Breaking the fast

[Jamal]

Can it be fresh made apple juice.Since my fridge is packed with apples?

[Heather Thompson]

So far in my experience, the discomfort of breaking the fast the wrong way :-/ (eating sold foods too soon) goes away after a day or less.

I've done the exact same thing although it was after 10 days. I drank orange juice, then ate an orange then ate a salad then that afternoon ate some almonds and pepperocini and olives, etc. Within about 30 or 45 minutes I was sorry because I had nausea and an upset stomach:-[ . It lasted through the afternoon and went away gradually in the evening.

When coming off the cleanse, do you continue to drink the lemonade in addition to the orange juice? How can I find out exactly what to eat to come off the cleanse successfully? I ate meat before the cleanse.
Also, I'm interested in the raw food diet. Can you recommend a good book that will teach me how to eat raw and maintain a healthy well balanced diet? I'm on day nine of the cleanse and am feeling great. I may push it for longer, but I'd like to be prepared for when I decide to quit.

[peanutterb]

Jamal - fresh squeeze OJ and grapefruit are best. I can't recommend or okay anything else.

Heather Thompson
the answers to all your questions are in Stanley's Burroughs book as well as Peter's book. I'd recommend those first. You can also look all over the board - do a little looking around.
start here in the general help for newbies thread - http://therawfoodsite.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1154
page one of this thread - http://therawfoodsite.com/forum/showthread.php?t=142
and the arcile about breaking a fast... thread - http://therawfoodsite.com/forum/showthread.php?t=142

[LJsadventure]

Heather Thompson-

The Complete Book of Raw Food: Healthy, Delicious Vegetarian Cusine made with Living Foods.

A friend reccomended this book to me and I love it! It has a lot of information on sprouting, which was something new to me, as well as what it means to be raw and how to do it. The recipes range from simple with no unordinary tools necessary to ones that involve tools such as a vita mix and dehydrator, neither or which I own. I love this book as it makes including raw food into my vegetarian diet easy and fun.

LJ

[MLEE426]

I have broken the cleanse and I am starting to get the sniffles. My nose started running especially on the right side. I didnt take any medicine I have just been eating oranges. Im starting to get this cough that doesnt sound good. And I really dont want to go to the Doctors. Anybody have any remedies to a mild cold. I dont have a fever YET. Thank you!

[LJsadventure]

Go back on the cleanse? Eat foods with a lot of Zinc. Good luck and I hope you feel better.

[peanutterb]

I have broken the cleanse and I am starting to get the sniffles. My nose started running especially on the right side. I didnt take any medicine I have just been eating oranges. Im starting to get this cough that doesnt sound good. And I really dont want to go to the Doctors. Anybody have any remedies to a mild cold. I dont have a fever YET. Thank you!

this happens sometimes when people break the cleanse too soon, because their body is still in a detox cycle. LJ's advice was pretty on point - you should go back on for a few more days.
IF you dont' want to do that - I'd suggest staying raw so you can continue detoxing and also you can check out the remedies in the General help for newbies thread.
Take in lots of vitamin c, zinc and echinacea and drink lots of water, eat a bunch of greens and rest.

[tallulah]

Day 6 for me of my second MC. Am beginning to strategize Days 11 and 12 of breaking the fast. There's been a lot of discussion of this in the main thread, but no mention of Probiotics. I'd be so happy to hear about people's experience with and without it. If I need it, is it available at my local health food store. Does yogurt do the trick? But I'm not sure I want to go right back to dairly.

There's so much emphasis about doing everything right. What is the right thing here?

Thanks so much for your help!!

[peanutterb]

there are so many discussions on the board of probiotics, you just have to know where to look. the best place is the General Help for Newbies thread. Another option is doing a search and you'll find every single mention, post and thread about probiotics.
There's a great search tutorial in the general help for newbies, so that's where I'd suggest you look first

[Res]

This has probably been mentioned ad nauseum but I found this tidbit and I think it's a great bit of info. I've heard the same complaints from people breaking the cleanse, over and over again. I'll include the link so that you can read on without posting it all here.

The Most Important Part of Fasting Is How To Break It

Breaking an extended fast can be difficult. You will quickly discover that breaking the fast is harder than fasting. A slumbering digestive system is sensitive, and although you might want to try every food on the planet, you cannot because your system needs time to get back to speed. The longer the fast the more time is needed for breaking the fast. Water fasting demands the longest time to break. The longer the fast the more difficult it is to break correctly. Here is an email to show just how bad it can be.

"When it came down to actually breaking my fast, I had no idea how difficult it would be. The moment I put anything inside my body, I lost that natural euphoric high I'd had during the fast, and that feeling of losing control caused me to overeat until I was sick. I ate like a pig and even smoked! I was sure I would never have the desire to smoke again. I'm also feeling a bit ill. I felt the same as I did before fasting: tired, frustrated, bloated and achy. Everything looks messy and out of control right now. I feel like I want to cry all the time. I don't understand it! I had such discipline during the fast! What happened? Do you have any insights for me? Thank you for being there!! Love, Mia"


Breaking a juice fast

When you break a fast and start to eat, do not expect that the food will give you energy. Often, it is just the opposite; after fasting, the digestion of food can stir up more toxins. The first few meals move through the intestine like a broom that pushes ahead of it loosening waste from 30 feet of intestine. You can actually go from feeling great to feeling toxic after eating one small salad. Losing that exhilarating feeling and clear-mindedness, experienced on the fast, can be depressing. Don't worry if this happens, it will pass in a few hours. A healthy diet high in raw food, can maintain the benefits of fasting.

Eating small amounts of raw fruits and vegetables for the first five or six days will allow the body to gently wake up the digestive system. Once you have eaten, wait till you feel hungry. Do not eat according to the clock or because you feel you should be eating more. When breaking a fast, overloading the digestive system causes feelings of apathy, depression or sluggishness. However, if you do overeat, the effect can be remedied by fasting until hunger returns, and then continue to break the fast. One of the tricks I have learned on breaking a fast is to pretend I am still fasting but eat the occasional fruit.

Are you a compulsive eater?


If you are a compulsive eater, breaking a fast can be exceedingly difficult. During the fast, you are free from the bondage of food, but as soon as you eat, the battle engulfs you at full intensity. There is a nervous anxiety about eating. Part of you wants to enjoy the food and part of you is fearful of losing control. Reading the book, Eating In Freedom, during your fast will have prepared you for victory.

There are erroneous beliefs that will destroy your discipline and healthy breaking of the fast. One is that I have deprived myself; now, I get to enjoy food. The other trap is the newness of the experience. Flavors and textures of food will be enhanced by super-clean nasal passages. Eating will be a brand new experience. There is a desire to try every food just to see how it tastes. A bite of this and that leads to a belly full of an indigestible mixture.

If you have dreamed of eating pizza after a fast, the first thing you will eat after breaking the fast will be pizza, because you have programmed your mind for the event. Be careful not to lust after food during a fast.


Follow Burroughs instructions for breaking the cleanse and you won't experience the pain and agony others have by launching off into full blown meals.



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Love,
~Res