Water during water fasting: distilled, live, mineral, soda, coconut water

In addition to well, spring or tap water, distilled, melted, rain, boiled water without any additives are suitable for therapeutic water fasting. Although other sources warn that distilled water is not suitable because it does not contain the microelements necessary for a fasting organism. Mineral water is also not recommended for drinking just like that, but only for medical reasons.

Fasting on distilled water

Minerals introduced with water slow down the cleansing processes, since the body must get rid of them too. Distilled, that is, chemically pure water does not contain salts and impurities, so it is ideal for water fasting. It does not require additional energy expenditure from the body, weakened by fasting.

Fasting on distilled water at home is allowed for periods of 7-10 days. For this time, you should stock up on quality water, that is, water obtained as a result of steam condensation.

• You can distill water yourself in several ways: by boiling, freezing, and using a special device. To obtain distillate, use settled and filtered tap water. If you have spring or well water, settling is not necessary. You need to consume up to 3.3 liters per day.

The effectiveness of fasting is that distilled water gently washes out toxins.

When fasting, one day a week, stop eating at 6 p.m., after a light dinner, and drink up to a liter of purified water before going to bed. In the morning, drink distilled water every half hour, 0.5 glasses. 24 hours after the start of the fast, have dinner with undressed cabbage salad, with the addition of apples, carrots, favorite fruits and vegetables; such a dish sweeps out the contents of the intestines completely. A fruit and vegetable diet enriched with fiber will complete the general cleaning of the gastrointestinal tract. Such food is allowed to be eaten in unlimited quantities for all the remaining days until the end of the week.

During a three-day fast, three times more water is drunk, and the exit from the diet also lasts three days. Then stewed vegetables with vegetable oil are added to the menu; after them, you can switch to a daily diet.

With a diet designed for a week and a half, water is drunk even more and more often, and the exit from the diet lasts up to 5-7 days. The dish is the same - a vegetable salad with a predominance of cabbage.

Water from the distiller is suitable not only for food purposes, but also for making home medicines, humidifying the air, watering flowers, filling aquariums. It does not leave marks on things, does not settle on irons and steam cleaners.

Read also: Therapeutic water fasting for 1, 3, 7, 10, 21, 40 days

Fasting on honey and water

Honey is very useful, but it cannot be classified as a dietary product. However, it is suitable for therapeutic fasting on honey and water, if you do not consume anything else. The result is cleansing of the body, weight loss, elimination of diseases, improvement of well-being and mood. The most common period of fasting on water with honey is a week, but everyone is recommended to first conduct a one-day trial procedure, and then a three-day one.

• It is not easy to endure a week-long fast, so it is necessary to exclude contraindications and allergies to honey, and also to determine whether it is really necessary.

Then properly prepare the body for the upcoming stress. This will take a week, during which you need to cancel harmful food, reduce portions and say a categorical "no" to unhealthy habits. Use boiling, baking, steaming products, gradually switch to a plant-based menu, with a predominance of raw vegetables.

On "hungry" days, you need to drink warm honey water, up to 2.5 liters per day, and use a 1-liter enema before bed. Exit as smoothly as possible: start with juices mixed with water in the same amount (2.5 liters). The second day is also not the time to relax: drink water as before, but do not dilute the juice. The next two days, water remains the main component of the diet, but porridge and boiled vegetables are included, and then the rest of the healthy food.

It has been noted that a week-long water fast has the most positive effect on the fasting person: it changes eating habits towards healthy ones, teaches one to enjoy the natural taste of food, without artificial additives, salt and preservatives.

Honey provides invaluable support to the body in a stressful situation, relieves fatigue and headaches, helps cleanse and normalize the gastrointestinal tract. Thanks to fructose, it helps cope with cravings for sweets. Although, according to many, water fasting without honey is more effective.

Fasting with water and lemon

Fresh lemon juice has long been used for health purposes. Fresh juice, consumed according to the scheme of increase and decrease, can help where other means for weight loss fail. Fasting on water with lemon is not such a radical, but quite an accessible method.

• By adding half a citrus fruit to a liter of water, you can reduce your appetite, stimulate your metabolism and slowly but surely burn excess fat within two weeks.

Moreover, lemon is added during fasting on both regular and mineral water. You can use the following scheme: increase the percentage of juice daily during the first week, and then decrease it after that.

