Hi,
Which days are the healing milestones to look for? If my health issue is going to be healed will I see the improvement during the fast, or will it only show after breaking? I have a chronic back-seizure problem which has a root in the autonomic-nervous-system—out of my control, triggers in response to mental stimuli like stress and mental activity. Going for two weeks and tbh probably will just go for terminal dehydration if I don’t see any improvement by that point because totally exhausted and defeated by this illness. 4 days done so far with no improvement.
Hi Galen,
if I remember correctly, Sergei Filinov talks about that in this interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygVMTAp9JBs
Healing takes time and nobody can tell you when exactly it is going to be better for you. But fasting resets the immune system and hormonal system it such a way that healing takes place for the next weeks and months. But you need to be aware of how to do a proper refeeding. That is not simple.
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Filinov lets people dry fast up to 11 days (after a lot of preparation). But it is done in the humid, natural settings of altai mountains. And people get certain treatments at the same time such as massages which do a great deal for detox and stimulation of the body. I experienced the effect of lymph drainage right now myself twice during this fast. So the fast is very powerful but also the context surrounding it.
I am suffering from chronic pain and currently undertaking a 28-day water fast with a coach. That coach recommended me to include dry fasts within the water fast to improve healing efficacy.
I am on day 12 now and just included a 2 day dry fast. Now it will take me 2 days to rehydrate and I can go for another dry fast, maybe aiming for 3 days then.
I have done a 21 day water fast alone in the past and that was extremely difficult becase I was so alone and I did not know how to deal with detox symptoms and help my body with it. This time I am therefore workin with the coach and I find it extremely helpful. I think he can also help you with some of your questions in order to make your fasting and healing more succesful. Contact me, if you are interested, and I will give you his contacts.
Whatever you do, I wish you strength and healing and send you support from my heart, because I am suffering myself.