Re: Fasting while on medication, unanswered FAQ
Yes Mouseclick I did try and answer the FAQ but my written response in reply wouldn't post for some strange reason.
The answer to that question though depends on the type of medication prescribed and for what reason.
Some medications are easily weaned from while fasting, such as Antidepressants, but others, such as Blood pressure medication for someone with cardiovascular health problems, would need to be supervised by an appropriate and experienced fasting supervisor.
The only answer lies within the underlying medical/health condition in which the drugs have been prescribed in the first instance, and where if this is not of a serious nature, then the fast may usually proceed safely with the discontinuance of the pharmaceutical from day 1 of the fast.
There are many thousands of people that have successfully kicked the smoking habit and the hundreds of obnoxious chemicals within tobacco, that, according to Natural Hygiene there are enough chemicals within a two-pack of cigarettes if taken in one go, to kill a horse!!!
The human body is almost infinitely adaptable to whatever it ingests and where the Hygienists called this the "Natural Law of Accommodation": the body will adapt to the use of drugs on a regular basis before finally succumbing to its ill-effects sometimes years later.
While fasting-supervision is strongly advised for those who are addicted to drugs and/or have been on medication for a number of years, I would personally have no qualms about their discontinuance from the very first day of an extended fast.
Drugs after all are poisons, and have no genuine therapeutic value whatsoever.
http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020127shelton.III/020127.ch36.htm
Regards
Chrisb1.