fasting

I finally started fasting again. For the first six months of 2007, I fasted for about 24 hours once per week while also following a fairly strict food combining regimen. I lost fifty pounds in five months (after having gained thirty in three when I quit smoking cigarettes).

This time I'm going for more of a prolonged stint. I've been going for about three or four days now. I've had a few bits of food here and there but overall I'm letting my bones detox and it feels really good. I'm starting to feel lighter and less achy again, which was one of my goals. The other goal is to postpone my period by one week until after Burning Man. Last year, I was able to increase my cycles by up to an additional ten days with controlled caloric deprivation; I'm hoping I've still got the hoodoo.

When I "fast", I actually drink a tonic comprised of more or less equal parts each raw apple cider vinegar and raw honey in enough water to make it palatable. I also like to throw in a touch of molasses for flavor and coloring and occasionally some pumpkin pie seasoning or allspice if I'm feeling spiffy. Ingrid can get hers to taste like apple juice but I find that I prefer mine more like really thin weak lemonade. Whatever is in this crazy witches brew, it has just what I need to keep me going, and going good. I missed it, actually.



The Benefits of Raw Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
http://www.ghchealth.com/apple-cider-vinegar.html

a bunch of holistic crap and home remedies which I'm not sure I buy, but whatever
http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/acvinegar.html http://www.anyvitamins.com/apple-cider-vinegar-info.htm

and the other side of the story, the skeptic's view
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0GCU/is_n6_v14/ai_20152545