However, the theory of the positive effect of lemon on the figure and physical condition of the body, promoted by the most popular people on the planet, has ardent opponents. They insist on exaggerating the role of lemon and lemon water. The supposed magic attributed to lemon is, in fact, nothing more than a placebo effect, that is, a psychological attitude towards the desired result. They believe that water with lemon makes water more delicious, so it is easier to drink, but not more useful for weight loss. The only benefit is that it is fortified with vitamins and does not contain sugar, unlike other popular drinks.

However, if you decide to start your day not with tea or coffee, but with “homemade lemonade” on an empty stomach, learn how to prepare it correctly, that is, with pulp, according to this recipe:

• Prepare 6 fruits; use vinegar and water to remove any wax or chemicals from the skin.

• Cut into two parts, fill with water, heat.
• Leave overnight, strain in the morning.
• Drink it warm, maybe with honey.
• Store the rest in a glass jar for the next morning.

This drink protects against colds, invigorates, removes poisons, freshens breath. It will not only help you lose weight, but will also bring other benefits.

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Fasting on living water

Living water exists not only in fairy tales. In the modern sense, it would be more accurate to call it life-giving, healing. For water fasting, water obtained with the help of an ionizer is used. This is an electrical device capable of generating alkaline drinking water with optimal acidity, redox potential and natural structure.

Externally, such water does not differ from ordinary water. And since modern man is not inclined to believe fairy tales, but is ready to accept scientific explanations, here are the characteristics of living water:

• chemically and bacteriologically safe;
• saturated with ions of microelements;
• the molecules are structured;
• alkaline pH;
• has a negative oxidation-reduction potential.

These properties are very important for the functioning of the body and are especially evident during the process of fasting on living water. More precisely, during the preparation period, which is designed to reduce stress for the body, cleanse it of physical and energy waste and restart healthy mechanisms.

• Live water should be drunk two or three days before the start of the fast, according to the following scheme: on an empty stomach - a glass, before lunch - half, an hour after lunch and at midday - 2 tbsp., an hour before dinner - again half a glass and an hour before bed - a full glass. Drink slowly, in small sips.

Having decided to fast on water, remember that a one-day procedure has never harmed anyone and can be done independently. When fasting for more than two days, a person needs medical supervision and semi-bed rest.

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Fasting on mineral water

Mineral water during water fasting is perceived by each organism individually. For the procedure, use "Borjomi", "Narzan", "Pellegrini", "Essentuki 2", "Essentuki 4", "Nabeglavi" and similar waters. When exiting the fast - this is the best drink, such waters should be drunk to the maximum, but diluted - distilled, spring, well or any other water consumed daily.

• Fasting on mineral water was developed by Americans as another way to lose weight. Why water was chosen – because it is the most natural drink for humans. Our body, depending on gender, age, weight, and other factors, consists of 75–85 percent water.

There is a direct relationship between body weight and the amount of water the body needs: if a 50-kilogram youth needs 1.8 liters, then a 100-kilogram heavyweight needs almost twice as much – 3.4 liters daily.

Not every mineral water is suitable for fasting and cleansing. Medicinal water is used as a therapeutic component. Carbonated water causes bloating and increased appetite. Water with sodium and chlorine retains water in the body.

• Ideal for fasting and losing weight is still mineral water with a low content of useful salts. For example, magnesium cleanses the intestines and prevents fat absorption. If there are a lot of salts, then the water is diluted or less is drunk, and the rest is made up with clean water.

The water-mineral diet lasts two days. In order to cleanse and renew the body, you can't take anything except water, mineral and pure. If you add lemon juice, the metabolism speeds up, fats are neutralized, hunger is dulled. Cinnamon, ginger, apple cider vinegar also work. Honey is useful, it improves the taste and protects the stomach walls.

Methods and periods of fasting are selected individually. There are also those that combine the use of individual dishes and drinking according to a special schedule. The method of losing weight with mineral water is designed for a month.

Soda Water Fasting

Before you start water fasting, you need to develop a positive attitude towards success, give up bad habits, consciously follow recommendations and be aware of the consequences. For this purpose, it is advisable to read literature on ways to cleanse the body or find information on the Internet, as well as undergo examination and consult with doctors about your health. At a minimum, a potential fasting person should not have kidney problems.

