Abstract

The therapeutic dry fasting method is de-

scribed by the author based of his 25 years of ex-
perience in monitoring fasting patients. The ef-
fect of the method on the human body is exam-
ined in detail, recommendations are provided
on the preparation and exit from dry fasting, as
well as on the actions to be taken in case of pos-
sible complications. Indications and contraindi-
cations are enumerated. The book is intended
for a wide circle of readers who are interested in
fasting and use it as a cleansing and medical pro-
cedure.
 WARNING
All therapeutic suggestions reported in this man-
ual are not a substitute for the advice of the
reader’s own physician. It is highly advisable to
consult medical professionals before undertaking
a water or dry fasting practice. The authors, pub-
lisher, distributors and retailers of this book can-
not be held responsible for any damage or injury
that may be connected, arise from or in any way
associated with the application of the method il-
lustrated in this book. Those who decide to follow
its principles and algorithms will do it under their
own responsibility.
Sergey Filonov
20 questions and answers about dry fasting

Copyright 2019 Vera Giovanna Bani. All rights reserved.

First edition: November 2019
Translated from Russian by Yana Solominskaya (chapters 8-20)
Translated from Italian by Francesca Morgante (chapters 1-7)
Cover by Julia Novachenko
Russian title: Сухое лечебное голодание – мифы и реальность
Italian title: Venti domande sul digiuno secco

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Contents
Foreword by the curator of English and Italian
edition Vera Giovanna Bani ..................................... 16
The good fate of therapeutic fasting in Russia and
the contribution of Prof. Yuri Nikolayev
(introductory article by Vera Giovanna Bani) ......... 23
Preface by Sergey Filonov....................................... 42
1. What is dry fasting? ............................................ 59
2. Is dry fasting a natural method?......................... 62
3. What conditions can fasting help? Indications
and contraindications for fasting and dry fasting. .. 66
4. What is the scientific background of therapeutic
fasting and dry fasting in particular? ....................... 71
5. What type of fasting (RDT) are being researched
and commonly used in clinical practice (in Russia) 78
6. What methods of fasting have been developed
and disseminated in the USSR-Russia? .................... 86
Ivanov’s method: 42 hours a week of dry fasting.. 86
 Shchennikov’s method: the complete dry fast
(CDF) of 7-9-11 days ................................................... 91
Lavrova’s method: a 5-stage cascade dry fasting... 98
Filonov’s method: fractional dry fasting (FDF) .. 105
7. What are the advantages of dry fasting compared
to water fasting? ...................................................... 113
8. What mechanisms does a dry fast trigger within
the body? ................................................................. 124
8.1. The mechanism of toxins burning "in their
own furnace" and production of "endogenous" water
...................................................................................... 124
8.2. Anti-inflammatory and immune-stimulatory
mechanism: the action of free forms of
glucocorticoids ........................................................... 128
8.3. The mechanism of acidification of the internal
environment of the organism: the first and second
acidotic crises.............................................................. 137
8.4. Autolysis ............................................................ 150
 8.5. The mechanism of rejuvenation and tissue
renewal: apoptosis...................................................... 155
8.6. Youth and quality of life extension................ 168
8.7. Preventive mechanism: protection against
radiation, adverse environmental factors, prevention
of oncological diseases .............................................. 195
8.8. Renewal of the organism’s energy ................. 208
9. How to properly prepare your body for dry
fasting? .................................................................... 217
9.1. Bowel cleansing. Introduction ....................... 217
9.2. Methods of use of enterosorbents.................. 231
9.3. Intestinal sorbent cleansing procedure ......... 235
9.4. Liver cleansing .................................................. 253
9.5. Intestinal and liver cleansing (week-long
program) ..................................................................... 258
9.6. Accelerated cleansing of the body ................. 270
9.7. Dietary recommendations to follow after
cleansing procedures ................................................. 275
 9.8. Buckwheat porridge fast ................................. 276
10. What is fasting accompanied by? ................... 278
10.1. Hunger sensations ......................................... 280
10.2. Weakness......................................................... 284
10.3. Chilliness or fever (more typical of dry
fasting) ......................................................................... 286
10.4. Bad breath ....................................................... 288
10.5. Dimmed vision, vertigo ................................ 289
10.6. Headache ......................................................... 290
10.7. Sleep disturbances .......................................... 292
10.8. Pain in various parts of the body ................. 293
10.9. Toothache ....................................................... 296
10.10. Egress of pus ................................................. 297
10.11. Nausea, regurgitation and vomiting
(sorbents required) .................................................... 298
10.12. Palpitations ................................................... 300
10.13. Heartache ...................................................... 301
10.14. Muscle pain from overstrain ...................... 303
 10.15. Colds .............................................................. 304
10.16. What to do if menstruation occurs during a
dry fasting practice? ................................................... 305
11. How should you conduct a short dry fast? ..... 306
11.1. Before fasting .................................................. 306
11.2. Essential benefits of fatty acids contained in
fish ................................................................................ 308
11.3. The importance of fish oil fatty acids in
sustaining health and vessel health ......................... 310
11.4. Home dry fasts up to 5 days ......................... 316
11.5. How to conduct a dry fractional fast properly
...................................................................................... 320
11.6. Recommendations on conducting dry fasting
...................................................................................... 324
11.7. Let’s move on to the day-to-day description of
the 5-day dry fast........................................................ 340
12. What time and which days are best for fasting?
................................................................................. 348
 13. How to exit from short dry fasts (1-2-3-4-5 days)
properly? ................................................................. 351
13.1. Withdrawal from dry fasting.
Recommendations ..................................................... 351
13.2. Withdrawal from a 1-day fast ...................... 352
13.3. Withdrawal from a 48-hour fast .................. 353
13.4. Withdrawal from a 3-day fast ...................... 355
13.5. Withdrawal from a 4-5 day fast ................... 357
13.6. Nutrition program for good digestion (during
withdrawal from a fast) ............................................. 363
13.7. How to prepare Bolotov’s whey (serum) .... 369
13.8. What are the potential complications during
withdrawal from fasting? .......................................... 371
14. What’s the ideal scheme for conducting a dry
fractional fast at home? .......................................... 379
15. How many kinds of dry fasting exist? ............ 384
15.1. Interesting facts: Secrets of Japanese monks
...................................................................................... 392
 15.2. Interesting facts: Dry fasting and dousing
with cold water ........................................................... 399
16. How should you conduct a long dry fast? ...... 401
17. Dry fractional fasting. Who do we recommend it
to? ............................................................................ 473
18. How to come out of a 9-day dry fasting course?
................................................................................. 480
A nutritional program for coming out of a fast .. 495
19. What diseases can be cured through dry fasting?
................................................................................. 499
19.1. Dry fasting for acute diseases. ...................... 499
19.1.1. Fasting for acute infections (acute
respiratory diseases, influenza) ........................... 502
19.1.2. Dry fasting for the relapse of gastric ulcer
or duodenal ulcer, chronic pancreatitis,
cholecystitis, colitis, etc. ....................................... 516
19.1.3. Dry fasting for diabetes ......................... 521
19.2. Dry Fasting for chronic diseases .................. 524
 19.2.1. Dry Fasting for endointoxication and
atherosclerosis. ........................................................... 529
19.2.2. Dry Fasting for hypertension .................... 532
19.2.3. Why dry fasting helps fight chronic diseases
...................................................................................... 539
19.2.4. Dry fasting for cystic tumors in the body 543
19.2.5. Dry Fasting for Infertility .......................... 546
19.2.6. Toxemia in Pregnant Women .................. 551
19.2.7. Endometriosis ............................................. 558
19.2.8. Dry Fasting for Benign Tumors................ 561
19.2.9. Mastopathy .................................................. 566
19.2.10. Prostatitis and benign prostatic hyperplasia
...................................................................................... 568
19.2.11. Dry Fasting for Bronchopulmonary
Diseases ....................................................................... 573
19.2.12. Cardiovascular Diseases: Hypertension
and Atherosclerosis ................................................... 591
 19.2.13. Neurological diseases: degenerative disc
disease, protrusions, disk herniation, migraine.
................................................................................. 600
19.2.14. Rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing
spondylitis, deforming osteoarthrosis, infectious
polyarthritis ........................................................... 604
19.2.15. Can dry fasting treat AIDS and hepatitis
C? ............................................................................ 627
19.2.16. Dry Fasting against Cancer ................ 631
19.2.17. Dry Fasting against Skin Diseases ..... 637
19.2.18. Functional Nervous System Disorders
................................................................................. 649
19.2.19. Dry Fasting against Obesity ............... 652
20. How does doctor Filonov debunk myths about
dry therapeutic fasting? .......................................... 679
Literature .............................................................. 722
Foreword by the curator of English and
Italian edition Vera Giovanna Bani
Between 29 June and 13 July 2019 I had the
honor and the privilege of organizing the first
dry fasting practice in Europe (Strunjan - Slove-
nia), with Dr. Filonov and his team of masseurs:
his daughters Olga Kulikova, Anastasiya An-
tonova and nephew Andrey Cherkasskyj. We
worked with a fantastic group of almost thirty
people, all Italians except for one German girl,
one French and one Swiss. The experience was
wonderful, effective and constructive for every-
one (see the photo dossier at the end of the
book). But how did this project of disseminating
dry fasting begin?...
…In October 2016, I began to get interested in
dry fasting without suspecting that this path

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would eventually propel me into an unexpected
world. I discovered that in the post-war Soviet
Union, where pharmaceutical lobbies were en-
tirely inexistent, and a strong spirit of innova-
tion and scientific research prevailed, a medical-
scientific approach entailing therapeutic fasting
was formally consolidated. Drawing on a tradi-
tion previously established in Russia, the mech-
anisms of therapeutic fasting had been success-
fully investigated and clinically tested on thou-
sands of patients over the course of 60 years.
This provided the scientific foundation that
eventually made it possible for the Ministry of
Health to approve its methodological indica-
tions. Many Russian doctors had the oppor-
tunity to cultivate this approach and even

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develop a radical branch, as the dry fast could be
defined.
In November 2016, I worked to meet Dr. Fi-
lonov, who is considered the top dry fasting ex-
pert in Russia. I offered him to become the fore-
runner of dry fasting in Italy and he gave me
“carte blanche”. Thus, in March 2017, thanks to
the invitation of the Italian University of Health
headed by Dr. Valdo Vaccaro, I had the oppor-
tunity to introduce Dr. Filonov to the Italian au-
dience.
In the summer of 2017, I tested this fantastic
method on myself at Dr. Filonov’s headquarters
in Altai Republic (Ust-Sema, West Siberia) and
finally in mid-December 2017 the monograph,
Digiuno secco. Gli ultimi sviluppi della digiuno-
terapia in Russia (Dry Fasting: the latest

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developments in fasting in Russia), came to life.
It’s the first non-Russian book about dry fasting!
This 687-page volume comprises the almost
complete version of the first book by Dr Filonov,
Suchoe lechebnoe golodanie. Mify i realnost (Dry
medical fasting. Myths and reality) and selected
chapters of his second book, Lechenie organizma
sobstvennymi silami (Curing the body with its
own strengths)1.

1
Our monograph in italian: Digiuno secco. Gli ultimi sviluppi della
digiunoterapia in Russia (Dry fast: the latest developments in fasting
in Russia), Macerata, edizioni Simple 2017, brings together the
translation of the two writings of S. Filonov and is composed as fol-
lows:
- Suchoe lechebnoe golodanie. Mify i realnost - (Therapeutic dry
fasting. Myths and reality), 2008. This book is reported here in
an almost integral version, separated into the shorter chapters:
Interesnye svedeniya o suchom golodanii (Interesting facts about

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 The book was received with great interest in It-
aly: its emergence attracted the attention of the
community of complementary medicine sup-
porters, and many bought it without hesitation,
despite its weight and hefty price.
Nonetheless, we’d like to emphasize, however,
is that the subject of our work has had repercus-
sions outside of a circle of enthusiasts of the al-
ternative medicine scene: today, our website Si-
[Link] receives continuous requests for

dry fasting), Zenshchina, kotoraya ne est (The woman who does

not eat), Solntseedy (The sun-eaters)
- Lechenie organizma sobstvennymi silami (Curing the body with
its own strengths), 2015 - the chapters regarding the vetero-
slavic massage Staroslaviyanskie metody lecheniya (Vetero-
slavic treatment methods) have been omittedy

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clarification from ordinary people who are in-
trigued by the approach proposed by dry fasting.
In 2018, this growing interest has encouraged
us to produce a lighter and cheaper text, which
was nevertheless full of informative content: 20
Domande sul digiuno secco (Twenty questions
about dry fasting - 271 pages), a compendium of
Dr. Sergej Filonov’s monographs, which is also a
practical manual aimed at clarifying all the fun-
damental points related to the dry fasting
method in a question-and-answer form. The
positive response to this compendium further
convinced us that the subject is attracting more
and more readers by the day. We therefore un-
derstood that the time has come to present it in
English for the benefit of the huge English-
speaking community.

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 We hope to have correctly grasped the needs of
the general audience and hope to succeed in our
intent to offer the first, essential and exhaustive
encounter of the dry therapeutic fasting method
here.

Vera Giovanna Bani ([Link]@[Link];

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The good fate of therapeutic fasting in Russia
and the contribution of Prof. Yuri Nikolayev
(introductory article by Vera Giovanna Bani)

In Russia, therapeutic fasting has a history that

can be traced back to 1769, when Petr Vilyami-
nov, professor of medicine at the University of
Moscow, wrote the treaty Slovo or postakh kak
sredstve predochraneniya ot bolezney (On fasting
as a means of disease prevention) after having
held a series of lessons on the benefit of fasting.
Vilyaminov's observations found a follower
fifty years later: in 1822 L. A. Struve, a professor
at the University of Jurev, wrote about fasting as

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an excellent method of treatment for many dis-
eases.
In 1834, Professor I. G. Spassky from the Uni-
versity of Moscow used fasting in his medical
practice. In the article he wrote in the same year,
titled "Uspeshnoe deystvie goloda na prostudnye
zabolevaniya" (Successful application of fasting
in the treatment of cooling diseases) he ob-
served:
"By limiting and changing nutrition, fast-
ing ends up balancing many disturbances
in the body's vegetative process and in this
sense it appears to be an excellent remedy
in the treatment of different chronic dis-
eases".
Subsequently, between the late 1800s and the
early 1900s, Dr. Nikolay Lvovich Zeland (1833-

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1902) was interested in experimental fasting.
Born in Saarema, now Estonia, he completed his
studies in Petersburg and was appointed to work
in the outlying regions of the Russian Empire, in
Vladivostok, Alma-Ata, and Tashkent. Zeland
did a lot of research on dosed fasting, experi-
menting on himself and on animals. He came to
the conclusion that, thanks to the impact of the
fast:
"It is possible to notice not only radical
changes in the composition of the nervous
system and in the state of being, but at the
global level the processes of digestion and
hematopoiesis improve... A temporary ar-
rest of the vital processes becomes a source
of renewal and of great energy for these
same processes. Abstinence from habitual

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 food becomes a stimulus thanks to which
the elements of the tissues become stronger
and are enriched with proteins. (...) After
my experiments I came to the conclusion
that fasting is not only an effective thera-
peutic remedy, but also a practice that de-
serves attention as an educational
method".
Dr. Zeland explained his observations in the ar-
ticle "O posledovatelnom vliyanii lishenija pish-
chi na pitanie" (On the progressive impact of
food abstinence on nutrition), published in the
"Russkaya medicina" journal (Russian medi-
cine), 1888, № 5-10, 12.
In 1902 it was prof. Vladimir Pashutin who
studied the physiological and patho-physiologi-
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fasting in animal studies and in a clinical con-
text. Practicing at the Medical-Military Acad-
emy of Tsarist Russia, he experimented on dif-
ferent animals for a long time and came to for-
mulate the essence of the physiological mecha-
nisms involved. Thanks to this, V. Pashutin is
considered the pioneer and founder of the the-
ory of fasting or endogenous feeding. To this
day, his experiments have not lost their signifi-
cance.
The figure of Aleksey Suvorin deserves a special
mention. Descending from a powerful family of
St. Petersburg publishers, he was interested in al-
ternative methods of treatment and oriental self-
healing practices since early age; he studied trea-
ties of Indian medicine, Tibetan, Chinese and
books of Western hygienists. In 1914, under the

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pseudonym Aleksey Poroshin, he described his
first experiments with fasting in a diary entitled
Novyj chelovek (The New Man), published by
the homonymous publishing house that he
founded.
After the revolution and the civil war that en-
sued in Russia, Suvorin migrated to Yugoslavia,
where, despite living on the edge of poverty, he
found the enthusiasm to found a publishing
house with a Yugoslav partner. The latter, how-
ever, ended up deceiving and denouncing him,
and Suvorin was imprisoned without trial. In
prison, as a protest against the unjust sentence,
he began a hunger strike that invigorated him in-
stead of annihilating him. It is said that on the
35th day of his voluntary fasting he was given the
opportunity to defend himself in court. He won

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the trial and continued to fast for up to 42 days,
with surprising results, which, as the story goes,
ended up gaining the interest of the director and
staff of the penalty facility, as well as many in-
mates.
After this experience, Suvorin became a very
active champion of the cause of therapeutic fast-
ing. In 1931, his works were released in Belgrade:
Ozdorovliyenye golodom i pishchej (Healing with
fasting and food), Metoda Suvorina (The Su-
vorin method), Lechenie golodaniyem (Healing
through fasting). In a short time, his method be-
came very popular in Yugoslavia and while Su-
vorin gained the esteem of tens of thousands of
patients (assisted at a distance, by postal corre-
spondence), he also made many enemies. In-
vited to Paris in 1937 to discuss a fasting clinic

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project, he died suddenly under circumstances
that remained mysterious.
Russia remembered this illustrious emigrant
and promoter of fasting in relatively recent
times: his writings were only published in Mos-
cow in 1998, collected in the monograph Metod
Suvorina. Lechenie golodaniyem (Suvorin's
method. Healing through fasting). Today, every-
one in Russia recognizes the contribution of Ale-
ksey Suvorin to the Russian history of therapeu-
tic fasting, and he remains one of the most ap-
preciated authors among experts and enthusi-
asts of the method.
Belarusian M.P. Zyazulya stands out among
Suvorin's followers. He was able to heal severe
forms of tuberculosis using the method de-
scribed in Suvorin's books. In the more recent

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times, one of his compatriots, Belarusian doctor
G. A. Vojtovich, created his method of fractional
fasting along the same lines.
However, the great architect of the widespread
propagation of therapeutic fasting was the psy-
chiatrist Yuri Nikolayev (1905-1998): to him we
owe the approval and the introduction of the
method (for which he coined the name Razgru-
zochno-dieticheskaja terapiya, abbreviated as
RDT – Diet-fasting therapy) to the USSR’s state
health system. The documentary Le jeûne une
nouvelle thérapie, made in 2011 by the French
director Thierry de Lestrade and the journalist
Sylvie Gilman, translated into Russian under the

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title Nauka golodaniya (The science of fasting2),
pays tribute to the work of this courageous doc-
tor.
Yuri Nikolayev was born into a family of estab-
lished vegetarians, lovers of yoga and oriental
philosophy. According to Nikolayev himself, his
parents were in close contact with Lev Tolstoy,
the most famous vegetarian in Russia, and his fa-
ther corresponded with the American writer
Upton Sinclair, a fervent supporter of the hy-
gienic cause and author of the book The fasting
cure. Besides, he was also busy translating Her-
bert Shelton's books into Russian.

