Breaking a Fast

[Almost Home California]

Hi Everyone -

First time poster long time watcher! I'm currently on day 3 of a 7 day fast. In researching breaking the fast, I see people recommend a lot of different ways to break the fast. I’ve read everything from only eating fruit for a couple of days, vegetable and/or fruit juicing, some fruit and small salad. I’ve looked through the threads on here and couldn’t find much detail on breaking the fast. What types of fruits should I eat when coming off the fast? For how long do I need to eat fruit only and how soon can I start back on a regular raw food diet? After the fast, I want to avoid eating fruits that are high in sugar content, nuts and raw desserts and eat mostly vegetables and a little bit of seeds. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Almost Home California

[Aleesha Sattva]

what kind of a fast are you doing? we can't assist you with breaking it if we don't know :)

[Almost Home California]

I'm doing a water fast.

[Aleesha Sattva]

a 7 day water fast...

i would do two days of juice and then break it as usual. soft fruits and fruit the rest of the day. add a watered down green smoothie the next day and salads on day three. you would be eating normal by day four although i would wait a while before eating hard to digest food like nuts.

[Almost Home California]

Thanks for your help!

[Mary Kay]

Almost Home California,

Just curious as I like to hear results from other people: Did you carry on your life as usual during the fast, or did you have a very restful fast?

How are you feeling? And would love to hear of any other results.

Thanks,

Mary kay

[Almost Home California]

Hi Mary,

I carried on as usual during my water fast, which probably wasn't a good idea because I have a very demanding job. I really started feeling weak yesterday and decided that I'd start drinking green juices today for a couple of days before eating fruit. This morning I went to Whole Foods to get a juice. I got the Motor Oil which is spinach,carrots,celery,beets,parsely,wheatgrass and I think cilantro. I felt good after drinking it but about 20 minutes ago I was in a middle of a meeting at work and I started feeling hot and itchy. A couple of people told me I was really red and I'm actually sitting in the lobby at my doctors office as I'm typing this. Not sure if it's from the juice as I've drank this before without any issues.

[Mary Kay]

OOOOHHHH...So hope you feel better soon.

Keep us apprised.

Hugs,

Mary Kay

[Almost Home California]

So by time I got in to see the doctor my breakout cleared up. I explained to them what happened and all they could really say is that I probably had an allergic reaction to something in the juice. Yesterday and today I'll be juice fasting (mostly greens) and starting on Friday I'm going to reintroduce fruits and hopefully by Monday I can be back on a normal raw diet, minus some nuts for another few days.