Why are you so against water fasting?

[Provingapoint]

Lets make it clear i mean water fasting as in only having water for a certain period of time.. It Cured me?

[Regnatrix]

It is possible to get toxicated from an excessive amount of water in a short period of time if nothing else is consumed. It upsets the balance between sodium and water in your bloodstream causing medical conditions to occur. It's good to drink a lot of water but there needs to be a mix of other things with it xD

[GeoffreyCrayon]

It's really just a matter of the extent of it. Most people are just ghastly uneducated and their minds automatically go to "OMFG THEYRE ANOREXIC!!! QUICK SHOVE A SANDWICH DOWN THEIR THROAT!!!" That's really all it is

[Provingapoint]

Thank you very much, Exactly at least someone understands

[GeoffreyCrayon]

Yea well my gf and I do intermittent fasting together because it makes more in tune with our bodies and our surroundings +it helps with digestion, so we only eat every other day. So I know quite a bit about it.

[GingerBiscuits]

It's because they have neither researched or completed a fast. They use anecdotal evidence or go by what someone else who was uneducated in fasting had told them.
Fasting decisively is a wonderful refresher, it will help reset your body & mind.

[ElectricGIRL]

Your body needs nutrients for fuel & balance... I speak from experience I once fasted for like 25 days & I would fast a lot as a teenager not even for weight purposes mainly for spiritual reasons but it took a serious toll on my body :/

[WeaponZero]

Because you're not actually getting any nutrients. Your body is dependent upon having a steady supply of macronutrients coming in to fuel basic bodily processes. Look up Basal Metabolic Rate.

[Klaatu51]

because if you drink only water you will die

[watashiwahanadesu]

How did it cure you? What did it cure you of?

[StickStickity13]

How long? It's not healthy to do.

[Provingapoint]

See crazy people do it for LONG periods but i mean i did it for 45 Days and it cured my Leukemia.
On day 43, I broke my water fast with 4 oz. of organic diluted carrot juice.

If you're wondering about weight, I lost 56 pounds, putting me at 104 pounds, standing 5'5.

I have not gained any weight back because I've eating properly.

On to the medical reason for fasting... I told my Oncologist what I did and he was not happy. I told him that I'd felt more energized and alert and I was in virtually no pain as opposed to the constant aching I'd experienced before the fast.

He did my blood work. a few EKG's and your average "check-up" things like BLOOD PRESSURE at that visit. About a week later, I got a call asking me to come into his office because he wanted to talk to me. .
long story short---he explained there are NO signs that I ever had Leukemia, asthma, TYPE 2 DIABETES OR chronic eczema.

[Anonymous]

It's stupid and unhealthy. Simple as that.

[Provingapoint]

Ok miss that's only 19...
Let me take you about 3 years back to January 5th, 2007. This is the day that I found out that I had Acute Leukemia. I was 15 years old.

On day 43, I broke my water fast with 4 oz. of organic diluted carrot juice.

If you're wondering about weight, I lost 56 pounds, putting me at 104 pounds, standing 5'5.

I have not gained any weight back because I've eating properly.

On to the medical reason for fasting... I told my Oncologist what I did and he was not happy. I told him that I'd felt more energized and alert and I was in virtually no pain as opposed to the constant aching I'd experienced before the fast.

He did my blood work. a few EKG's and your average "check-up" things like BLOOD PRESSURE at that visit. About a week later, I got a call asking me to come into his office because he wanted to talk to me. .
long story short---he explained there are NO signs that I ever had Leukemia, asthma, TYPE 2 DIABETES OR chronic eczema.

[Provingapoint]

8 Years my apology typo mistake..

[Opinion Owner]

And I was supposed to know all of this how? I don't read minds.