when thirsty. Fresh juic
e
s
may be diluted with pure water. The total liq
u
id intake sho
u
ld be
approximat
e
ly six to eight glass
e
s.
Tip 155. Fasting Therapies for Psoriasis
Since psori
a
sis is a metabolic disease, a cleansing juice f
a
st
for about s
e
ven days is always desirable in
the beginni
n
g of the tre
a
tment. Carr
o
ts, beats,
c
u
cumbers and grapes may be used for juices. Juices of
citrus fruits should be
av
oided. The warm water
enema should be
used daily
t
o cleanse t
h
e bowels d
u
ring the fast.
After the juice fast, the
patient sho
u
ld adopt the diet of t
h
ree basic f
o
od groups,
n
amely (i) seeds, nuts a
n
d grains, (ii)
vegetables and (iii) fruits, with
em
phasis on
raw seeds
a
nd nuts, es
p
ecially ses
a
me seeds, pumpkin se
e
ds, sunflower seeds and plenty of organically grown raw vege
t
ables and f
r
uits.
All animal fats, incl
u
ding
milk, butter
and eggs s
h
ould be avoided. Refined or processed foods and foods containing hydrogenated fats or white sugar, all
condiments, tea and coff
e
e, should also be avoided. After noticeable i
m
proveme
n
t,
goat's milk,
yoghurt and home made
cottage cheese may be added to
the diet. Juice fasts m
a
y be repeated after four
weeks on diet.
Tip 156. Why Fasting Is
the Master
Reme
d
y
Fasting is t
h
e master remedy. The
c
ommon ca
u
s
e of all
d
is
e
ases is
the
accumulati
o
n of waste and poison
o
us matter in the body, which resul
t
s
from overe
a
ting.
The majority of persons
eat too much and follow
sedentary occupatio
n
s
t
hat do not
p
ermit sufficie
n
t a
n
d proper exercise for u
t
ilisation
o
f this large qua
n
tity of food. This surpl
u
s overburdens the digesti
v
e and assi
m
ilative organs and clo
g
s
up the system with imp
u
rities or
poisons. Di
g
estion and
e
limination
b
ecome slow and
the functional ac
t
ivity of the wh
o
le system gets deran
g
ed.
The onset of
disease
is
merely the
p
rocess of
r
i
d
ding the system of these impurities.
Every disease
can be healed
b
y only one remedy -
b
y
doing just t
h
e opposite
o
f what causes it, that
is, by reducing the food intake or fas
t
ing.
Tip 157. An Invitation to Fasting
Instead of r
u
shing to c
o
mplete your
day before your evening meal, consider fasting.
Use the 2
to 3 hours you would expend on di
n
ner to meditate and "recharge" spiri
t
ually.
If you suffer a chronic ill
n
ess, fas
t
ing is the best r
e
medy for the
treatment of disorders
r
esulting from toxins in the system. general vitality. To b
e
gin with, try fasting on o
r
ange juice
a
nd water
for two or three days. The procedure is to take
ev
ery
t
wo hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
the juice
of an orange diluted wi
t
h warm wa
t
er on 50:50
basis. If t
h
e
orange juice does not a
g
ree, juices
of vegetable such as
ca
r
rots and cucumber m
a
y
be taken. A
warm water
enema m
a
y
be taken each day while fasting
t
o cleanse t
h
e bowels.
After the s
h
ort juice f
a
s
t
, the you m
a
y adopt an all-fruit diet
f
o
r about two days, taking three meals a day of fresh juicy fruits such
as
apples,
pears, gra
p
es, grapefruit, orange, pineapple
peaches a
n
d melon. After the juice
f
ast, follow a
well- balanced diet of s
e
eds, nuts,
a
nd grains, vegetables and fruits.
T
his diet
sh
o
uld
be supplemented with milk, yoghurt, butter-milk,
vegetable oil and honey. A further short juice f
a
st
or periods
o
n the all-fruit
diet may be necessary
a
t intervals of
a month or two, according to the n
e
eds of the case.
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