Our body is an amazing structure and each part has its own detailed function. The structure of the body’s delicate tube contains within it, millions of miles of microscopic tubes while the membrane consists of thousands of square feet of membrane surfaces. The circulatory system is 60,000 miles long. The lungs contain 300 billion capillaries. The surface area of the colon is 2,200 square feet.

People who eat the typical North American diet are not ingesting nutritious, health-giving food; instead, what enters the digestive tube and membrane structure is devitalized mucus-forming food, heavy proteins, cholesterol, and big sticky long-chain fat molecules. The body is denied from the healing process because it must continually work at digestion and the daily cleanup of nutrition is being stripped from processed foods. Ingestion of mucus-forming foods clogs the body’s microscopic tubes and membranes. This allows cellular waste to build up in the lymphatic system, increasing the chance of illness. Fasting dissolves or eliminates this internal mucus, allowing the body’s natural cleansing process to occur. During fasting, it is normal for the nose and throat to pass sticky mucus, clogging the sinuses. Following your first meal after fasting, white strands of mucus may be found in the stool.

One factor in healing through fasting is the removal of cellular waste. Three to eight hundred billion of your cells are being replaced daily. Approximately one quarter of your cells are either dying or becoming old and needs to be replaced. Unless your body gets rid of the dying cells, it cannot build new ones. In the fasting state, the body scours for dead cells, damaged tissues, fatty deposits, tumors, abscesses, all of which are burned for fuel or expelled as waste. Fasting dissolves diseased cells in a systematic manner, leaving healthy tissue intact. For this reason, fasting intensifies healing and tired organs are repaired rapidly.

The butterfly is a magnificent example of catabolism (tearing down) and anabolism (building up). During metamorphosis, the butterfly’s muscles and organs dissolve into a thick, yellow solution. All internal structures are torn down and rebuilt. It emerges from the chrysalis and forms into a new creation. The miraculous aspect of metamorphosis is that it occurs while fasting. All the substances needed for rebuilding come from within.

During a fast, a metamorphosis occurs. The body undergoes tearing down and rebuilding damaged structures. There is a remarkable redistribution of nutrients in the fasting body. It hangs on to precious minerals and vitamins while catabolizing old tissue, toxins and inferior materials. The end result is a thorough cleansing of the tube, membrane and cellular structures. This process of cleansing and rebuilding has made fasting famous for its ability to rejuvenate, heal disease and give the body a more youthful tone.

Namaste.