2
The Italian translation by V. G. Bani (La scienza del digiuno)
was published on YouTube in April 2017.

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 Young Yuri’s ideas and position took shape in
this fertile soil. He started his career as a doctor,
served as a military doctor after graduation, and
was a student under the famous academic M.O.
Gurevich in the psychiatric clinic of the First In-
stitute of Medicine in Moscow in 1939 - 1941.
His interest in fasting was likely to have been
initially stimulated by the family environment,
was later consolidated thanks to the contribu-
tion of Prof. Bakulev, President of the Academy
of Medical Sciences of the USSR. In 1956, Prof.
Bakulev published an article titled Po povodu od-
nogo metoda lecheniya (Regarding the treatment
method) in the journal "Meditsinskij rabotnik"
(The medical worker). The article described a
successful experiment in the treatment of
chronic diseases with fasting, specifically some

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cases of complete remission of gastric and duo-
denal ulcers after a 12-day water fast.
It must be said that discussion of "fasting" in the
USSR of the 50s and 60s was certainly difficult.
The specter of hunger was still very much alive
in the country. The nine hundred days of the
Nazi siege of Leningrad, with thousands of
deaths from starvation and numerous incidents
of cannibalism, as well as the challenging post-
war years characterized by scarcity of food had
left a profoundly mark on the collective uncon-
scious of the Soviet population and the memory
of deprivation had not subsided in a little over a
decade. However, Prof. Bakulev was able to di-
rect the attention of the scientific and medical
community to the possibility of applying thera-
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deeply impressed. So much so that he too, in his
psychiatric practice, found constants worthy of
interest. He wrote:
"I noticed that some schizophrenia pa-
tients often give up eating and resist when
they are force-fed. I wondered if this renun-
ciation of food was not perhaps an instinc-
tive reaction to the sick organism's defense.
So, I tried to treat these patients with a par-
adoxical method: the dosed fast”
In the late 1940s-1960s, Nikolayev intensified
his observations of schizophrenia patients who
became the object of his doctoral thesis, pre-
sented in 1960 under the title Razgruzochno-di-
eticheskaja terapiya shizofrenii i ee fiziolog-
icheskoe obosnovaniye (RDT diet-fasting therapy
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physiological basis). In those difficult years, Ni-
kolayev's selflessness in his work of furthering
therapeutic fasting would not have been success-
ful, had it not been for a decisive stroke of luck:
Nikolaeyv’s wife, also a psychiatrist employed in
the rehabilitation of alcoholics, happened to
handle the case of Lev Bulganin, son of an im-
portant man of the party, the Chairman of the
Soviet Council of Ministers, N.A. Bulganin.
The Nikolayevs both treated the illustrious pa-
tient together and managed to cure him by ap-
plying the method of therapeutic fasting. The
powerful N.A. Bulganin, wishing to express grat-
itude for his son’s healing, assured Dr. Nikolayev
his high protection. Thanks to this, Nikolayev
was able to freely conduct his research and

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experiments at the psychiatric clinic and record
his observations.
Using fasting to treat thousands of cases of
schizophrenia and other psychic disorders, he
noted that, by eradicating the disease at the root,
fasting could heal several diseases simultane-
ously. Thus, with copious clinical results in hand
and the protection of the high-ranking official
Bulganin, Nikolayev soon succeeded in intro-
ducing therapeutic fasting into clinical practice,
thus contributing to its approval by the Soviet
Ministry of Health.
In 1961, Nikolayev was appointed director of
the psychiatry program at the Rostov-on-Don
Medical Institute. During the two years in this
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experts in therapeutic fasting and inspire nu-
merous colleagues.
In the decades that followed, Nikolayev worked
in Moscow at the Soviet Scientific Research In-
stitute of Psychiatry and coordinated the work of
the numerous fasting wards that had been
opened everywhere throughout the Soviet Un-
ion.
The development of the method benefited im-
mensely from the collection Problemy
lechebnogo golodaniya (Problems of therapeutic
fasting), published in Moscow in 1969. It com-
prised the contribution of scientists such as P.K.
Anokhin, A.A. Pokrovskiy, P.A. Fedorov, in ad-
dition to Nikolayev. It comprised approximately
sixty articles dedicated to therapeutic fasting in
psychiatric practice, to the neurophysiology of

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the sensation of hunger and satiety, and to the
pathophysiology of fasting. Nikolayev himself
spoke of the growing interest and fervor in the
studies in the introduction to 1988 edition of his
book Golodaniye radi zdoroviya (Fasting for
Health), published for the first time in 1973 with
200,000 copies.
At the end of the 1990s, the Republic of Burya-
tia hosted a pilot experience to introduce fasting
dietary therapy (RDT) in the practice of medical
and hospital facilities at the state level. Under the
scientific direction of Prof. A.N. Kokosov, a
training program for RDT specialists was estab-
lished in the republic, with lectures, seminars
and conferences on the method aimed at both
doctors and health personnel, and the interested
public.

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 Since then, in Russia, the number of scientific
articles that have been released and authors who
have made contributions to the field of thera-
peutic fasting (including dry fasting) are un-
countable. This is evidenced by the materials re-
ported in Appendix 1 and the relative bibliog-
raphy included in this book, which contains ref-
erences, as complete as possible, on the enor-
mous amount of medical and scientific research
carried out in the USSR-Russia in the last sixty
years.
Finally, I would like to add that 25 years since
the creation of the Russian fasting dietary ther-
apy (RDT) were celebrated on 10 August 2019,
in Goryachinsk, Republic of Buryatia, and I had
the pleasure of being present and of getting to
know the people who are still carrying out this

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fantastic project (see the photographic dossier at
the end of this book).

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Preface by Sergey Filonov

I was born in the Altai region in a family of

physicians; both my mother and my older sister
are pediatricians. Since early childhood at home
I regularly overheard conversations about med-
icine. With such a "family anamnesis" it was a
foreseeable predicament that my path would
lead me straight to the study of medicine, and so
it was indeed, even though, from what I recall,
during childhood and adolescence I was fond of
totally different things: like all the boys on our
street, I, too, wanted to become a pilot.
One day my father and I went skiing. After
our outing we visited some friends for a cup of
tea, and it was there that for first time in my life
I saw a cancer patient. He was very thin and

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suffered from severe pain. This made a very
strong impression on me. Once I reached home
I asked my mother if it recovering from this dis-
ease really was impossible, and she replied: "Un-
fortunately, my son, at this stage of the illness our
medicine is yet ineffective."
In eighth grade, by chance, I stumbled upon a
book. I do not remember the title, but I remem-
ber well that it spoke of a talented healer who
had cured a man suffering from cancer by treat-
ing it with herbs and fasting. Hence, the body
has the reserves and forces capable to treat such
a serious and insidious disease like cancer, I
thought.
For every poison, there must necessarily be an
antidote in nature. For each disease in the body
there must be forces able to heal it. After all,

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animals in nature do not have hospitals, clinics
and doctors. They are guided by their natural in-
stincts. They know better than any herbalists,
which grass to take in the moment they need it,
or they heal themselves just by fasting. From that
moment, I became more interested in natural
ways of healing. I began to read books about fast-
ing, hypnosis, herbs, acupuncture. I began to un-
derstand: a man is a natural pharmacy, the or-
ganism has all it needs for the treatment of any
disease, it is only necessary to discover these nat-
ural medicines and stimulate them to benefit the
organism, with work, patience and willpower.
My decision to enroll in medical school was ab-
solutely conscious, but I knew that I would not
be interested in sitting at the clinic and to pre-
scribe tablets. I had to find a specialization and

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to gain knowledge in such a way that my future
patients would be assisted and able to utilize
their huge hidden potential to heal diseases.
On the fourth year of my medical degree, I
was appointed to supervise a patient with bron-
chial asthma. When I went to her room, I could
not believe what I saw: a blooming woman with
a pink blush on the face and sparkling eyes. She
didn’t look at all like an asthmatic patient. I
wanted to apologize and say, that I had entered
in the wrong room, but still I asked her name. It
turned out I was in the right place!
"Don’t be so surprised - she said - that I don’t
look like an asthmatic person. I have been on a
twenty-day course of fasting, and now I'm at the
end of it. After the tenth day of fasting I stopped

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having asthma attacks and I stopped using an in-
haler. "
Her appearance and her breathing impressed
me. It's one thing to read books about fasting,
and another thing to see in practice the results of
it. After this meeting, I definitely decided that I
needed to know everything about this wonderful
technique and make sure to specialize in it.
Professor Yu.S. Nikolayev authored the best
texts on therapeutic fasting at the time. His
book3 is written with such enthusiasm and faith
in this natural method, that after reading it I also
wanted to practice it. So I did, and got my whole
university group involved. We started a juice

3
Nikolayev Yu.S. Golodaniye radi zdoroviya (Fasting for Health),
Moskva, Sovetskaya Rossiya, 1973.

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fast, then tried the water fast. Of course, most of
my group abandoned the experiment, but I con-
tinued. I particularly liked to fast before exams:
after fasting my head became light, clear, and
memory was very much improved, and most im-
portantly I would go take the exams without any
fear.
After graduating from the medical institute I
was appointed in the locality of "Goryachinsk",
in the Republic of Buryatia on the shore of the
sacred Lake Baikal. The nature and beauty of
these places enchanted me, especially the energy
and the magnificence of the Lake.
Working in this sanatorium I was fortunate
to meet a very interesting person, Vladimir Ro-
manovich Verbul. He was suffering from

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bronchial asthma and was the first, in Buryatia,
to try the 24-day fast in the domestic environ-
ment.
His work colleagues were shocked by the re-
sults of his therapeutic fast. Together they de-
cided to invite the famous Professor Yuri Ser-
geyevich Nikolayev to Buryatia. When the pro-
fessor arrived, they took him to our
"Goryachinsk" sanatorium, so I had the chance
to meet this extraordinary man for the first time.
Yuri Sergeyevich liked the sanatorium and the
surrounding nature very much. He said: "Here at
Lake Baikal, the place and conditions are perfect
for therapeutic fasting."
Professor Nikolayev invited me to follow him
to Moscow to practice in his therapeutic fasting
ward.

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 After my period of study in Moscow, we
opened department for therapeutic fasting in
our sanatorium. It was difficult for me to start it.
Our collective was skeptical about fasting as a
therapeutic method and they openly called me
"the hunger doctor". I remember well that when
my first patient went to the canteen, the day of
his exit from the fast, the nurse brought him a
plate of cold porridge of salted millet and told
him: "come on, eat!". Fortunately, he remem-
bered my advice and decided to wait for me. But
what would have happened if he had eaten it?!
Over time, however, seeing the good results
of therapeutic fasting, our collective began to
have a completely different opinion and some of
them even decided to personally experience a
course of fasting.

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 After working independently for two years, I
was fortunate enough to go on to specialize in St.
Petersburg, at the fasting department led by Pro-
fessor Alexsey Nikolayevich Kokosov. There, for
the first time I heard about absolute (dry) fasting
and its application in the treatment of diseases.
It happened that some of my patients who
had practiced a water fasting course had seen all
their symptoms disappear during the fast, but at
the end of it part of the symptoms had returned.
Those were unpleasant moments for me. I had
pondered for a long time how to improve the ef-
fectiveness of the method, understanding that,
obviously, the longer the period of fasting, the
better the result would be. But unfortunately
times were changing, people had to start paying
for the health services and not everyone could

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afford to undergo a long assisted fast. How to
strengthen the curative effect of fasting under
the conditions offered by our sanatorium?
It was my dog who suggested a solution. He
had been hit by a motorcycle and after the acci-
dent had given up not only eating but also drink-
ing. For seven days, he remained motionless in a
dark corner of the shed and only on the eighth
day he began drinking, and then eating. Then I
thought he had an internal trauma and probably
an edema. He instinctively felt it and for this rea-
son he gave up drinking, which ended up saving
him.
After a while, as if on purpose, I, too, had an
adventure with the motorbike: after a day of fish-
ing I slipped and sank in the icy water. To get
home, I had to travel twenty miles on a

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motorbike and the result was that I froze to the
bone. This accident provoked an acute sinusitis
and I had awful pains every time I lowered my
head.
I began to reflect on the situation. I thought:
the pains are mainly caused by an edema. But if
there is no water, there will be no edema. I de-
cided to fast without water until symptoms re-
solved.
On the fifth day of dry fast all the symptoms
of the disease had disappeared and even today
they do not bother me anymore. That was my
first dry fast experiment. I was at Lake Baikal and
it was not difficult to practice the fast, thanks
also to the fact that I had a good experience of
water fasting. In any case, I was most impressed
by the therapeutic effect and the results obtained

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in such a short period of time. I had assisted pa-
tients with sinusitis, but the results only showed
up after the tenth day of water fasting.
One day a young man suffering from chronic
prostatitis came to see me. I had already assisted
him on a fourteen-day water fast. After the prac-
tice he was better, but he still had periodic aggra-
vations. I reflected that prostatitis is an infec-
tious process. Every infection loves to reproduce
in water, edema is present in any infectious pro-
cess. The boy was serious about his intent to heal
and my arguments about dry fasting convinced
him. He did a 5-days dry fast and then a 5-days
water fast. Exactly one year later he came back to
me and said that he did not want to fast with wa-
ter anymore, that he liked the effect of dry fast-
ing and that there were no exacerbations that
year. Under my direct supervision he did a 7-day

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dry fast. Later he called me often to tell me that
he felt very satisfied with the achieved results.
I was afraid to carry out a dry fast longer than
seven days, but in life I have always been fortu-
nate to meet interesting and unique people. For
family reasons, I was forced to go to the Altai re-
gion, where I was offered to work in a medical
center specializing in therapeutic fasting.
At the time, from the city of Ulan-Ude, I re-
ceived an invitation to a conference dedicated to
fasting. The conference attracted the most fa-
mous doctors specializing in therapeutic fasting,
from all over Russia. I went. On this occasion I
had the good fortune to meet one of the founders
of the dry fasting method, Professor L. A.
Shchennikov, who assisted patients on 11-day
fasting. After the conference the professor in-
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acquainted with his patients and studied his
method in practice. This is a very effective, but
very difficult approach for an untrained person
When I returned home after being in Kis-
lovodsk I did a 9-day dry fast, spending my time
at home and a bit in the Altai mountains near
Lake Teletskoe. Then I realized that a serious dry
fast can only happen by staying in nature, possi-
bly in the mountains and near mountain rivers.
After this experience I did a 10-days dry fast, but
only staying in the Altai mountains: we spent the
whole period on horseback, on excursions. Con-
sidering all the advantages and disadvantages of
the various methods of dry fasting and my per-
sonal experience, now I believe that the most ef-
fective approach is the "fractional dry fasting"
that I propose to all my patients.

