WHOLISTIC FAST- DAY 12
Intermittent Food Fasting- Minerals and More
I have practised intermittent fasting for several years. I began by ingesting lemon water, supplements and celery juice only from 6 PM to noon, making for a 6 hour eating window. Gradually, I lessened the window until I reached 1 hour, OMAD. I managed this for the Spring and Summer of 2022, but when the cold came in the Fall I extended the window to 4 hour; 20:4. Approximately 12 noon until 4. Celery juice may be taken outside of your window of eating. It assists to clear the organs of elimination, and provides much needed sodium and potassium, and does not spike insulin. If you have health issues, a weekly one day fast assists in greater autophagy.
Constitution plays a role in the practice and benefit from fasting. Kapha Pitta & Vata in Ayurveda lends an understanding of our constitutional (genetic) predisposition.
I have practised many forms of fasting over 30+ years. I have eaten low sugar (vegetables and berries only), low grains (99% grain free) for nearly a year. This allows a mental/physical clarity without the cravings and compulsions that develop by eating high carb/ sugar diets.
Beyond this type of intermittent fasting, I add a one day (24 hour) fast with lemon water and supplements, sometimes adding VitaliTEA and/or a smoothie, regularly. This gives a great reset.
It is important while fasting to provide the body with necessary nutrients. This cannot be done by eating alone. Supplementation is required. Trace minerals are one of those necessities. Also, we need around 5000 mg of potassium each day. If you lean towards a healthy keto diet, foods such as bananas and potatoes are not consumed (recommend), so we have to rely heavily on leafy greens. Dr. Berg recommends 10 cups a day. For this reason I supplement small amounts of potassium 3x daily in addition to eating lots of foods containing K+.
Important Points on Minerals
Written by Dr. John Ray ND
1. According to Senate Document No. 264, the official publication, 99 percent of American people are deficient in minerals, and a marked deficiency in any one of the more important minerals actually results in disease.
2. The body is equipped to chelate only a small amount of some inorganic elements from nature. Therefore, the body requires the minerals to come from plants in a chelated form that the minerals may be properly assimilated and utilized. The efficiency of each mineral is enhanced by balanced amounts of the others.
3. The body must maintain an adequate mineral supply to maintain a balance between internal and external pressures of the cells called osmotic equilibrium. This state must be maintained for normal cell function and continued youthful health.
4. All nutrients such as vitamins, proteins, enzymes, amino acids, carbohydrates, fats, sugars, oils, etc. require minerals for activity. All bodily processes depend upon the action of minerals.
5. Trace chelated minerals are more important in nutrition than vitamins. Vitamins can be synthesized by living matter, minerals cannot.
6. Vitamins are required for every biochemical activity of the body. Vitamins cannot function unless minerals are present.
7. Minerals are the catalysts that make enzyme functions possible. Chelated minerals combine with enzymes into an alkaline detoxifying agent which neutralizes the acid metabolic by-products of the cells and other toxic conditions within the body and prepares them for elimination.
Nutritional Foundation Simplified
https://well.ca/products/trace-minerals-trace-concentrace_197351.html
ENZYMES
https://avenaoriginals.com/products/enhanced-digestive-enzymes
There are many enzymes to choose from, I am currently using Super Enzymes and Protease from the Avena company out of Alberta, Canada. Avoid papaya enzymes as most are sadly GMO.
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