fasting prep:

The Pre-Fast Regimen: Eight Days of Recommended Preparation
Days 1-3: Avoid meat, fish, fowl, eggs, dairy, grains, legumes, salt and spices. Focus on fruits and vegetables; cooking them is okay.

Days 4-6: As above, except all foods are eaten raw.

Days 7-8: Raw fruit and vegetable juices only.

It is also recommended that you meditate and journal on the lifestyle and diet changes you want to make, so as to start your fast with a clear vision.

Following this plan for the last eight days before your fast will ease your body into burning fats and detoxifying, and make starting the water fast easier.
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You should not attempt a water fast if you:

have Type I diabetes,
have severe liver disease,
have AIDS,
have advanced cancer,
have renal insufficiency,
or if you are pregnant.

i have read so far that you can do it weekend warrior (2-3 days)

i am reading alot of 10 day recommendations

some people are going a month.
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i know i could easily do a weekend thing.
10 days...i worry about having to take a colon flush...no way in hell am i giving myself an enema. (which i have read to be recommended to move out the old colon build up)
phsyllium has been reccomended to help move the buildup with a laxitive tea combo. list warning of chance of bringing back hunger.
i dont know about the lax tea for long term (more than 10days)
it just doesnt seem like it would be good for you
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Water Fasting Tips

1. Avoid water straight from the faucet. Distilled water is the best for cleansing because of its inherent, magnetic properties and ability to absorb and suspend large quantities of toxins, flushing them from the body. The perceived value of mineral water is misleading because the inorganic minerals are like huge boulders to the cellular membranes, making them impossible to assimilate. Plants are able to break down the minerals from the soils, allowing them to be completely absorbable to the cells of the body. The best water is distilled, secondly, spring or filtered. A Brita Filtration System is inexpensive and effective, but change the filter regularly.

2. There are no calories or nutritional value in water. On a water fast you have given your body no options but to turn to its Life Bank for fuel. This can create a problem when you have spent years depositing counterfeit fuel. Living exclusively on dirty fuel during a fast takes tremendous courage, strength and prayer. To ease into water fasting, we recommend juice fasting with periods of water fasting. For example 3 days on juice, 2 days on water, 5 days on juice, then 3 days on water. You can juice when you have to work and water fast on the weekend when you can rest. This is my preferred method of water fasting.

Water Fasting Concerns

It is not advisable to water fast under the conditions of hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, schizophrenia or a chronic heart condition

DIZZINESS:

Be careful of dizziness and black outs. The heart is resting as much as it can during water fasting. Before you stand up, take one or two deep breaths to get the heart pumping. If you start to back out, sit down or crouch down on one knee. This will immediately stop the dizziness.