Dry Fasting.

[Bridge]

I'm on it again today. I love to fast and it takes nothing but to just jump right into it. Thus far I've been dry fasting, and I'll break it with some refreshing cucumber slices by 4:30 pm my time. I've lost soooo much weight fasting until it isn't funny. Well, this is day one for me. Oh yeah I drink my water later on today, but right now I'm not thirsty. When I do I will drink up my H20.

[spicyfull]

I think I WOULD do this in the Winter Months because when you Dry Fast.....you don't drink water and it is TOO Hot to go without Liquids.

How Long do you do this at a time? And if I might ask.........Why continue with Fasting if you are getting too thin? Thanks for Sharing.

[RawDrop]

What is that?

[Aleesha Sattva]

dry fasting is when you don't take anything in. no water, no juices... nothing.

it is not recommended to dry fast longer than one day (according to my fasting bible "dining from an empty bowl")

the next morning you are supposed to drink a LOT of water to rehydrate your organs.

what i'm curious about is... why dry fast all day and then eat at 4:30??? won't that just mess up your metabolism? AND not do anything good for your digestive tract. wouldn't it be wiser to dry fast all day and then, when you want to break your dry fast (even if that is 4:30) then drink drink drink water and nothing else until tomorrow?

curious

[Bridge]

Dry Fasting is unique in itself. I enjoy it and fasting in general.

[oai]

i've been interested in dry fasting. one guy over at curezone says he can vigorously exercise without water? :eek:

i have gone at least a day without food and water before without i "think" any ill effects. it wasn't intentional. i just happened to leave my water at home and didn't trust the water fountain or spring water being sold at work. :rolleyes:

[Bridge]

i've been interested in dry fasting. one guy over at curezone says he can vigorously exercise without water? :eek:

i have gone at least a day without food and water before without i "think" any ill effects. it wasn't intentional. i just happened to leave my water at home and didn't trust the water fountain or spring water being sold at work. :rolleyes:

I agree with that man over at curezone. I've exercised and didn't need water as well. Its training yourself to deplete stores first. I wouldn't go past the point where I'm cotton mouthed and my throat is so dry that I can't swallow, at that pont then I need to hydrate myself. Dry fasting is magical and can cut your food consumption down significantly to nil.

[Aleesha Sattva]

what i'm curious about is... why dry fast all day and then eat at 4:30??? won't that just mess up your metabolism? AND not do anything good for your digestive tract. wouldn't it be wiser to dry fast all day and then, when you want to break your dry fast (even if that is 4:30) then drink drink drink water and nothing else until tomorrow?

curious

i'll ask again, since i think you missed my question the first time

[Bridge]

http://www.longevitywatch.com/dryfasting.htm

I didn't miss your question as you well know. Don't come off strong to me Aleesha. If I choose not to answer your confused question, then that's my perogative. But this should give some insight to dry fasting. If you want to learn about it, do a google search. Don't attack me and question me in the same breath.

[Aleesha Sattva]

take a deep breath please. i was not attacking you. you misread my question. i was simply asking cause i don't understand.

i was attempting to learn from you.

[Ms.K]

I personally believe that it is very dangerous. The weather is 90 degrees out in CA. Not drinking liquids at least is asking to get heat stroke or pass out.

When I fast I take in liquids as my body will not be able to take it dry. Everyone is different, but this is a verrry dangerous fast.

[brownies]

wow Bridge, Aleesha didn't deserve that response. If you feel confident in what you are doing then answering the question should be simple.

I am interested in fasting too so thanks for posting that link. I didnt see where it talked about eatin the same day though. In fact it says the fast should last 42 hours.

[ebcl]

Bridge,

I'm don't mean to sound ignorant, but I'm confused, too. So if dry fasting is fasting without food or water (like we do every night for 6-8 hours when we sleep), then why eat or drink anything at all in a 24 hour period? I guess I've dry fasted many times without even knowing it...skipping food and drink for 10 hours while working without having time for a break. All it did for me was mess up my metabolism and left me light headed (was that detox?) Am I missing something? I googled it..and I still don't get it. It sounds as though you don't eat or drink anything at all for periods totaling 24-48 hours.

I'd like to hear more, though...

[oai]

i'm actually not too sure about dry fasting myself, but i wouldn't err to the side that it's dangerous. i've also done many dry fasts unintentionally. as i type, i'm dry fasting right now. left that water at home again... http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q94/SHOE_tutorials/current%20emo/thgiggle.gif

all i know is that when i tried the drink half your body weight in water (oz), doing that had me going to the bathroom constantly even when i stopped doing it. now i just drink, when i'm thirsty.

some things... we just have to experience for ourselves. i definitely would not try to brave it out, if i'm feeling light-headed or extremely weak. i'd go find me some water ASAP! http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q94/SHOE_tutorials/current%20emo/thnod-1.gif since there's probably not too much research on dry fasting... just some testimonials.

this makes me want to become a clinical researcher all over again, but who would actually fund such a study? http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q94/SHOE_tutorials/current%20emo/thgiggle.gif there's no profit in it.