If all this is done, you can prepare for fasting on soda water physiologically. Switching to a plant-based diet in advance will help avoid exhausting enemas during fasting. Regarding such a procedure, the authors of water fasting methods do not have a single point of view. Some are supporters of daily mechanical cleansing of the intestines, others suggest doing enemas every other day, and Bragg, for example, is generally against such procedures.

To detoxify the body, drink a hot unboiled drink on an empty stomach at a concentration of 0.5 teaspoon of soda per cup of water. The rest of the time, drink regular water. In case of poisoning, alkaline drinks are recommended every two to three hours.

Soda is also used externally to cleanse the body: in the form of baths, foot baths, aromatherapy, rubdowns, applications ("soda socks"). There is a whole soda method of healing and cleansing, detoxification and fasting, the adherents of which combine soda procedures with jogging, meditation, raw food and other non-traditional practices.

Fasting on water with salt

The practice of fasting on water with salt is often used by yogis who care not only about the purity of the spirit, but also the body. Such unloading is recommended to be performed at the junction of seasons. Weight loss and cleansing occurs due to the laxative effect of salt, which is capable of "urgent evacuation" of the contents of the intestine.

• During a water-salt fast, excess water and fecal matter are removed from the body. This kills two birds with one stone: unloads the digestive system and reduces body weight.

The procedure is planned for the morning, instead of breakfast. You will need 5 liters of solution prepared from boiled water and salt, table or sea. For 5 liters of water, take 5 heaped teaspoons of salt. The solution should be very salty, this is its effectiveness. At the same time, prepare a towel, nourishing cream: they will be needed for hygienic procedures after defecation.

After drinking a full glass of water, do some exercises. They will help move the salty liquid along the digestive tract.

1. Feet shoulder-width apart, back straight. Intense bends, 4 in each direction.
2. Bend forward, spread your legs wider, touch your toes with your hands: right – left foot and vice versa. In extreme cases, try to at least reach the ankle. Do 4 turns to the sides at a fast pace.
3. Lie on your stomach, feet apart. Turn your body left and right, looking at the heels of the opposite leg. The lower part of the body remains motionless.
4. Squat down, spread your heels, bend your collarbone to your knee. Repeat everything 4 times.

The ritual is performed every time after drinking a glass of water. You will need 4-6 such approaches before you have to go to the toilet. Water procedures and exercises are repeated until clear, water-like discharge mixed with bile begins to come out of the rectum. If after 6 glasses the urge to defecate does not appear, you need to do a regular enema, and then drink salt water again and do the exercises.

You can eat an hour after cleansing your intestines. It is best to cook rice in water or durum wheat pasta. Only after 24 hours can you return to your daily diet, although without anything spicy or fatty. Green, mint, and linden teas, as well as clean water, are useful drinks. For two days, you are prohibited from drinking alcohol, kefir, kvass, colored sodas, sugar, and heavy foods.

The downside of this procedure is that the effect is temporary. Therefore, it is performed in cases when you need to put on your favorite clothes that have become too tight. Women should remember the contraindications and not use a highly concentrated salt solution during pregnancy and breastfeeding. It is also not indicated for inflammatory diseases of the digestive organs, hemorrhoids.

Coconut Water Fasting

What is coconut water? It is the clear contents of young palm nuts, better known as coconut milk. Due to its antioxidant and rejuvenating properties, it is often used in cosmetics. Coconut water is also a natural energy drink, rich in minerals and tonic components.

It is inside the young fruits that the substances are contained, thanks to which fasting on coconut water stimulates metabolism and helps to get rid of excess weight. Although in fact these are not fruits, but palm seeds, and the water is the juice of unripe coconuts. The natural product has many healthy qualities, which makes it very popular not only in its "native" places, but also all over the planet. It is not for nothing that it is called the elixir of life.

Fasting on coconut water is not a cheap pleasure. But it has at least two undeniable advantages over regular water:

• In some respects, the coconut product is almost identical to natural human fluids: saliva and blood plasma.
• When including coconut water in your diet, fasting is not required.

The substance has a pleasant sour-sweet taste, perfectly quenches thirst. As the coconut matures, fat is formed in the liquid and it turns into a sweet aromatic, milk-like mass, which then becomes pulp. It is this ripe exotic, with a thick substance inside, that is usually sold in our country, and on tropical islands all stages of coconut maturity are available, and locals fully use all their properties. In particular, they prepare coconut cocktails for tourists, which are good for toning and have a beneficial effect on the body, and due to their low calorie content, they help you lose weight.

