Re: Mechanics of Fasting

Paul Brown ( (no email) )
Fri, 13 Mar 1998 01:54:38 -0700

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From: Bob Aldrich <baldric@earthlink.net>
To: KeelyNet-L@lists.kz <KeelyNet-L@lists.kz>
Cc: mdp@rt66.com <mdp@rt66.com>
Date: Friday, March 13, 1998 1:11 AM
Subject: Re: Mechanics of Fasting

>Jon Jacob wrote:
>
>(Much very interesting info re: fasting)
>
>I have been very curious about breatharianism for several years, having
>heard that people didn't eat 40,000 years ago (per Vedic Scriptures)
>(Paraphrased statement: "Things are getting worse now, because people
>are beginning to eat") I have from time to time searched the web and
>only found references to a woman named Jasmuheen. I mentioned this to my
>Chiropractor and he immediately responded that he had a patient who
>hadn't eaten for TWO years. He said the fellow started eating again
>because he was beginning to feel a little too "ethereal". He offered to
>introduce us, but I haven't managed it yet.
>
It is a simple experiment to repeat. It has been performed more times than
we can count. Don't eat...die of starvation!

The mechanics of fasting:Your body is fueled by carbohydrates; remove them
and soon your body goes into ketosis and proceeds to burn the protein that
makes up the muscle in your body. That is, your body begins to eat itself.

Give me a break, even Jesus ate.