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Last night at Nordic Fight Night, where Cecilia Braekhus defeated Anne Sophie Mathis, it was also announced that Mikkel Kessler (45-2, 34 KOs) will challenge Brian Magee (36-4-1, 25 KOs) for the WBA Super-Middleweight World Championship at Jyske Bank BOXEN in Herning, Denmark on December 8. Tickets will go on sale at BILLETnet/Ticketmaster on Monday, October 1, at 10 am.
"I look forward to fighting in Herning again," the Viking Warrior said. "The atmosphere was fantastic last time when I fought Carl Froch. The fans made the difference that night, their support really lifted me to one of my greatest victories. With their help, I will become world champion again on December 8."
Kessler only has the best memories of Herning. In September 2009, he stopped Gusmyr Perdomo to pave his way into the Super Six World Boxing Classic. ...
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We have already determined the time of flight, which is given by :
This equation was derived in the earlier module Projectile motion with the assumption that both point of projection and point of return of the projectile lie on same horizontal level. It may be also be recalled that the equation of motion in vertical direction was evaluated for the condition that net displacement during the entire motion is zero. Hence, if the points are not on the same level, then above equation will not be valid and must be determined by equation of motion for the individual case with appropriate values.
From the above equation, we see that time of flight depends on initial speed and the angle of projection (θ). We must realize here that the range of θ is 0° ≤ θ ≤ 90°. For this range, sinθ is an increasing function. As such, we can say that a projection closer to vertical direction stays longer in the air for a given initial velocity. As a matter of fact, a vertical projectile for which θ = 90° and sinθ = 1, stays in the air for the maximum period.
Exercise 1
If the points of projection and return are on same level and air resistance is neglected, which of the following quantities will enable determination of the total time of flight (T) :
(a) horizontal component of projection velocity
(b) projection speed and angle of projection
(c) vertical component of projection velocity
(d) speed at the highest point
The total time of flight is given by :
We can see that the total time of flight can be determined if vertical component of the velocity (
Now speed at the highest point is equal to the horizontal component of projection velocity (u cos
Hence, options (b) and (c) are correct.
Note: We have noticed that time of flight is derived considering vertical motion. Horizontal part of the motion is not considered. Thus, the time of flight (t) at any point during the projectile motion is dependent on vertical component of velocity or vertical part of the motion and is independent of horizontal part of the motion.


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20 years ago Chuck Noll's Pittsburgh Steelers played Jerry Glanville's Houston Oilers for the AFC Wild Card, in the Houston Astrodome. The only thing missing was the steel cage.
Chuck Noll was a model of serenity. Jerry Glanville was flamboyant for the sake of flamboyance.
Noll represented everything honorable about the game, even criticizing his players in court once for being part of the NFL's "criminal element."
Glanville served as Noll's anti-hero. Glanville encouraged dirty play, drawing an angry rebuke from Noll on the floor of the Astrodome.
The Oilers had humiliated the 1989 Steelers in the Astrodome to the tune of 27-0. With the benefit of a fourth time out, Houston won the second match up at Three Rivers.
The date was December 31st. 1989.
It was the final NFL game of the 1980's, the Houston Oilers and Pittsburgh Steelers were again playing in the "House of Pain."
And this time it was for all of the marbles.
Missing Opportunities and Making Opportunities
Houston won the toss and drove straight down the field until the Pittsburgh defense stopped them at the 40. From there, Jerry Glanville attempted a 55 yard field goal which fell short.
Unable to take advantage, the Steelers were forced to punt the ball back. But the Oilers did very little and Glanville sent out Greg Montgomery to punt.
Untouched, rookie Jerry Olsavsky stormed through the middle of the Houston line and blocked the punt with Pittsburgh recovering at the Houston 23. The Steelers advanced to the Oiler's 9 yard line, until their drive stalled at 4th and 1.
Chuck Noll went for it.
At the snap Brister pitched the ball to Tim Worley who forced linebacker Robert Lyles to miss and ran untouched until the one where he plowed through Pro-Bowl safety Bubba McDowell for the game's first score.
With 2:36 remaining in the first quarter, Chuck Noll's delivered a message:
- Pittsburgh's playing to win.
Field Goal Kicking Derby
Houston's responsed agressively, driving 96 yards to the Pittsburgh 3, but there Rod Rust defense, a Mike Munchack penalty and a Haywood Jefferies drop in the end zone
forced the Oilers to settle for 3.
The Oilers defense struck next, stripping the ball from Tim Worley and regaining possession at Pittsburgh's 41. Moon drove his team to the Steelers 17 yard line only to see Jerry Glanville lose his nerve when Rust's defense forced 4th and 1; another Tony Zendejas field goal made it 7-6.
- Merril Hoge helped Pittsburgh increase its lead late in the first half when transformed a draw play into a 49 yard scamper by breaking two tackles and evading a third.
The Steelers advanced to the Houston 9, but two plays only yielded a single yard. With 1:57 left, facing a 4th and 1, Chuck Noll opted to kick, giving Pittsburgh a 10-6 lead.
Houston narrowed the score in the third quarter, again relying on the leg of Tony Zendejas after a short drive, making the score 10-9.
The Steelers answered in kind later in the third quarter, making the score 13-9 on another Gary Anderson field goal, this one for thirty yards which capped a 7 play 30 yard drive.
Pittsburgh got the ball back quickly, and after a nine play 33 yard drive, Gary Anderson booted in a 48 yard field goal – one that split the uprights with about ten yards to spare….
Three Touchdown Fourth Quarter
The Oilers might have been down 16-9 in the fourth quarter, but they were not out, as Glanville turned the game over to Warren Moon and his quartet of Pro-Bowl caliber receivers.
- They rewarded their coach by tying the score on a 10 play 80 yard drive that ended with a 18 yard touchdown pass to Ernest Givens at 16-16.
After a three and out and 25 yard punt by Harry Newsome (eat your heart out Mitch Berger), Moon and his receivers went to work again, this time with a 5 play 38 yard drive that ended with 9 yard touchdown to Ernest Givens, giving Houston a 23-16 lead.
Merril Hoge Responds to the Call
With 5:16 to go, the Steelers started their final drive in regulation from their own 18. Bubby Brister declared to Merril Hoge "Its time to find out what we're made of."
And find out they did.
Brister hit Louis Lipps for 10 yards, and then Tim Worley ran 7 more.
- Brister hit Hoge for another 3 yards and another first down.
- Then Worely gashed Houston for another 11 yards.
Brister handed off to Hoge, who darted to his right and handed it to Dwight Stone -- Tom Moore went to his bag of tricks – and the Oilers gave up another 22 yards on Stone's reverse.
- Worley ran for six more.
- Hoge ran for another six
A Houston offsides penalty brought the Steelers to the Oilers 12 yard line as the two minute warning loomed.
- A three yard pass to Worley brought the Steelers to the 9.
