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eris said:
When I don't eat, I feel quite crappy and angry. I think I can't live for more than 2 days with no food. My body metabolizes stuff so fast.
I normally eat something every half hour, at least.

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Shroomism said:
Fasting is more for the purpose of cleansing toxins from the body internally. And for this purpose I would recommend eating nothing but raw, ripe.. fruit and fruit juices and herbs for a week, instead of not eating. Instead of starving yourself, eat as much fruit as you like.. acidic ones like oranges, apples, grapes, lemons, grapefruit.. currants, berries, bananas, mangoes.. whatever is good. The different acids in the fruits will give your body the cleansing.. while providing you with most of the vitamins, fiber, and water that your body needs. Without fiber the colon can atrophy from lack of bulk. Go on a fruit and water diet for a week..  you will be eliminating all kinds of crap from your system. From there you can ease yourself onto "fuller" but easily digested grains and vegetables like sweet potato, tomato, leeks, spinach, and hot cereals and so on, so as not to wreak havoc on your digestive tract.

For herbs I would start with goldenseal daily, as a general detoxifier and blood purifier/anti-bacterial/immune system booster. From there you can go into any number of directions, and I suggest you research all the herbs yourself. But I would recommend cayenne pepper to go with goldenseal.. they are a very potent combination. You would also benefit by drinking herbal teas during your "fast" or cleansing diet with the likes of peppermint, lemongrass, chamomile, ginseng, gingko biloba, etc...  I would also recommend alfalfa as a 'supporter' herb as it is LOADED with vitamins, minerals, essential acids, flavonoids, fiber, and so on that your body needs. It is one of the most nutritious foods known to man, second only to hemp.

So basically if you are going to try this diet.. eat tons of raw, fresh, ripe fruit. 5 or 6 times a day. Don't mix more than 2 or 3 different kinds of fruit in one meal as the different acids can react with each other and create unpleasantness in your stomach. Like for example for breakfast I would eat acidic fruits... 3 or 4 oranges, grapefruit, maybe a lemon or cantaloupe. For lunch maybe a bunch of strawberries, grapes, watermelon.. etc. And drinking tons of water in between meals. Basically just eat whenever you are hungry..  don't sweeten fruit with sugar.. if you must... use honey or malt sugar.

The idea is not to starve your body. It is to give it what it needs to function while at the same time giving yourself a healthy "cleansing" diet, that will quite literally purge the toxins from your system. You will feel like a million bucks. Just have to watch your diet afterwards.. as greasy, processed, fried foods etc can really hurt after cleansing your system out. 

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  That's definately the way to do it.