[cibra]

I dry fasted by accident for 18 hours. The day before that I did a gall bladder cleanse I had no desire to take in anything. I also was on the master cleanse I think around day 12.

It was an amazing cleanse I will say. I felt like I could have gone longer but I was afraid to go that long without any water.

[Draginvry]

How Long do you do this at a time?

It can be maintained for a lengthy period of time. My longest dry fast was seven days on normal activitity levels, including some time for le parkour on days 4 and 5. Most of my dry fasts last 36 hours. This seems to be a good period of time to get some detox in, before the "uncomfortable" state of metabolism kicks in.

It should be noted that dry fasting takes an incredible amount of knowledge of the body to properly pull off. Unlike juice or water fasts, the alimentary system typically shuts down completely after a day or two. Virtually all remaining toxins are eliminated through the skin and breath, usually causing very foul odors.

Breathing and proper knowledge of body kinesthetics is key. Dry fasting causes increased risk of acute cardiac emergencies because of changes in blood chemistry. Specifically, the reduction of volume from loss of water. After about 3 or 4 days of dry fasting, most of the excess water in the body is eliminated, and the body starts pulling water out of the blood.

I actually prefer dry fasting, actually. When water fasting, my stomach will get upset over time. While dry fasting, the only major dilemma is the increased sweatiness and odor of the skin. I find that the latter is easier to do than the former.

Werdin estimates that dry fasting eliminates toxins about three times faster than water fasting. But dry fasting is completely different than water fasting, so one should not expect their knowledge of other types of fasting to carry over to dry fasting.

[Ms.K]

I guess it's to the individual. For some with more serious illnesses or for those like me with a history of fainting in hot weather, I don't think it's safe, but to each its own.

[Nurse in the Raw]

Dry fasting causes increased risk of acute cardiac emergencies because of changes in blood chemistry. Specifically, the reduction of volume from loss of water. After about 3 or 4 days of dry fasting, most of the excess water in the body is eliminated, and the body starts pulling water out of the blood.



That's not good.....thick or concentrated blood has a host of issues associated with it, including stroke, heart failure and kidney failure. I don't think dry fasting is safe. The body needs water to function properly.

[Ginger]

My body seems to prefer dry fasting too. My longest was 5 days in a row. Every time I fast my body wants to dry fast naturally. I have to make myself drink water but I can never drink much. Even when i'm working out hard at the gym the most I want is to wet my mouth & throat so it's not so dry!

[Draginvry]

My body seems to prefer dry fasting too.

I almost never do any other type of fasting anymore. I find dry fasting to be quicker, easier, and more effective. Like any type of fasting, it's really just a matter of knowing how to do it safely.

[Rawkinlocs]

Okay, since this post was sent to me, I will step in.

One thing we do not tolerate well here is being rude to one another.

I read and then re-read, and then re-read again Aleesha's question and I didn't find it attacking after reading it a few times HOWEVER...I can definitely see where Bridge may have taken offense and taken it the wrong way because of this: "wouldn't it be wiser to dry fast all day and then, when you want to break your dry fast (even if that is 4:30) then drink drink drink water and nothing else until tomorrow?"

I know that we (humans) all have the tendency to become defensive when we feel someone is questioning what we are doing when we feel what we're doing is right or okay. Top that off with someone saying, "wouldn't it be wiser" and it can set off a time bomb because if misconstrued, it could have been perceived to mean, "you're being UN-wise" or even more plainly put, "Gee, how DUMB is it for you to be dry fasting and then eating later on that evening...it'd be smarter for you to just dry fast all day, etc. etc..." That is probably how Bridge perceived that one little sentence or perhaps even that one little word although you, Aleesha, probably never meant it that way.

That's the thing about communication online...one can't see body language or facial expressions and so, it's really easy to get a totally different meaning from something being said than what was actually implied. Also, it is easy for a really blunt person to sound even MORE blunt simply by how something is phrased and then people take it as them being rude when they actually weren't trying to be. Just ask Revvell! LOL! :D ;) :p

But seriously, I don't think Aleesha meant any harm and it'd be nice to see you guys both just chalk this up to a misunderstanding and to have just a little less "bite" to your posts. Look at it from one another's perspective and perhaps you'll see how the other feels.

Truce?