- Merril Hoge lowered his helmet for more 8 yards.
Noll called Hoge's number again, and Number 33 bowled through the line for a 1 yard touchdown to tie the game at 23-23, with 46 seconds left in regulation.
Greg Lloyd - Foreshadowing the Future
The game almost never made it to overtime, after running a couple of plays, Houston opted to go for it with 7 second remaining. Clearly, they had not counted on Greg Lloyd...
Lloyd of course had been pushed out of bounds, but Number 95 had foreshadowed things to come....
An Overtime for the Ages
The Steelers won the toss in overtime, but failed to capitalize on offense, and another horrendously poor punt gave the Oilers the ball at the Pittsburgh 45. The Steelers story book season, it appeared, was about to end.
For the entire game the Oilers had been running right. But on their first play in OT, tight end Chris Verhulst lined up next to the tackle, a tendency the Steelers defense knew signaled run to the left.
David Little screamed "Ohio!" warning of the impending run.
The ball was snapped. Warren Moon handed off to Lorenzo White.
Gerg Lloyd filled the gap at tackle, forcing White to the Outside...
- ...Out of nowhere Rod Woodson rocketed into Lorenzo White.
As he told Sport's Illustrated's Rick Reilly, "This is a sell out game. If you don't sell your body now and go flying at someone you'll never do it."
- As Woodson throttled White high, Tim Johnson hit him low, the ball popped lose, and Woodson recovered, and returned it to the Houston 46.
The Steelers looked to Number 33 again, and Merril Hoge again answered in the affirmative, dragging Houston safety Jeff Donaldson for the last five, for a first down. Hoge then added three more, taking it to the Houston 33.
Third down brought the Steelers nothing.
It was Gary Anderson's time.
As Chuck Noll said, "thank God we're in a dome" -- Anderson had not attempted a 50 yarder the whole season.
Houston called a time out. Tunch Ilkin approached Anderson and confided "I wouldn't want anyone out here kicking this but you."
Anderson dedicated the kick to his father, the man who'd taught him how to coach, who was in San Diego, suffering from a rare lung disease.
Brian Blankenship snapped to Harry Newsome, Anderson's foot hit the ball clean and the kick was off.
The ball sailed 50 yards across the Astrodome, splitting the uprights with at least 5 yards to spare.
The Steelers had defeated the Oilers 26-23 to win the AFC Wild Card Game.
Knocked out of the playoffs and having dropped three straight, a dejected Jerry Glanville trudged toward the locker room with his head hung low – with a security escort by his side.
Glanville hid behind injuries to explain the loss – Houston owner Bud Adams wasn't buying however, and fired Jerry Glanville a few days later.
... and After Glow
Meanwhile the Steelers sidelines erupted, as teammates circled to embrace Gary Anderson. The normally stoic Chuck Noll threw off his head gear and ran over to pat Anderson on the helmet.
Noll later confided "It was a very emotional thing for this team. It was a gut check."
The fact that they'd pulled this off despite their horrendous start was lost on no one. When asked how the 1989 Steelers pulled off this feat, Joe Greene's explianation was simple and concise "They believe."
Believe they did. And in the process, the 1989 Pittsburgh Steelers delivered the Emperor Chuck Noll one Last Hurrah!
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Summertime Spaghetti Sauce Recipe
My husband and I look forward to this flavorful sauce when our tomatoes become so abundant and we need to use them up...or even just when they're ripe and at their peak. —Kay Kaepp, Coldwater, MI
- 3 Johnsonville® Mild Italian Sausage Links links (4 ounces each)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 medium onions, chopped
- 1 small green pepper, chopped
- 3 cups chopped seeded peeled tomatoes (about 8 medium)
- 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1-1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Hot cooked pasta
- Parmesan cheese
- Remove casings from sausage; cut sausage into 1-in. pieces. In a large skillet, brown sausage over medium heat. Drain and set aside. Heat oil in the same skillet; add onions and green pepper. Cook and stir until tender.
- Add the tomatoes, jalapeno, brown sugar, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Return sausage to the pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 12-15 minutes or until meat is no longer pink and sauce is thickened.
- Serve sauce with pasta; top with cheese. Yield: 5 cups.
Editor's Note: Wear disposable gloves when cutting hot peppers; the oils can burn skin. Avoid touching your face.
Originally published as Summertime Spaghetti Sauce in Taste of Home
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This is an excellent, fresh, light sauce for summertime. I made it once without the meat and still enjoyed it immensely...great for those days when it feels too hot to eat!
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This is an excellent base for a lovely FRESH spaghetti sauce; however, to be truly authentic, it does need fresh garlic added. Also, a 1/4 - 1/2 tsp. of ground cinnamon makes this AMAZING.. a tip I learned from one of those FOOD Network Italian chefs. I don't care for Italian sausage so chose to use lean ground beef instead. Very very good!!
Reviewed Jun. 14, 2011
I had to add some garlic, but other than that it was fantastic!
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I had to add some garlic, but other than that it was fantastic!
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The best spahetti sauce recipe we've even eaten.
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Counties of the United Kingdom
The counties of the United Kingdom are subnational divisions of the United Kingdom, used for the purposes of administrative, geographical and political demarcation. By the Middle Ages counties had become established as a unit of local government, at least in England.[1] By the early 17th century all of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland had been divided into counties. The older term "shire" was historically equivalent to "county". In Scotland shire was the only term used until after the Act of Union 1707.
Since the early 19th century, counties have been adapted to meet new administrative and political requirements, and the word "county" (often with a qualifier) has been used in different senses for different purposes. In some areas of England and Wales, counties are still used to perform the functions of modern local government, while in other parts of the United Kingdom they have been replaced with alternative, unitary, systems; which are considered 'county level' authorities.[2]
The whole of England is divided into 48 ceremonial counties, which are also known as geographic counties. Many of these counties have their origins in antiquity,[3] although some were established as recently as 1974.[4] Outside Greater London and the Isles of Scilly, England is also divided into 83 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties. These correspond to areas used for the purposes of local government and may consist of a single district or be divided into several. As of April 2009, 27 such counties are divided into districts and have a county council.
Most ceremonial counties correspond to a metropolitan or non-metropolitan county of the same name, but often with reduced boundaries. The current arrangement is the result of incremental reform; from 1974 to 1996 the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties corresponded directly with the ceremonial counties. From 1889 to 1974 areas with county councils were known as administrative counties and ceremonial counties were defined separately.[5]
Northern Ireland[edit]
The six historic counties of Northern Ireland are no longer in use for administrative purposes. Combined with the boroughs of Belfast and Derry, the counties do serve for organisational purposes within government, and often with private businesses and sporting clubs.
The counties of Northern Ireland are all fully contained within the historic province of Ulster.
In Scotland, local government counties, created under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, were abolished in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, in favour of regions and districts and islands council areas. The regions and districts were themselves abolished in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994,[6] in favour of unitary Scottish council areas. (The islands areas had been created as unitary council areas, and their boundaries were unaffected.)
