Tip 150. Fasting for Gout
For an acu
t
e attack of
g
out, there is
no better remedy than a
fast.
The patient
should und
e
rtake a fast
f
or five to seven days on
orange juice and water.
Sometimes
t
he condition may
worsen in the early stages of
f
asting when uric acid,
dissolved by juices,
is th
r
own into the bloodstre
a
m for elimination. This
u
s
ually clears up if fasting is
continued.
I
n severe cases, it
is advisable to u
n
dertake a s
e
ries of short
fasts for thr
e
e days or
so rather t
h
an one long
fast. A warm water enema should be
used daily
d
uring the p
e
riod of fasting to cleanse the
b
owels.
After the acute sympt
o
ms of gout have subsid
e
d, the patie
n
t may adopt
an all-fruit diet for a further three or four days. In this regimen, he should have three meals a day of juicy fruits such
as grapes,
a
pples, pears, peaches,
o
ranges and
pineapple.
A
fter the all-f
r
uit diet, the
patient may gradua
l
ly embark
u
pon the foll
o
wing diet:
* Breakfast: Fruits such
as oranges,
apples, fi
g
s
,
apricot, mangoes, whole wheat bread or dalia and milk or butter-milk.
* Lunch: Steamed vege
t
ables s
u
ch
as lettuce,
b
eets, celery,
water-cress, turnips, s
q
uash, carrots, tomatoes, cab
b
age and po
t
atoes, cha
p
attis of whole wheat flour, cottage c
h
eese and butter-milk.
* Dinner: Sprouts such
a
s
alfalfa and mung beans, a good-sized salad of
raw veget
a
bles such as carrots,
cabbage, and tomatoes, and also whole wheat bread and butt
e
r.
Tip 151. Fasting for Kidn
e
y
Dise
a
se Treatment
To treat kid
n
ey disease,
consider the
fast.
The safest t
r
eatment for acute nephritis is
f
asting.
By
means of the fast, t
h
e toxins and systemic impurities res
p
onsible for
setting up
of
t
he inflamm
a
tory kidney conditions
a
re removed r
a
pidly.
The patient
should reso
r
t to juice f
a
sting for seven to ten days until the
a
c
ute symptoms subside.
Mostly veg
e
table juic
e
s such as
car
r
ot, celery and cucumber should be
u
s
ed during
t
his period.
A warm
wa
t
er enema should be tak
e
n each day while fastin
g
, to cleanse
the bowels
of the toxic matter being thrown off by the self-clea
n
si
n
g process r
e
sulting from
the fast.
After the juice fast, the
p
atient may
a
dopt an all-f
r
uit diet for f
o
ur to five days. Juicy fruits such
as apples,
g
rapes, ora
n
ges, pears,
peaches a
n
d pineappl
e
s
should be
taken during
this period
at five-hourly intervals. After the all
-
fruit diet, the patient may adopt fruits
and milk di
e
t. In this regimen, milk, preferably raw goat's milk, may
b
e added to
t
he fruit diet
f
or further s
e
ven days.
The patient
may thereaf
t
er gradually embark upon a well-balanced low
p
rotein vegetarian diet.
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