What Nature Teaches Us About Fasting
Fasting is a natural survival method of nature. This simple health practice is as old as life itself, not a fad or a fashion. If we observe nature and how essential fasting is to survival. Drawing on examples from nature and how animals use fasting to heal; even reproduce, fasting can be understood as a valuable method and way of healing disease. Temporarily stopping the intake of food enables the body to do its intrinsic biological job of repairing and eliminating damaged cells. If we explore history, thousands of years ago fasting was a common mode of survival. The “hunter gatherer� era was a time when humans depended on what they could hunt or forage and it was not uncommon to fast when food was scarce. Similarly in nature, fasting is an animal’s survival mechanism, contrary to the idea that it lowers strength, fasting is used for many different purposes, many animals will spend more time fasting than eating, these instance can occur during:
Mating season
Hibernation – for example, bears, bats, rodents and insects will fast
Aestivations – during long periods when an animal lies dormant
Metamorphoses
When a animal is wounded or injured
During sickness- often an animal will abstain from food
If food is unobtainable, -during times of natural disasters
During birth, mammals, birds and certain spiders fast certain stages of development, some insects will not have developed a mouth or digestive system
One of the primary reasons for fasting is healing. When fasting, the body undergoes an Intrinsic biological process, fasting alone is not the solution, a fast does not remove disease, but it does assist your body in giving it the time it needs to do its job of processing the toxins, and eliminating disease. A fasting retreat does not correct the mode of living. There is in a sense, a deep awakening and revitalising of health that can be experienced through a fasting retreat. Image looking 10 or 20 years younger, even better, image what it would be like to feel 20 years younger? The potential to look and feel younger in youth and health can happen through attending an assisted fasting retreat at a fasting clinic. One of the main benefits of fasting retreats is the noticeable reversal of the
aging
process.
Fasting
not
only
eliminates toxins and free radicals in your body, but fasting can visibly reduce the appearance of wrinkles, blotches and pigmentations of your skin. Some patients have even reported a change in eye colour, with eyes appearing clearer. With clear eyes and glowing skin just a couple of the major benefits, a fasting retreat is definitely worth the investment in your health and well being.
The Arcadia Health Fasting Clinic will not only help you through your fast we will guide and advise on lifestyle tips and education on maintaining habits to sustain your results. Fasting is but one of many aspects of a total program of living that may make recovery possible. It is an essential part of the program but it is not the only part. Arcadia Health Fasting Clinic is widely known as Australia’s number one fasting retreat and we take pride in this. We invite you to explore our website and articles for more information and if you are looking for a fasting retreat Australia wide clinic, then we are here to educate and guide you along your journey to health. Namaste.
Source: http://www.arcadiahealthcentre.com.au/nature-teaches-us-fasting/