The 1889 legislation created county councils, turned each civil county (with one exception) into a contiguous area (without separate fragments) and adjusted boundaries where civil parishes straddled county boundaries, or had fragments in more than one county. The counties of Ross and Cromarty were merged to form Ross and Cromarty.[7]
One region and various districts, created in 1975, had areas similar to those of earlier counties, and various council areas, created in 1996, are also similar. Two of the three islands areas—Orkney and Shetland—have boundaries identical to those of earlier counties.
Scotland has also registration counties, which are in current use. The areas of Scotland that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant are called lieutenancy areas.
The thirteen historic counties of Wales were fixed by statute in 1535 (although counties such as Pembrokeshire date from 1138). The Administrative Counties of Wales created in 1889 were based on these. In 1974 a new system was created using vastly different entities. These were abolished in 1996 and since then Wales has been entirely divided into a system of unitary authorities (also known as principal areas). Eleven of the 22 unitary authorities are legally "counties", and eleven are county boroughs, although informally all are referred to as "counties". The areas of Wales that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant are the preserved counties of Wales; based on the counties constituted in 1974.
See also[edit]
- ^ Bryne, T., Local Government in Britain, (1994)
- ^ Jones, B. et al., Politics UK, (2004)
- ^ Hampton, W. (1991). Local Government and Urban Politics.
- ^ Redcliffe-Maud & Wood, B. (1974). English Local Government Reformed.
- ^ Kingdom, J. (1991). Local Government and Politics in Britain.
- ^ OPSI - Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
- ^ Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland, Hay Shennan, 1892
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The Democratic Leadership Council, criticized from its creation in 1985 by the liberal wing of the party as too cozy with Wall Street, is being snubbed this weekend by all eight Democratic presidential candidates.The DLC is holding its annual "National Conversation" in Nashville, and the closest thing to a presidential candidate in attendance is Bill Clinton, spouse of Democratic front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York. The former president will give the keynote address Monday.All the Democratic hopefuls will be in Chicago next weekend, however, for a candidates' forum at the YearlyKos, an annual gathering of the thousands of bloggers and netroots activists who have become a force to be reckoned with in the party.
In 1999, eight years ago, Al Gore did not attend the DLC's national conversation. A year later, he addressed the DLC's 2000 National Conversation as the Democratic Party's nominee.In 2003, four years ago, none of the candidates attended the DLC's National Conversation. Sure enough, the next year, the Democrat's standard bearer, John Kerry, made an appearance.Notice a pattern? If history is any guide, the DLC will see the Party's nominee at next year's National Conversation.
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Texas says it will seek a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education to avoid federal accountability standards imposed by the No Child Left Behind law.
President Obama said states could apply for waivers after Congress failed to reform the Bush-Era law. Now, Texas joins the more than 30 states in taking the President up on the offer.
Texas failed to meet the goal of having 83 percent of kids pass standardized tests in math and 87 percent pass in reading, and the expectation will only rise. By 2014, No Child Left Behind expects 100 percent of students to pass standardized tests.
"We think it's time for Congress to set some more realistic goals, because we have children that have just arrived here, who don't speak English, who weren't educated at all in their home countries, and to expect them all to pass a test in a matter of months is quite an expectation," Ratcliffe said.
The TEA says the federal system simply doesn't work for Texas. It's an issue so urgent that newly-appointed Education Commissioner Michael Williams announced the waiver request only three days into his job.
"We decided to seek this waiver because it will allow us, if granted, to get out from under some of the most strenuous standards of the No Child Left Behind Act," Ratcliffe said.
The state had been one of 11 nationwide not to seek reprieve from some mandates of the law. Education officials said they were reluctant because they feared the federal government might eventually impose a national curriculum.
This move means the federal government will step away from assessing Texas schools and leave the job solely to the state.
TEA officials say it's more than prepared for that. Texas launched its state accountability system in 1993, eight years before No Child Left Behind came along.
"We've been at the forefront of those issues, so we had very robust, active systems, and this got overlaid on top of it," Ratcliffe said.
The TEA will craft the waiver application this fall, and is asking families and teachers to join the dinner table discussion about where Texas stands when the grades come in.
Although U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan offered states a special waiver program to get out of No Child Left Behind, Texas is taking its own path.
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) law enforcement officers arrested a Golden Gate Estates man early Tuesday morning and charged him with two felonies relating to the death of a Florida black bear.
Ryan G. Toranzo (DOB 03/17/85) of Naples is charged with wounding or killing a species designated as endangered, threatened or of special concern, and with animal cruelty. Both offenses are felonies. He also is facing a misdemeanor charge for discharging a firearm in public.
The FWC was called to 3645 18 Ave., S.E. in Naples at 11 p.m. Monday, soon after the Collier County Sheriff's Office responded and found the carcass of an approximately 400-pound bear. Based on preliminary statements made and evidence collected at the scene, FWC investigators believe Toranzo shot at the bear and used his truck to pursue the bear. A necropsy (animal autopsy) will determine the bear's cause of death.
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Ever since Kanye got hooked to Kim, there have been numerous reports that Kim has employed so many not-so-glorious tactics in trying to be friends with B while B always turned down her advances.
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Liberty Institute
Liberty Institute
The Liberty Institute is a free market think tank located in New Delhi, India. Founded in 1996, it describes itself as "dedicated to empowering the people by harnessing the power of the market." and it seeks to "build understanding and appreciation of the four institutional pillars of a free society – Individual Rights, Rule of Law, Limited Government and Free Market." [1]
The Institute conducts research and advocacy on public policy issues and its areas of interest include development economics, education, environment, health, security, and trade.
According to the Institute's original website, "Although the socialist empire has collapsed, many of us think that the intellectual and ethical attractions of the socialist ideal have remained strong." [2]
Stance on Climate Change
"The climate always changes. The issue is whether it is man induced, anthropogenic global warming or it is a natural cycle of various factors from solar cycles to the ocean temperatures. I think the issue is not so much the science. I think the fundamental problem is the tendency to use science for a particular policy outcome. I think the science is never and answer. . . . Science cannot give us an answer on anything." [3]
According to their original website, The Liberty Institute "solicits the support of all freedom loving individuals and organizations. It does not accept funding from governmental agencies." It does not list details on those donors.[2]
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The following is according to the Liberty Institute's original website as of 2004: [2]
Board of Trustees
- Mohit Satyanand — Chairman
- V.S.P. Kurup
- Anil Patel
- Sundar Daniel
- Tanmayee Dass
- K. Jaisim
- Barun S. Mitra — Managing Trustee
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- Vikram Bajaj — Managing Director, Uncle Chipps Company, India.
- Gurcharan Das — Author, management consultant, Chairman of the Advisory Board, Citibank India, and former CEO of Procter & Gamble, India,
- J. J. Dutta — IFS (retd.), former Chief Wildlife Warden of the Government of Madhya Pradesh, India.
