One-day fasts are a great way to start practicing food abstention, improve health, and learn to control your habits. This practice boosts immunity, promotes detoxification and rejuvenation, and fosters a proper attitude towards food. It is recommended to master one-day fasting for at least a month, ideally for three months.
Preparing for Fasting
Mindset plays a key role. A week before the fast:
- choose a date and plan your activities so that nothing interferes with you on that day;
- focus on the upcoming event at every meal, controlling your appetite;
- explain to your loved ones the benefits of the practice from a health perspective.
Fasting Day
- The day before abstaining from food, avoid overeating and alcohol.
- Drink plenty of clean water. If you have a strong attachment to food, you can add a teaspoon of honey to a glass of water.
- Find an activity for the day: walking, gardening, light exercises at home. It is better to have your first experience on a day off.
- You can perform a cleansing enema, breathing practices, light physical activity, and water procedures.
Coming Out of Fasting
- End the fast in the evening, take a shower, and have a light dinner: salad and tea.
- The next day, avoid overeating; it is preferable to maintain a light diet in the morning.
- The first food after fasting should be plant-based: fresh grated vegetables, greens, stewed vegetables, without animal products.
- Do not consume acidic foods and animal proteins for two days after fasting.
Advanced Practices
- Experienced practitioners can gradually transition to two-day fasts and dry fasts (without food and water) if there are no contraindications and they feel well.
- The main effect of one-day fasting is psychological restructuring and the formation of a conscious attitude towards food; the health benefits of the body come as a consequence.
Regular one-day fasts strengthen health, develop self-control, and create a foundation for longer fasting practices.
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