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| Fasting: A Brief History By: Herbert M. Shelton "Although fasting has been practiced by both man and animals since the origin of life on earth and there has never been a time within this period when it has not been employed, the professional use of the fast in sickness in this country dates from 1822, in which year Isaac Jennings, M.D. began to employ it." Graham said: "Fasting removes those substances which are of the least use to the economy, and hence all morbid accumulations, such as tumors, abscesses and so on, are rapidly diminished and wholly removed by abstinence and fasting." |
| Constructive Phases Of The Fast By: Herbert M. Shelton "A more detailed study of the metabolism of the fasting organism demonstrates that the changes that occur during a fast are orderly and constructive. The vital tissues are protected from injury and only the reserves and expendables are sacrificed. These are quickly replenished when the fast is broken. A properly conducted fast will enable the chronically ill body to excrete the toxic load that is responsible for the trouble, after which a corrected mode of living enables the individual to evolve into a vigorous state of health." |
| Living Without Eating By: Herbert M. Shelton "The question is not how long man can fast, but what are the provisions of nature that enable him to do so. Basic in the Fasting process is the fact that our "built-in pantries" contain sufficient nutriment to hold out, in most instances, for prolonged periods, especially if they are conserved and not wasted. It is significant that, even in prolonged Fasts, no beriberi, pellagra, rickets, scurvy or other "deficiency disease" ever develops, thus showing that the reserves of the body are generally well balanced. In anemia, the number of red blood cells are increased during a Fast. It is important to know this, for if it were not so, the fast would prove to be deleterious.” |
| Observations of Nature By: Herbert M. Shelton "In the schools there is much gathering, mounting and dissecting of butterflies, insects, rats, frogs, etc. The student studies the corpse he learns the structure of the organism. He learns little of life. When I first read an article on fasting, I had been previously prepared to accept fasting by having seen many sick animals fast. The facts revealed by the study of the bears show that the fasting body is capable of breaking up (digesting) all germs, viruses and parasites, visible and invisible and using them as food. It is fully capable of protecting itself.” |
| Fasting... The Lost Adaptation By: Alan Goldhamer, D.C. & Douglas Lisle, Ph.D. "Fasting, as defined by Hygienic physicians, is the complete abstinence from all substances except pure water in an environment of complete rest. Most people fear that if they fast for a few days, dire things will occur. The concept of fasting for a week or two or longer for health benefits seems ridiculous to them. With the publication of Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s recent book, Fasting and Eating for Health, a modern and thorough review of the benefits of fasting has been articulated." |
| History of Fasting By: www.rawfoodexplained.com "Fasting in the broad sense may be regarded as negative nutrition compelling the organism to subsist on nourishment that it has stored within itself. The body is able to maintain itself in a steady state, called homeostasis, there are some scientists who believe that when a person is fasting his body lacks the intelligence and self-protective mechanisms to break down nonessential material within the body first, and thereby spare the essential tissues. While fasting, the body breaks down and burns for energy the least essential substances within it first.” |
| Fasting In Nature By: Dr. Alec Burton "When we closely examine the animal world we discover that fasting is almost as common as feeding. Bats, mice, hedgehogs, woodchucks, toads, lizards, snakes, flies, wasps, bees, bears, crocodiles, and alligators are among those that undergo some degree of hibernation. It should be stressed that so far as our own discussion is concerned, we are advocating fasting as a means of physiological rest and this should be associated with physical, mental, emotional, and sensory rest so far as practicable." |
| Therapeutic Fasting By: Arnold DeVries "Therapeutic fasting is not the result of any particular new scientific discovery, but rather has proceeded to its present development as the result of centuries of experimentation, observation and study. Fasting serves many purposes. It produces rejuvenation of tissues, improves the powers of digestion and assimilation, reestablishes normal chemistry and secretion, affords the organs of the body a physiological rest, promotes nerve energy recuperation, strengthens the mind and may improve function in various ways which we do not yet understand." |
| Natural Hygiene The Miracle Of Fasting By: Chris Beckett "Fasting is such a powerful and therapeutic process it can help almost anyone recover from very mild to very severe and even life-threatening health conditions. In my middle teens I was diagnosed with Leukemia, my family and I agreed to the regular treatment of chemotherapy, but the prognosis was not a good one: six months at best they said, because it was too far advanced. I took it upon myself to undergo self-treatment and water-fasted for 25 days, for the last thirty years I have been free from any disease, thanks to the life-changing premise of a health system based on Natural Law." |
| Fasting: Good Health Insurance At Bargain Prices By: Frances Adelhardt A short personal story of an elderly womans history of fasting. "Some years ago I completed a 50- day fast under the supervision of the late Dr. Herbert Shelton of San Antonio, Texas. I tried not to let too many years pass between moderate fasts of two or three weeks. But twice I was in such bad shape, with severe mental agony and depression that I prevailed on a friend to see me through. I was suicidal, but there was still that small urgent voice inside me saying, “you must fast” so I obeyed. That fast lasted 40 days, during which I just rested, read, wrote letters, drank only pure water as thirst indicated, I was amazed at how different everything looked. Yes, I believe fasting is a cure-all. During my 50-day fast I eliminated gallstones and tumors, all without surgery." |
| Future Of Natural Hygiene By: Herbert M. Shelton "It cannot be over-emphasized that the Hygienic movement is an educational movement. The failure of the "miracle drugs" and the inability of the medical profession to find something with which to supplant them must serve to awaken the intelligence of our somnolent people and start them in search of truths that have long been denied them. The Hygienic System has its principles in the laws of nature themselves. It repudiates all the teachings of all the medical schools in the world, so far as principles and practices are concerned. The future of Hygiene is assured because it rests upon a foundation of bedrock truth. It has been left to the advocates of the Hygienic System to teach the people a genuine science of life, the genuine ways of health, the real causes of disease and the genuine means of restoring health." |
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