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                      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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