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 I have been working with therapeutic fasting
for 30 years. I have personally assisted hundreds
of patients. There have been excellent results but
there have also been cases in which therapeutic
fasting did not help. People often call me, write
to me or simply ask me how to start and how to
get the maximum benefit from this technique.
Nowadays, thanks to the Internet, information
regarding dry fasting is spreading rapidly. To tell
the truth, it is often contradictory information:
some people write that with a 2-day dry fast you
can recover from cancer, while others say that in
order to heal, you need a 15-day dry fasting.
Both are wrong. Dry fasting, according to my
personal experience, is one of the most effective
methods among types of fasts but if you are not
properly prepared and it is practices correctly it

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can be very risky, like all other methods of heal-
ing.
Unfortunately, people turn to this method
when it is too late, as a last resort, after having
tried everything and wasted a lot of time. I al-
ways tell my patients that everything needs to be
done on time. This method, like others, has its
indications and contraindications, however its
effectiveness is incomparable in treating the ini-
tial phase of almost all kinds of diseases.
There are real horror stories about the dam-
age that a dry fast could cause. It is not my inten-
tion to underestimate other techniques of fasting
and treatment, but I firmly believe that it is very
important to provide people with the most
truthful and complete information and the pos-
sibility of choice.

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 If someone decides to autonomously tend to
their own healing using the dry fasting method,
then they must do it correctly, in order to obtain
the maximum benefit and make use of all its po-
tential. My book is dedicated to this category of
people. I tried to illustrate the method as clearly
and completely as I can, providing highly relia-
ble information, based on the results of decades
of practice and confirmed by my patients’ feed-
back. Remember: a man can bear anything if he
knows why and for what purpose he is doing it.
Sergey Ivanovich Filonov, MD4

4
Taken from the first book by dr Filonov, Suchoe lechebnoe go-
lodaniye. Mify i realnost - (Therapeutic dry fasting. Myths and real-
ity), 2008.

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 1. What is dry fasting?
An absolute fast or dry fasting (DF) is nor-
mally defined as abstinence from any food or liq-
uid over a particular time frame. Russian doctors
recommend a practice from 1 day up to a maxi-
mum of 5 in domestic conditions (3 days for
people affected by illness) and from 6 to 11 days
strictly under medical assistance (see question
10).
This type of fasting requires abstaining from
water not only for internal use, but also for ex-
ternal use. For maximum therapeutic effect, in
fact, it is advisable to totally refrain from any
contact with water; this results in the greatest ex-
perience of rejuvenation and restructuring of the
cells through the detoxification process stimu-
lated by DF.

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 It is necessary to also avoid brushing teeth;
while fasting the saliva composition changes and
acquires the ability to "dissolve" the enamel.
Throughout the fasting practice a special organic
layer usually coats the teeth and protects them
from decaying. If the wish to brush one’s teeth is
too strong it is possible to do it, but only once a
week.
Regarding contact with water for domestic
use, it will be sufficient to use a pair of rubber
gloves.
It must be said that in the case of certain pa-
thologies doctors allow patients to wash them-
selves with cold water (less than 11 degrees) or
swim in natural water basins. The contrast in
temperature experienced by the body enhances
the thermal reaction triggered by DF within the

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organism, which is considered one of the main
mechanisms of self-healing.

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2. Is dry fasting a natural method?
Nowadays dry therapeutic fasting is consid-
ered one of the most advanced healing methods,
but in fact this approach is “as old as the world”.
It was born at the dawn of humanity. It can be
affirmed with certainty that since the beginning
of the evolution of animal life forms existing to-
day, dry fasting was frequently used by all their
representatives.
As humanity progressed this archaic method
has been mostly forgotten and only in recent
decades, thanks to the growing popularity of hy-
gienism and water and water fasting, there has
been a return of interest in this ancient practice.
Dry fasting is an absolutely natural process, in-
corporated into the genetic code of man and an-
imals: it is well known that when animals fall

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sick, especially in serious conditions, they im-
mediately refuse food and water.
When the body gets ill, it begins to mobilize
all its forces to protect itself and it starts using its
reserves, if they exist. Therefore, with the intent
to save energy from processing external water
and food, the body triggers a rescue program,
which involves an automatic "refusal" to intro-
duce them.
Similar situations also occur in response to
adverse environmental conditions: to protect
themselves from extreme cold (winter hiberna-
tion) or from extreme hot (aestivation) animals
do not eat and do not drink for long periods and
enter a state of inactivity and metabolic depres-
sion characterized by low body temperature,
slow breathing, slow heart rate and low

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metabolic rate. The function of hibernation-aes-
tivation is to conserve energy when sufficient
food is unavailable.
This phenomenon can affect animal and
plant species, both in the adult form and in the
intermediate forms of development (eggs, lar-
vae, chrysalises, seeds, spores, pollen, buds, tu-
bers, bulbs, etc.) and may depend on seasonal
environmental phenomena, as in the case of
winter hibernation or from accidental external
causes (drought, temperature changes, lack of
nourishment). In all these situations we speak of
anabiosis, or apparent death or latent life5.

5
Cryptobiosis (latent life) is the collective name for a state of life
used by some organisms to overcome periods of unfavorable envi-
ronmental conditions such as desiccation, freezing, and oxygen de-
ficiency. Cryptobiotic organisms are known from both the plant
and animal kingdom (mainly among invertebrates). Cryptobiosis

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Anabiosis is a temporary state during which the
organism, in the absence of nourishment, slows
down its vital functions, which resume perfectly
as soon as the external conditions normalize.
Therefore, fasting is a natural adaptive mecha-
nism, an organism’s automatic self-defense reac-
tion genially developed by Mother Nature and
incorporated into the vital strategies of animal
and plant organisms to survive environmental
conditions.

may be entered either within a specific life stage (for example larvae
and eggs, spores of various fungi and bacteria, and pollen and seeds
of some plants) or over the entire life cycle (in species of Protozoa,
Nematoda, Tardigrada, Arthropoda, mosses, lichens, and algae, as
well as some higher plants). In the cryptobiotic state, all measurable
metabolic processes are interrupted. When environmental condi-
tions return to being hospitable, the organism will return to its met-
abolic state of life as it was prior to the cryptobiosis.

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3. What conditions can fasting help? In-
dications and contraindications for fast-
ing and dry fasting.

Main indications:
• hypertension, stages 1 and 2;
• neurocirculatory dystonia, hypertensive or
mixed (there are limitations regarding hypo-
tonic neurocirculatory dystonia since there is
a chance of orthostatic collapse);
• ischemic heart disease, angina pectoris of
classes I, II and III;
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD);
• bronchial asthma;
• pulmonary sarcoidosis, phases I and II;

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• chronic gastritis with secretory insufficiency
and hyperacidity, gastroduodenitis;
• pancreatitis and chronic cholecystitis with-
out gallstones;
• biliary dyskinesia
• irritable bowel syndrome (IBS);
• diseases of the musculoskeletal system of in-
flammatory and dystrophic origin;
• neuroendocrine disorders in chronic
salpingoovaritis;
• prostate adenoma;
• alimentary-constitutional obesity, dience-
phalic obesity;
• resistance to drug therapy;
• skin allergies (chronic allergic dermatosis,
neurodermatitis, psoriasis, eczema); food al-
lergies and (or) from drugs.

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• neurosis, depressive conditions, schizotypal
personality disorder.

Contraindications

1. Absolute contraindications:
• marked body mass deficit (more than 15%
from the expected values);
• malignant tumors;
• active tuberculosis of the lungs and other or-
gans;
• bronchiectasis;
• systemic diseases of the blood;
• type I diabetes mellitus;
• thyrotoxicosis;
• disorders of the heart rhythm and/or of the
pulse propagation of any origin;
• post-focal myocardial infarction;

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• heart failure of II B - III degree;
• chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver;
• chronic renal failure and renal failure of any
genesis;
• thrombophlebitis.

2. Relative contraindications:
• coronary heart disease with rhythmic disor-
ders and cardiac failure greater than stage II
A;
• severe hypotension;
• cholelithiasis;
• urolithiasis;
• stomach ulcer and duodenal ulcer;
• chronic venous insufficiency;
• type II diabetes mellitus;
• gout;
• febrile conditions;

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• pregnancy and breastfeeding;
• in childhood (up to 14 years) and the elderly
(over 70);

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 4. What is the scientific background of
therapeutic fasting and dry fasting in
particular?
In Russia therapeutic fasting has a research
tradition that can be traced back to 1769, when
Petr Vilyaminov, professor of the Moscow Uni-
versity medical school, wrote the treatise Slovo o
postakh kak sredstve predochraneniya ot
bolezney (“On fasting as a means of disease pre-
vention”).
Later, between the early 1800s and the mid-
20th century, many Russian researchers and
physicians became interested in fasting, among
which we cite prof. I. G. Spassky, Dr. N. Zeland,
prof. V. Pashutin, A. Suvorin and prof.

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Bakulyev, who studied the physiological and
pathophysiological characteristics of fasting and
applied it in animal studies and in a clinical set-
ting.
But the great promoter of fasting as a thera-
peutic practice was the psychiatrist Yuri Nikola-
yev: he was responsible for the approval and the
introduction of fasting in the USSR state
healthcare system. Thanks to the contribution of
prof. Nikolayev fasting was scientifically investi-
gated in studies that began in the 1960s and con-
tinue to the present day, with a peak of activity
in the decades of the 70s, 80s and 90s.
It was Professor Nikolayev who coined the
term razgruzochno-dieticheskaya terapiya

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(RDT) (“fasting-dietary therapy – FDT”)6. The
term distinguishes spontaneous fasting or fast-
ing induced by circumstances beyond personal
control from therapeutic fasting researched and
applied in the medical field on the basis of pre-
cise protocols approved by the Ministry of
Healthcare first in the Soviet Union and later in
Russia. This is also understood as a therapeutic

6
The razgruzochno-dieticheskaya terapiya (RDT) (“fasting-dietary
therapy – FDT”) was based on the method of complete “water” fast-
ing, developed by Professor Yu. S. Nikolayev and approved by the
Ministry of Healthcare of the USSR in 1990, then revised and ap-
proved by the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation in
2005. The course of therapy consisted of three main periods: pre-
paratory, fasting and restoration periods (see the Methodological
Recommendations Primenenie razgruzochno-dieticheskoj terapij
(RDT) v vosstanovitelnoy medicine. Posobye dliya vrachey (Method-
ological Recommendation for application of FDT (RDT) in Reha-
bilitation Medicine. A Manual for Physicians), Moskva 2005).

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practice based on the transition of the organism
to an endogenous diet.
With regards to dry fasting specifically, it was
only in recent decades that (in Russia) total ab-
stinence from food and water started being ap-
plied in clinical practice (V.A. Zakirov7 and I.E
Khoroshilov8), although the physiologist

7
Zakirov V. A., Klinicheskaya i funktsionalnaya kharakteristika
bolnykh bronkhialnoy astmoy pri reducirovannoy (trednevnoj)
rasgruzochno-dieticheskoy terapii metodami “vlazhnogo” I “suchogo”
golodaniya, (Clinical and functional characteristics of patients with
bronchial asthma treated with fasting dietary therapy (three days)
and " water " and "dry" fasting methods”) // Nemedikamentoznye
metody v lechenii i reabilitatsii bolnykh nespecificheskimi
zabolevaniyami legkikh (Non-pharmacological methods in the
treatment and rehabilitation of patients with non-specific lung dis-
eases // Leningrad 1989, pp. 63-67.
8
Khoroshilov I. E., Kliniko-gigienicheskye aspekty absoljutnogo go-
lodaniya, St. Petersburg, 1994.

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Vladimir Pashutin9 in 1902 and the gastroenter-
ologist and dietician M. Pevzner10 in the 1950s
had already written about the possibility to limit
water during an absolute fast.
The method of dry fasting has scientific evi-
dence. The Scientific Research Institute of Pul-
monology in St. Petersburg, led by prof. A. Ko-
kosov11, has produced guidelines on the

9
Pashutin V. V. (1845—1901), Kurs obshchey I eksperimentalnoy
patologii (patologicheskoy fiziologii) (The Course of General and Ex-
perimental Pathology (pathological physiology), St. Petersburg,
1902.
10
Pevzner M. I. (1872-1952), Osnovy lechebnogo pitaniya (Funda-
mental of Therapeutic Nutrition), Moscow,1958.
11
Kokosov A. N., Osinin S. G., Trofimov V. I., Razgruzochno-diet-
icheskajya terapiya bronkhialnoy astmoy (The FDT (RDT) in the
treatment of bronchial asthma), Leningrad, 1978; Razgruzochno-di-
eticheskajya terapiyja bolnykh bronkhialnoy astmoy (The FDT in the
treatment of patients with bronchial asthma), Tashkent, ed. Medic-
ina, 1984; Opyt lechenija bronkhialnoy astmoy metodom

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treatment of various lung diseases using the dry
fasting method. A clinical experiment con-
ducted in the mid-1990s at the Medical Acad-
emy of Ivanovo, showed that absolute fasting
(without food and water) opens interesting pro-
spects for the treatment of cancer and serious
immunodeficiency disorders. It is scientifically
demonstrated that dry fasting allows the organ-
ism to develop the highest concentrations of bi-
ologically active substances, hormones, immu-
nocompetent cells and immunoglobulins in
body fluids (according to the research developed

razgruzochno-dieticheskoj terapiey (Experiment in the treatment of

bronchial asthma using the FDT method), Leningrad, 1986; the
guidelines for the Physicians Razgruzochno-dieticheskaja terapiya
bronkhialnoy astmoy (The FDT (RDT) in the treatment of bronchial
asthma), Leningrad, 1980.

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in the USSR-Russia, see the bibliography sec-
tion).

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5. What type of fasting (RDT) are being
researched and commonly used in clini-
cal practice (in Russia)
The medical recommendations elaborated by
the Russian Ministry of Health12, define the dif-
ferent types of fasting: absolute or dry fasting
(absence of food and water), complete fasting
(absence of food with water intake), incomplete
or water fasting (with limited water intake) and
different types of qualitative fasting (protein, li-
pid, vitamin, carbohydrate).

12
The Methodological Recommendations Primenenie razgruzo-
chno-dieticheskoj terapij (RDT) v vosstanovitelnoy medicine. Posobye
dliya vrachey (Methodological Recommendation for application of
FDT (RDT) in Rehabilitation Medicine. A Manual for Physicians),
Moscow 2005.

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 The incomplete or water fasting (with nor-
mal water intake): is the most commonly used in
the clinical practice of the RDT.

The absolute or dry fasting: from a physio-

logical perspective, during this type of fasting the
body does not undergo a deficit of liquids be-
cause every kilogram of splitting lipid mass (gly-
cogen) releases up to 1 liter of endogenous water
(metabolic). In a normal environmental temper-
ature, the organism does not lose large quantities
of liquids through pulmonary and cutaneous
perspiration: between 1.5 to 2 liters a day, so the
water deficit does not exceed 0.5-1 liter per day,
i.e. physiologically admissible values under con-
ditions of reduced basic metabolism.

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 If the absolute absence of food and water does
not exceed 3-4 days, the dehydration of the body
does not exceed an acceptable low level. Normal
clinical practice recommends short dry fasting
exercises (1-3 days) during which neither ene-
mas nor laxatives are prescribed. During a dry
fast the times for typical fasting phased are re-
duced: the stage of alimentary excitement lasts a
few hours; the stage of increasing ketoacidosis
lasts from 1 to 3 days. Upon observation, the
splitting of fat deposits starts earlier and is more
complete. Furthermore, a high concentration of
biologically active substances such as hormones,
immunocompetent cells and immunoglobulins
is detected in body fluids. Contrary to popular
belief the "dry" fasting is objectively better toler-
ated than "water" fasting. Moreover, in cases of

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illnesses such as bronchial asthma, hyperten-
sion, forms of allergy, etc., a 3-days dry fast
proved to be much more effective than a 3-days
water fast. On the basis of the studies and results
obtained, it can be said that 3 days of absolute
fasting correspond to 7-9 days of water fasting.

The combined fasting: absolute (dry) + com-

plete (water) fasting: a method of consecutive
application of absolute (dry) fasting for 2-3 days
and complete (water) fasting from 10 to 14 days.
In accordance with this practice, patients are ad-
vised to abstain from food and water for 1-3 days
(depending on individual tolerance) and no
cleansing procedures (enemas) are prescribed.
Starting from the 2nd-4th day, patients begin to
take water in a dose of 10-12mg per kg of body-

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weight per day for the duration of the fasting pe-
riod and continue the complete (water) fast ac-
cording to the RDT method. Some researchers
observe that the use of combined fasting allows
to reach the acidotic peak in a shorter time and
to greatly reduce more body fat mass. In the case
of treatment for hypertensive patients, the nor-
malization of blood pressure begins earlier,
thereby reducing the necessary time for fasting,
and, consequently, the duration of the patients’
hospitalization is also reduced. This method is
the favored alternative in cases of obesity or
edema as a complication of the main disease.
Furthermore, the combination of dry and wa-
ter fasting is well tolerated by patients, it has a
therapeutic effect even in cases where the gen-
eral duration of RDT is reduced and it optimizes

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the progress of the therapy thanks to the early
onset of the acidotic crisis.
Disadvantages: during a combined fast there
is no excretion from the body of "heavy dead wa-
ter", the anti-inflammatory effect is less pro-
nounced compared to the same effect during a
dry fasting and the depurative effect is also
weaker. To obtain a positive therapeutic effect it
is necessary to practice a long period of water
fasting, at least 30 days.
WARNING! With the combined fasting it is
expected to start strictly with dry fasting days
and then continue with water or water fasting. It
is dangerous to invert the practice and do the op-
posite because it is always absolutely necessary
to start from the process that imposes a more ex-
treme modality and then transition to one that is

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more acceptable to the body. So, it is possible to
go from dry fast to water, but you can never go
from water to dry!

