LIQUID FASTING CLEANSING DIET
         
              Many readers of this article are already familiar with
         the important health benefits of apple juice, lemon juice,
         apple cider vinegar, distilled water, prune juice, honey,
         garlic, and fasting.  I have combined all of these health
         helpers into a repeatable four-week cycle of weekly one-day
         liquid fasting diets, similar in some respects to the famous
         three-day cleansing program of Dr. John R. Christopher, M.H..
         
              The purpose of such a diet is to neutralize and flush
         out various toxins and waste products in the body, (in the
         cells, blood vessels, etc., as well as in the digestive
         system), which cause degenerative diseases and other health
         problems when they accumulate there.  Each of the four main
         fasting fluids--apple juice, lemonade, apple cider vinegar in
         water, and distilled water--has its own unique way of
         accomplishing this.  This repeatable fasting diet cycle is an
         integrated way of using important healthful items on a
         regular basis.
         
              The first fasting fluid, to use for the first weekly
         one-day fast, is pure pasteurized apple juice, one whole
         gallon of it, preferably NOT made from concentrate, and with
         no preservatives or additives.  This is really just a one-day
         version of one of Dr. Christopher's 3-day cleansing diets.
         
              The second fasting fluid, for the second week, is
         basically just a gallon of lemonade.  Squeeze the juice from
         two large fresh lemons into a gallon of water (use the big
         glass jug that the apple juice came in), and add four
         tablespoons of locally-made honey (NO sugar).  Dissolve the
         honey by stirring it into half a glass of water before adding
         it to the lemonade.
         
              The third fasting fluid (for the third week) is similar
         to the lemonade, except that four tablespoons of pure apple
         cider vinegar (NOT apple cider "flavored" vinegar) is
         substituted for the lemon juice.
         
              The fourth fasting fluid, for the fourth and final week
         of the cycle, is a gallon of pure distilled water.
         
              Pick a day of the week, usually Saturday or Sunday for
         most people, when you can relax and stay close to your home
         bathroom.  Start the day with sixteen ounces of prune juice
         with pulp.  This will clean out your digestive system.  But
         try to hold it for two hours to allow it to draw out heavy
         metals and other toxins.  Starting an hour after taking the
         prune juice, drink the gallon of fasting fluid that you
         prepared on that day at the rate of ten to twelve ounces per
         hour.
         
              The healthful benefits of garlic may be added to the
         fast in the following manner.  Each hour, slice a clove of
         garlic lengthwise into halves or quarters, and then cut the
         slices crosswise into pieces about one-sixteenth inch thick.  
         Spoon the pieces a few at a time into your mouth, and use
         some of the fasting fluid to wash it down your throat without
         chewing it.
         
              Eat or drink nothing else during each fast, except your
         usual vitamin and mineral supplements.  Also, aspirin or
         ibuprofen may be taken for the headache and other aches and
         pains that will probably result from toxins being flushed
         into your blood-stream on their way out through your kidneys.
         
              On the day after each fast, your digestive system will
         likely be disrupted.  Therefore, break the fast slowly and
         gently.  Start the day with a twelve-ounce glass of water.  
         An hour later, drink twelve ounces of orange juice.  For
         lunch have a glass of vegetable or tomato juice.  Have a
         glass of milk in the afternoon.  Eat a modest meal for
         supper.  Before bedtime, take an Acidophilus capsule, or eat
         some yogurt containing active yogurt cultures, to replenish
         beneficial bacteria in your digestive tract.
         
              You are likely to feel hungry, weak, and very rough
         during each fast and even on the day after, especially during
         the first cycle.  Self-discipline and patience are required
         here.
         
              This four-week cycle of weekly one-day liquid fasting
         diets should be repeated often, on a regular basis, for a
         long and healthy life.

                                  Robert E. McElwaine
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