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TrueNorth
Health
Education Center is affiliated with five doctors
of chiropractic and medicine who have been certified by the International
Association of Hygienic Physicians in fasting supervision. They have
extensive experience in the supervision of both short and extended fasting.
These doctors maintain offices adjacent to the Center and are available
during office hours to discuss the fasting program and monitor your progress
and health concerns.
Our goal is to create a peaceful environment in which our participants can
learn to make positive changes to their diet and lifestyles.
We recognize that no two people are exactly alike. The doctors can help you
tailor our program to meet your specific needs. Since 1984, more than 6,000
people have undergone fasting and successfully completed our residential
health education program.
FASTING — BACK TO THE FUTURE
The Rediscovery of Water-Only Fasting
by Alan
Goldhamer, D.C.
Although the notion of electing to go without food for prolonged periods of
time to improve one's health has not been something commonly considered in
recent times, fasting has a long and important history. In fact, fasting
played a vital part in early human survival. Fortunately, this
ancient knowledge is making a dramatic comeback and is beginning to
transform the way modern healthcare providers view their responsibilities to
patients.
Human beings have the capability to survive extended periods of fasting.
This was certainly known in our hunter-gatherer days, since many humans were
forced to live through periods when little or no food was available to them.
However, since the advent of agriculture and increasing technological
advancement, modern humans have largely lost their awareness of this
powerful, innate capability.
For example, the 1937 edition of The New Standard Encyclopedia stated that
for humans, “Generally death occurs after
eight days of deprivation of food.” By 1956, this grim pronouncement
inched somewhat closer to reality. That year’s edition of the American
Peoples Encyclopedia stated that survival time in men during water-only
fasting ranged from 17 to 76 days.
Read the rest of this article - Fasting - Back to the Future
Other articles of interest:
Medically Supervised Water-Only
Fasting in the Treatment of Hypertension by Alan
Goldhamer, D.C.
Medically Supervised Water-Only Fasting in the Treatment of Borderline
Hypertension
by Alan
Goldhamer, D.C.
Fasting in the treatment of Diabetes and High Blood Pressure by Alan Goldhamer, D.C.
Benefits of Fasting by Alan Goldhamer, D.C.
Therapeutic Fasting by Alan Goldhamer, D.C.
Fasting...the lost adaptation
by Douglas Lisle, Ph.D., and Alan Goldhamer, D.C.
A
Fasting Article Not to Miss
Do You Need to Fast? by Alan Goldhamer, D.C.
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