- Deepak Lal — James S. Coleman Professor of International Development Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Tibor R. Machan — Distinguished Fellow and Professor, Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics, School of Business and Economics, Chapman University, California, USA.
- Rita Simon — American University, Washington, DC, USA.
- Rakesh Wadhwa — Executive Director, Casino Everist, Kathmandu, Nepal.
The Liberty institute regularly hosts its own conferences on climate change in India "bringing together scholars to dispassionately discuss the various facets of climate science, science policy, and the various economic policy options." [4]
For example, in February, 2011, the Institute hosted a conference titled "The Unsettled Science Of Global Warming: Where Do We Go From Here" by Indian climate change skeptic Madhav Khandekar.
The conference description said the event "will survey the global warming science and will highlight several uncertainties in the science" and "present an alternative approach of a simple adaptation strategy to 'combat' future climate change." [5]
May 21 - 23, 2012
The Liberty Institute is listed as a Co-Sponsor of the Heartland Institute's 7th International Conference on Climate Change. [6]
The Liberty Institute helped publish the Heartland Institute's 2011 NIPCC report in India.
According to their website, "Over the past year, Liberty Institute, with the support of the Heartland Institute, printed the NIPCC report in India, for wider dissemination." [4]
Related Organizations
The Liberty Institute is a member of the Civil Society Coalition on Climate Change.
The following "Liberty Partners" are listed on the Liberty Institute's website:
- 7th International Conference
- Alternate Solutions Insitute
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation
- EFN Asia
- Freedom to Trade
- Friedrich Naumann Stiftung - Für Die Freiheit.
- India FNF Alumni Network
- Initiative for Public Policy Analysis
- Inter Region Economic Network (IREN)
- International Policy Network
- Liberty New Central
- Minimal Government Thinkers, Inc.
- The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey
"Liberty Institute," indefenceofliberty.org, May 17, 2012.
"Liberty Institute Mission & Vision," Liberty Institute (libertyindia.org). Accessed May, 2012. Archived May 19, 2012, with WebCite.
"Is Climate Change Real?", Transcript from "Face The Nation" with Sagarika Ghose. Reproduced by the Liberty Institute, January 20, 2010.
"Challenging Climate: Exploring the intellectual climate surrounding the planet's climate," Liberty Institute, India, March 22, 2012.
"The Unsettled Science Of Global Warming: Where Do We Go From Here," Liberty Institute, February 15, 2011.
"Cosponsors," 7th International Conference on Climate Change. Accessed May 19, 2012.
"Liberty Institute," SourceWatch.


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There has been much contention in the scientific field about whether or not fasting is beneficial to one's health. Fasting is an integral part of many of the major religions including Islam, Judaism and Christianity. Many are dubious as to whether the physiological effects are as beneficial as the spiritual promoted by these religions. There is a significant community of alternative healers who believe that fasting can do wonders for the human body. This paper will look at the arguments presented by these healers in an attempt to raise awareness of the possible physiological benefits that may result from fasting.
Fasting technically commences within the first twelve to twenty-four hours of the fast. A fast does not chemically begin until the carbohydrate stores in the body begin to be used as an energy source. The fast will continue as long as fat and carbohydrate stores are used for energy, as opposed to protein stores. Once protein stores begin to be depleted for energy (resulting in loss of muscle mass) a person is technically starving. (1)
The benefits of fasting must be preceded by a look at the body's progression when deprived of food. Due to the lack of incoming energy, the body must turn to its own resources, a function called autolysis. (2) Autolysis is the breaking down of fat stores in the body in order to produce energy. The liver is in charge of converting the fats into a chemical called a ketone body, "the metabolic substances acetoacetic acid and beta-hydroxybutyric acid" (3), and then distributing these bodies throughout the body via the blood stream. "When this fat utilization occurs, free fatty acids are released into the blood stream and are used by the liver for energy." (3) The less one eats, the more the body turns to these stored fats and creates these ketone bodies, the accumulation of which is referred to as ketosis. (4)
Detoxification is the foremost argument presented by advocates of fasting. "Detoxification is a normal body process of eliminating or neutralizing toxins through the colon, liver, kidneys, lungs, lymph glands, and skin." (5). This process is precipitated by fasting because when food is no longer entering the body, the body turns to fat reserves for energy. "Human fat is valued at 3,500 calories per pound," a number that would lead one to believe that surviving on one pound of fat every day would provide a body with enough energy to function normally. (2) These fat reserves were created when excess glucose and carbohydrates were not used for energy or growth, not excreted, and therefore converted into fat. When the fat reserves are used for energy during a fast, it releases the chemicals from the fatty acids into the system which are then eliminated through the aforementioned organs. Chemicals not found in food but absorbed from one's environment, such as DDT, are also stored in fat reserves that may be released during a fast. One fasting advocate tested his own urine, feces and sweat during an extended fast and found traces of DDT in each. (5)
A second prescribed benefit of fasting is the healing process that begins in the body during a fast. During a fast energy is diverted away from the digestive system due to its lack of use and towards the metabolism and immune system. (6) The healing process during a fast is precipitated by the body's search for energy sources. Abnormal growths within the body, tumors and the like, do not have the full support of the body's supplies and therefore are more susceptible to autolysis. Furthermore, "production of protein for replacement of damaged cells (protein synthesis) occurs more efficiently because fewer 'mistakes' are made by the DNA/RNA genetic controls which govern this process." A higher efficiency in protein synthesis results in healthier cells, tissues and organs. (7) This is one reason that animals stop eating when they are wounded, and why humans lose hunger during influenza. Hunger has been proven absent in illnesses such as gastritis, tonsillitis and colds. (2) Therefore, when one is fasting, the person is consciously diverting energy from the digestive system to the immune system.
In addition, there is a reduction in core body temperature. This is a direct result of the slower metabolic rate and general bodily functions. Following a drop in blood sugar level and using the reserves of glucose found in liver glycogen, the basal metabolic rate (BMR) is reduced in order to conserve as much energy within the body as can be provided. (2) Growth hormones are also released during a fast, due to the greater efficiency in hormone production. (7)
Finally, the most scientifically proven advantage to fasting is the feeling of rejuvenation and extended life expectancy. Part of this phenomenon is caused by a number of the benefits mentioned above. A slower metabolic rate, more efficient protein production, an improved immune system, and the increased production of hormones contributes to this long-term benefit of fasting. In addition to the Human Growth Hormone that is released more frequently during a fast, an anti-aging hormone is also produced more efficiently. (7) "The only reliable way to extend the lifespan of a mammal is under-nutrition without malnutrition." (5) A study was performed on earthworms that demonstrated the extension of life due to fasting. The experiment was performed in the 1930s by isolating one worm and putting it on a cycle of fasting and feeding. The isolated worm outlasted its relatives by 19 generations, while still maintaining its youthful physiological traits. The worm was able to survive on its own tissue for months. Once the size of the worm began to decrease, the scientists would resume feeding it at which point it showed great vigor and energy. "The life-span extension of these worms was the equivalent of keeping a man alive for 600 to 700 years." (8)
In conclusion, it seems that there are many reasons to consider fasting as a benefit to one's health. The body rids itself of the toxins that have built up in our fat stores throughout the years. The body heals itself, repairs all the damaged organs during a fast. And finally there is good evidence to show that regulated fasting contributes to longer life. However, many doctors warn against fasting for extended periods of time without supervision. There are still many doctors today who deny all of these points and claim that fasting is detrimental to one's health and have evidence to back their statements. The idea of depriving a body of what society has come to view as so essential to our survival in order to heal continues to be a topic of controversy.