With regular use of coconut water, immunity is strengthened, the body is cleansed, and metabolism is normalized. The characteristic aroma dulls the appetite, useful substances are not stored in reserve, but quickly and effectively burned.

Amino acids in coconut liquid actively resist toxins, help the liver neutralize them and prevent further spread. Even dangerous mercury compounds are removed.

Fasting on holy water

Religious abstinence from food is called fasting. This ancient tradition, sanctified by the church, is very important for true believers. In the old days, people, unlike their contemporaries, were more relaxed about starvation or malnutrition and did not consider such a state an out-of-the-ordinary event.

Today, various confessions also practice the abstinence from certain foods, and on certain days – complete abstinence from food and drink, that is, strict fasting. In this way, believers, in particular Christians, repent, prepare for church sacraments and rituals. Prayer, fasting, mercy are the main postulates of Christianity.

• Fasting on holy water is a type of strict fasting based on the belief in its healing power. It is a purification ritual recognized by almost all world religions.

The holiness and power of water can only be discussed with faith. Non-believers should not play with fire and commit sacrilege, using religious attributes under the pretext of fasting, with or without water. And they are unlikely to get the expected results.

The healing power of water is explained by the fact that when consecrated, the polarization and structure of its molecules change. At the same time, the chemical composition remains the same. It acquires a powerful energy charge, the ability to remember information and stay fresh. Believers themselves do not need explanations: they perceive this as a miracle, the grace of the Holy Spirit and use holy water in many cases, including illnesses. They drink on an empty stomach, with prayer, and also at any other time, without restrictions, instead of ordinary water.

• Water is blessed in the church after the appropriate prayers, in particular, on the feast of Epiphany. There are springs and wells with healing water that can cure hopeless diseases and all sorts of problems from a medical point of view. It is no coincidence that these natural reservoirs are often located near monasteries and churches.

Official medicine does not recommend holy water for fasting or treatment. However, in practice, they have nothing to object to its beneficial effect on patients who use holy water along with medicines – with great faith and hope for healing.

Fasting on tea and water

The undoubted advantage of fasting on tea and water is its high efficiency. A significant disadvantage is that, according to reviews, such a diet is difficult to endure, and it is not recommended to decide on the method of therapeutic fasting on water and tea without consulting a doctor.

• Fasting consists of three stages. Experienced people advise getting a notebook and pen to control the food eaten in writing. The procedure is designed for three months. The goal of fasting on tea and water is to reduce the volume of the stomach, so drinks are consumed in mini-portions, less than half a glass per meal.

The first six days - complete abstinence from food. Drink still water, green tea, decoctions of useful herbs - mint, St. John's wort, linden. Drink every time you want to eat. At night, it is advisable to use motherwort, mint and other soothing decoctions without any sweet additives.

As a rule, after two days the desire to eat is dulled, and instead the habit of drinking little and often is strengthened.

• The exit from fasting begins with fresh fruit juice mixed half and half with water, and until the end of the day you can add pulp. The next day is enriched with cereal soup with any vegetables, but without potatoes. All this is eaten in small portions. The need for sweets is satisfied with one or two dried fruits or a pea of honey. A large apple is divided into two meals. The easiest way to determine a portion is "with a fist."

The third stage of the fast is to expand the diet. Boiled meat, low-fat homemade cheese, hard cheese, and 1 egg are added. Portions remain the same: up to 200 g. The frequency of meals is once every two to three hours, drinks are taken an hour after meals, no more than half a glass at a time. This will keep the stomach in a reduced volume.

Salt food minimally, but unsalted seasonings are not limited. On the last day of the procedure, you can allow yourself half a piece of healthy bread. Remembering everything harmful (alcohol, soda, sweets) is prohibited for a long time. And so that the stomach does not stretch again, be careful not to overeat. After the fast, continue to eat small doses, but often.

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Fasting on bread and water

Those who want to lose weight without wasting time on cooking dietary meals have happily accepted the method of fasting on bread and water developed by a professional nutritionist. It is incorrect to even call the method fasting, since a person almost does not experience the feeling of hunger and the bad mood caused by it. Because "bread and water - no hunger", because bread is satisfying and rich in nutritional components, as well as serotonin - the hormone of happiness, providing positive emotions and mood.