Fractional therapeutic fasting: this ap-

proach, well investigated by Dr. Voytovich13, in-
volves a few repeated or consecutive cycles (usu-
ally 3) of RDT (water fasting). The average dura-
tion of the fasting period is 14 days whereas the
duration of the therapy is six months. It is possi-
ble to apply both complete and combined fast-
ing. Dr. Filonov elaborated his method of frac-
tional dry fasting based on Dr. Voytovich’s indi-
cations concerning fractional water fasting.

13
Voytovich, G. A., Iztseli samogo sam (Heal yourself ), Moscow,
1998.

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 Gradual therapeutic fasting: in this type of
therapy, the duration of the fast is reduced to the
first clinical signs of reaching an acidotic peak,
i.e. until the shift to endogenous nutrition. Fol-
lowing this transition there is a recovery period
equal to the duration of half of the first fast (1st
step). Afterwards, the fast resumes again until
"the peak" (2nd step). In total, this approach re-
quires 3-4 steps. The use of this technique is ad-
visable for hypertensive patients unable to toler-
ate long periods of fasting, especially for patients
over 55 years of age. The technique may also be
a method of choice for patients whose condition
would pose great health risks to practice the clas-
sical FDT (RDT).

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 6. What methods of fasting have been
developed and disseminated in the
USSR-Russia?

Ivanov’s method: 42 hours a week of dry

fasting
In the Soviet Union, one of the founders of a
unique healing system, which also includes dry
fasting, was Porfiry Ivanov (1898-1982). He was
born in Ukraine in a family of miners. After
graduating from the mandatory four classes of
parochial school, the 15-year-old boy began
working at the coal mine. In 1934, he had a
dream that became recurrent and made him re-
alize that man should not fight against the

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negative elements of nature, but learn to take ad-
vantage of them for his best interest.
He began to experiment on himself with var-
ious procedures to temper the body: he would go
out without headgear and jacket in the winter
frost, he walked barefoot all year, and poured
buckets of frozen water over himself.
Soon he developed phenomenal abilities. In
addition to a robust health, he gained consider-
able bioenergetic power and extra-sensory abili-
ties, which helped him to heal patients with
complex diseases. He lived in a period and in a
country that did not allow the manifestation of
such extraordinary abilities. He was arrested
many times, he spent overall 12 years in prison
and in psychiatric hospitals, but nothing could
break him down. He had hundreds of followers

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who learnt his doctrine (Detka - Babe). Special-
ists of such doctrine hold attitudes close to ne-
opaganism, Buddhism and yoga.
Detka is summarized in 12 simple and practi-
cal guidelines and one of the fundamental rec-
ommendations concerns dry fasting. According
to this system, in order to keep in shape, have
strong health, a clear mind and a heart open to
others it is mandatory to practice dry fasting for
a minimum of 42 hours a week: eating should
stop around 18:00 on Friday, absolute fasting be-
gins on Saturday during the day and Sunday un-
til about 12noon, then it is recommended to go
out for a walk in the open air, possibly on the
grass and barefoot, return home and only then
eat.

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 Why is the fasting recommended for at least
42 hours? Because over this period an important
substitution of sodium with potassium occurs at
the cellular level. Sodium contributes to the
preservation of organic substances in the cell
and this can end up obstructing it, while, on the
contrary, potassium contributes to its purifica-
tion and therefore improves metabolism. The
Ivanov system, in addition to dry fasting, in-
cludes long daily walks, possibly barefoot on the
grass and in winter on the snow, buckets of ice
water on the feet and then on the whole body,
steam baths, baths in natural water basins (sea,
rivers, lakes, streams) twice a day; all this allows
to strengthen the energy body, freeing it from
external negative energies and restore the body’s
natural defense system.

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 Comment by dr. Filonov
A major drawback to the Ivanov rehabilita-
tion system is certainly the orientation towards
a rural way of life. For inhabitants of modern cit-
ies, however willful and diligent, walking bare-
foot on the ground and pouring buckets of cold
water is difficult to practice every day. The cold
ablutions could be reserved to the weekends and
holidays, but the procedure requires daily prac-
tice and should be executed with the feet touch-
ing the soil. An alternative would be a cold
shower, but it is a completely different process.
Nonetheless, those who can follow the Ivanov’s
technique with fasting, walking and ablutions,
will quickly obtain amazing results.

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 Shchennikov’s method: the complete dry fast
(CDF) of 7-9-11 days
A great contribution to the development of
dry fasting method was advanced by Leonid Ale-
ksandrovich Shchennikov (1932-2019), author
of the book Tselebnoe vozderzhanie ot zhidkosti i
pishchi (Therapeutic abstinence from liquids
and food - Moscow, 2003) and owner of the pa-
tent n. 2028160 for the approach called "Method
of body rehabilitation " (1993).
Shchennikov was an expert in non-traditional
medicine, a naturopathic doctor and a healer.
For over 40 years, has demonstrated the benefits
of therapeutic abstinence from food and water at
the cellular level.
In his book L. A. Shchennikov tells how he
elaborates the technique of dry fasting. The

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complete dry fasting (CDF) by L.A. Shchenni-
kov requires a practice of minimum 7, 9 days,
but ideally 11 days. Here are the benefits and ad-
vantages of the CDF:
• effectively stimulates the internal resources of
the body responsible for increasing the body's
resistance to external, internal and external-
internal negative factors;
• helps to resolve different pathological condi-
tions and chronic diseases;
• total renunciation of fluid intake inhibits or in-
terrupts the decomposing fermentation pro-
cesses of the gastrointestinal system;
• it is an effective way to reduce overweight in
obese people (on average 1 kg per day);
• reduces the high level of metabolism found in
patients with long-term chronic diseases;

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• improves blood circulation to the skin, opens
the skin-pores and improves the process of cu-
taneous respiration, increases the threshold of
cold perception, facilitates the assimilation of
condensed moisture through the skin and res-
piratory organs during outdoor walks, espe-
cially in evening and night hours;
• improves the body's utilization processes of
abnormal cells and pathologically modified
cells, cholesterol deposits in artery walls, sof-
tens tartar deposits in the oral cavity and cal-
culi in tissues and internal organs (gallbladder,
kidneys, joints);
• normalizes blood pressure as well as the activ-
ity of the central nervous system and the auto-
nomic nervous system, improving respiration
and tissue metabolism;

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• improves reparative processes in the human
body utilizing the body's reserves and internal
resources;
• improves conductivity and permeability of
nerve impulses (including trophic impulses)
towards various tissues and organs;
• activates the processes of toxin removal (em-
powers the body to remove toxic metabolites,
exotoxins and endotoxins);
• stimulates the immune system;
• the CDF can be practiced in nursing homes
and specialized sanatoria or even in domestic
conditions, but under the supervision of CDF
specialists;
• it can be used in case of infectious diseases
(acute and chronic viral hepatitis, chronic hep-
atitis), oncological diseases (prostate adenoma
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 (bronchial asthma, inherited degenerative dis-
eases of the nervous system, ischemic heart
disease), inflammatory diseases (prostatitis,
myocarditis, and many others);
• strengthens the person's willpower and faith in
themselves and in their abilities;
• the CDF helps to joyfully perceive the sur-
rounding world and work creatively for the
sake of themselves and humanity;
• The CDF, unlike other fasting systems, can be
interrupted at any stage of its implementation,
without compromising the health of patients.

Comment by dr. Filonov

The main advantage of this method lies in the
fact that, if you succeed to do an 11-day CDF,
you reach the second most curative acidotic cri-
sis. As a consequence, the therapeutic result is

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excellent. This type of fast must however be
practiced in places immersed in nature, in eco-
logically clean locations, with fresh air, near run-
ning water courses and under the strict supervi-
sion of a CDF specialist.
However, the organism of today's human be-
ings is so full of toxins and waste products that
there is a risk to die not so much of hunger, but
due to the strong intoxication of the body. When
a fasting practice begins, all the waste stored in
the most hidden corners of the body starts mov-
ing and invade the blood like an avalanche,
changing its physiological markers. This can al-
ready cause malaise, lethargy, and general sore-
ness. The excretory organs may not have time to
eliminate all toxins and poisons from the blood-
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activated: the kidneys, the rhinopharynx, the
gastrointestinal tract, the skin. As a result, the
urine would become cloudy, and kidney and
bladder pains may appear. The feces may be-
come liquid and a stomachache would be com-
mon. The secretions from the nose would be-
come abundant, as in the case of a common cold.
The skin would be filled with pimples and acne,
there may be a frequent rash. All these effects are
unpleasant and sometimes even dangerous; they
indicate the challenges of the intoxicated organ-
ism to adapt to fasting. Usually this occurs be-
tween the fourth and the eighth day. The one
who fasts ceases to lose weight, tiredness in-
creases, nausea, headache, heart failure and ar-
rhythmia may appear. These are the main char-
acteristics of the “block” (a severe intoxication).

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If the malaise is very strong it is necessary to stop
fasting promptly, gradually begin re-feeding
with fruit juices and a vegetarian diet, and then
repeat the attempt.
For this reason, suddenly starting this type of
prolonged dry fasting, without previous experi-
ence and a deep cleansing of the body, is very,
very difficult.

Lavrova’s method: a 5-stage cascade dry fast-

ing
Valentina Lavrova is the author of the book
Kljuchi k taynam zhizni (The keys to the myster-
ies of life), where she illustrates in detail the ap-
proach she prefers: the cascade-dry fast. This
kind of dry fast is excellent for beginners and ex-
perts. Before starting to fast it is recommended

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to follow a vegetarian diet for a few days, exclud-
ing animal protein, including fish.
According to the Lavrova method, the first
stage involves one day of DF alternated with one
day of regular eating. By carrying it out for one
month, the result is 15 days of complete fasting.
In the second stage of the cascade fast it is
possible to eat and drink two days and abstain
from food and water the next two days. But at
this stage it is a must to observe the golden rule.
How to end the fast: after two days of abstinence,
it is necessary to drink water and only after a
couple of hours it possible to eat kefir. The first
food must be animal based proteins, but not veg-
etable-based. Two hours after taking kefir it is
possible to eat anything.

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 Why does Lavrova not recommend eating
vegetables and fruit immediately after the fast?
The reason is associated with the pancreas, an
inert organ, which cannot start working sud-
denly and immediately perform its functions; its
function depends on the supply of insulin in the
blood. In other words, in order to avoid compro-
mising the pancreas, it is better to let it be acti-
vated progressively. If there is no kefir at home,
boiled milk or fish or chicken broth will do, but
without vegetables or bread.
The third phase of the cascade fast involves
three days of dry fasting, three days of drinking-
eating, then three days of abstinence and three
days of drinking-eating. The fast ends as already
described.

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 On exiting, the golden rule for the end of fast
must be strictly observed, i.e. drink water and
then kefir. Before fasting, during fasting and af-
ter a dry fast no enemas are needed, since there
is no absorption of toxins occurring in the gas-
trointestinal tract due to lack of water. If per-
formed correctly, the stomach will clean itself
up. With dry fasting, enemas are not necessary,
but if it’s not possible to resist and a person
drinks water then it may be a good idea.
The fourth phase of the cascade fast involves
four days of abstinence from food and water and
four days of normal feeding. The same rules as
the previous stages apply.
The fifth phase of cascade fasting is the last
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food and water and five days of intake; the same
rules as the previous stages apply.
These days are difficult, it is not possible to
sleep during the day, and fresh air is needed. The
body releases an unpleasant odor. Crystals are
removed from the body. The pores open and
through them all toxins that the kidneys would
never have been able to remove are eliminated.
It can be difficult to speak because of oral dry-
ness. There is no feeling of hunger, only thirst.
In exiting it is fundamental to remember the
golden rule: first, only water and only 2 hours
later a little kefir or boiled milk, or light and liq-
uid animal based protein food and 2 hours later
it is gradually possible to eat more; but with cau-
tion.

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 Lavrova recommends starting the practice
rigorously from the first and second phases,
never from the following ones. The author also
notes an important detail: during the days of
fasting contact with water should be avoided as
much as possible. We must not give the cells the
opportunity to be fed, otherwise they will not be
able to renew and restructure. It can be hard to
keep from washing the hands and doing house-
work in contact with water, but there is no alter-
native. It may be difficult to go to the fourth and
fifth stages, but do not be discouraged, writes V.
Lavrova. If you persist, you will certainly suc-
ceed. After fasting, drink only pure fresh water.
If you observe a correct exit algorithm, this
method is harmless to the body.

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 Comment by dr. Filonov
The advantage of Lavrova’s fast is that it pre-
sents itself as an ideal propaedeutic exercise for
dry fasting of greater duration. It is an approach
that can be carried out independently in domes-
tic conditions, without practical complications.
It gives a good rejuvenation effect, it is an excel-
lent remedy in cases of acute diseases and in the
early stages of the disease.
The disadvantage lies in the fact that the time
lengthens considerably. In order to obtain a
good therapeutic effect from any type of fasting,
especially in the case of severe chronic diseases,
it is absolutely necessary to go through some
phases, especially the first and second acidotic
crises. In figurative terms, it is possible to say
that if the first acidotic crisis eliminates "the stem

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of the disease", the second destroys "the root of
the disease." During the cascade fast to reach the
second acidotic crisis it is necessary to undergo
a five-day cascade DF for five days of normal
feeding, for a period of two months to a year.
Few people can find so much time, willpower
and patience.

Filonov’s method: fractional dry fasting

(FDF)
To weigh the advantages and disadvantages
of the various DF methods and the characteris-
tics of their stages, Dr. Sergey Filonov has devel-
oped his own personal approach, the fractional
dry fasting (FDF), based on the fractional water
fasting method studied and proposed by Dr. G.
Voytovich (see question 5 above and Note 14).

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 Dr. Filonov argues that it is very difficult for
the contemporary man to practice dry fasting
lasting 10-11 days, that requires willpower, pa-
tience, a good training and an appropriate prep-
aration. Usually only strongly motivated pa-
tients can perform an 11-12 and even 13-day dry
fast but it should be noted that on the eleventh
day of DF the energy reserves are already at a
minimum. It is precisely for that reason that Dr.
Filonov decided to experiment by splitting dry
fasting and proposing it for subsequent cycles,
usually two and exceptionally three: the first cy-
cle lasts 5-7 days, the second 7-9 days and an
eventual third one of 9 days. These cycles are in-
terspersed with periods of food reintegration ac-
cording to a special method.

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 The first phase of dry fasting (detoxifying)
lasts as long as the patient is able to endure. In
this phase it is preferable not to have any contact
with water or even brushing teeth, but some peo-
ple may be allowed to bathe under a waterfall
and in mountain rivers to optimize the elimina-
tion of waste materials, which is essential for
maintaining homeostasis in the body. During
the first phase, the first acidotic crisis occurs, and
this is a sign of a good body cleansing. Then the
patient goes out of the fast with a special pro-
gram that also includes the intake of energizing
and adaptive herbal infusions from Altai moun-
tains (rhodiola or golden root, red root or
Hedysarum neglectum, Rhaponticum car-
thamoides and others).