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Fasting & Type 1 Diabetic
Could you offer any advice or tips for a Type 1 diabetic interested in fasting? I would imagine this would be a bit tricky, and of course if there were any hypo's then I would need to treat them. Interested in learning more nonetheless.
where can you get direct information.
I am extremely obese ( about +50kgs), and not very active because my job is telephone internet based and am self -employed, so no work no pay. Family needs come first so I am often sat with short breaks for 16 hrs or more a day.
about 3 years ago my weight started to steadily climb, even though i was not, am not a large eater, and being a non meat eater don't go for take always or ready meals. My worst vice is bread, cheese and wine (not an alcoholic, but around 2 or 3 glasses x 5 a week), but I eat a large quantity of fruit and vegs. I generally only eat once a day and regularly go a couple of days without eating., but still the weight piles.
Health issues in general have worsened and recently had 2 semi paralyzing attacks of pain with related sciatica, accompanied by impossible stomach pain. Initial tests were unspecific.
This happened again about 10 days ago and the usual hospitalization , immobilization and horrendous iv drug routine. after a few days and when movement to legs started to return sent home.
since the attack i haven't eaten. Just have no interest in it. I also felt so ill after the assault of iv morphine etc . after 2 days I stopped the prescription of morphine tablets and Tramadol. My whole system felt as it was under attack.
I am on day 11 of an unintentional fast, none of previous favorite things, freshly picked raspberries etc, have any interest for me. Is my body demanding me to fast? I have no problem with the concept, but now all the people around me, medical and otherwise keep saying I need to eat, but my body has absolutely no desire to do so.
I am still struggling with pain and one thing thrown up is I have a compromised immunity system and have some either gall bladder or liver problem, being now investigated. It seems my body has been slowly poisoning itself for sometime. Your article and following comments seem to suggest that fasting isn't healthy with these symptoms. Yet it seems to me that is what my body is wanting to do.
I don't expect any diagnosis, I don't believe in those done without reference, but I need to take control back of my body, my weight my general feeling of ill health and I need to know where i can turn for reliable help on this issue, as obviously I am faced with the conventional medical thought that fasting isn't healthy with my own doctors etc. None is helped that I live in a foreign country not of my own native language, and although my second language is passable it isn't advanced another to get my point across or understand when they going into complicated explanations.Their level of English is on a parity with my level of their second language.
If your body is wanting you to fast then trust it and do fast. It is the traditional way to heal. This will help you.
Doctors only know what they have been taught in medical school and don't look at natural ways. Only unnatural ways with drugs. Drugs are the answer for everything.
Continue fasting until your body is ready to start eating again. When you do start eating, have food high in alkaline. This is things like spinach because alot of acidic foods cause many illnesses.
Also have whole foods and not things like coffee, soft drinks, cookies, chips etc
Hope this helps ^_^
Science on fasting - it exists
SCIENCE: There are studies on fasting for those people who were saying this article has crap references, however studies on fasting are small scale and most aren't "American studies"; many were done in other countries (and the language barrier doesn't help - not many people, doctors, or scientists can just look on a Chinese or German database and translate studies let alone know they exist). You have to search not just "fasting" but "intermittent-fasting" or "preoperative fasting" and you'll find even more data. There is clinical data and rat studies from the US but they might not be widely publicized or even published; human studies exist, but are sparse an unpublished (who wants to publish something about something like fasting that almost no one can make money off of?).
Studies that exist on either rats or humans suggest that regular fasting:
Increases BDNF (brain derived neurotrophic factors), promotes wakefulness/alertness, stimulates small but statistically significant increases in testosterone, human growth hormone (HgH) but reduces insulin. Rat studies show that fasting normalizes insulin responses and insulin sensitivity as when you fast you switch from burning glucose/glycogen to burning fat (or ketones)... that break when the body switches to burning fat/ketones gives the cells in the body a break from insulin signaling which is the hypothesized reason that fasting increases insulin sensitivity and responsiveness.
While it's not "science", from my personal experience, I'm 100% sure that intermittent fasting has changed my life. What I do is fast between about 8pm to 12pm the next day and eat within a 8 hour time period. For me it has: helped me maintain an excellent body fat percent but not lose muscle, lowered blood pressure (now it's 95/61 on average but used to be a tiny bit higher), lower fasting blood sugar (before my blood sugar would be around 100, but now it ranges from 70-90 which is pristine), resting heart rate of 50-55 and even lower before bedtime, I have less hunger pangs, my energy is very consistent (I have more energy than before), I sleep better as a result of these results, my cholesterol is also pristine as well as the ratio of HDL to LDL - YES you can say that I also do other things that help create these changes like eating an ultra health, natural diet along with doing a wide variety of exercises, maintaining good sleep habits, meditation, spiritual practices, stress management, yoga, etc, but I know that fasting impacted all or most I listed. I can't scientifically "prove it", but I think it's worth investigating more in the future and worth trying for yourself.
And many will hate me, but I'm sorry, I'm not taking time to find the studies I'm referencing to copy and paste here - it's not worth my time, it's not my article, I apologize. But be careful saying studies don't exist based off of what exists in pubmed.gov which is not the best place to find things - LOL. Look on databases from other countries - some other countries have databases like pubmed.gov you can look on.
My experience with fasting
I fast for two reasons: spiritual and health (which is spiritual).
I am currently on day 20 of a 50-day fast. L've done several forty-day fasts before. On those i allowed myself the occasional juice or wine, but this time strictly water and herbal tea. I found that dizziness and bad taste in the mouth are now gone and my weight decline is about 200% faster.
As a further experiment i have added some short distance (20km) cycling and one 10km walk.
I feel great, but I've noticed that i need a little time in between exercise in order to recover.
What i find peculiar is that my daily waitloss in kcal appears to exceed my Basal Metabolic Rate plus the exercise by over 25%. I have been searching on Google tonight to see if BMR climbs with fasting. It appears that it climbs with Human Growth Hormone, which we now know rises by 2000% during a fast.
