Hi Luluel,

I have been doing a lot of research on fasting and everything I've read has advised against taking anything except distilled water according to thirst.

If you drink tea it could possibly trigger hunger and the digestion process. The reason for a fast is to give your organs a time of rest and repair, anything other than water would disrupt that process.

As for vitamins that answer is also a no! I have read the book "Fasting For Health And Long Life" in the book the writer quotes another authority on fasting, Shelton states: "We have no means of knowing how much of a reserve store of vitamins the body possesses, nor do we know where all these reserves are stored. But we may be sure of one thing, namely, that these stores are sufficient to outlast the most prolonged fast."

It might help you to read Shelton's book:


http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020127shelton.III/020127.toc.htm


Hope this helps, and good luck with your fast. Maybe Chrisb1 will post in this thread, he is most knowledgeable on the subject of fasting.

Hello Luluel,

InCharge & LivingBlessed are quite right in this thread and in answer to your post.
Herbal teas are a source of external nutrition and you will therefore be undertaking a reducing and malnourishing diet with the risks that that entails.
Full ketosis will not be reached, and the resultant benefits will be much reduced. Some have even described this as a "starvation diet" (which it is) as the body will not be utilizing its food reserves economically.

The body also has its own inimitable way of preserving all food elements such as minerals and vitamins on a water-only fast, so supplementing with the same is totally unnecessary. For example it is said that you need Vitamin C or Ascorbate on a daily basis while eating, otherwise there is a risk of developing scurvy, but no water-fast of any length of time has ever produced this deficiency disease, whereas a limited diet has been proven to do so.................

http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020127shelton.III/020127.ch18.htm


Regards

Chrisb1.