20 Key Benefits of Fasting

20 Key Benefits 

1. Fasting does not cause the stomach to “shrivel-up”
   
2. Fasting does not cause the walls of the stomach to grow together
   
3. Fasting does not cause the digestive fluids of the stomach to turn upon it and digest the stomach
   
4. Fasting does not paralyze the bowels
   
5. Fasting does not impoverish the blood nor produce anemia
   
6. Fasting does not produce acidosis
   
7. Fasting does not cause the heart to weaken or collapse
   
8. Fasting does not produce malnutrition
   
9. Fasting does not injure the body’s glands
10. It gives the vital organs a complete rest
    
11. It stops the intake of food, which may decompose in the intestines and poison the body
    
12. It empties the digestive tract and disposes of putrefactive bacteria
    
13. It gives the organs of elimination an opportunity to catch-up with their work, and promotes elimination
    
14. It re-establishes normal physiological chemistry and normal secretions
    
15. It promotes the breaking-down and absorption of exudates, deposits, diseased tissues, and abnormal growths (tumors, cysts)
    
16. It restores a youthful condition to the cells and tissues and rejuvenates the body
    
17. It permits the conservation and re-canalization of energy
    
18. It increases the powers of digestion and assimilation
    
19. It clears and strengthens the mind
    
20. It improves function throughout the body

Dr. Herbert M.Shelton

By Dr. Herbert M. Shelton, who will be remembered for remarkable research in the field of nutrition and treating many thousands of his patients with a fasting therapy. 

I have listed four of his books about Nutrition and Fasting if you're interested in his work.

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Hope you got inspired and interested in fasting and health. Below you can find five of Dr. Herbert M. Shelton's books about health and healing. He was a very smart man indeed! 

Keep Juicing and Stay Healthy

Monika Baechler, Juice Fasting Maven