Ps. I don't believe in the existence of atheists
Stored Toxins
Some are saying that fasting is beneficial because it releases stored toxins. If toxins are stored in the fat then surely they are safely packed away and causing no harm as nature intended? How can pushing these toxins out into your body be good for you?
Response to toxins questions
Toxins when stored cause harm to the cells storing them. When they are released they do not run free throughout the body causing harm. They are excreted.
True, however if someone is
True, however if someone is eating an unhealthy diet and has metabolic syndrome, including being overweight and generally unhealthy, then their body may not be able to excrete those "toxins" as quickly. Infact, people with diabetes and other conditions often have kidney and liver issues where those organs plus others don't function properly (or as efficiently) perpetuating their toxin loading which is why some get rapidly worse after reaching what I call the "tipping point" - for those people, fasting might be a bad idea, not just for their hearts and blood sugar levels, but because while the fasting might free the toxins from the tissue, those toxins will go into circulation from what I understand and may not get escorted out of the body properly because their liver/kidneys aren't functioning properly. For the normal, healthy person, their body can usually excrete "toxic" chemicals and/or heavy metals a bit faster, although sometimes chelators (like cilantro, green foods, Chlorella, or zeolite) are necessary to escort some toxic substances like heavy metals out of the body that are are slow to leave. And for anyone, a healthy diet has a natural, gentle detoxifying effect as certain foods either directly chelate (or escort) toxins out of the body or enhance/tonify the body's natural antioxidant manufacturing as well as the detoxifying functions of the liver, kidneys, etc. Anyone who's overweight or unhealthy has to be very careful with fasting.
Cut the religious nonsense visitors please.
Science only please, or you undermine your own credibility.
Your references are complete crap. Find some credible sources.
and I would say that those doctors that deny the benefits of fasting are also most likely athiests too!
Atheists fast too
I am on day 5 of a fast and I do not believe in any gods (atheist). I don't think your body cares what you believe.
Moving on... As others have mentioned the resources cited in this paper are poor and anecdotal. I've scoured the internet for any real scientific research on fasting, so far there is none. My guess is there is no money to be made in fasting so studies are not likely to be sponsored. So we are left to do our own experiments on ourselves.
Good luck all.
scientific experiments on fasting
SCIENCE: There are studies on fasting, however they are small scale and most aren't "American studies"; many were done in other countries (and the language barrier doesn't help - not many people, doctors, or scientists can just look on a Chinese or German database and translate studies let alone know they exist). You have to search not just "fasting" but "intermittent-fasting" and you'll find even more data. There is clinical data and rat studies but they might not be widely publicized or published; human studies exist, but are sparse. Studies that exist on either rats or humans suggest that regular fasting: increases BDNF (brain derived neurotrophic factors), promotes wakefulness/alertness, stimulates small but statistically significant increases in testosterone, human growth hormone (HgH) but reduces insulin. Rat studies show that fasting normalizes insulin responses and insulin sensitivity as when you fast you switch from burning glucose/glycogen to burning fat (or ketones)... that break when the body switches to burning fat/ketones gives the cells in the body a break from insulin signaling which is the hypothesized reason that fasting increases insulin sensitivity and responsiveness.
While it's not "science", from my personal experience, I'm 100% sure that intermittent fasting has changed my life. For me it has: helped me maintain an excellent body fat percent, lowered blood pressure (now it's 95/61 on average but used to be a tiny bit higher), lower fasting blood sugar (before my blood sugar would be around 100 fasting, but now it ranges from 70-90 which is pristine), I have less hunger pangs, my energy is very consistent (I have more energy than before) - YES you can say that I also do other things that help create these changes like eating an ultra health, natural diet and dynamic, wide variety of exercises, good sleep habits, etc, but I know for a fact, that fasting impacted all I listed. I can't scientifically "prove it", but I think it's worth investigating more in the future and worth trying for yourself.
fasting is a very important practce being enjoyed by all the pious persons of different religious backgrounds. we buddhists also have a fasting practice called NGYUNEY it is very powerful and whole day prostrations and recitation of mantras for the whole beings is great unexpressable.
Muslim fasting
For more than 14 centuries, Muslims have been fasting one month a year (called Ramadan) without eating or drinking or having any intimate relations from dawn to sunset. Also pious Muslims fast Mondays and Thursdays in the same way as prophet Muhammad was reported doing these fasts.
not eating from sunup to
not eating from sunup to sundown is not fasting.
response to muslim fast
Muslims fast for one month in a year, however, they do not drink any water during the fast and there are hardcore ones who do not even swallow their own saliva. That said, they also break the fast every day from 6pm and start it again at 6am, so their way of fasting does not apply here at all. Also, the foods they use to break the fast are often very rich too.
First 2 day fast
This is an awesome article. Cogent, coherent, and concise. Bravo.
I just came of a two day fast. Didn't plan it and didn't pre-read or study it. Just decided one afternoon that I felt like it and just followed my instincts. Just drank water for 24 hours. At the end of the first day, I felt great. At the end of the second day now, I feel awesome. I decided, on instinct to eat a small bowl of rice porridge. But to be honest I was not hungry and just ate because I thought (erroneously) that it wouldn't be too good to go past 48 hrs.
The funny thing is that my body has called for all this on its own without my brain getting in the way. About years ago I quit smoking in a whim. Felt great after 2 months. But drank 8 cups of coffee a day. Then two weeks ago, I up and quit coffee, made it through the killer withdrawal and felt awesome. Hated the addiction. Then decided that I didn't want to replace coffee with another beverage, so happily took on water and have been on water as my only liquid intake. That increased the great feeling.
Then two days ago, the fast. It all fell in line just by following my body. I feel great. mentally alert. I sleep well and wake up before the alarm. My mood is calmer and my actions more purposeful. I even feel every breath - feels great.
I'm going to get back on the fast tomorrow and push it for 4 days this time, I want to experience the fat burn. I anticipate some nicotine being released, but I'll brave it. Love the fasting. Its the best thing I've done.
Benefits to Fasting
Dear Readers, I wish to come into giving my wealth of experience studying patients measuring their hormone levels during a 24 hour fast. The main changes were relating to gut (intestinal hormones) I do not want to give you a lot of technical information to confuse the readers. I tried myself carrying out my normal hospital duties consuming only black coffee for 3 days without any ill effects. However I felt a little loss of balance and my breath smelled of acetone, a by product of burning stored fat.
Mechanisms to deal with non availability of food for a few hours or longer periods are present in most living organisms and could be exploited further to deal with emergency situations. However lack of water could seriously could put the body into dire consequences within a few days.(a few people have been found to be alive after 10 days trapped under buildings following earthquakes.). Hibernating animals have evolved perfecting their survival strategy of living on stored reserves during adverse conditions.However the long term benefits to regular fasting is probably not available to make specific recommendations.
