?i have sluggish digetion,sluggish bowels too.is potato means sweet potato thanku somuch
- Rawr: I don’t believe 30 days to be that unrealistic. I’d rather not go into my personal life, but I assure you I’ve been through things far worse than I imagine this being. In all challenge, it’s mind over matter. I’d be glad to keep ya guys updated on how miserable...
- Rawr: See, I haven’t eaten fruit or vegetables in probably 5+ years. Infact, when I try to eat them, I start gagging. I don’t have access to fruit or vegetables in liquid form here, But there are billions of bottled water around. So far, only a grumbling stomache. =)
- Tom Coghill: Hi Rawr When fasting from a toxic lifestyle it is better to juice fast first using a juice extractor. The go to water when you stop feeling like hell. I have guided cocaine and heroin addicts that juice fasted the day after getting high. And from a massive drug intake over years. The...
- Ron: Rawr Tom always suggests a juice fast for first timers. Especially if you are working, and very toxic! A water fast might make you quite sick. Try starting with a doable goal. Then increase from there. Failure sucks! I am just finishing a 30 day juice fast. Believe me, it was very rough for...
- Rawr: I suppose it should also be added that I already eat MAYBE one time a day, with a possible sandwich some other time. That being said, it is obvious my metabolism is extremely slow. I hear this makes the fasting process easier for me, is this correct?
- Rawr: So, I’ve never fasted before, sounds interesting, going to try it. I am going to do a water fast, and im aiming for 30 days. It’s going to suck, but work keeps me busy. Just to be on the safe side, I am sure my body is extremely toxic, as I easily go through a case of Red Bull...
- Need A Fasting Buddy? Post Here (431)
- Alexandra: Well, yes, today was my 19th day and I was so tired that I didn’t do any substantial exercise. I had 1 cup of vegetable broth all day and that’s all. I took all two of my diet pills and they scared me with extreme palpitation and a numbness on my hands. Waited out but was...
- Alexandra: Here’s what I am finding out and I have no idea if this is typical (did not read anywhere else just yet): Strangely and while I was detoxing heavily (so I am at the peak of repulsiveness at the time), a few days ago, my sexual appetite was totally of the charts. Like in all time...
- layla: Hi everyone, really love reading all your stories and progresses, you have all inspired me so much that I have started juice fasting myself as of today!! My first day has been okay so far, no bad detox effects as yet, I must say It probably is the fact that I had a few pieces of pineapple...
- Alexandra: I thought I would share the latest newsletter I received from beachbody.com, largely dedicated to fasting: http://www.beachbody .com/product/359.do? code=NEWS_359_FAST
- ZeroDude: Im a college guy i recently just gained about 20lbs over the last two years and I would like to shed those as quick as possible that is why I am doing a juice fast for Im hoping the next two months. I do not know if that is recommended or if it is dangerous or not. I will not do a water...
- Alexandra: Ready to finish the day, end of 18th day: I had 3/4 a glass of beets-carrots-ginger -apple-aloe juice and one coffee mug full off low sodium mushroom broth with cayenne I power walked 1 hour, did the elliptical machine -quite fast- for 30 minutes, core twists, leg presses for another...
- Sarah: Thanks guys!
- Alexandra: Hi Karen, One theory about that (I am not sure if that is the whole story or just a part of it) is that the body produces stress hormone cortisol when you fixate and stress over the weight and cortisol is the big enemy, it won’t let the body lose anything, on the contrary loves...
- Karen: Hello Amanda and Alexandra Alexandra I was getting frustrated about no significant weight loss a couple of days last week. I couldn’t figure it out. So I didn’t weigh myself for a week and then it seemed to all work out. Not sure how, now I’m just looking at the overall...
- Karen: Sarah I think I’m right on schedule as far as weight loss. This is day 16 and I have lost a total of 15 pounds. 4 inches around the waist gone ! I am not experiencing too many bad affects. Just a pretty hungry now and then . Two glasses of juice a day.Determination is key.
- Alexandra: Sarah, There is no way of predicting how much you will lose. It depends on a thousand and one factor. Just keep at it, be happy that you will be doing something great for your health and eventually if you are persistent and consistent, I believe you can get where you want to be....