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 The second (strictly therapeutic) cycle of dry
fasting lasts until the second acidotic crisis oc-
curs, aimed at eradicating the disease. The sec-
ond cycle of DF is normally better tolerated than
the first, both physically and psychologically. In
some cases, in the presence of very serious dis-
eases, it is advisable to practice also a third cycle
of DF, the final one. The most important thing
to note is that with every new fast an ever more
rapid transition to endogenous nutrition occurs
and a very high quality biosynthesis. In other
words, this kind of "pendulum" fasting cycle al-
lows to increasingly strengthen the body's de-
fenses.
The further advantage of this method lies in
the fact that, after the first cleansing phase, the
functionality, memory capacity and energy

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potential of the cells are restored, and subse-
quently, with the second fasting period, the cell
is allowed to conclude the process, to clean up
deeply and perfect the steps that may have been
neglected. It is something like the principle of
supercompensation: everything that at the be-
ginning has been superficially treated, now is de-
finitively cleansed and purified. As a result, the
body approaches new positive stresses in a state
of "greater combat readiness". In this system, a
fast is superimposed on the other, optimizing
the therapeutic effect.
The FDF is also convenient for people who
are overweight or obese, because it does not al-
low weight gain. The weight decreases progres-
sively and usually obese people not only regulate
their weight, but they reduce it by 2-3kg because

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the superfluous fat cells are destroyed by the ac-
idotic crisis, their number is normalized and
they become as many as the amount patients had
in their youth.
The DF according to the method Filonov, in
addition to its therapeutic value, has a strong re-
juvenating and regenerating effect, it is tolerated
rather well and does not bring any complications
in practice. Therein lies the difference with
Shchennikov’s fasting, who recommends right
away prolonged DF practices, of 9-10-11 days. In
the cascade fasting according to V. P. Lavrova
the DF is practiced with equal times for the fast
and the exit: 1 day of fasting and 1 day of eating,
then 2 days of DF and 2 days of eating, up to 5
days. It is a very effective fast, but it is necessary
to practice it for a long time before reaching the

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second acidotic crisis. According to the Filonov
method, on the other hand, the process takes
place in crescendo, the terms increase with each
cycle and thanks to this way of proceeding the
second acidotic crisis occurs in a shorter time.
After a proper preparation for DF (proper
feeding, bowel and liver cleansing, water fasting,
DF training days – (see question 9 and follow-
ing), it is possible to switch to the Filonov
method: a practice of 5- 7 days of DF, then a re-
covery period of 2-3 weeks and a second practice
of 7-9 days. If there are still problems you can
complete with a final practice of another 9 days
(the terms are individual, and depend on the
pathological situation and the individual aims).
One of the disadvantages of the FDF is that it
takes much more time than the CDF and a

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mandatory, long and quality preparation to
adapt the body to this type of practice.

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 7. What are the advantages of dry fast-
ing compared to water fasting?

In a dry fast the organism is subjected to

harsher conditions than in a water fast. It is
forced to restructure itself in order to produce
not only nutrients but also water. In the body’s
tissues the splitting occurs more quickly and
takes place in a short time. The phases of thera-
peutic fasting, in the case of dry fasting, are the
same ones identified for water fasting, but the
times are reduced considerably: the excitation
phase lasts less than a day, the phase of increas-
ing ketoacidosis lasts from 1 to 3 days and on the
third day of dry fast the ketoacidotic crisis ap-
pears. The second acidotic crisis, the most

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curative one, occurs at the 9-11th day. The
sooner it appears, the sooner it passes, and the
more time remains for renewal and healing of
the organism.
During a water fast, exogenous water (water
coming from outside) enters the body, and water
is the main factor of purification. According to
the law of biological expediency, a cell, in this
case, spends the minimum of its energy: all tox-
ins, poisons, waste are dissolved and, to put it in
a figurative sense, there is a phenomenon of
washing the toxins from the cell and intercellular
space. During a DF, however, incineration of
toxins occurs in their own furnace, in a way. This
means that every cell, in the absence of water,
triggers an internal fusion reaction, and turns
into a mini-reactor. Water is of utmost necessity

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and cells are deprived of it, and this is a problem
especially for diseased and altered cells. In these
extreme circumstances what happens is that the
strongest, healthiest cells survive, and in order to
survive in this situation they must intensify the
production of their own high quality endoge-
nous water. This endogenous water is probably
of a quality many times higher than that of exog-
enous water, always according to the law of bio-
logical efficiency. A cell consumes a lot of energy
and consequently the resulting product must, in
terms of quality, correspond to the effort in-
vested. Here we are not dealing with the human
mind, which can be mistaken, but with a natural
process that overseas each stage of development
and aims to ensure the continuation of life. Dur-
ing a dry fast the replacement of the old "dead

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water" takes place with "living water" of superior
quality, endogenous water, synthesized by the
organism itself.
Many patients report that dry fasting is better
tolerated than water fasting because of the lack
of hunger. This is not surprising. The fact is that
the exogenous water and the body’s own water
are very different. When the organism receives
water coming from the outside, it has to rework
the molecules, erase the useless information,
structure it and transform it into "its" molecules,
having the properties of the organism itself. To
do this, as well as for the digestion of food, the
body is forced to spend a certain amount of en-
ergy and time.
With DF all these processes do not take place,
and in this sense it is a more complete practice

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as it provides a complete rest for the organism.
If no food enters the body and no heavy ("dead")
water, the blood does not receive harmful sub-
stances and has the chance to be constantly
cleansed by the organism. The same blood com-
position is repeatedly cleansed through the filter
systems and thus becomes perfectly pure. Dur-
ing a DF practice the blood purifies all the super-
fluous substances and the blood plasma becomes
transparent like glass, everything is re-harmo-
nized, including the coagulation factors. The DF
in this sense purifies the blood more completely
than a treatment of blood cleansing, hemodialy-
sis or haemabsorption.
The anti-inflammatory effect of dry fasting is
much more powerful than the effect achieved
with a water fasting practice. This is because

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inflammation cannot exist without water. In-
flamed areas swell. Micro-organisms, such as
microbes and viruses, multiply can only in a suf-
ficiently watery environment. It follows that a
water deficit is extremely counterproductive for
the inflammatory process. With a DF external
water is missing, therefore pathogenic microor-
ganisms immediately find an unfavorable envi-
ronment. Thanks to the dehydration established
by DF, the cells of the body and the pathogenic
microorganisms undertake a very strong com-
petition for the appropriation of water. The cells
of the body, in their home field, easily manage to
seize the water from the microorganisms and
not only that. In DF mode the body not only syn-
thesizes endogenous water, but can also acquire
it from the air through skin absorption. This is

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because during a DF the skin stops secreting and
shifts to an absorption mode. Healthy and
strong cells receive an extra dose of energy and
water while the sick ones, viruses and bacteria
cannot do it. Microbes, viruses and worms die
instantly without water.
During a water fasting practice, to reinforce the
detoxification process, special treatments are
used, such as enemas, hydrocolonotherapy,
Turkish bath, sauna, etc. During a dry fast, these
treatments are not needed because the body trig-
gers its own unique mechanisms, which neutral-
ize poisons and toxins. This does not happen in
any other form of fasting. During DF the toxins
burn in their own furnace: every cell, in the ab-
sence of water, triggers an internal thermal reac-
tion. The result is a sort of extreme and

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immediate destruction within the very cells of all
the waste, superfluous and pathological ele-
ments. Each cell temporarily transforms into a
mini-reactor and the internal temperature of the
body increases. This change in temperature may
not even be detected by a thermometer, but dur-
ing a DF the patients feel it as an internal heat, "a
fire" or chills. The temperature is an important
part of a series of defensive reactions. From ex-
perience we know that with fever all toxins are
eliminated; poisons and even tumor cells fully
suspend their activity. This process accelerates
the healing. By reacting with a fever the organ-
ism causes microorganisms to slow their growth.
Slimming effect: during DF in the patient's or-
ganism receives neither food nor water, so there
is no external energy supply. The organism is

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forced to produce energy and water endoge-
nously, i.e. within itself. For this reason, unusual
chemical reactions begin to occur within the or-
ganism and metabolic processes are modified.
For example, less muscle tissue is lost compared
to adipose tissue. During a water fast, muscle
and fat tissue are reduced roughly in equal pro-
portions. During DF, however, the patient acts
somewhat like a camel. The reason is that the or-
ganism maintains its vital capacity at the ex-
pense of reserve fat. The adipose tissue is de-
stroyed very efficiently and does not regain its
initial volume. In fact, it is destroyed 3-4 times
faster than muscle tissue because fat tissue is
made up of more than 90% water, while muscle
tissue remains relatively intact. The organism
does not suffer because of lack of water, because

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it obtains the water it needs from adipose tissue.
In DF the adipose tissue burns 3 times faster
than during a water fast. The burnt fat reserves
are not restored, unlike in water fasting. It is pos-
sible to observe an early and better digestion of
fat deposits, compared to water fasting. After a
water fast the adipose tissue is restored more
quickly, especially when resuming the same diet
as before the fast, but with DF this occurs to a
lesser extent. The nutrition based on organism’s
own reserves is perfectly balanced. The body
takes only what it needs from its reserves, rather
than what is artificially imposed from the out-
side.
Anti-aging effect. Why is the rejuvenation ef-
fect on the body during DF greater than with a
water fast? The diseased, degenerate and weak

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cells cannot withstand extreme conditions, so
they die and decompose. Which ones remain?
The cells with a good organization and a wide
and efficient genetic engineering; the ones that
are not afraid survive and maintain their func-
tions. This way fasting helps to discard the use-
less, weak, sick and harmful parasitic cells. They
do not exercise their functions and it is better to
clear them in time, without allowing them to die
of natural death otherwise they would be able to
generate offspring of more weak and inoperative
cells. After DF the strong cells remain, which, by
dividing, produce high quality offspring cells
with the same properties of the mother cells.

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 8. What mechanisms does a dry fast
trigger within the body?

8.1. The mechanism of toxins burning "in

their own furnace" and production of "endog-
enous" water
Many observe that dry fasting is better toler-
ated than water-based fasting, especially because
of the absence of hunger. This is not surprising.
The structure of the water from outside the body
and what the body actually assimilates are two
completely different things. The body processes
the molecules of the incoming water, it cleanses
superfluous information, restructures and trans-
form them into its own molecules, with the
properties of the organism itself. To this end, as

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for the absorption of food, an expense of time
and energy is necessary. Dry fasting is more
complete precisely because it provides a full rest
to the body. At the same time the body cannot
exist without water, for this purpose the body re-
serves are engaged, firstly from superfluous fat
(the body synthesizes water using oxygen from
the air and the hydrogen from the adipose tis-
sue).
During water fasting exogenous water (i.e.
from the outside) enters, and water is the main
factor of purification. Toxins are washed away
from the cells, from the intracellular space.
During DF, without water, there is no "wash-
ing" but rather a process of burning the toxins
"in their furnace" meaning that every cell, in the
absence of water, begins an internal thermal

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reaction. Each cell turns temporarily into a mini-
furnace, a mini-reactor. Water is absolutely nec-
essary, but the cells remain without, especially
the diseased and altered cells. In such circum-
stances the strongest, healthiest cells survive,
and whether they like it or not, in order survive
such extreme conditions they are forced to acti-
vate the production of own endogenous water,
of excellent quality. Based on the law of biologi-
cal efficiency, the endogenous water should be of
greater quality than the exogenous water. In fact,
the cell consumes a lot of energy and conse-
quently the quality of the final product must cor-
respond to the invested efforts.
Exogenous and endogenous water can be com-
pared respectively to a polluted river where a
chemical factory discharges its waste, and to a

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mountain stream, which originates from the
depths of the earth and feeds on defrosted water
rich in healing potential. During the dry fast the
old "dead water" is replaced by "living water" of
excellent quality and synthesized by the organ-
ism itself. In the meantime all the negative infor-
mation brought into our body from the outside
is eliminated. By making a relatively short fast
without water the organism is stimulated to
elaborate the water that it already contains
within, thereby renewing our information. This
is why at the end of the fast we are information-
ally uncontaminated; we are composed of a ma-
trix of information devoid of anything negative
coming from the external environment. Similar
mechanisms do not exist in any of the other ex-
isting types of therapeutic fasting. This

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phenomenon is one of the main advantages of-
fered by this form of fasting. It is one of the main
therapeutic mechanisms of DF, which plays a
decisive role in renewing the energetic balance
of the human organism.

8.2. Anti-inflammatory and immune-stimu-

latory mechanism: the action of free forms of
glucocorticoids
The second therapeutic mechanism by im-
portance is an anti-inflammatory and im-
munostimulatory one. Life does not exist with-
out water and even inflammation cannot pro-
gress in its absence. Every part of the body that
is inflamed can be distinguished because of its
swelling. Microorganisms, viruses and mi-
crobes, can only multiply in a sufficiently watery

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environment. A lack of water compromises the
inflammation process. The dehydration occur-
ing in the body with DF triggers a ruthless com-
petition for water between the strongest body
cells and pathogenic microorganisms. The cells
of the body, full of their role as "home owners",
will subtract water from microorganisms. At the
same time, the organism is able to not only syn-
thesize endogenous water in sufficient quantity,
but also to absorb the water from the outside,
from the air, through the skin. This is because
during DF the organism functions in absorption
mode rather than in emission. Then, the healthy
and strong cells receive extra energy and water
from the air, by seizing it, while the sick cells, the
viruses and the bacteria cannot do it. This is why
it is fundamental to practice DF in the middle of

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nature, preferably in the mountains and near
streams and waterfalls.
Without water, microbes, viruses and parasites
die instantly. 70% glucocorticoid and sexual
hormones are linked to blood transport albu-
mins and only 30% circulate in the blood in a
free state. During DF, the transport albumins de-
cay and their amino acids are employed in sup-
plying the body's needs, mainly the needs of the
brain and the cardiovascular system. During this
process there is a release of huge quantities of
hormones circulating in a free state in the blood:
the amount of glucocorticoids flooding the
blood is three times greater than usual. This ex-
erts a strong anti-inflammatory effect, suppress-
ing all inflammation outbreaks present in the
body. Glucocorticoid hormones are in fact the

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most powerful anti-inflammatory agent in the
body. The powerful therapeutic mechanism of
dry fasting aimed at fighting inflammatory dis-
eases lies in the action of free forms of glucocor-
ticoids.
As mentioned above, during a dry fast the tox-
ins burn "in their own furnace", which means
that every cell, in the absence of water, triggers a
thermal reaction, a particular radical method
within the cells that destroys all the superfluous,
excessive, and morbid elements. Each cell trans-
forms into a temporary mini-reactor that mani-
fests as an increase in internal temperature. This
temperature may not even be noted with a ther-
mometer, but during DF, patients clearly per-
ceived as a sensation of heat, internal fire or
chills. It should be emphasized that in this state

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the temperature itself is an important element of
defensive reaction. We know from experience
that with temperature all the waste, poisons and
even cancer cells are destroyed and their activity
is suspended. This process accelerates healing.
By increasing in body temperature, the organism
causes microorganisms to slow their growth.
If the body does not receive food and dead and
heavy water, our blood does not receive many
harmful substances, while it is instead cleansed
by the body, i.e. the same blood composition will
be repeatedly purified through the filter systems
until it becomes as ideally pure as possible.
The human body has a powerful weapon
against diseases: the immune system, designed
to safeguard our health with the help of organs
and tissues programmed for the detection and

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elimination of foreign substances and harmful
microorganisms such as viruses, bacteria and
diseased cells. The main organs of the immune
system are the tonsils, the adenoids, the appen-
dix, the spleen and the thymus gland. Bone mar-
row, white blood cells and lymphatic tissues are
also important elements of the immune system.
All these elements work together and, when nec-
essary, trigger the body's immune response.
In a healthy organism with a strong immune
system it is quite difficult for viruses to survive.
Bacteria are destroyed before they can cause in-
fection. Altered or diseased cells are destroyed
before they can cause cancer or other illnesses.
But if the immune system is not healthy, it will
not work properly. In this case we can easily get
ill from colds, flu, infectious diseases and even

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cancer. Maintaining a healthy immune system is
the most important thing we can do to preserve
our health, because this system is our main bio-
logical ally in the war against diseases.
But how does the immune system work? When
a foreign body invades the organism, whether it
is a virus or a splinter, the immune system begins
to effectively produce a series of complex chem-
ical reactions. From this moment the immune
system embarks on its mission: to find the out-
sider and to destroy it.
In our organism there is an entire system of
cells that resemble amoebae; they are the mono-
nuclear phagocytes. In every organ there is a
group of cells specific for only that organ, which
appear like amoebae and migrate throughout the
body, engulfing and digesting any alien bodies.

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These particular cells are found in the skin, in
the liver and in the heart and even in the brain.
They migrate continuously, looking for prey.
The problem is that any food, even vegetable,
contains a small amount of fat and the mononu-
clear phagocytes, instead of carrying out their di-
rect functions, focus on capturing and digesting
these droplets of fat, as if they had nothing else
to do. During dry fasting, however, the phago-
cytes are left without food, i.e. without fat, so
they begin to perform their direct tasks: capture
and digest bacteria, viruses, cell residues, dead or
dying cells, thus fostering renewal and the reju-
venation of the organism. Cancer cells, always
present in the body, are also digested. The de-
struction of diseased cells, and not of healthy
cells during DF is also associated with the release

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of lymphoepithelial cells from the entire diges-
tive system.
Abstinence from water and food for many days
creates the conditions for the withdrawal of the
powerful army of b-lymphocytes from the front-
line gastrointestinal positions. They accumulate
from the lymph nodes and lymphatic collectors
of the long digestive path. In particular many of
them come from the small intestine. Once they
have transitioned to the reserve position, the
army of b-lymphocytes can be utilized for its di-
rect purpose: to suppress and eliminate all path-
ogens and foreign bodies. Infections in a
dormant state practically do not surrender to
modern antibacterial therapies (treatments with
antibiotics, sulphanilamides and other pharma-
ceutical drugs). Indeed, in this stage of their

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development, microorganisms live in their pro-
tective envelopes and become more resistant to
these drugs and other medicines. However, dur-
ing the course of dry fasting their envelopes are
destroyed by the acidosis activated by phago-
cytes and enzymes.
During the dry fast, body fluids reach the high-
est concentrations of biologically active sub-
stances, hormones, immunocompetent cells and
immunoglobulins.

