I think I have read this before... but...
Doesn't "fasting to death" make anyone else feel uncomfortable about long fasts? Fasting for a few days in one thing, but to literally starve oneself is completely different. I was always told starch was the culprit, not food in general. Has anybody seen some people that went without food for a week, like when a national disaster strikes? They can barely move and look to be semi conscious. I'm already unhealthy, I don't need to loose more energy and more *diagnosed* nutrients by means of starvation. I know someone is going to jump in now and stress the fact that the use of minerals and the use of other stuff was mentioned, but Jesus and Moses, and then people in the medieval times didn't have a GNC to shop at. This is just an opinion of course.
Is this supposed to be a new goal or something? I will agree that is amazing to see and hear from people that have actually accomplished these things and benefit from them, but I still think we need to consider everyone's health condition as a whole when we're speaking of fasting for extended lengths, not just the people who are healthy enough to live through it. This is again just an opinion.
Anywho, I'm surprised to see this type of post let out of the NSD forum, I mean considering since fasting is considered the first big step in NSD, and also highly recommended in the NSD forum. "You should begin your diet with an Edgar Cayce 3 day apple fast..." There were times where I read it on a daily basis.
About David Blane: Jeremy Ward, professor of respiratory cell physiology at Kings College, London, is quoted as saying: “I think he is a complete idiot. There are enough starving people in the world. For someone to starve themself as a publicity stunt - I don't think morally it is something which you should do for glamour or glory or money.”
What's wrong with that???, he could make a good
career with that. Health or wealth... I would be much better off with either or and much happier either way. Too bad I'll never experience one or the other.
