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You are ready to venture into a more challenging 30 day detox fasting program - once you have practiced partial or intermittent fasting for several weeks.
For more on this type of preparation regimen, check out our Cleansing Diet page when you have a chance.
In short, a good partial fast is one where you do a liquid diet of fruit and/or vegetable juice for one-to-three days, and then go back to eating for another one-to-three days - although much smaller quantities if you are able to.
Follow this cycle for one month and then launch a 7-to-14-day complete juice fasting or water fasting campaign.
Fasting the Distance
I also like to prepare for longer periods of food abstinence by Fruit Fasting for at least a week before I start to fast. The more empty the stomach is, the better, I have found.
Some people stuff themselves with food before fasting thinking it will make them less hungry. Quite the opposite is actually true.
The more food in your stomach when you are fasting, the more uncomfortable will be the initial detoxification and withdrawal process. Take it from me, I made all the mistakes because I was stubborn.
Do not rush yourself if you feel you are not ready. This is not a race, and neither should you be in a hurry to break any records. Superman does not exist, and neither do the Fantastic 4.
Take it easy. But I do suggest that, even slow, you start fasting with the goal of eventually being able to complete a period of 30 days without food - be it with water or juice fasting.
You can go to the Juice Fasting and Water Fasting pages for more information on each of those fasting methods to determine which - if not both - you want to use.
Fruit Fasting Prelude
When you are able to complete a fruit fasting campaign for at least a week, you are probably ready to continue fasting another 14 to 21 days with only water or juice. Why?
Because if you are able to make it through a week of eating just fruit, your stomach will be lighter and more agreeable to continuing the efforts towards the 30 day detox fasting mark.
Fruit fasting is an excellent prelude to a prolonged period of water or juice fasting. I highly recommend it if you are new to fasting for weight loss and fitness. Go to the Fruit Fasting section linked above for more on this, and a brief intro to the vegan and raw foods diet movement.
The time is NOW to prepare for permanent (and drastic) changes in your eating habits.
Completing a 30 day detox fasting period - or any fast for that matter - to turn around and gorge again simply will not do. That is not what we are talking about here.
Total Detoxification
What you are shooting for here is total detoxification. Cleansing your body of toxins adhered to your blood and digestive system.
In some cases, a mere 7 day water or juice fast will be sufficient to totally rid your body of the toxic garbage and produce a breakthrough.
For others, as it was with me, it takes longer period of fasting because the toxicity is more deeply attached to the bowels.
In my particular case, water fasting for 40 days was what my body needed to effect the transformation.
Fruit fasting was the 7-day opening act that helped me go the distance.
Overall, however, my top recommendation to anyone who is serious about exploring the benefits of fasting is a 30 day detox fasting period.
Also, when you have some time go see the Fasting and Cleansing series of pages for more on colon cleansing and intestinal detoxification. Take your time and learn as much as possible.
But do it! Don't be like me who, as the cartoon below, would gather resources but never use them. Take action. Even if it a short fast - half a day - get started. You can do it!
Some Recommendations
If,however, you think a 30 day detox fasting program may be too much for you at this time, I then highly recommend the Medifast supervised program linked to the right as an alternative you may wish to consider.
You can start the fasting and cleansing process with their help and, later on, come back and fast when your stomach is lighter.
I say this because some persons - like I was - are very toxic when they first start a fasting program.
The withdrawal symptoms for these individuals can be quite severe for the first seven to ten days.
Following a program as Medifast can help you start modifying your eating habits. You can incorporate fasting later.
At that point the detox symptoms will more than likely be less. That is, if you truly have made a change in your eating habits.
My personal situation required a 30-day detox fasting effort immediately because my body was highly toxic due to, among many things, a worsening liver condition.
But, if you are able to work yourself slowly into juice or water fasting, then Medifast is highly recommended.
I actually was with them for six months after I completed the 40-day fast and it was an immense help in easing myself back to eating with supervision.
I despair to think what would have happened if I had gone back to the destructive diet I followed before the fast.
Probably, you would not be reading these words because, likely, I would be dead. That is how much I owe to fasting as a discipline.
The 30 day detox fasting process works! Overcome your fear and work your way towards it. You will NOT regret it.
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Another key recommendation I wish to make at this point has to do with intestinal cleansing.
While we get more into that in the Fasting and Cleansing portion of this website, one of the key supplements that helped me with my detoxification when I was really sick was Dual Action Cleanse.
I kid you not, this product does not mess around.
The dregs that I discarded from my body with the help of Dual Action Cleanse were at least twice what I would have released without it.
The reason is that this colon cleanser loosens the stool adhered to the walls of the stomach and kills unwanted opportunistic parasites that thrive from obesity and intestinal clogging.
If you do decide to do a 30 day detox fasting program - or any fast longer than 24 hours -, then I highly recommend this product.
It also works if you are not fasting, but the benefits are increased when you abstain from solid food for three to seven days.
When you have time you can also visit our Anti-Prevention Nation EXODUS Fasting Shop to browse through our Top Picks on fasting and colon health books, colon cleansing and detoxification kits, juice extractors for juice fasting and colon cleansing supplies.
Fasting Misconceptions
Once I learned that I was not going to starve if I did not eat for 40 days (2 + 2 is NOT 5), I was intrigued and wanted to go all the day.
All the way, for most people, is water fasting for 40 to 60 days - depending on your weight and health.
I needed this because I was also battling a liver condition that required thorough detoxification.
A 30 day detox fasting period is certainly something I recommend you work towards.
For most persons, a 30 day detox fasting period is a good number to shoot for. It represents an excellent time spectrum in which your body can detoxify, heal and rejuvenate.
Walk Through The Fear
This may be intimidating at first because we are so bombarded with messages (from commercials and well-meaning family and acquaintances) telling us we must eat at all costs lest we die, or that if we do not eat for some time we will get sick or collapse.
Go to Fasting Fast Weight Loss Diet Misconceptions & Mystic Benefits for a personal story of how my 40 day fasting efforts were nearly thwarted due to misinformation about fasting.
We emphasize caution while fasting. Also, you should definitely see your physician before you start for general blood tests that can give you an overall view of your health status.
But I can tell you from firsthand experience, that the messages of doom and death by fasting are mostly exaggerated.
A 30 day detox fasting period can definitely transform your life for the better -physically and mentally.
For a medical perspective of how fasting can impact the body, visit our Fasting Health Benefits & Risks and Fasting and Diabetes pages when you have a chance. Thank you for stopping by!
If there is a particular question or concern you have related to fasting, also please do not hesitate to Contact Us.
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