8.3. The mechanism of acidification of the in-

ternal environment of the organism: the first
and second acidotic crises
To obtain a good therapeutic effect from the
fasting practice it is necessary to observe certain

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phases. The first phase, called "food excitation",
lasts for 2-3 days in case of water fasting while it
lasts 1-2 days with dry fasting. The "food excite-
ment" phase is a stress for the body. This stress
mainly causes the activation of the hypothala-
mus that begins to secrete a variety of substances
that have a particular impact on the body's en-
docrine glands with the aim to adapt the organ-
ism to a mode of subsistence without food or wa-
ter. After 24 hours of fasting in human beings,
the secretion of the growth hormone, somatro-
pin, by the pituitary gland increases abruptly.
According to recent data, this is the reason why
dry fasting seems to have a rejuvenating effect on
the body. The growth hormone also activates the
pancreatic hormone glucagon, which intensifies
the breakdown of glycogen in the liver thus

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replenishing the organism with nourishment.
Dry fasting also removes the body's toxicity
through beneficial effects on the thyroid gland.
The second phase is that of intensifying acido-
sis. Usually this phase in dry fasting lasts from 2
to 4 days. As soon as food and water are com-
pletely renounced, the body begins to consume
the accumulated reserves and secondary tissues.
The breakdown of nutrients and tissues during
fasting leads to the accumulation of byproducts
inside the body. Consequently, there is a rapid
shift of the body's pH towards acidity (acidosis)
even if the acidification values do not exceed the
physiological norm.
The acidosis that occurs during the fast is the
first and most important physiological mecha-
nism that triggers a chain of other therapeutic

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mechanisms, usually neutralized by the usual
diet. The acidification of the organism’s internal
environment determines the autolysis, the pro-
cess of disintegration of the tissues. In fact, in an
acidic environment certain phagocytes and en-
zymes are activated to destroy the organism’s
weakened tissues and all the foreign elements.
The processes associated with autolysis, in turn,
trigger the body's detoxification mechanisms to
remove toxins, and weak and pathologically al-
tered tissue. Tissue decomposition ensures that
all the waste contained in it is released and re-
moved from the body, while the altered tissue is
destroyed. The acidification of the body and the
increase in phagocytic activity lead to the nor-
malization of the organism's microflora.

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 During acidosis, the body's cells assimilate car-
bon dioxide and nitrogen from the air. This pro-
cess helps to fix the carbon dioxide dissolved in
the blood according to the principle of photo-
synthesis, the best synthesis of nature. The at-
mospheric air we breathe turns into a nutritious
environment. In other words, the intensified as-
similation of carbon dioxide by the cells, to-
gether with the intense consumption of nitrogen
from the air, creates the optimal conditions for
the production of high quality nucleic acids, pro-
teins and other biologically active substances
necessary for normal human activity. In other
words, by practicing dry fasting we use the car-
bon dioxide and nitrogen present in the air and
thanks to them we create the proteins necessary
for the functioning of our organism. But the

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question arises: at the expense of what? Well,
let's remember what plants do. They take energy
from the sun and thus can convert the same car-
bon dioxide and nitrogen from the air into min-
eral salts and organic compounds. But humans
also have similar abilities and can nourish them-
selves with natural and cosmic energies, alt-
hough this normally does not happen or occurs
only in a small number of people. Currently only
a few people are known to live without eating or
drinking14. When this mechanism starts it
means that the organism has already switched to
a mode of full internal (endogenous) feeding
that guarantees the complete synthesis of amino
acids and other biological compounds. During

14
The “Breatharians”.

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DF many organs and systems of the organism
benefit from a physiological rest that allows
them to restore their damaged structures and
functions.
DF sets in motion an intense decomposition of
the tissues due to the autolysis and the restora-
tion of the digestive organs’ structure and func-
tion. These processes stimulate metabolism in
general and later, when feeding is resumed,
prove to support the overall digestive capacity of
the organism. During DF, the body's defense
functions are reinvigorated both at the cellular
level and at the level of the whole organism,
which becomes much more resistant to internal
and external harmful agents. All the physiologi-
cal mechanisms illustrated above lead to a pow-
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becomes especially evident in the period follow-
ing the practice (after 21 days from the end of the
DF practice).
Therefore, during DF, the process of acidifica-
tion of the internal environment of the organism
grows rapidly. Usually the maximum acidifica-
tion is observed on the 2nd or 3rd day. Here's what
happens: at the beginning of the dry fast, the
body still has animal sugar reserves (glycogen)
and uses them. But once glycogen reserves are
depleted (this usually happens on the first day of
fasting), the acid byproducts from incomplete
digestion of fats (butyric acid, acetone) begin to
accumulate in the blood. The blood’s alkaline re-
serves are lowered and this is reflected on the
state of well-being: the patient can have a head-
ache, feel nausea, a feeling of weakness, or

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general malaise. On the tongue the white patina
settles at a growing rhythm, the tongue and lips
become dry, mucus is felt on the teeth, the breath
smells like acetone, the skin becomes pale and
dry, the sense of hunger and thirst are both con-
siderably. A general sense of malaise is the result
of the accumulation of toxins in the blood. At
this moment the patient may feel an internal
heat in the body, which comes from the organ-
ism triggering its mechanisms of neutralization
of harmful substances. But as soon as the ketone
bodies begin to be utilized, their concentration
ceases to increase. The ketone bodies are high-
energy components, therefore they act some-
what as fuel to begin the synthesis of the new
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regeneration process can occur with severe pain
and it is necessary to be ready for this.
In the initial stages of DF the state of acidotic
intoxication (or acidotic crisis) may occur on the
3rd-5th day, after the 3rd or even the 2nd day
from the beginning of the DF. The sooner the ac-
idotic crisis appears, the sooner it passes, the
longer time is left for organic renewal. The high-
est acidification peak arises at the same time of
the crisis and this causes an acute exacerbation
of all chronic pathologies. Based on the degree of
acute aggravation, it is possible to understand
how successful the fast has been to unhook one
or the other disease and to "eradicate" it from the
body. If the acute aggravation is pronounced,
complete healing can be expected. If instead it is
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fasting are aimed at solving more important
problems. In that case, after some time it will be
advisable to repeat the fast to ensure that it takes
care of the residual pathologies. After the aci-
dotic crisis has "eradicated" the disease from the
body, the defense forces previously occupied in
resolving the disease are released and therefore
become more available overall. Hence the con-
clusion: as long as the fasting organism does not
overcome the first acidotic crisis it will not be
able to establish the healing of chronic diseases
and the increase of its immune defenses.
The third phase of the dry fast is called the
"compensation or adaptation phase". The dura-
tion of this phase is individual. On average it
starts from the 5th day of DF and ends on the
8th. At this stage there can be an improvement

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in mood, with a reduction in fatigue and dis-
comfort. This improvement can follow a wave
pattern. The feeling of hunger disappears com-
pletely, while thirst may increase. The duration
depends on the fat deposits present in the body.
This phase ends with the second acidotic crisis,
which takes place from the 8th until the 11th
day.
Between the end of the first acidotic crisis until
the beginning of the second, the organism makes
reserves of vital forces. During the metabolic ac-
idosis in some people the main disease worsens,
the state of mind and health deteriorate, strength
is lost, sleep disappears and body temperature
often increases. These symptoms indicate that
fasting has begun to "eradicate" the disease.

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 If in the first two phases of fasting tissue autol-
ysis was the only source of nutrition, during the
second acidotic crisis autolysis basically acts as a
natural surgeon. Therefore, to achieve a com-
plete therapeutic effect it is necessary to go
through this second crisis. To express it in fig-
urative terms, it can be said that if the first aci-
dotic crisis eliminates "the stem of the disease",
the second destroys "the root". To understand
how tumors and pathological structures are dis-
solved in a fasting organism, it is necessary to
fully understand the process of autolysis, which,
although very common in nature, it is normally
ignored by physiologists.

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 8.4. Autolysis
The term "autolysis" is of Greek origin and lit-
erally means "self-dissolution". Autolysis is the
ability of biological entities to decompose their
structures through a hydrolytic method thanks
to the action of enzymes and phagocytes.
To better understand this mechanism we will
examine it on the basis of examples that exist in
nature. The plant kingdom abounds with exam-
ples of autolysis, but a few will be enough for il-
lustrative purposes. All bulbs, such as an ordi-
nary onion, contain within themselves a new
plant, surrounded by enough nourishment to
survive a period of rest during which it has no
possibility to take nutrients from soil and air.
The onion can safely germinate in a bucket or in
the bag where it is stored. It produces shoots and

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in a short time it turns completely into green
sprouts. The bulb gradually becomes soft and at
the end turns into a wrapping for the plant. As
the plant grows, it uses up the remaining con-
tents of the bulb and assimilates the shoots.
Beets, turnips and many other tubers grow in a
similar manner. They get the nutrients for
growth through the autolytic absorption of the
contents of the tuber and even when they extract
nutrients from the earth they continue to pro-
duce stems and leaves and to grow.
Humans have general reserves located in the
bone marrow, in the liver, in the blood and in the
fatty tissues, and also private reserves, available
to every single cell. All living beings can use one
or the other reserves for their nourishment if
they cannot obtain nutrients from external

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sources or if they are unable to assimilate them
(in case of illness, for example).
It is possible to cite many examples of autolysis,
but the ones offered are sufficient to clarify that
it is a common phenomenon. It remains to be
said that the body itself manages this process,
like all other life processes, and that autolysis is
not an uncontrolled and blind action like an ele-
phant striding through glassware.
Fasting practices provide many examples of the
organism's control over the process of autolysis.
For example, it is possible to note that body tis-
sues disappear according to the degree of their
usefulness: fats and pathological thickenings dis-
appear first and other tissues follow only after-
wards. Within all living things, from worms to
humans, during the fasting period different

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organs and tissues vary in their ability to reduce
their weight. Usually the liver loses more weight
than other parts of the body, especially in the in-
itial period, and this is due to the loss of glycogen
and fat. The lungs lose almost no weight and the
brain and the nervous system even less. Vital or-
gans feed off of accumulated reserves and less
important tissues, which means that abstinence
from food can eventually be harmful only after
the depletion of reserves.
The organism has the ability to shift its chemi-
cal component; fasting provides many wonder-
ful examples of this. The assimilation and reor-
ganization of the parts of the organism of living
beings during a period of food absence, the di-
gestion and the redistribution of the reserves, of
the superfluous elements and of the secondary

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tissues observed in all the animals in periods of
fasting represent one of the most wonderful phe-
nomena in biology.
The organism is not only able to build tissues,
it is also able to destroy them. It does not only
distribute its nutritive reserves, but can also re-
distribute them. Autolysis itself makes redistri-
bution possible. The process of autolysis can be
utilized to obtain great practical advantages and
can serve, for example, to remove tumors and
other growths present in the body. Those sub-
stances that are less important in the general
economy are always captured and removed,
first. For this reason, when the autolysis process
is activated, all pathological formations (lipo-
mas, tumors, abscesses, etc.) are reduced and in
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of a period of rigorous and prolonged abstinence
from food. After a more or less prolonged prac-
tice of fasting many people have freed them-
selves from tumors, which disappeared through
autolysis (Herbert Shelton talks about it in de-
tail).

8.5. The mechanism of rejuvenation and tis-

sue renewal: apoptosis
Why is the rejuvenation process of the organ-
ism during a dry fast more powerful than that
triggered by a water fast?
The fact is that the diseased, degenerate and
weak cells are unable to cope with the extreme
conditions imposed by dry fasting. When cells
live in a comfortable environment they get used

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to a constant level of nutrients and water. They
lose the possibility of renewing themselves and
reinvigorating themselves effectively. It is as if
they get lazy to trigger the mechanisms of self-
renewal of the tissues. But as soon as food and
water cease entering the gastrointestinal tract,
new conditions of existence are established in
the organism. Under these conditions, the old
biomolecules are “dismantled”, the unstable
cells die and decay (and the deficit of energetic
and plastic substances is offset at their expense).
But at the same time new cells are synthesized,
which are more resistant, and able to survive the
conditions imposed by the new circumstances.
There is another important source that guaran-
tees rejuvenation and "fasting survival": apopto-
sis, a mechanism of programmed cell death.

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Most of the cells in the human body live actively
for a few years, after that they age and become
functionally passive; which is the state of fat
cells. Even colonies of microorganisms have a
mechanism of "food recycling" of old cells. All
multicellular organisms use their old cells as a
source of raw materials and energy, as a source
of reserves in cases of emergency.
When the "food recycling" mechanism under-
goes prolonged inactivity, these old cells can and
do become a factory of pathological proteins that
attack their own immune system. These are the
factors that cause the alteration of central and
tissue regulation, i.e. they become progenitor
cells of malignant tumors. So, they must be re-
moved from the body. For millions of years, pe-
riods of forced fasting have been a norm in

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animal life. For this reason, for multicellular or-
ganisms the process of elimination of useless
cells, which are structurally or functionally atyp-
ical, has never been a problem.
Apoptosis, i.e. programmed cell death, incor-
porated into the genetic apparatus of all multi-
cellular organisms - animals, plants and fungi -
is a process that is energetically dependent and
genetically controlled. It is activated by specific
signals and aims to free the body from weak, use-
less or altered cells. Every day about 5% of the
cells of the body undergo apoptosis, and new
cells take their place. During the process of
apoptosis, the cell disappears without a trace
within 15 to 120 minutes.
Apoptosis is one of the basic mechanisms of
oncological self-prevention. Excessive apoptotic

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activity can cause disorders of cell loss, aplasia
and degenerative processes as well as malfor-
mations and tissue defects; while deficient apop-
tosis may imply uncontrolled cell growth, the
mechanism underlying cancer, autoimmune
processes and premature aging. For example,
there are good reasons to believe that excessive
apoptosis is associated with dangerous diseases
such as aplastic anemia, amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, AIDS, etc.
During fasting, global changes occur. On the
one hand, the physiological process of apoptosis
is reinvigorated: the organism is renewed and re-
juvenated at the expense of the death of old, sick
or altered cells. On the other hand, the patholog-
ical mechanisms of apoptosis are eliminated:
premature aging, neoplasms, etc.

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 Let's analyze these mechanisms in detail.
Understood as a community of cells, the organ-
ism during the fast "eats" not only the fat cells,
but also all the elements that are superfluous,
morbid or malfunctioning. The continuation of
the organism’s life is impossible without the self-
cleaning function of its cell populations. Cells in-
fected with viruses, toxins or damaged by radia-
tion, as well as those that have reached their bio-
logical limit, have one thing in common: they
have to either leave the organism or be eaten.
This happens in nature.
In the absence of external feeding, a particular
type of signaling molecule appears within a mul-
ticellular organism. These molecules cause the
activation of intracellular proteins in the cyto-
plasm of atypical cells. The cells that are not

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involved in the collective activity of the organ-
ism are sensitive and respond to these molecules
by triggering a self-destructive mechanism: the
cell "closes" all its programs, its nucleus "con-
tracts" and begins to subdivide. Without de-
stroying its outer envelope the cell subdivides
into 5-10 "apoptotic bodies" and is absorbed by
other cells. This is what happens in a colony of
microorganisms. Otherwise it is digested in the
intestine, sharing the fate of fat cells.
The phenomenon of apoptosis was discovered
relatively recently, in 1972, and is considered the
most interesting matter of the last 50 years in the
field of biology and medicine. According to
modern conceptions, apoptosis is a general bio-
logical mechanism responsible for maintaining a
constant number of cell populations, as well as

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for the selection and elimination of defective
cells. Habitual feeding and ecological pollution
hinder this physiological mechanism.
According to the observations of Russian sci-
entists, the activation of the process of food
apoptosis occurs after 20 hours of dry fasting
(strictly observing the rules for a correct fasting
practice). When one eats continuously, accord-
ing to the usual food pattern, "caloric garbage"
becomes the number one problem. It becomes a
cause of disease and premature aging. "Rescue
technologies" save life if you fast, but kill it if we
are constantly satiated.
Australian and American researchers have in-
directly confirmed the benefit of Muslim fasting.
They were able to discover the cellular

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mechanism that explains the link between fast-
ing and longevity in humans and other mam-
mals.
Australian scientist David Sinclair and his re-
search team discovered that sirtuins SIRT3 and
SIRT4, which prolong the life of cells, are acti-
vated during fasting. Scientists had previously
hypothesized that the work of mitochondria was
associated with the organism’s life span. When
the mitochondria are exhausted, the cell be-
comes vulnerable, apoptosis begins, i.e. the pro-
gram of self-destruction is activated. The signal
of the beginning of apoptosis is the reduction of
the amount of the oxidation reduction coen-
zyme NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleo-
tide) in the mitochondria, in the nucleus of the
cell and in its cytoplasm. An experiment (during

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which laboratory animals were forced to fast for
48 hours) made it possible to establish that in the
guinea-pig's organism during this period the
Nampt protein was activated. This protein trig-
gered the synthesis of NAD+ in the cytoplasm,
which in turn determined the synthesis of the
enzymes coded by the SIRT3 and SIRT4 genes.
These enzymes favorably influence mitochon-
drial function and energy metabolism in the cell,
i.e. they delay aging and prevent apoptosis.
"If we could maintain a high concentration of
NAD+ in the mitochondria, able to stimulate the
SIRT3 and SIRT4 genes, the cell would not need
anything else for a while" - said the study au-
thors, who called this phenomenon "mitochon-
drial oasis hypothesis." It can be assumed that
there is a molecule capable of influencing the

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concentration of NAD+ in the mitochondria, as
well as in the SIRT3 and SIRT4 genes.
Tissue renewal
Doctor of Biological Sciences Professor L. V.
Polezhayev15, the most prominent specialist in
animal limb regeneration, who developed a
method of recovering lost limbs, tails, i.e., in am-
phibians, writes:

15 Polezhayev L. V. (1910-2000), was a Soviet and Russian biolo-

gist, author of important books about limb regeneration: Stimul-
yatsiya regeneratsiyi myshchtsii serdtsa (Stimulation of heart mus-
cle regeneration) – Moscow, 1965; Utrata i vosstanovleniye regen-
eratsionnoy sposobnosti organov i tkaney u zhivotnykh (Loss and
restoration of the regenerative ability of organs and tissues in ani-
mals) - Moscow, 1968; Transplantatsiya tkaney mozga v norme i
patologii (Brain tissue transplantation in normal and pathological
conditions), Moscow 1986.

