Water fasting is known widely to have been recently gaining more grounds as one of the best ways to loose weight, activates autophagy, slows down the aging process and more excitingly, the cure to 90% of all man's ailments.This involves taking only water for a period of time and can optionally add lime, lemon or apple cider vinegar to ensure one doesn't lose electrolytes.
Ancient Indian practises have always imbibed both a short fast and a prolonged fast into their daily lives. There are many benefits of water fasting than meets the eye. A water fast has been the most recent trend on healing and weightloss all over YouTube in recent years.
Some have embarked on 3 days, 7days,14days,21days,30days,40days water fast and have attested to it's incredible benefits. Most people who have practiced water fasting especially ancient India claims that the only reason why doctors would never approve of water fasting is because, man would have no more need for a doctor.
Before embarking on a fast one should slowly ease into it and not jump one time into it. Fasting has been long practiced by different religions of the world. Muslims always fast during Ramadan, christians during lent, and other religions too! Point is that fasting has always existed but water fasting can be said to be better ways of doing the fast for weight loss and treatment of diseases.
Water is vital for life... A person should drink at least 7/8 glass of water daily... Water fasting shouldn’t continue for long. Nice article.