What about fasting therapy in Indian yoga?
The fasting therapy of Indian yoga is an ancient and effective scientific method. For a period of time, the yogi stopped all nutritional supplements, so that the diseased cells in the body could not survive, and then these collapsed diseased cells, toxins and accumulated rotten stools were excreted by body fluids. At the same time, relying on the healing function of human instinct, new cells are created, so that the body can be fully maintained and physical and mental health can be rebuilt. Why do you want to eat fast food? People's stomachs are full of undigested, fermented and unnatural foods, and they also eat preservatives, pigments, spices and other chemicals, inhale waste gas from factories and cars, take a lot of drugs, smoke and drink, which increase a lot of harmful toxins. There are many wastes in the human body, such as feces, urine, sweat, exhaust gas from the lungs, etc. Among them, feces is the most harmful, and it often turns into feces blocking the large intestine and colon. Due to tension, depression, fear and hatred, the glands in the body will produce strong hormones and enzymes, which will make the body more nervous. Many of these toxic wastes are attached to cells, organs, glands, blood vessels and blood, and it is not easy to remove them. Only by fasting can internal cleaning be carried out. Animals are born with the instinct to stop eating and treat diseases. Cats and dogs will automatically stop eating when they are uncomfortable, so that the body can play its natural ability and treat diseases. However, due to the long-term pursuit of material enjoyment, over time, human beings have forgotten their innate instinct. The advantage of fasting is that it is of great benefit to fitness and treatment, which can be said to be infinitely useful. According to the experience of practitioners, fasting is effective for circulatory diseases such as heart disease, hypertension and arteriosclerosis, because it can reduce the heavy load of the heart and eliminate the phenomenon of fat blockage in blood vessels; Because fasting can change the constitution, it also has great curative effect on asthma, cold, various chronic skin diseases, allergic diseases, hypotension, hemorrhoids, nocturia and so on. Because fasting can thoroughly clean the digestive system, the average person can only absorb 35% of food nutrition, but the nutritional absorption rate of people after fasting can reach 85%, so it also has a good effect on various gastrointestinal diseases; In addition, it can increase the resistance to bacteria and viruses, improve the metabolic function of the body, alleviate the problems of the nervous system, and achieve the purpose of health care or disease prevention. Fasting for a week every year can even prevent cancer. Fasting can also make the mind clear, feel sharp and improve memory. Yoga practitioners practice fasting not only to make their bodies healthy, but also to raise their minds to a higher level of consciousness. In India, fasting in Sanskrit means "keeping closest to the highest consciousness". For thousands of years, Indian sages have gained great wisdom and spiritual strength after a long period of fasting. Because during fasting, it is the time when the brain is washed with especially pure blood and given great energy, and it is the best time to concentrate on higher spiritual efforts. At this time, the brain is unusually clear, and the sitting time is longer than usual, and the progress is very remarkable. It is said that Buddha Sakyamuni often fasted and reached a higher level of consciousness. After the longest fasting, he became enlightened. For thousands of years, people have always felt that the rise and fall of the moon has a great influence on the human body. Some scientists believe that during the three days before and after the full moon and the new moon, the gravity of the moon sucked water from our bodies into our brains. Excess water in the brain disturbs the function of the brain and produces many psychological and physiological symptoms. The most common phenomena are anxiety, irritability, hyperactivity and strange behavior. Some scientists also believe that the moon will affect air pressure, which in turn will affect blood pressure and glands, and the result will affect people's mood. For this reason, practitioners choose to fast in the first three days of the new moon and the full moon, because at this time, emotional harassment has begun, and we should resist before our body and mind are affected. How to fast food must be slow and steady, not suddenly, insist on 36 hours first. This short-term fasting should start after dinner the day before, last until the next night and end at breakfast the next day. For the first time, you can eat fruit and drink milk if you like. The second time, maybe you can just eat fruit, then drink orange juice or lemon juice, then drink water, and finally don't even drink water. This will gradually and easily adapt to fasting. People who are weak or seriously ill should not completely fast. They can fast for four times every ten months after lunch until the next morning. Or you can eat fruit juice or milk, fruit or green leafy vegetables on an empty stomach instead of rice and non-vegetarian. Pregnant women should not stop eating. Have enough exercise, walk and take a deep breath in the fresh air during fasting. This can stimulate blood circulation and accelerate the elimination of waste in the body; And deep breathing can increase more vitality. At the beginning of fasting, the fasting human body is full of toxins that are about to be excreted and waiting to be excreted, so you may feel weak at first. Don't worry about this phenomenon, it is a phenomenon that fasting is at work, that is to say, toxins and wastes that have been blocked in the body for a long time are dissolved in the blood and ready to be excreted. At this time, the tongue may be covered with a layer of white things, which is another cleaning process, that is, the waste and bacteria removed from the whole mucosa rise from the stomach to the tongue. Don't let the above phenomenon affect your confidence and determination to stop eating. You must resist the temptation to eat, or fasting will be in vain. After several fasts, your body will be purer. During fasting, you won't feel these feelings, and you may not feel hungry at all. You will feel stronger and more comfortable than before, and you will find that your thinking and working ability have not decreased, but have greatly improved. How to eat after fasting makes the whole system of the body rest and purify. If we put a lot of coarse and greasy food into the stomach at once, which will overload the stomach, it will ruin the benefits of fasting. So, drink a glass of lemon juice the next morning after sunrise on an empty stomach, not too strong, add a little salt, or add a little honey or brown sugar. Lemon is an acidic body cleaner, which can dilute the mucus removed from body tissues during fasting, dissolve them and make them easily excreted. Then do meditation and yoga as usual. Before breakfast, it is best to slowly swallow a banana or a half. Don't chew it. Bite it into small pieces and swallow it whole. It slides down your throat easily. Unchewed bananas, like sponges, absorb all the toxins in the stomach and excrete them smoothly. If possible, wait for half an hour, so that bananas have enough time to absorb toxins from their bodies, and then have breakfast. Eat digestible food at the first meal after fasting, and eat more fruits or fresh vegetables to dissolve and clean the toxins in the digestive system. Vegetables rich in fiber are like brooms, while fruits provide water and can really help clean up the digestive tract. The easier the food in this meal is digested and absorbed, the easier it is to effectively expel mucus and toxins from the stomach. Take a bath on the second day of fasting and clean up all the toxins discharged from the pores of the skin. It is worth mentioning here that if you want to lose weight and don't eat, it won't have much effect. If a person knows how to provide food for his body and can chew food properly, then he can easily control the habit of overeating and not get fat. Dietary restriction does not mean fasting. It is best to stop eating at most once a month.