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 “Fasting is a process of intensified physiologi-
cal regeneration, renewal of all cells, their molec-
ular and chemical makeup. Interestingly, the bi-
ochemical changes during fasting and reparative
regeneration are very similar. In both cases,
there are two phases: destruction and recovery.
In both cases, the destruction phase is character-
ized by the prevalence of decomposition of pro-
tein and nucleic acids over their synthesis, shift
of pH to acidity, acidosis and more. The recov-
ery phase in both cases as well is characterized
by the prevalence of synthesis of nucleic acids
over their decomposition, and a return of pH to
its neutral state. From the teaching on regenera-
tion, we know that the amplification of the de-
struction phase leads to the amplification of the
recovery phase. Therefore, with sufficient

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foundation, we can consider fasting a natural
stimulatory factor of physiological regeneration.
At the basis of fasting there is a biological pro-
cess, which leads to the renewal and rejuvena-
tion of the tissues of the whole body.”

However, new cells grow especially intensively

during the recovery period. Similar renewal hap-
pens in other organs and tissues, which is why
fasting is an ‘universal doctor’. No surgeon can
remove specific affected tumor or ulcer cells,
while preserving healthy adjacent cells and not
compromising tissue integrity. This is how pre-
cisely hunger, the great physician, heals.

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 8.6. Youth and quality of life extension
Everyone familiar with dry fasting or even with
just water fasting sees numerous examples of
physical rejuvenation achieved during fasting.
Physical improvements are usually accompa-
nied by mental ones. Sometimes hearing is re-
stored in people who have been deaf for many
years. Eyesight becomes so acute that those who
have been wearing glasses for years, don’t need
them anymore (sight restoration in blind people
is extremely rare), the sense of smell and taste
perception become keener, in case of sensory
nerve paralysis, sensory perception gets re-
stored, a burst of energy may be observed, men-
tal capacity increases, weight decreases, the
body’s functional activity becomes more intense,
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improves and freshness and rosy glow, which are
characteristic of youth, are restored, facial wrin-
kles disappear, blood pressure decreases, heart
performance improves, the enlarged prostate
decreases in size, sexual rejuvenation takes place
— these processes, which are the evidence of re-
juvenation, may be observed by everybody who
has practiced fasting or is familiar with this
problem. It is as if fasting creates conditions for
a rebirth, a revitalization of the organism. At that
time, all the cells in the body are cleansed, for-
eign substances (metaplasmatic materials) are
removed from the cell protoplasm, so that the
cells are rejuvenated and start to function more
effectively.
Some of these foreign materials are highly toxic
and accumulated long ago in the fatty cells and

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the connective tissue cells, figuratively called the
organism’s landfill, that’s why it’s necessary to
remove them from the circulation and metabolic
processes in the body. When the tissues get rid
of these materials, it increases the effectiveness
of the physiological mechanism. Along with the
renewal of the body due to fasting, a certain po-
tential is also created, which ensures improved
body function after the fast is complete.
Wear and damage, repair and replenishment
are continuous and almost synchronous pro-
cesses in all living organisms. Something is cre-
ated, and something is destroyed. Both of these
processes are called metabolism, the production
is called anabolism and the destruction – catab-
olism. Catabolism prevails during periods of

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activity, anabolism – during periods of rest and
sleep.
Anabolism is the process of repairing the body,
when it gets a new burst of energy and prepares
for new activities. This process is dominant dur-
ing the period of active growth and it slows
down somewhat during aging.
It is established that fasting accelerates metab-
olism, and after the end of a fast the anabolic or
constructive phase develops intensively. Thus,
one can say that a general cleansing of the body
renews the constructive processes of life. It is
true that under experimental conditions this im-
provement in life processes is brief. However, in
most cases this happens because the researchers
can’t manage to bring their patients back (on the

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patients’ demand) to anything but their usual
lifestyle after fasting.
A person’s age is the duration of their life. The
term ‘age’ denotes several different aspects of
life: level of a person’s development (physiologi-
cal age), level of mental development (psycho-
logical age), etc. Any other term or expression
signifying nothing else but chronological age
brings vagueness and confusion of age with the
condition of the body or the extent of its growth
and development.
When we say that one person is old at 40, and
another is young at 70, we actually mean their
physical and mental state, and not their age. A
suggestion to use the expression “functional age”
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than their date of birth, is based on this confu-
sion as well.
It is true that the date of birth tells us nothing
about the state of a given organism or about the
extent of its mental development. These factors
are only indirectly connected to age and are not
its important components. A 70-year-old can be
young according to their physical and mental
state, and a 40-year-old can be old, languid and
depressed. And yet the first person is already 70,
while the second is only 40. Knowing this, we
can ignore the widespread assertion, that ‘we’re
trying to turn back time’. The age-related
changes happening in the organism that are
called ageing, aren’t so much linked to the pass-
ing of time, as to the factors, absolutely unrelated
to time per se.

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 If there were a causal link to ageing, then a per-
son at 70 should have all the indications of old
age, inherent in this period of life, and a person
at 40 – all the indications of youth, found at this
age. The fact that the case is often the opposite
makes us doubt the assumption that the state of
the body is irreversibly linked with the number
of years lived. We shouldn’t find it difficult to
understand that although age is expressed in
time, time isn’t the cause of the ageing process.
For example, let’s take a stone being washed by
water. It changes over time, but it’s not time that
polishes it, it’s water. The ageing process re-
quires time, but time isn’t the cause of polishing.
Two stones, polished by water in the to the
same extent, abrade at different speeds, depend-
ing on their hardness and density. Due to the

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same reason, two people under the influence of
identical destructive factors age at a different
speed, depending on their individual resistance
to the destructive factors.
A stone abrades faster or slower depending on
the amount of water flowing around it: if it’s
small, the stone abrades slowly, if there’s a lot of
water, the abrasion happens faster. A person also
ages fast or slowly depending on the number of
destructive influences this person is affected by.
Let’s expand our example somewhat: let’s im-
agine a self-restoring rock. At first it was being
polished by water, then the water stopped wash-
ing it. The rock begins ‘repairing’ itself and re-
storing the larger part of the lost matter. In the
human body, a natural process will take place

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(because the organism is self-repairing), when
the causes of ageing are eliminated.
The body is capable of destroying some of the
damaged structures, replacing them with fresh
ones, and renewing the cells by dumping the
‘loads’ accumulated in them and ‘repairing’ their
damaged parts. Figuratively speaking, the hu-
man body can actively handle its business on its
own in a constructive manner.
Humans can live longer and better than they do
now. They should live much longer than now,
and enjoy absolute health and energy. They
shouldn’t waste away at 60 or earlier. But in fact,
excluding deaths from accidents and homicides,
people die from diseases. If we lived in a way that
prevented the development of diseases, not only
could we live longer than what’s considered

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normal now, but we could also preserve our
physical and mental powers.
Aging is defined as an ‘accumulation of
changes in the organism, increasing the proba-
bility of death of a given individual over the
course of time.’ This simply means that aging is
a slow accumulation of pathological (unhealthy)
changes in the organs and tissues, injuries in the
structures of the body and a slow deterioration
of its vital functions. Old age is just another
chronic disease. And this is the reason why we
can age sooner or later, and some people at sev-
enty look younger than some 40-year-olds.
Aging happens over time, but time is not its
cause. Consequently, it doesn’t matter, what
method we should use to precisely determine
human physiological age, what matters is that we

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found and figured out the causes that lead to ag-
ing. Eliminate the cause of aging, and let the
physiological age take care of itself. Nobody
knows for sure what the changes of the organism
leading to aging are, or what sort of changes they
are exactly. Let’s examine the experiments of a
well-known French scientist Dr. Alexis Carrel16,
author of the book Man, The Unknown. Keeping
separate fragments of a chicken heart alive over
the course of many years, he found out that they
aged, unless they got rid of the waste accumu-
lated in their cells. In other words, they aged

16
Alexis Carrel (1873 – 1944) was a French surgeon and biologist
who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in
1912 for pioneering vascular suturing techniques. He wrote the
book Man, The Unknown. New York and London: Harper and
Brothers, 1939.

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because of the accumulation of waste produced
by their own metabolism in the culture medium
where they were placed. If this waste was regu-
larly removed, preventing the cells from getting
poisoned by it, the chicken heart didn’t age. This
is very important proof that aging is the result of
chronic saturation with toxic substances. Unfor-
tunately, the important discovery attracted too
little attention, perhaps, because a way to use it
was not discovered.
Carrel’s experiments and many other similar
ones helped scientists conclude that cells are po-
tentially immortal. In their normal state, they
keep dividing over and over again, but they
don't’ die. Death turns out to be an abnormal
phenomenon. Nevertheless, under the regular
life conditions we observe that cells actually age

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and die in great numbers. In order to extend life
indefinitely, all the conditions have to be favora-
ble.
If cells are potentially immortal, as scientists
currently think, and the body as a system gets
older, then it’s obvious that one of two things is
true. Either the functional specialization of cell
groups / body organs is mismatched, or there’s
no coordination of cell groups in the organism.
Perhaps, both of these factors are true. If one or
both of these assumptions are true, this poses a
question: is the discrepancy of specialization or
the discrepancy of coordination a primary (ini-
tial) condition of life or is it (the mismatch) a re-
sult of established and resolvable causes? If it’s a
primary condition, then we cannot hope to pre-
vent the aging process for more than a short

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period of time, as it usually begins quite early.
But if it’s induced by causes that can be avoided
or eliminated, which seems likely enough, then
we’re capable of doing a lot to prevent aging.
At least countless experiments on many lower
forms of life have demonstrated that it’s not only
possible to delay the aging process for an infi-
nitely long time, but also to reverse it, restoring
youth.
For more than 15 years, professor C. M. Child17
from the University of Chicago researched ani-
mal ageing. His results revealed that periodical
fasting usually promotes bodily rejuvenation.

17
Charles Manning Child (1869 – 1954) was an American zoologist
noted for his work on regeneration (especially
on Coelenterates and flatworms) at the University of Chicago.

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 In his research of some insect species, he found
out that, when given abundant food, the insects’
life lasted for 3-4 weeks, but if the amount of
food was decreased or the insects were forced to
fast, they would stay active and young for at least
3 years. Here’s his conclusion: “Partial fasting
prevents aging. The fasting person is transferred
from mature age to initial postembryonic stage,
he is almost born again.”
Child pointed out that in the organic world re-
juvenation is nothing but a normal cell renewal
process. This process is continuous throughout
the life of any organism.
Similar research was conducted by the employ-
ees of the Institute of Physiology of the National
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Through the
introduction of a special dietary regimen, they

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‘rejuvenated’ two-year-old rats to a state typical
for three-months-olds. English biologist Clive
McCay18 achieved a 1.5-fold life extension in
mice, by means of two days a week without food,
and decreasing food intake by a third allowed the
mice to live twice as long.
Interesting experiments on animal rejuvena-
tion were conducted by a remarkable physician
Suren Arakelyan19. According to his data, aged

18
Clive Maine McCay (1898—1967) was an American biochem-
ist, nutritionist, gerontologist, and professor of animal hus-
bandry at Cornell University from 1927-1963. His main interest was
the influence of nutrition on aging. He is best known for his work
in proving that caloric restriction increases the life span of rats,
which is seen as seminal in triggering further research and experi-
ments in the field of nutrition and longevity. (from Internet)
19
Suren A. Arakelyan (1928-2002) was a famous Soviet and Rus-
sian veterinarian. He wrote a book about the method of medical

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hens, who were put through a fast, began to lay
eggs again, began recovering their feather coat-
ing, their voices became higher and younger and
their bodies – more graceful and slender. Here’s
a photograph that Suren Arakelyan has kept
since his experiment. There are two aged layer
hens in his arms. The hens were sisters. One
fasted, the other didn’t. After the photo was
taken, the gluttonous sister lived for only a
month, while the rejuvenated hen lived for six
more years. It was definitely surprising: out of
1000 birds written-off because of their age, 910
laid an egg every day. And not just an egg! The
egg weighed 68 grams, while the one laid by a
pullet weighed only 48 grams. The biochemical

fasting on birds and animal, Budem zhit Trista lyet (Let's live three
hundred years).

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analysis confirmed that the quality of the egg was
better, too. There was a fear that hunger will lead
the birds to their death, but they, on the con-
trary, began living much longer: for 18 years, on
average, instead of the 6 allotted by nature. The
species’ lifespan was extended threefold. A
chicken named Krasavitsa reached a fantastic
age of 21. Proportionately, for a human this age
would equal 240 – 250 years.
After chickens, Arakelyan started working with
bulls belonging to a high-priced breed. Their
youth is short, lasting only four years. And then
they become meat. The bulls went on a fast, but
they took a complex stress-relieving drug. It was
stress-relieving because normal hunger induces
a distressed, restless state in animals. Taking
these substances, the bulls as though didn't

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notice the hunger. This went on for twenty days.
The bulls grew thin, having lost 15-20 % of their
fat mass, but those were temporary losses, the
weight soon came back, and with it came specific
reproductive capabilities. This allows to con-
clude that when fasting is employed during the
month-long rest once a year, bulls’ life expec-
tancy grows threefold!
Inability to preserve youth is caused by factors
that interfere with the perfect process of renewal.
Any elimination of these interfering factors at
any age leads to a shift – to renewal and youth.
However, it should be acknowledged that there
are clear limits to human rejuvenating capabili-
ties. Irreversible changes may occur in the tis-
sues of the human body, and any efforts to elim-
inate them are akin to efforts to grow a new leg

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after it was lost. Many lower forms of life, and
some of them are very complex organisms, pos-
sess the ability to grow new members or internal
organs (even new heads, brains and eyes); their
rejuvenating capabilities are substantially wider
than those of highly developed organisms. But a
human can be rejuvenated to a greater degree
than we had previously thought. Up until now,
we can agree that the larger is the number and
the degree of pathological changes that have oc-
curred in the human body, the smaller is its ca-
pability of restoring youth. However, I don’t
think that the greatest possibilities of rejuvena-
tion by means of fasting are of interest only to
people of both sexes in their advanced age. Fast-
ing is also extremely important to younger peo-
ple as a means of reversing the aging process,

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although their aging is slowed down. If we can
use fasting to prevent destructive processes in
the vital organs by periodically freeing the or-
ganism of its toxic load and providing these or-
gans with the much-needed rest. then we will be
able to achieve a much more prolonged effect in
aging prevention than in searching for the ways
to rejuvenate the organism.
When I began working at the Goryachinsk
health resort, the nurse brought me the case rec-
ords of the patients that were to have an appoint-
ment with me. When I was looking through
them, one drew my attention. The patient was 80
years old, his diagnosis was deforming coxar-
throsis of the hip and knee joints. Well, I was
wondering to myself how he was going to get
there, and what treatment I could possibly

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prescribe to him at this age. Subsequently, a slim,
youthful man of about 50 came to me for an ap-
pointment and said that he’d just been swim-
ming in Baikal (it was November) and it was
great. When I asked for his name, it turned out
he was that 80-year-old ‘grandpa’. My surprise
knew no bounds. I asked him at once, “What
about your sore joints?” “Oh, I forgot all about
them a long time ago, doctor, and the diagnosis in
my rehabilitation and health resort card form is
there so that I can go to the health resort.” I was
very interested to know how he had achieved
these amazing results in the treatment of his dis-
ease and rejuvenation of his body. Here’s his
story:
“My problems began after I turned 50, I started
having pains in my hip joints when moving, it

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became difficult to get up. My knee joints subse-
quently began bothering me, too. I underwent all
kinds of treatment and went to all kinds of health
resorts. Granted, I felt somewhat better after go-
ing to health resorts, but at some point, the pain
came back. I realized that if I didn’t cardinally
change something in my life, I would become
fully disabled and immobilized. I began collect-
ing information, talking to people with the same
diagnosis, who had improved their health by
natural means. At that time, there was practically
no information on body cleansing or fasting. I
learned about liver cleansing from a talented
healer from a neighboring village. I’d known
about fasting since childhood, because my
grandmother had rigidly observed the fast —
only water and nothing else. I cleansed my liver

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and gradually began conducting fasts. I felt bet-
ter after a ten-day fast, my joints were hurting
less, my capacity for movement increased. After
that I started walking more. Once after a walk I
had bad swelling in my left knee and horrible
pain. I thought that if I tried fasting without wa-
ter, then my swelling would come down faster.
To my surprise, the pain and the swelling went
away on the third day, which had never hap-
pened during water fasting. The first time I dry
fasted for five days. Of course, it was harder than
a water fast, but the results and the effect of dry
fasting impressed me. I realized that you can
achieve better results in a shorter period of time.
After that, I only fasted dry. Every week I dry
fasted for a day, and two times a year – for seven.

