A water fast is a type of fast where the only thing consumed is pure water, in order to detox the body.
What are the Health Benefits of a Water Fasting?
- Improves immune system
- Improves cell recycling
- Improves insulin sensitivity
- Improves skin conditions
- Promotes body detoxification
- Prevents neurodegenerative diseases
- Increases lifespan
- Reduces high blood pressure
- Reduces inflammation
- Reduces chronic pains
- Promotes fat loss
- Slows ageing
How Water Fasting Heals?
The digestive system uses lots of the body's energy for that process, as we are constantly eating
During a Water Fasting the digestive system is in rest mode, so the body redirects that energy to heal, repair, clean where needs the most.
Who Shouldn't Water Fast?
- Pregnant woman
- Nursing mothers
- Anorexic or bulimic people
- People with severe anemia
- Severe underweight people
- People with insufficient kidney function
- Diabetics who take insulin
- People with a heart condition
- People who suffers from tuberculosis
- People who take sedatives regularly
- People who had the thyroid taken
- Advanced cancer
- People that want to water fast to lose weight. The lost weight will be recovered as soon as the normal diet is back.
How to Prepare the Body for a Water Fast, Making the Transition easier and Reducing Symptoms?
- Eating small portions of food, the week before
- Eating a plant based diet for the week before
- 3 days juice fast
- Raw food detox for the week before
- Partial fasting - skipping a meal per day (Breakfast or Diner), for a week or more (Intermittent fasting)
- Body dry brushing
How much Water should be drunk per day?
Whenever thirsty. Up to 2 or 3 liters.
The quality of water is important should be distilled water, or filtered water, or mineral water, or spring water, or purified water, or other good water.
The quality of water is important should be distilled water, or filtered water, or mineral water, or spring water, or purified water, or other good water.
How long should last a Water Fast?
There are people that make long water fasts, but without medical supervision, the safer is:
- 24h
- 48h
- 72h
Don'ts while Water Fasting
- Intense exercise- Sauna
- Wearing cosmetics or any other hygiene product ( the body should just absorb water)
- Smoking
- Telling everyone
1st Day
- Several visits to the toilet
- Food cravings
- Hunger
- Time goes slower
- Soft headache
- Trouble sleeping
- Bad breath
- Feeling down
- Bad memories
During the first day wasn't so bad, but when it started to reach the 24h, became worst: feeling hungry, irritability, trouble sleeping, feeling down. It was hard to not give up and eat.
2nd Day
- Lower back pain
- Heart palpitations/agitation
- Gases
- Brain fog
- Low energy
- Fatigue
- Not much appetite
- Felt cold
- Dizziness when moving fast
- Yellowish urine
- Belching
- Coated tongue
- Nausea
- Bad breath
- Trouble sleeping
- Pimples in the neck area
I woke up with lower back pain. Fortunately, during the afternoon was gone.
I drunk around 2,5/3 liters of water, even so, my urine was still yellowish. In normal days, it's clear or light yellow.
3rd Day
I drunk around 2,5/3 liters of water, even so, my urine was still yellowish. In normal days, it's clear or light yellow.
3rd Day
- Some gases
- Fatigue
- Restless
- Bad breath
- Mind clarity
- Felt cold
- Yelowish urine
- Greyish white coated tongue
- Severe lower back pain
- Belching
- Dizziness when moving fast
- Nausea
The lower back pain returned in the end of the afternoon, of the third day. But, this time more severe. I couldn't crouch or seat. The pain gradually decreased as the end of the fasting approached.
Sometimes, when belching, water was coming up into my mouth. I thought I was going to vomit, but no. I didn't drunk too much water, not even a 1,50lt. As the water was tasting weird today, like metallic.
The symptoms are real. Water fast is not easy.
I prepared my body for the water fast and during the preparation I suffered so many symptoms, that I thought the water fasting was going to be easier.
I don't want to imagine how much harder it would have been if I hadn't prepare my body first.
Sometimes, when belching, water was coming up into my mouth. I thought I was going to vomit, but no. I didn't drunk too much water, not even a 1,50lt. As the water was tasting weird today, like metallic.
The symptoms are real. Water fast is not easy.
I prepared my body for the water fast and during the preparation I suffered so many symptoms, that I thought the water fasting was going to be easier.
I don't want to imagine how much harder it would have been if I hadn't prepare my body first.
How to Break a 3-Day Water Fast?
The body needs time to readjust to food. Break the fast gradually and for better results keep a plant based diet for 3/7 days. The healing continues with the refeeding.
- Break the fast with a cup of warm water with half the juice of a lemon. Then liquid pureed veggie soup or diluted natural fresh juice of fruits and vegetables, later raw salad or raw fruits and vegetables.
I broke the fast with warm water with lemon juice and after a while, I had a small portion of a vegetarian miso soup with seaweed and little cubes of tofu (without pasta or rice) and a small portion of a seaweed salad.
When I finished, I felt stomach pain and nausea. I should have waited a bit before I had more food.
I broke the fast with warm water with lemon juice and after a while, I had a small portion of a vegetarian miso soup with seaweed and little cubes of tofu (without pasta or rice) and a small portion of a seaweed salad.
When I finished, I felt stomach pain and nausea. I should have waited a bit before I had more food.
