Do You Believe in Fasting?

I've recently discovered this interesting link to fasting as a way to "diet," or detox.

Here's the link:

http://www.phifoundation.org/fast.html

Some notable passage from the website:

"...The fasts talked about in this are therapeutic fasts with only pure water. Many trying a fast prefer to try the Master Cleanser Lemonade Diet created by Stanley Burroughs (not Borroughs). His book from 1976 is at the bottom of this page. Elson M Haas, M.D. says "Ever since I did my 10 day Master Cleanser back in 1975, I do it every spring with a group of 20 or 30 people at my office. It is such a profound experience."

On the Oprah Winfrey Show, Beyonce Knowles announced that she lost 20 pounds in 10 days for the movie, Dream Girls from the lemonade detox diet. Also Robin Quivers, Howard Stern's assistant, lost 73 pounds from doing the master cleanse lemonade diet 3 times (218 down to 145). She said after losing that weight "I never felt this good about my body before" according to People Magazine. She heard about it from the famous magician, David Blaine.

You can drink lemonade, instead of water, throughout the entire day (6 to 10 glasses). It has almost all the benefits as water fasting except for the benefits for serious health problems like cardiovascular disease. Only water fasting can reduce hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), which causes high blood pressure according to Dr Fuhrman who has studied the recent medical research on fasting. For some people, just losing weight will lower blood pressure and the master cleanse is great for weight loss, like for the prom..."

Is fasting really a way to give your body a "rest" instead of starving yourself 'thinner?' The matter is still up for a debate. It depends on which side you're on.