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  • Abstaining from all but water.

    10 47.62%

  • Drinking only juice, tea and water.

    9 42.86%

  • Consuming nothing; including water.

    2 9.52%
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  1. 05-11-2006 02:47 PM #1
    shadow
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    Default Water or nothing - what's your opinion?

    Just curious what the majority opinion is here, what others thoughts are. What do you consider fasting?

    For me fasting means abstaining from food. Period. I consider juice food. To me fasting means water only.
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  2. 05-11-2006 03:27 PM #2
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    I prefer to fast on green juices and lemon water.
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  3. 05-11-2006 08:19 PM #3
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    It depends on what kind of fast you are on, technically a fast, means no consumption of anything, however after 6 days you die without water, so I think drinking only water is considered a fast.
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  4. 05-12-2006 11:12 AM #4
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    I know that I don't have the kind of lifestyle to do a water-only fast for a long periond of time. I hope to someday. So for a Mom with three children who needs to keep her energy while she cleans her body, a fresh, organic orange juice fast IS a real fast and a way to continue on with my daily routine. I do like to incorporate more rest and meditation into my life during my fast but I do still have to keep up and have energy. OJ gives me that.
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  5. 05-12-2006 11:24 AM #5
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    how much water do you guys drink? since doing raw, I feel that my thrists are not as much as before. I guess it is all the water intake of the fruits!
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  6. 05-13-2006 04:45 PM #6
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    I drink between one to one and a half gallons of water a day. I drink more raw.
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  7. 05-14-2006 06:12 PM #7
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    For me 'Fast' means no food or liquids at all. Maybe that's because of my religion. I'm a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Days Saints, and we fast for twenty four hours with no food or liquids once a month. But if I was 'fasting' for longer than a day I would definitely drink water!
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  8. 05-23-2006 11:41 AM #8
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    For me, "fast" means water fast. Juice fast means juice fast and dry fast means consuming nothing. I think that raw vegans (us ) can easier dry fast. I used to have one fasting day a week but now I have one dra fasting day a week with no problem. Unless I eat eg. a lot of nuts the day before.
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  9. 05-23-2006 06:17 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by robertandenith
    how much water do you guys drink? since doing raw, I feel that my thrists are not as much as before. I guess it is all the water intake of the fruits!
    I drink about a gallon of water per day, plus green juices.
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