Is there any benefit to fasting for one day

Some people have high demands on themselves, especially in terms of diet. In order to maintain a slim figure, they often lose weight by dieting. They usually just eat some vegetables and fruits. Sometimes they don’t eat anything for the whole day, which is the so-called one-day fasting method. Although fasting can clean out toxins from the body, it is not suitable for frequent use. It is sufficient to do it twice a month. It is best to consult a professional to understand it clearly before implementing a one-day fasting method.

Fasting Methods

Here, we introduce the one-day fasting method, which can help everyone practice at home.

Preparation before fasting

First, you need to be mentally prepared and determined to stop eating on a daily basis. Secondly, you need to master the knowledge of fasting and understand the physiological and psychological changes during fasting. After that, simplify your three meals a day, make them vegetarian, and semi-liquid a few days in advance. It would be ideal if you could fast quietly in a good environment.

Fasting time

The duration of fasting can be long or short, depending on the individual. Most people do it 1 to 2 times a month, each time for 24 hours or 36 hours. This length of time will not have much impact on work and study, and most people can accept it. The best time to fast each month is three days before the full moon or new moon, which is two days before or after the 11th and 26th day of the lunar calendar. Because, from an astronomical point of view, the full moon and new moon are usually the days of high tides. The sun, moon and other celestial bodies have a strong attraction to the earth and have a greater influence on the human body, interfering with the normal function of the brain and making people become abnormally irritable. This emotional disturbance begins three days before the new moon or full moon. Therefore, fasting during the new moon and full moon can help people control their mind and emotions.

Fasting Methods

Taking 24 hours as an example, you can practice on weekends.

Saturday (reduced food): Eat liquids, fruits, vegetables, and easily digestible food, and eat until you are 70% full. (Without sugar) One cup, drink in 10 minutes.

Sunday (fasting) Breakfast: freshly squeezed vegetable and fruit juice Lunch: a glass of water, drink it within 10 minutes. Dinner: Drink a glass of water over 10 minutes.

Monday (resuming eating): same as Saturday.

Notes on fasting period

The yoga fasting method does not mean that people should do nothing during the fasting period, but they must exercise. It is best to practice yoga poses, especially exercises that can strengthen the abdominal muscles, back muscles, and lumbar muscles and promote defecation, which can achieve a good fasting effect; pay attention to personal hygiene when fasting; through fasting, toxins in the body are constantly dissipated from the body surface, so you should take multiple warm and cold baths, do not use hot water or soap; before fasting, you should get used to skin exercises and prepare clean underwear in advance; when fasting, blood is concentrated in the head and the five senses become sharp, so do not engage in activities that stimulate the senses. You can read some beautiful prose, and practice yoga breathing and meditation, and strive to cultivate good habits of self-reflection; during fasting, you should strictly abstain from alcohol, smoking, and sexual intercourse, and avoid all irritating, strong-flavored, too cold or too hot foods.

Fasting reaction and coping

Fasting is a detoxification process, and its speed and depth vary from person to person. During detoxification, excretion or secretion may increase and the body may feel some discomfort. If the fasting period is less than 36 hours, the discomfort will be relatively mild. However, if it exceeds 3 days, the liver, back or organs with chronic diseases will experience more severe discomfort. We should have a correct understanding of this in advance and take reasonable countermeasures.

1. Hunger and fatigue

When you start practicing fasting, if you feel hungry, thirsty, muscle soreness, decreased physical strength, etc., it means that there are too many toxins in your body. You can drink some lemon juice or water in moderation. If you feel gastrointestinal discomfort after drinking lemon juice, you can drink some sugar water or honey water to balance it out. In addition, you can also do backbend yoga poses, or tap the back of your shoulders and forehead, which are reflex points.

(ii) Gastrointestinal discomfort

After fasting, you may sometimes feel bitter in your mouth, have a coated tongue and have bad breath. In this case, you can rinse your mouth with carbonated soda solution. When you feel like vomiting, don't hold it in. Just vomit it out freely and then drink some homemade "black plum ginger tea".

(III) Mental excitement

For people with a healthy body, fasting may cause them to feel mentally excited and unable to sleep. In this case, you can calm your mind simply by taking deep breaths quietly or performing various relaxation exercises like yoga.

(IV) Others

People who are weak or have chronic diseases may experience adverse reactions such as headaches, abdominal pain, numbness of hands and feet, etc. during the process of excreting toxins. At this time, they should take warm or cold baths, wash their feet with hot water, warm their waist and abdomen with warm wet cloth, drink homemade tea, etc.

Precautions during the refeeding period

When the fasting time comes to an end, if you press any part of your abdomen and there is no pain at all, it means that you have achieved the goal of expelling the old stool in your intestines. However, this does not mean the end of the entire fasting practice, because the effects of fasting often only appear 2 to 3 months after fasting. Fasting allows the internal organs to get active rest, and once eating is resumed, the appetite is often very strong. The greatest test of willpower is not during fasting, but when resuming eating. If the resumption of eating is done well, the effect will be doubled; but if you lose control of your will and eat and drink too much when resuming eating, then fasting will not only be ineffective, but will also have the opposite effect. After sunrise on the second day after fasting, drink a glass of lemon water. Lemon is an alkaline food and is the best fruit for purifying the body. Eat a banana before breakfast, because bananas are alkaline foods, high in nutrition, and have the function of removing odors, toxins and lubricating the intestines. The first meal after resuming eating should preferably be easily digestible food, such as fruit, porridge or yogurt; try to eat natural food without seasoning, reduce the food intake, and it is best to eat two meals a day.