i did a 25 day water fast, i was in perfect health at the time and was camping, something happened and i wound up in the last three days of the 25 day fast separated from my van and sleeping in the brush in the middle of the winter in southern california without a sleeping bag....this was no big deal to me as i have done a lot of mountain camping in tents down to 30 below zero....my weight went all the way down to 128 pounds, i am 5'11 and a year earlier i weighed 215 and was about 25 years over weight...during that year i slowly lost weight and then finished the whole thing off with this fast...it was wild...it was very purifying i found that i could concentrate with excellant clarity, but my energy dropped, i could only walk about ten feet and had to rest...im very athletic and ive had a lot of physcial experiences as a competitive athlete and an artist...so i had the resources to get though it, i was relaxed through the whole thing and ive been a vegitarian since 1970 do i knew a lot about diet and fasting...what i didnt know was about electrolyte depletion, i knew i was draining minerals, but when i got stranded out in the wilderness i had left a multivitamin pill bottle behind and i couldnt sleep at night because i was shivering to keep my self warm and awake...it was a wild experience....i dont recommend anything like this to anyone, i got a real kick out of it, but i could have died some say because of the electrolyte depletion, i was going to start eating leaves and berries in the next day or so but the last days i was busy creating a nest to sleep without a tent or bag or vehicle or whatever....im still in recovery...im around 150 which is about 30 pound under weight for my height and body type which is athletic and moderately slender.....my suggestion to any of you is don't try what i did, don't go one day fasting if you don't feel comfortable with it....it is very cleansing, but you don't know what youre consuming, youre body may be full of toxisity and fasting could relase too much for me the experience brought a lot of depth and perspective to my life but ive done a lot of crazy things, which i wouldnt recommend...to anyone anyway....everyone is unique and special and they have their own needs and tolerances....and weaknesses....anyway good luck...
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