[Aleesha Sattva]

take a deep breath please. i was not attacking you. you misread my question. i was simply asking cause i don't understand.

i was attempting to learn from you.

honestly i didn't think there needed to be a truce LOL - i thought my post (quoted above) clarified anything she may have misconstrued.

i apologize bridge - i was not attacking you. i didn't mean my post in the way you took it. i honestly didn't understand and wanted to be enlightened. i'm here to learn... that's why i read the posts here... to learn.

asking questions is part of that for me. sorry you took it to mean otherwise. (((hugs)))

[Ginger]

I find dry fasting to be quicker, easier, and more effective. Like any type of fasting, it's really just a matter of knowing how to do it safely.
Totally. If you look at animals in nature, when they get sick or injured they don't juice- they simply lay down and fast. Different versions of fasting definitly have their place, i'm not knocking them, but this to me is 'true fasting'

[MOTH]

I experimented with dry fasting awhile back. It seemed easy not to take ANYTHING in. My longest was three days. Then I started to get "the fear" and drank some water and continued to water fast.

[Bridge]

Dry fasting: I haven't been doing it since June, but I'm back on. I want to find some literature to support this and its hard to find.

[Draginvry]

I want to find some literature to support this and its hard to find.

There's not any. You could try researching breatharianism, but it's almost all theory with little practical evidence.

If you want literature on dry fasting, you have to create your own. In other words, you have to be willing to perform your own experiments with your body which are most certainly dangerous. You have to be mad crazy. Like me.

[Ilse W.]

That, to me, says it all.

I won't wait to see, if there are any studies coming out by or about crazy people. I take my cues from the animals around me (in case anybody missed it, we are part of the animal kingdom!). They seem to drink off and on all day. Animals in the wild will travel for hours to get to a water source. They go on instinct. If it was not natural to replenish the internal water, they wouldn't do it. We are a certain percentage water. We have to stay in equilibrium. If we don't drink water, everything gets thrown out of whack, our mineral balances, our hormonal balances. I have learned through experience not to mess with nature! I would go back to cooked food long before going without water.

[Raine]

I've had no interest in trying to dry fast for one reason:

The Earth is approximately 70% water.
The human body is approximately 70% water.
It stands to reason that our diet should be 70% water based.

[annavon]

Dry fasting: I haven't been doing it since June, but I'm back on. I want to find some literature to support this and its hard to find.

Welcome back!!!

Did you have any luck finding any info on this?

I wish I could point you to a source, but I have done a great deal of reading on various diets, detoxing, and various health approaches and I have not come accross this one.

I believe I have seen some recommendations for specific accute health problems to dry fast for a few hours (12-24) to give you body a rest. This is usually for digestive tract problems. Most of the fasting liturature I have read either recommends water fasts, modified water fasts or juice fasts. The idea here is that you need the water to flush out the fat and toxins and to not overburden your organs. Juice and/or things added to the water (lemon juice, cayenne and maple sryup for example) are meant to slow down the detox process to not overburden your system. With dry fasting there isn't anything to carry out the toxins. In fact, I would think your body would tend to hang on to what water is already in your system and therefore not actually release as much as you would have released with water or juice (only a guess). Like someone said our bodies are 70% water.

I do know one thing is that dry fasting 24-48 hours is done for spiritual reasons. But this doesn't necessarily mean it is healthy. It is about denying your physical needs in order to focus on your spriritual needs.

[annavon]

Bridge, I found this link

http://www.mega.bz/body_energetics/article.mgi?id=248

Hope this is helpful. I found another site too. I guess I stand corrected on the release of toxins.

[StarFire]

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[freshlight]

I've heard that dry fasting is an amazing spiritual experience which goes even deeper than a water fast. I know someone who's done it for 7 days. I'd love to try that some time too. I usually do a dry fast -for 1 day- without meaning to do it when I'm fasting and don't feel thirsty at all (that happens very often). Has anybody else experienced it recently?

[Chris T]

It definetly takes more mental strength and self discipline to do a dry fast vs. a water fast. Dry fasting can make you feel exhausted at times. But personally it's very motivating. Sometimes you really do just need a push and to see fast results. When you drink water, your body still has to do some processing so if you truly want to give your body a rest, dry fasting is it.

I've done a few water fasts in the past, the longest being 25 days. I lost about 20 pounds on that one. I did one dry fast before for 5 days and most people around me were shocked with how I looked, how much weight I had lost from my face and other areas in just a matter of days. I am currently doing one now (on day 5) I am going for probably 7 days, depending on how I feel. Contrary to popular belief dry fasting will not kill you. The key is just to really listen to your body. It will tell you when enough is enough. Dry fasting is not for beginners and while the appeal is there (I lost 12 pounds in less than 5 days) one has to know the truth. The truth is this is only water weight loss and most will be regained after rehydrating. But the REALLY good thing is... your body will have be able to attack the toxins and once you start juicing and eating raw again, it will be flushed out.

The key of course is breaking the fast correctly AND eating right in the weeks to come. Don't undo all the hard work you've done! I've made that mistake many times. Self-discipline & control so important. And of course looking to the future and your improved long-term health.