One may gain greater willpower to control ones gluttonous food habits. Consuming carefully regulated amounts of processed foods containing high fat and sugar will be more beneficial than fasting. Try skipping an occasional main meal to control hyper acidity and gastric reflex. It works in some patients! . Avoid appetite stimulants like coffee, tea and fruit juices. Stick to plain water instead.
Eat a whole fruit like an apple if you cannot tolerate hunger pangs while skipping meals.
Great article, I wanted to
Great article, I wanted to get a scientific idea without the spiritual factor which I also think will increase in power whilst fasting.
My immune is strong
Hi i fast once a week and my immune system is very strong I never fell sick.
a question.
Hi. I am traveling at the moment and have done lots of hiking recently,unable to carry much food, have sort of accidentally fasted. Felt great in allot of ways. made me realise how greedy I am when food is readily available. I am thinking of fasting one day a week, like you. I have a couple of questions, if you would be kind enough to answer.
1. What is your technique, do you drink water, tea or avoid liquids?
2. Is it a clean 24 hour fast? or like 36? or different?
3. Are there any benifits you feel from the practice?
4. Do you have a reason for your fasting?
5. do people think your crazy? and how do you explain it to them?
If you can help with any of these I would rely appreciate your help.
All the best,
Ben Taplin
My Fasting Story, Still In Progress...
While I've been water fasting periodically over the past 2 years, I have stepped it up this year. I have been doing a 24-hour water-only fast, on the 4 days per week that I work, for the better part of 2012 now because I want to reduce the inflammation in my body, improve my IBS and manage my food addiction. Personally, I don't feel that I'm "really" fasting until the second day after I've taken nothing but water. After that, it's surprising how different my body feels. It feels "light", even though it's not. I sleep better. Nothing hurts when I'm lying down, unlike before. I can't recommend it enough, and will choose to do this for the rest of my life because of the way it makes me feel. I've done this for a long enough time now that I don't even experience hunger on fasting days anymore.
Generally speaking, people have no idea that one can go without food, (NOT WATER), for extended periods of time, but we are not doing this for other people, are we? Only those close to me know that I fast, and even they still think that I'm going to harm myself. Hubby fears that I'll get "too small".....AS IF.... that could actually happen!!! :-D
With regards to fasting for religious reasons, I am convinced that one should live their lives in a way, 24-hours a day - even when no one else can see you - to please God. I've seen far too many "Sunday Christians" in my life who want to impress their fellow men/women. And, killing in the name of God is just evil. If one believes that God created life, then does he not also possess the power needed to kill people, IF HE CHOSE TO? Unfortunately, people throughout the centuries have used religion as a tool of control for their own agendas, and little to do with God's plan.
I offer the following perspective to explain my own underlying difficulties with fasting, and to encourage you in your endeavor. If I can pull this off, you can too.
Both my beloved mother (who died this year) and I are widely held as outstanding southern cooks; I am a born foodie & recipe collector. I've routinely cooked dishes from all over the world for my family. I read cookbooks the way others read a fascinating biography or novel. I'm passionate about food, I think about it all of the time, even when I am fasting. I now know that I should have been a Food Technologist. I want to own & cook in my own diner/restaurant. I don't smoke, I've never done any illegal drugs and I hate the taste of alcohol. It has taken me years to realize that I AM an addict, however. My favorite foods, (white carbohydrates (pasta, rice, potatoes, ALL breads and, oh yes, sugar), ARE my body's poisons, but that has not changed my love of or craving for them. Hence, my stepping up the fasting time to 4 days per week. Fasting has become a food addiction management tool for me.
My largest problem on fasting days is BOREDOM, which is why I've chosen to fast on my 4x11 hour employment days. Since I work in a call center, love helping and interacting with people, the boredom is manageable, (I'm convinced that service to others is food for, and helps heal, the soul). I come home from work and read or research recipes to get my mind off of eating. Laughable, but ironically it actually helps with the boredom. Fortunately, my children are grown and gone, and diabetic hubby is religious about following his nothing white, vegetables, salads & meat only diet or it would be much more difficult, because I AM an lifelong ADDICT.
The next, more serious, problem is not drinking enough water. My drink of choice would be diet carbonated drinks but I have radically decreased my consumption of them and do not consume them at all on my fasting days. I've never been fond of water, sometimes it makes me nauseous or gives me heartburn. Subsequently, I have to make myself drink and sometimes I forget. We lose our sense of thirst as we age. From a kidney-health perspective, I would not consider fasting without water. I don't consider that consuming fruit juices or other nutrient containing liquids or solids IS fasting.
Initially, I ate whatever I wanted on my 3 days off, but have come to realize that I consumed my personal poisons first. Only recently I've started to change that. I eat large portions of veggies, or a huge salad with roasted vegetables added BEFORE I even look at a dessert. Because of the fasting, I do eat less on my eating days.
In summation, I am a food addict and I acknowledge that I will remain an addict for the remainder of my life. I take it 1 day at a time. Fasting is a very helpful tool in managing my addiction, but one that I will keep for many other reasons as well.
Good luck with your personal battle or goals. Start small, take 1 step, 1 day, at a time. You CAN do it!
i am an addict
Thank you for giving us such an honest insight into your life and the reasons behind your fasting. I am a 55 year old female who after an injury is not nearly as mobile as I once was. I am in need of surgery on my back and let myself gain about 30 or 35 lbs since my injury. I did my first 12 hour fast yesterday. Would like to see some weight loss results as well as less aches from my back injury. Anything else would be a benefit without thought.
Hi there, You can try the
Hi there, You can try the Muslim kind of fasting, you much find much about it in the Internet of sure... dont eat or drink so long the sun on over there, feel free to eat during the night. but dont exceed when you eat.. you dont need to do for a month, you can do it once or twice a week.. and for Gods sake dont care about what people think of you. I am doing Ramadan right now, it is around 18 hours daily right now and I can tell you the difficulty lies in the first 3 days and then it starts to become amazingly simple and feeling great how your body adapts to it. maybe you can try fasting for a week and see how you feel.. afterwards you may like to go on on 1 day per week.. feel free to try different things, it is your body and you will get to know it better through out fasting.
fasting : the islamic way
Let me share how muslims fast. we are required to fast for the full month each year. (29-30 days)
1) we drink water, preferably milk and normal drinking water, BUT not during the fasting period and the fasting period itself is 12 hours. In malaysia, muslims here usually take their breakfast at 5.40AM and we breakfast at 7.30PM.
2) it's usuallly 12-14 hours
3) yeah, there are benefits, when i stop eating like usual, i don't usually get sleepy and i can be more productive. On the first week of fasting, my faeces seems to be more darker, suggesting that the process of detoxification is ongoing.
4) yeah, for my religion and i believe in fasting health benefits
1st day is the Hardest....
I'm on my 2nd day for a 3-4 day of Fasting... after that will do 14 days, and 30 days eventually. To God be all the Glory.
I was trying to get back on my diet.
Great! Informative. Thanks.
