WHAT IS FASTING?

Fasting is a total abstinence from food. It is the oldest therapeutic method known to man. It has been a dependable curative measure throughout medical history, even before Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine. It was prescribed by Hippocrates, Paracelsus, Galen, and all the other great physicians of old. It was practiced by many great thinkers and philosophers, such as Plato and Socrates, to “attain mental and physical efficiency.” The therapeutic values of fasting are well documented by a large number of scientific investigations, studies, and empirical observations. Doctors who employ fasting testify that it indeed works. Not only the great Paracelsus knew that “fasting is the greatest remedy,” or the “physician within,” but many modem medicos agree with the words of Dr. Adolph Mayer that “fasting is the most efficient means of correcting any disease.” Dr. Otto H. F. Buchinger calls fasting a “Royal road to healing.” But how can mere abstinence from food accomplish such remarkable healing results?

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