The natural hygiene side of things.

Many of us LFRVs believe in natural hygiene. Basically, that’s a fancy term for letting your body heal itself. No medications necessary. Pretty crazy, right?

Now, this isn’t naturopathy. That’s the metaphor of the medical world; medications are still used, but they’re herb-based and don’t have long, unpronounceable names (in most cases). In my opinion, this is a little like pescetarianism. It’s better than most people are doing, but the medications are still used to treat symptoms, not the disease.

Prevention is key in natural hygiene. I mean, who wants to get sick in the first place? We eat as healthfully as we can, get lots of rest, soak up the sun, and exercise whenever we can, so our bodies are fit, ready, and able to take care of whatever potential illnesses may arise. (A lot of people don’t believe that germs as we define them even exist…but that’s a story for another day.)

Your typical natural hygiener. Okay, maybe not. And that’s not a bad thing.

But sometimes we get sick despite all that, and there’s one answer we have for that: fasting.

 

Your meal plan for the next week.

Yes, we are talking about the same thing. You eat nothing for a certain amount of time - 4 days to a week or two, depending on how sick you are - to let your body focus on healing the sickness. Take away digestion, and it has a lot of free time on its hands. While it’s at it, you’ll probably get clearer skin, any scratches or bruises you have will be gone, and you might even get whiter teeth. Lots of good stuff will happen, in other words.

So now that you know I’m a raw vegan hippie that once didn’t eat for a week, what do you think about all this? Would you ever fast for your health?