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Juices. All juices should be made fresh immediately before drinking. Do not use canned or frozen juices. This means that if you fast on your own, you have to have your own juicer. Canned or frozen juice can be used sparingly, only in an emergency situation when fresh juices are not available.

Herb teas. The best herb teas to drink during fasting are peppermint, rose hips and chamomile; but you may drink any of your favorites. Your health food store has a good supply of these and many other herb teas. When fasting for the purpose of healing, use specific herbs for specific conditions.

Work. Must you discontinue your regular work and rest or stay in bed while fasting? Not at all! On the contrary, staying in bed while fasting is definitely harmful, except for sleeping at night and for an afternoon siesta. You may live your normal life and do your regular work while you fast. You will have plenty of strength to do it, too – unless you are a ditch digger, of course, in which case we advise you to take it easy.

Exercise. Your body needs lots of assistance in the form of fresh air, motion and exercise, in order to accomplish a thorough cleansing of the blood and tissues and effectively regenerate and revitalize all the body functions. Therefore, you should do lots of walking and mild exercising in the fresh air – especially deep breathing exercises – in addition to sunbathing. Always sleep with windows open.

Daily baths. About one third of all body impurities and wastes are eliminated through your skin. Since the internal cleansing and speedy elimination of toxic wastes is a prime purpose of fasting, it is important to keep the skin pores wide open and the elimination through the skin as efficient as possible. Daily showers, especially in connection with dry brush massage are recommended. If the heart and circulation are good (your doctor must determine this) then hot baths, sauna, and hot and cold showers should be taken frequently.

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