Fasting Promotes Healing
Once I discovered fasting, and thru careful practice learned of the health benefits derived from it, I usually preferred to fast rather than see a doctor whenever I had any kind of health issue. I'm not recommending this for everybody, but since I avoided toxins like tobacco, alcohol, etc. it seemed to work for me. No matter what the problem, fasting a few days or even a week seemed to always cure it, and quite swiftly. Again, I can't claim this will be true for everyone, but it seemed to be true for me.
Don't think your first attempts at fasting will be easy ones, though. Your body has been fed when hungry for so long that it will rebel at the very thought. It needs to be trained and shown that fasting is more helpful than harmful. After that happens, fasting will come more easily for you. Once you get past the first day or two, fasting becomes much easier. And the strange thing is, during a fast you will seem to have more energy than before.
i just wanted to tell that in
i just wanted to tell that in our religion islam, fasting is one of the methods., we have to fast one month a year. its really very healthy and its an oppurtunity for u to learn more about islam. you will find a lot of benfits on it :) inshalla
Intriguing and fascinating at the same time. For medical reasons, I fasted once before. I am presently on my first day, and feel pretty good. My stomach is growling and I accept it and be gentle to myself. The goal is to go for two days each months for cleansing, to strengthen my immune system and to get rid of the body fat.
This is a well written essay, but your references do not appear to be articles from scientific studies, yet you present the information as fact. The references you listed seem to (mostly) be articles that advocate fasting but none of them are actual studies that prove or disprove anything you say.
I'm not saying any of this information is right or wrong, but I recommend you work things so that its clear if the information is coming from an actual scientific study or an article written to advocate fasting.
Get this straight
SO when you say fast for 40 days your saying you eat nothing but oinly have water ? Frankly thats bull sh1t. You must have liquidized juices / vegtables etc or you would drop dead.
I fast for a month, 30 days and eat absolutely nothing! I drink plenty of water and as long as I keep hydrated I feel fantastic. People believe this is impossible because it is not common in the US. I do this for the month of March every year and have been able to maintain a healthy body weight. Since I started this 9 years ago I have perfect blood sugar, blood pressure, and my rheumatoid arthritis has been in complete remission. I am pain free and have plenty of energy. I do my best to eat healthy the rest of the year but I am no saint. I do occasionally overdue, but try to avoid processed foods. I enjoy an occasional drink or two on the weekends and eat well. I am 50 years old and have never felt better in my life. So please do your homework before you accuse people of lying. Just because you don't understand it or are unfamiliar with it doesn't mean it is not true. Live and let live.
I know that your one of those people who don't understand the concept of fasting.And you can go 40 days without juice,vegetables,or other liquids.But you must have water or you will not lose weight ,plus it is for god.SO GEUSS WHAT TRY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
not crazy
People say three minutes without air, three days without water, three weeks without food. I've made it eight weeks without food and I'm fine.
fasting 40 days
I just finished a 40 day fast a few weeks ago and I'm still here and feeling great!! : D
You can fast 40 days on water
Sorry. you are wrong. Using harsh language does not make your position correct. There are many documented cases of people fasting on water for 40 days or longer. One does not need "juices". The intake of any calories actually reduces the effectiveness of the fast.
I've done a 30 day water fast with absolutely no cheating. Only some diet pop and black coffee was consumed, but nothing with caloric value.
Most people with significant fat stores can fast fairly safely for extended amounts of time.
I did my first fast at age 30 o the advice of a Chiropractor, the 3rd and fourth days were brutal, headaches and photophobia, I was pretty much bedridden. It was explained to me that due to my past indiscretions, (drug use and work related chemical exposures) these toxins were now being released from my fat cells and had to be detoxed by the liver. After the initial bad time I felt human again and within days I was riding my bike to school 3 miles each way and feeling great. That first fast fast was an eye opener. I tried to fast at least once a year since, (I'm 60 now). I try to start it when my family is gone for a long weekend or so as I don't want to listen to how bad it must be for my body. I never get the headaches anymore, (don't pollute my body like I used to and I think I've done enough fasting to clean out the bad stuff). I'm not hungry at all, my biggest problem is the boredom of not eating. I'm going on a bike ride today and will break the fast tonight. Although not the intent of the fast I have lost 11 lbs during this week and saved money on groceries. Like others have said try it 3-4 days to experience the bad parts before you try it for longer. One other reason for bad headaches is caffeine withdrawal, get off the caffeine before you try this or the headaches will be magnified.
There is a GREAT!!!! book written ny Paul Bragg, The Miracle of fasting" by a Dr who lived until 95 years old!!!!
YOu SHOULD NEVER!!! NEVER jump into fasting for more than 24 hrs a week. Sounded like you said you did it for 4, 5 days in a row for the first time in a life. Please read a book on fasting first before doing, or you'll do more damge than good to yourself.
Best of luck to you in this wonderfull, rewarding lifestyle: Fasting
thanks you
Thank you for this information Will. Very nice bundling of all this information into a perfect and short text :)
People if you take in any calories whatsoever it is not a fast!
Could anyone inform me on the notion of instead of fasting for an extended amount of time (say, fasting for 15-40 days), fasting for two days a week consistantly? Would the benefits be relatively similar?
My biology professor freshman college
My physiology was more adamant about fasting than any other subject discussed in the course. The answer to your question is no, fasting for two days does not have similar effects to that of extended fasting. Once you have breached 48 hours you enter a second phase of fasting, which lasts until the 22nd day (for the average human being-depending on their body fat ratio), where your body begins absorbing adipose tissue (fat cells) during digestion. Before this happens the body absorbs carbohydrates from meals in the past 48 hours. Fat cells store toxic matter, part of the reason obese individuals have more health issues. During fasting fat cells are released from storage into the blood stream. Along with with the cells goes the toxic matter, simply because that is where toxic matter is stored long term in the human body. During the first two days this toxic matter in store is not released. One benefit listed is a lowering rate of cancer. This is because toxic matter that would otherwise be stored would be released from the body. Cancer is developmental, if you prevent toxic cells from transforming into malignant cells they will never have the ability to kill you, unless your immune system is already predisposed and particularly weak and contains less white blood cells, or other immune system cells that could fend off cancer. These fat cells that are divulged from store and released into the blood stream are the main reason fasting is so crucial to human health. The article states that when animals begin dying or have certain sicknesses the sensation for appetite is relinquished. The minds focal point becomes the immune system under such circumstances. So not only is high toxicity adipose tissue released into the blood stream and then out the body, the immune system also can kill toxic properties that exists when released. Overall, fasting has tremendous overall results for homeostasis and prolonged lifespan.
hi there, thank you for this info makes a lot of sense , it helps me understand my body and my son's also. me and my 12 yrs old son already started fasting only one day per week. as i understand that is not the real beneficial amount of time . woul you please give us a little guidance like, what time frame should we start with, for a good detox fasting. we never did more than 1 day a week. please respond and thank you so much