Posted on 04/03/2011 12:04:17 PM PDT by decimon
Ping
Good for your liver too!!!
Fasting makes you lose weight? Who would have thought.
ANYTHING else is just hearsay.
My MIL has fasted regularly for decades. She’s 90, walks everywhere, takes no medicines, and still has a sharp mind. (She does have a bit of arthritis in her hands.) She also takes a host of vitamins and eats small meals.
One problem with the correlational study may be that people who fast regularly are more health conscious to begin with and probably exercise more, eat more healtful meals, etc.
“One problem with the correlational study may be that people who fast regularly are more health conscious to begin with and probably exercise more, eat more healtful meals, etc.”
Not me. I do the fasting part (very often going 40 hours between meals, sometimes up to 120 hours)...but I do it so I WON’T have to exercise (as much) or worry about what I eat in between.
Seems to work, but it has a life-changing effect, in that your body gets much better at getting every calorie it can out of food, since it doesn’t know when the next meal will be (i.e., probably a feast or famine thing programed into us from cavemen days). So the net amount of calories that you eat better drop...or you will blimp out very fast.
> My MIL has fasted regularly for decades.
About how often was “regularly” for your mother in law?
Now they are telling God something again...
Something else he already knew...
Thats why He says “Just ask ME and I will answer thee”
I used to fast for one day each week. I was exercising regularly. I would end the fast with a small breakfast the next day. On that day I would usually record my best physical performance while exercising, (weight lifting, running, etc).
I guess the Ramadan fast (no food or water between sunup and sundown, then gorge as much as you want after sunset) doesn’t count.
I have been fasting from two to five days a week for the past ten years, mainly because I feel better and sleep better on an empty stomach. I’d fast longer, but I can never make it past Friday night for some reason. Then I eat the whole weekend and start over on Monday.
Indeed, it’s a really bad joke going around the Muslim world that we find out restaurants during Ramadan do land-office business as soon as the sun sets.
Yup.
I have not tried the 24hr. fast, but about 2 years back decided that I was going to try something that DH and I had long noted on vacations - that we could quite happily eat one darn good meal a day. I made the move to only dinner because he gets home kinda late, and eating more food at that time of night, after a day of regular meals became problematic : /
Now the blood sugar is unbelievably stable, weight is much more easily managed, and you discover just how efficiently your body works : )
Prayers for Japan.
Tatt
bfl
“Now they are telling God something again...
Something else he already knew...
Thats why He says “Just ask ME and I will answer thee”
Earlier this year I went on a 21-day fast with my church. I consumed water, fruit juice and Ensure. I prayed and read the Bible and it did wonders for my mind, body and soul. One thing I would recommend for anyone thinking about going on an extended fast is to make sure you take plenty of vitamins and mineral supplements.
Do. Not. Fast. If you eat a typical junky American diet.
A short fast with plenty of fresh clean water is only beneficial if your diet is clean with enough healthy fats. If you are a big grain and sugar eater it could do more harm than good.
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