Fasting is the quickest way to detoxify the body and promote healing. Fasting helps to rid your body of toxins by giving your digestive system a chance to rest. By eating solid "heavy" foods, your digestive system is working all day everyday. It takes a lot of energy to break down food and use it for fuel, this makes it hard for your body to focus on eliminating toxins. Fasting gives your body the time and energy to focus on eliminating toxins and repair vital tissues and organs. Remember, your system is designed to rid itself of waste and unneeded material. By abstaining from "heavy" foods for a short period of time the natural cleansing and healing process is enhanced and your immune system gets a "boost".

The idea of fasting is to eliminate chemical toxins from your body. To help your body in this natural process of elimination there are a few steps to take, decrease the amount of solid foods gradually to where you are only drinking fruit and vegetable juices, juicing fruits and vegetables yourself with a juicer, adding herbs with detoxing properties to your juices, drink plenty of water, and get lots of rest. By juicing for several days your body will absorb liquids packed full of nutrients your body will use to repair tissues and organs.

There are many different fasting & detox programs. Please be mindful and talk to your health care supervisor before trying any program. Detox programs usually incorporate fasting and require you to eat fresh organic natural foods for several days then ending with some sort of juice fast. There are a few symptoms you my experience while detoxing and fasting such as fatigue, headache, nausea and emotional irritable. Your body will be reacting to the release of toxins.

Your body is in a constant state of growing and changing; while new cells are developing and multiplying, old cells die and must be removed. The body needs proper materials to help rebuild and repair itself, if not it will fall apart. Fasting has proven beneficial in the treatment of many ailments like tumors, cysts, arthritis, asthma, psoriases, eczema, ulcers, migraines, hay fever, hypertension, kidney stones, gallstones, and the list goes on. Your body will receive an increase in nutritional level, increasing your metabolism and boosting your immune system, it will start removing excess fat, along with having increased amounts of energy, your skin can clear up, and many ailments can become minimal if not disappear depending on your circumstance.