In the past few weeks I did for the first time a Dry Fast, where you don't eat or drink anything – including water. Now, before
you think I'm crazy and I'm out of my
mind with suicide tendency, let me say that I found a lot of information regarding Dry
Fasting and its benefits, so I
felt confident that this type of Fast
would help me achieve my goal of having my
own perfect health status that I'm so tenaciously
trying to reach.
As opposite of a Water
Fast a Dry Fast cannot be done
for prolonged number of days or weeks, and that is for obvious reasons. It usually goes from few hours to few days; apparently the maximum registered so far was 18
days of nothing but air. Performing a Dry
Fast is mainly done when a person wants to let the body heal itself, cleanse,
letting the body generate the superior
water that it needs and reconnect spiritually with it.
I personally didn't become Gandhi neither I connected
with anything rather than my bed during the Fast; but I guess everyone is
different. My first Dry Fast was for 36 hours, followed by a 12
hours water fast and a sort of
refeeding in the evening. Since I felt really
tired and lethargic during my first Dry
Fast I wasn't impressed about the result or the way I was feeling. As often
happens with a Fast I was constipated
and overall my energy was lower than normal. I did some researches on Dry Fasting and noticed that almost
everyone was suggesting not
spending all day in bed, since your lymph need to get in motion in the body
with light exercises or walks; so I thought that could be the culprit of my results. So the next week
I tried again with a 48 hours Dry Fast,
started during the regular working days, so I was in the office forced to walk and do my things
normally. This time around I didn't feel lethargic I have to say it, however I
still had constipation issues and in general not drinking water for 2
days was not a pleasant experience for me. I did not connect to my body, I did not feel the mental clarity I usually
have after few day of Water Fasting
and I'm not sure my body decided to produce this superior water to clean and heal itself, most likely it did not get
the memo within 48 hours!
Based on my personal experience the only thing I liked of
this type of Fast were the reduced number of
trips to the bathroom; but rather than that, I won't likely do again a Dry Fast. My ketosis even after 2 days
was not high as the Water Fast; I
had a lot of water retention after completing the 48hrs and the digestive
system was off for a couple of days –
way longer time to recover if compared to a Water Fast.
I believe everyone is unique and we respond to a fast in different ways; you have to find what works for you and what not. For me
it's a trial journey, I push my body on trying new thing every month, trying to listen on how I feel. I completed earlier a
fast often, just because I wasn't feeling right. I know now that my willpower is nothing
when my body doesn't listen; this is my life from binging to fasting!
