Fasting is normally a good thing. It’s mentioned in the Bible, in numerous books, and in magazine articles. Fasting detoxifies the body. The 10-day brown rice fast I described in Diagnostic Bodybuilding was a good thing.
I recently went on a fast involving nothing but canned tomatoes and fresh grapefruit, alternating each item for six small meals a day. The two ladies who talked me into going on this fast—it lasts 7 days—told me it increased their energy significantly on Day 6 and Day 7 of the fast. Theoretically, you get sick and run a fever on Day 2 as the body detoxifies.
Why so heavy a concentration of acidic food? Supposedly, the body reacts to the acid by overcompensating alkaline.
My experience with this fast was as follows:
1. I got sick on Day 1.
2. By Day 5 I couldn’t look at another tomato.
3. By Day 6 I couldn’t handle another grapefruit.
4. I had no energy increase.
5. Worse, for several days after I finished this fast, I was extremely short-winded.
6. After the fast I had more color in my cheeks. Did my circulation improve? I don’t know.
Try it. You probably won’t like it.
I recently went on a fast involving nothing but canned tomatoes and fresh grapefruit, alternating each item for six small meals a day. The two ladies who talked me into going on this fast—it lasts 7 days—told me it increased their energy significantly on Day 6 and Day 7 of the fast. Theoretically, you get sick and run a fever on Day 2 as the body detoxifies.
Why so heavy a concentration of acidic food? Supposedly, the body reacts to the acid by overcompensating alkaline.
My experience with this fast was as follows:
1. I got sick on Day 1.
2. By Day 5 I couldn’t look at another tomato.
3. By Day 6 I couldn’t handle another grapefruit.
4. I had no energy increase.
5. Worse, for several days after I finished this fast, I was extremely short-winded.
6. After the fast I had more color in my cheeks. Did my circulation improve? I don’t know.
Try it. You probably won’t like it.