- Alexandra: Day 18, today. I am surprised (not pleasantly!) to see that now I reached a plateau (how is this even possible taking in almost no calories and -supposedly- burning off a lot???) and stuck at the weight of 137 lbs., same measurements, actually waist is a bit larger (about half a...
- Sarah: that was meant to say 10 days
- Sarah: Hey everyone! I have decided to try a fast and i want to be able to monitor how much weight i will be losing. So i was wondering how much you guys think I will lose in 1o days if im 5′2 and 123 pounds. Alright thanks!
- Amanda Vlahakis: Hi, I’m back and I’m juice fasting again, here’s a diary of my ‘good bits’ and ‘bad bits’ over my weekend away :-)) So Friday morning we drove down to our ‘girls weekend away’, I had water on the way down, during the day also,...
- Alexandra: Finishing up day 17. I had one glass of betts-celery-carrot- ginger-aloe juice. Power walked 2.5 hours, did some crunches (120 to be exact), some leg curls and 2×15 minutes steam bath. I had only one of my pills, did not take the other one because didn’t want to take it...
- Commonly Asked Fasting Questions (36)
- Tom Coghill: Hi Shawanna Fasting is a science. Try a juice fast with a juicer before going to water fasting. It is far more therapeutic for your health issues. You can mess up your system with water fasting. And blowing a water fast can be very painful. If you do 3 days of juices you can do 2 on...
- Shawnaa: Hello Tom; I asked for my parents’ consent for fasting, because it would make this easier for me as i wont have to lie to then about why I wont eat. But my mother said if i fast (I’m doing a 12 day water fast), then i’ll lost alot of weight, but gain even more back!...
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- Tom Coghill: Hi Marry Juice fasting using 3 to 4 liters of fresh juice a day with a multi B vitamin and 5 egg whites or protein supplement will provide excellent nutrition for you and your baby and detoxify at a comfortable rate. Do a site search on breast feeding the box at the top right.
- Mary Beth: I am wanting to start a fast but I am breastfeeding a 13 month old. Can anyone tell me if this will be safe?
- Tom Coghill: Hi Ron, Candida is complex and hard to treat. Water fasting usually can reduce all symptoms of Candida but it can be rough as when they die off they release toxic compounds. Candida has the capacity to go dormant. The return when there is sugar in the blood. Juice fasting using...
- Ron: Hi Tom, Thanks so much for the info! My wife (Libby) believes that she indeed has Candida. She has tried to combat it thru no sugar in her diet. She uses grain and Agave sweeteners. She probably has kept it in check, but not gotten rid of it. I think “Lib” now realizes a total...
- Colon Cleansers (6)
- Tom Coghill: shawnaa Colon cleansers are a mixture of herbs and psyllium which has a tendency to cause mucus and slow the detox. Also less effective with water fasting as there is no food to push the herb psyllium mix through the intestine. Better to use the enema or use the colon cleaner with...
- ShawnaaS: Would it really be bad to take colon cleansers during a water fast? Why? Thanks xoxo shawnaa
- Water Fasting- The Good the Bad the Ugly (125)
- Ciara: I am on my 3rd day of water fasting, I am less hungry than the first 2 days but still feel the urge to eat… But I have come too far to quit now.. My goal is to do the water fast for 7 days and hopefully shed a few pounds as well and then after that I am gonna just do raw food, fruits...
- Tom Coghill: Hi Donell, I am thinking that the cayanne would be best in capsules as it is very intense. Great new on your improvements. Keep us posted.
- Dry Fasting (23)
- Shane: Hi, i m Shane from Hong Kong. Woo…already the 23rd day of water fast! i m going to try at least 2 consecutive days of dry fast since tmr. although the above says dry fasting is more uncomfortable than any of the the other fasts, i have read the experiences of some fasters who have...
- Fasting or Starvation (2)
- Tom Coghill: Hi h40skir, You could live on juice fasting but water has a limit based on several factors. People with a slow metabolsim with healthy organs could do 80 days without and damage to the body. Fast metabolism 40 would be close to the limit. Stress, environment, and pre-fasting diet are...
- h40skir: how can you tell that you’ve been completely healed after an extended fast. I am curious to find out where the line is between complete healing and breakdown of vital tissue. I have been smoking pot, cigs, and chewing tobacco constantly for about 8 years now and my lungs are my...
