| I first learned about fasting with honey from a | | | | more than you actually feel hungry, so assert your |
| Chinese book on slimming, authored by a Taiwanese. | | | | will power. It's normal to feel restless and withdrawn |
| After my discovery of honey benefits in late 2006, I | | | | as you feel like you have lost a big activity (eating) in |
| did my very first honey fast and gained a newfound | | | | your daily routine. You may even start to feel very |
| respect for my body. Now taking just honey and | | | | apprehensive about not being able to handle the |
| water has become a regime for me; I do it several | | | | second day of fast. Looking forward to the next |
| times a year to cleanse the stomach and intestine, | | | | two days may make you feel depressive, so just |
| and detoxify the body system. While fasting with | | | | take one day at a time, keep yourself occupied with |
| honey is kind of unheard of in most countries, it is | | | | work. |
| very popular in Taiwan and Japan. Give it a shot to | | | | Stay away from the media featuring cuisine and |
| find out the effects on your body, you will be in for | | | | eating places and people who are having their meals. |
| a sweet surprise. | | | | Occasionally, I feel moments of gastric discomfort, |
| Fasting with honey water makes a lot sense to me. | | | | but they go away in minutes. |
| Honey contains fatty acids that promote intestinal | | | | Day 2: |
| muscular contractions and has easily absorbable | | | | You wake up feeling especially energetic and |
| contents such as vitamins and minerals that keep the | | | | clear-minded. The body has had an easy time and |
| body in good nutrition balance. And water helps flush | | | | recovered much during your sleep when there isn't |
| out the toxins from the body system. Not only does | | | | the usual food to digest. Feeling fresh and raring to |
| this recipe help in cleansing our system, it also | | | | go, I usually continue with my morning run. It is easier |
| promotes the ease of slimming and improves our skin | | | | than you actually imagine. |
| condition. | | | | In the afternoon, the hungry pangs will continue to |
| Below records my personal thoughts on the fasting | | | | attack and you begin to feel lethargic. Avoid places |
| process which I believe would help those who are | | | | that you can find food as your sense of smell is |
| learning how to detox to form some expectations | | | | especially acute during a fast and the temptations of |
| and better prepare themselves mentally for the | | | | eating can become even scarier. Motivate yourself by |
| three days. | | | | telling yourself that you have already completed half |
| Basic principles to stick to in the fast: | | | | the race, don't lose it to the frequent rumblings of |
| - You can start the first day by cleansing your | | | | the stomach. |
| system with cinnamon and honey in the morning if | | | | Day 3: You begin to get used to the state of feeling |
| you wish. | | | | hungry. Exposing yourself to the sight of food and |
| - Mix 1-2 tablespoons of pure honey with water or | | | | people eating becomes less of a mental torture. |
| mild tea whenever you feel you need that relief, but | | | | Sensations of bloatedness, dizziness, weakness, |
| don't exceed 200g of pure honey per day. 100gram | | | | nausea, or fatigue are effects of detoxification and |
| of honey contains about 300 calories, so even if you | | | | are normal. Keep yourself hydrated throughout the |
| take 200g per day, it's only 600 calories. | | | | day. Your sense of smell also becomes formidable. |
| - Replace all meals with honey and water or tea. No | | | | For instance, from 2-3 metres away, I can smell |
| other food is allowed. | | | | spring onion from someone's breath and detect if my |
| - Take at least 8-10 glasses of liquid every day. | | | | 8 year-old daughter has washed her hair thoroughly |
| - If there's really no way you can imagine yourself | | | | after her bath. |
| tolerating the three day program, you might want to | | | | At the close of the day, you begin to feel that you |
| try replacing one or two meals with honey for a | | | | are able to see the light at the other end of the |
| start. | | | | tunnel. But you need to remind yourself not to think |
| Day 1: | | | | about eating normally the next day. Breaking fast |
| Starting out can be trying. You feel hungry all the | | | | gradually the right way is crucial in completing the |
| time and constantly think of food, especially food | | | | fast successfully. To get your digestive engine |
| you love. The urge to give up on the fast is | | | | started again, be prepared to take just soft, non-oily, |
| strongest on the first day; in fact you will miss food | | | | non-spicy food for the next one to two days. |