However, not all bread is suitable; so-called healthy varieties baked from bran, rye or coarse flour are suitable for fasting on water and bread. Special diet breads are also suitable. The rules of the diet require monitoring the caloric content of the variety consumed: a 100-gram portion of bread cannot contain more than 45 kcal.

• One of the options is a mono-diet on black bread and water, which is recommended for overweight people. It helps to lose 10 kg in 5 days. It is allowed to eat 200 g of bread daily, in 4 equal portions, and drink a glass of water with juice. Those who cannot withstand it can limit themselves to three days, and after six months, repeat the bread mono-diet again.

The simplified method is designed for a week and involves losing seven kilograms. It differs from the mono-diet, but the simplified method certainly cannot be called fasting, since the diet includes milk, oatmeal, unsweetened black tea and herbal infusions. Salt is prohibited, physical activity and plenty of fluids are encouraged. It is recommended to eat on a schedule, not allowing the appetite to increase.

If you experience any unpleasant sensations during fasting, you should consult a doctor. Come out of the diet, as with other fasts, slowly, moving to the daily menu calmly and gradually.

Contraindications apply to pregnant and breastfeeding women, children and teenagers, people with gastrointestinal problems. If necessary, during the bread and water diet, you can take multivitamins and calcium tablets.

Fasting on apples and water

The apple diet is perceived by many as an inexpensive, and even tasty, express method of losing weight. However, fasting on apples and water should not be used without control, even the type of apple should be chosen taking into account the general health and, in particular, the state of the gastrointestinal tract. And in general, before fasting on water and apples for several days, it is advisable to make sure that there is no weakness and upset after the first day.

• Why do people choose apples over all other fruits? Firstly, they are available in any season and are inexpensive. Secondly, they contain many vitamins and minerals, fructose and pectins, which are useful for the digestive tract. Thirdly, when combined with water, they cleanse the gallbladder and normalize intestinal microflora. Fourthly, they saturate, but do not provide calories.

You need to eat 1.5 kg of fruit and 8 glasses of water per day. To diversify your menu, you can bake a third of the fruit, make a sauce-puree, or make apple salads with greens. If fresh apples are your favorite product, then eat the entire portion without cooking.

To maintain the effectiveness, a one-day fast on apples and water is arranged weekly for three months. If possible, twice a week. Other options are also possible. For example, a seven-day fasting scheme using the same products involves increasing and decreasing the amount of apples. In particular, on the first and last days you need to eat a kilogram of apples, on the 2nd, 5th, 6th - one and a half, on the 3rd, 4th days - 2 kg. The volume of liquid drunk daily is up to 2 liters.

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Fasting on buckwheat and water

One of the gentle methods of cleansing and losing weight is considered to be fasting on buckwheat and water. It is also called Tibetan. The procedure takes place in several stages. During the week, they eat only buckwheat, boiled in water, without oil and almost without salt. To cleanse the digestive tract, you can add bran to the dish.

Drink melted or other clean water, occasionally - choleretic infusions: rose hips, elecampane, knotweed, corn silk, sweetened with honey. At the same time, it is recommended to use Linex or Bolotov's serum. After a week, the patient switches to dairy and plant foods and is ready to begin fasting on water without buckwheat.

Combining buckwheat and water, you can achieve results in a short time and relatively comfortably. Provided that buckwheat is to your taste and does not cause negative feelings. Otherwise, you should choose an alternative method of cleansing and losing weight.

Buckwheat Diet Tips for Weight Loss:

• Drink a lot of water – at least 2 liters.
• Don't add salt to the porridge.
• Add herbs for flavor.
• Do not eat later than 4 hours before bedtime.
• When you feel a breakdown coming on, allow yourself your favorite fruit, a spoonful of honey, and some dried fruit.

The porridge is prepared according to a special recipe. In the evening, pour boiling water over the washed grain. For a portion of buckwheat - two or three portions of water. Wrap the saucepan with a tight lid and leave until the morning. It is convenient to use a food thermos for this purpose.

The finished dish should be consumed according to a specific method. The duration of such a diet is from 3 to 14 days, no more, because buckwheat can provoke a persistent aversion or complete rejection by the body. The termination of the diet should be smooth, regardless of the duration of fasting. After the diet, all unhealthy food should be postponed for later, or better yet, forever.

Determining the scheme and duration of such a diet is strictly individual. There is a buckwheat-kefir diet, other stricter and softer varieties of the diet using buckwheat. Therefore, everyone can choose an option that is feasible for themselves.