Any alternatives for fasting and/or cleanses?

A friend of mine was ctually quite worried about this. He asked his Doctor and the doctor decided to hit him so hard he went into a concussion.

Apparently a concussion is the best way to detox your brain. He's still struggling with the heart and lungs though.

Hope this helps.

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I watched this Documentery "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead" It talks about health problems and food optiosn and what not, but mainly they talk about juicing. Its a 15day fast/detox of juist juicing veggitables and fruits to flush your system and revitalize organs and cells. It also helps drop weight. I recomend the film for further information.

Good Luck,

Interesting . . .does it flush out your brain as well?

Not sure if serious - but here we go

Your body is actually a self-cleaning oven. It can take care of itself completely as far as plumbing and only really needs help in special cases. Doing fasts and cleanses too often can rob your body of the healthy bacteria and enzymes and all that good stuff that does the cleaning. If it's all stripped, then you'll have trouble. So quit fasting and cleansing and using harsh methods like this to clean yourself out and allow your body to build back up all the stuff it needs to handle it itself. Doctors usually recommend doing these no more than 1-4 times a year maximum.

the only way to keep your heart lungs and brain doing well and clean is to watch your cholesterol, get enough sugar for your brain to run on and dont smoke. These things are all cared for by your blood and nutrition. Dont cleanse these things. Brain bleach aint real babe.

Please - trust your body to do its thing.

I know that my liver, kidneys, stomach, and digestive tract get exhausted from doing their normal job of detoxing my body, so I've been fasting, and doing cleanses for several months now to give them a break and jump start my metabolic processes. Lately I've been concerned about my other organs though, namely my heart, lungs, and brain. Is there an equivalent to fasting and cleansing to detox them so that they can take a break, and then jump start their normal processes?

Maybe try a coma?

I know that my liver, kidneys, stomach, and digestive tract get exhausted from doing their normal job of detoxing my body, so I've been fasting, and doing cleanses for several months now to give them a break and jump start my metabolic processes. Lately I've been concerned about my other organs though, namely my heart, lungs, and brain. Is there an equivalent to fasting and cleansing to detox them so that they can take a break, and then jump start their normal processes?

Maybe try a coma?

If I'm in a coma, would I have to eat below my BMR to lose weight?

Skinny water works.

Here's a recipe: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/920688-skinny-water

I also watched that. Amazing what juicing can do!

Ask at your local health food store and of corse check with your doctor before you actually purchase and or use anything but alot of herbs will cleanse different organs. Or if you are concerned with your circulatory system then you could try an oxygen bar it is a bit expensive but you get I think 30 mins of pure oxygen LOL I guess you get a little high :P but it is suppose to be amazing for you.

Your organs do not need a break. They do not dream of Caribbean cruises, ski resorts, or yoga retreats.

Speak for yourself. My organs need weekend trips to Vegas to function at their highest potential.

I find the best alternative for doing something is doing nothing.

Admiral_Derp?

Yeah, I think I'm gonna sit this one out.. :laugh:

I know that my liver, kidneys, stomach, and digestive tract get exhausted from doing their normal job of detoxing my body, so I've been fasting, and doing cleanses for several months now to give them a break and jump start my metabolic processes. Lately I've been concerned about my other organs though, namely my heart, lungs, and brain. Is there an equivalent to fasting and cleansing to detox them so that they can take a break, and then jump start their normal processes?

Do you think you could have a food sensitivity? Check out 'The Virgin Diet' I heard a podcast talking about it - its not fasting, just cutting out foods that are people are frequently intolerant to. You still eat as many calories as normal just from different sources.

For your lungs, start smoking Marlboro res, unfiltered. Heavily. Quit in a couple months. Your lungs will be happy once again. Basic trickery.

For your brain, have someone bash your skull with a shovel.

You're welcome.