| Home > Site Map > Recommendations > T > Therapeutic Fasting |
| A poor quality diet consumed for a month results in a lowered state of health. Diseases responding to fasting Conditions such as headaches, hypoglycemia, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, acne and eczema, tinnitus, vertigo, fibromyalgia, glaucoma, cervical dysplasia, chronic neck and back pain, polymyalgia rheumatica, and many others are helped by fasting. Those who have fasted begin to respect their body in a new way that enables them to take better care of themselves in the future. Cautions Conditions for which fasting is not recommended include extreme weakness or debilitation, severe anemia, nutritional deficiencies, porphyria, evidence of weakened kidney or liver function, and pregnancy. A very useful book is Fasting and Eating for Health, A Medical Doctor's Program For Conquering Disease. by Joel Fuhrman, MD. 1995. "Man lives on one quarter of what he eats. |