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 With great effort and with the help of the
knowledge I had received from other people’s
experience, I achieved a full cure from coxar-
throsis of the hip joints.
Last year I celebrated my 80th birthday as a
practically healthy man.
Reaching this age, which seemed improbable
and inaccessible 30 years ago, not only became a
reality, but a reality full of joy and happiness.
The tests that I conducted and my test results
show that I’m not only healthy, but also that for
me the age of 80 isn’t the time of decrepit old age
and suffering from ailments, on the contrary, it’s
the time of a normal life of a person looking for-
ward to the future. (...).

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 To support the due level of health, I first and
foremost take care of my moral health, and mon-
itor my nutrition regime, which rich in cereals,
vegetables, fruit, without salt or solid fats, and
maintain a high level of physical activity, but the
most important thing is systemic dry fasting.”
Subsequently, this unique example influenced
me greatly, affecting my decision to introduce
dry fasting into my practice.
One of the striking examples of the miracle of
fasting is the author of the homonymous book
Paul Bragg20. He tragically died surfing the ocean

20
Paul Chappuis Bragg (1895 – 1976) was an American alterna-
tive health food advocate and fitness enthusiast. He wrote on sub-
jects such as detoxification, dieting, fasting, longevity, natural hy-
giene and physical culture. His books are very popular in Russia.

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waves at the age of 95 and remained healthy until
his very death.
Perhaps, one day doctors will accept fasting as
a powerful natural method of body rejuvenation,
which is in many ways superior to manipula-
tions with stem cells or expensive plastic surgery.
It’s important to understand that any effective
rejuvenation of the body is the result of internal
strength and processes working under favorable
conditions, and not of forcible states induced by
exotic actions. Health restoration, in other
words, termination of the pathological state and
rejuvenation are the same process.
If we could see fasting as a method that gives
the body an opportunity to not only free itself of
the load of accumulated toxins, but also from the
burden of accumulated anomalous changes in its

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tissues, then we will be able to use this method
for the purposes of rejuvenation with enormous
success.

8.7. Preventive mechanism: protection

against radiation, adverse environmental fac-
tors, prevention of oncological diseases
Why does fasting protect from radiation and
why are fasts held on designated days? In order
to answer this question comprehensively, we
are going to begin with what seems an entirely
different topic — how does radiation damage
our organism? Radiation is a powerful flow of
energy which, when penetrating the organs,
cannot be assimilated by the cells because of its
power and causes a phenomenon of ionization
in them. Ionization is the tearing off of atoms

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and molecules caused by the impact of the par-
ticles. As a result, a mass of radicals is formed in
the cells. A radical is an extremely biologically
active fragment of a molecule which combines
with DNA molecules and blocks their biological
properties, which start to damage its genetic ap-
paratus. Then a breakdown of the DNA and
RNA double helix takes place. As soon as that
happens, and it usually happens in the quickly
dividing cells of the gastrointestinal tract, the
cells stop dividing and start being destroyed as
foreign by the organism’s own immune system.
A destructive process develops in the tissues.
Such micro-holes created by the aforemen-
tioned process are easily penetrated by infec-
tions (which are numerous in the gastrointesti-
nal tract) and then sepsis begins, leading to the

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organism’s death. Scientists conducted a series
of interesting experiments on rats. One group
of rats was exposed to radiation or fed food con-
taining radionucleotides, and then starved. For
comparison purposes, a group of absolutely
healthy animals was starved, too. A physiologi-
cal period of starvation for rats is 12 days. All
animals in the healthy control group died after
this period, but the irradiated rats lived for 24
days, started to look even better than before,
and had no intention of dying. The researchers
had to kill the rats and thoroughly analyzed
their tissues, as a result of which they found out
that the rats looked excellent, as young, healthy
animals, and had no radioactive damage! Why
does this happen? It turns out, when fasting
during advanced biosynthesis, the body needs

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energy, and the radiation that was inassimilable
before, now is fully expended on this. The bad
turns into good! A number of other mecha-
nisms that protect the organism from radiation
during hunger were discovered at the same
time. Here they are:
1. The body restores the cells’ membranes by
increasing alcohol production. Restoration of
the cells’ membranes is nothing but a rein-
forcement of cellular barriers. As a result,
subsequent exposure to radiation will have a
less pronounced damaging effect on the cells.
2. Increased carbon dioxide content in the cells
decreases the ionization caused by exposure
to radiation.
3. The quickly dividing cells of the gastrointes-
tinal tract, which suffer the most from

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radiation, abruptly slow down their division.
After all, they’re forced to divide quickly be-
cause they’re affected by their own digestive
enzymes, get damaged and desquamate. The
organism, owing to high speed of division of
these cells, restores the stomach and intesti-
nal walls. This doesn’t happen during fasting.
The gastrointestinal tract cells rest, and the
energy previously spent on accelerated divi-
sion is now used for restoring internal struc-
tures, repairing torn DNA and RNA helices.
This is also facilitated by enhanced biosyn-
thesis inside the cell because of the fixation of
carbon dioxide in it, which doesn’t happen
during regular food intake. Owing to that,
they don’t die, don’t get rejected by their own
organism, and when the body switches to

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 regular food intake, they divide as if nothing
had happened and perform their former
functions to the full extent. But during regu-
lar food intake, these two processes of divi-
sion and restoration of the inner structures of
the cell can’t be carried out fully, and radia-
tion further exacerbates it.
4. According to practical research, radiation
and radionucleotides are removed from the
human body in just 12-14 days of water fast-
ing or 5-7 days of dry fasting. This makes a
person lose much less weight than during a
normal fast. As a result of the aforemen-
tioned processes, that occur during fasting,
the problems of radioactive exposure are
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 Chernobyl, academician A. I. Vorobyov21 de-
cided to employ fasting in treating people
stricken by acute radiation sickness (when ul-
cers appear in the gastrointestinal tract).
Bone marrow transplantation and use of
powerful antibiotic therapy are nearly hope-
less in such cases, but thanks to fasting, the
affected people restored their health. For the
first time in the world practice, the fasting
method helped in the case where other, most

21
Andrei Ivanovich Vorobyov (born November 1, 1928, Moscow)
is a Soviet and Russian hematologist, academician of the USSR
Academy of Medical Sciences (1986) and RAS (2000), professor,
doctor of medical sciences, director of the Research Institute of He-
matology and Intensive Care, head of the department hematology
and intensive care of the Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate
Education (RMAPO). He has been the First Minister of Health of
the Russian Federation.

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 innovative (American, Japanese) treatment
options proved to be powerless! And it’s no
wonder, since these treatment options are the
fruit of artificial conclusions, while fasting is
a natural process that has nothing in com-
mon with them.
After this introduction, let’s pass on to the
main question — why are fasts conducted at spe-
cific times of the year? If we combine the dates
when fasts are conducted and astrological signs,
then we’ll see that three out of the four fasts fall
on ‘Fire Signs’. The Nativity Fast (40 days) falls
on Sagittarius. Great Lent (48 days) falls on Ar-
ies. The Uspensky Fast (14 days) fall on Leo. The
length of the Apostles’ Fast is not constant and
varies between 8 and 42 days. This variation is
caused by adjustment to natural rhythms. In

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years of the active sun, when there’s a lot of en-
ergy, its duration increases. In cold years, on the
contrary, the length of this fast shortens. There’s
no ad-libbing — everything happens according
to nature’s laws. In the above-mentioned peri-
ods, an increased amount of energy reaches the
Earth from space. This energy, which works like
radioactive energy, can disrupt the organism’s
function. Remember A. L. Chizhevsky’s22 work
The Earthly Echo of the Solar Storms, and a lot
will be clarified immediately.

22
Alexander Leonidovich Chizhevsky (1897 – 1964) was a So-
viet-era interdisciplinary scientist, a biophysicist who founded "he-
liobiology" (study of the sun's effect on biology) and "aero-ioniza-
tion" (study of effect of ionization of air on biological entities). He
also was noted for his work in "cosmo-biology", biological
rhythms and hematology.

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 If you fast during this time, then cosmic energy
and an increased amount of solar energy will go
towards creation, intensifying biosynthesis. If
you still continue eating, then the energy won’t
assimilate and will cause damage to your cells,
and free radicals will inhibit the cell’s function,
undermining the living potential of the whole
organism. But at the same time, bacteria and vi-
ruses convert to active state and successfully at-
tack the weakened organism due to the abun-
dance of energy. It is exactly at this time that flu
(spring and the beginning of winter) and cholera
(summer) epidemics may be observed all over
the world. In years of active sun, these processes
are of such a pronounced nature, that in the
Middle Ages the majority of the European pop-
ulation died out because of it! You can fast

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during another time of the year, but the combi-
nation of increased natural energy and fasting
produces the best effect, activating the ‘fire prin-
ciple’, which is suppressed during fasting. An-
cient sages took absolutely everything into ac-
count and gave the best recommendations, we
only have to follow them.

Protection against adverse environmental

factors
Along with our own toxins, which are pro-
duced inside the organism, the toxic substances
from the chemicals that have infested our daily
lives, from our poisoned atmosphere, from our
water and our food, are removed from the body
during fasting. However, this was to be expected.
In our environmental conditions, it’s impossible

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to not consider these facts. But fasting also pro-
duces an excellent preventive effect. For a long
time after the end of a dry fast, the highest pro-
tective potential is maintained, during periodic
fasting a person becomes almost invulnerable to
nitrates, phenols, sulphur dioxide and nuclear
power stations.

Prevention of oncological diseases

When I was studying calorie restriction therapy
with Professor Y. S. Nikolayev, he told me about
a curious experiment. Students of Stavropol
Medical Institute divided 120 white rats into 4
groups.
The first group was the control group, and the
remaining three were subjected to a 3-day-long

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fast. The first of these three were inoculated with
sarcoma before the fast, the second — during the
fast, and the third — after it. All the control
group members who hadn’t fasted, died. Half of
the 30 animals that had been inoculated with
sarcoma before the experiment a half died, out
of the 30 ones that had been injected during the
fasting a third did. All those who have been in-
jected after the fasting survived. As I’ve already
written, during dry fasting the strongest, most
viable cells survive, that’s why even short-term
dry fasts are a serious preventive treatment
against malignant tumors. Another marvelous
impact of fasting was recorded by American sci-
entists. They studied the impact of fasting on the
development of severe forms of cancer. The ani-
mals were divided into two groups — the

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experimental group and the control group. The
rats in the control group were subjected to radi-
ation. The dose was chosen so that it wouldn’t
cause a quick death, but 2-3 weeks after the irra-
diation every member of the group had blood
cancer. The experimental group was luckier.
Prior to irradiation, the animals underwent a full
fast. You may think that the organism weakened
by fasting should react even more acutely to this
negative influence, and the sickness should be
more severe. But the results were exactly the op-
posite! Compared to the control group, the ex-
perimental group had 70 % fewer sick rats.

8.8. Renewal of the organism’s energy

As I’ve already written, water is one of the best
carrier of energy information. This is achieved

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through water’s unique molecular composition
and variability of its cluster structure. It was also
proven by scientists that, long before any symp-
toms of illness appear, local areas of ‘heavy’ wa-
ter, water with irregular structure, or pathologi-
cal zones, are formed in the human organism.
Any kind of evil eye, hex or just people’s envy,
in short, all the negative energy is located in
these pathological zones. During dry fasting the
old ‘dead’ water is replaced with high-quality,
energetically renewed, ‘live’ water, synthesized
by the body itself.
Dry fasting is, first and foremost, intense spir-
itual work, intended to clean the soul and body
of the essences feeding off them, which also
strengthens will power and the power of positive
thinking in the initial stage of evolution. Dry

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fasting evenly burns everything unfit for its evo-
lution in terms of both mechanics and spirit us-
ing all the organs of the body. The reason is that
after at least 7-10 days, negative energy essences,
sensing their death in the absence of food, start
to come out of you, since they can’t stand dry
fasting and positive vibrations radiating from
you. Especially if you support all this with posi-
tive actions. Dry fasting gives you a reserve of
energy. It seems unbelievable: how can a person
not eat anything, spend their energy, but still
have increased energy levels? But there’s no par-
adox. When the body is devoid of organic food,
it begins to intensely consume subtle energy
from space and the environment. With transi-
tion to normal nutrition, the hyper-restoration
effect comes into action — the body starts to

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collect energy more intensely than it did prior to
fasting, luckily it has all the relevant capabilities
at that point. After all, thanks to fasting the chak-
ras are cleansed along with the energy channels,
which lots of abilities depend on. After the end
of a fast, the time of sleep decreases to 4-5 hours,
a person literally gains strength, they’re boiling
over with energy. This remarkable state lasts for
a long time if a person eats healthy, exercises and
spends time outdoors.

Special effects
Here are the gifts which everybody receives
from dry fasting along with the cure from the ill-
nesses that had tormented them for a long time,
and which (not a single one of them!) are, of

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course, possible without deep refreshing and
calming of the whole body.
• First of all, the general perception abilities are
greatly increased — tactile, skin sensitivity
and the sense of smell are heightened, which
produces interesting effects. You’ll be able to
feel through the shop window, to sense the
taste of the foods there, to know that a certain
egg in fridge is already not fresh, to remotely
perceive that there’s something wrong with the
food, which can actually just turn out to be an
excess of preservatives. In pronounced cases of
perception increase you’ll have no problems
guessing the contents of a tin with no label on
it.
• During fasting, sweat secretion almost stops
— the skin turns from a secretor to an

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 absorber, at the same time when in contact
with a substance, not only does it start to be
absorbed, but you can also feel the taste of the
substance in your mouth. Thus, if you have
to cook food for others during your fast, you
can determine ‘by touch’, if there’s enough
salt in the soup. But I wouldn’t advise you to
knead dough, the oil will be absorbed by your
hands, rather than by the food.
• A person’s intuition increases intensely dur-
ing dry fasting. Just like a cat, one may begin
feeling pathological or, on the contrary, heal-
ing energetic zones. Interestingly, they’re
different for every person
• Sometimes people develop telepathic abili-
ties, they begin to understand each other
without words.

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• Those who fast regularly notice that fasting
enhances willpower. Iron-strong determina-
tion is undoubtedly necessary for achieving
success in any difficult undertaking. A 24-
hour abstinence from food makes a person
mentally stronger and prepares them for
making a prudent choice and then acting
with firm determination.
• Fasting awakens the (often lost) sense of how
much food and water a person really needs to
sustain their life. During abstinence from
food, a person experiences certain suffering.
On the one hand, it naturally develops com-
passion for others suffering from hunger,
with barely enough to sustain oneself. Only
after having the same experience yourself,

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 you can genuinely understand the suffering
of the poor and wretched.
• If you were sensitive to cold, often came
down with the flu, your feet were cold and,
consequently, you couldn’t fall asleep for a
long time — after dry fasting you will become
resistant to cold.
• If you had grey hair and it was falling out, af-
ter fasting it will become thicker and regain
its color.
• If you had poor vision, it often improves after
a dry fast.
• If the whites of your eyes were yellow, they
will become clear white.
• If you snored during sleep, your breathing
will become even and silent, you will stop
grinding teeth in your sleep.

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• If you suffered from bad mouth odor, your
breath will become clean and odorless.
• If you were bothered by morning bitterness
in the mouth, the taste in the mouth will al-
ways be sweet and fresh.
• Yellow plaque on teeth disappears. They be-
come pearl-white.
• If your teeth were loose (paradontosis), they
will sit in the gums more firmly.
• If you had a persistently runny nose, fasting
completely cures this problem.
• If you had hypertension (or hypotension),
your blood pressure comes back to normal.
• Insomnia vanishes and deep wholesome
sleep is restored.
• Sexual activity increases and grows stronger.

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 • A person becomes 10-15 years younger
working-efficiency-wise.
Of course, many health benefits listed here can
be achieved by any kind of fasting, but during
dry fasting they can be achieved more effectively
and within shorter timeframes.

9. How to properly prepare your body

for dry fasting?
NOTE: ! Never conduct dry fasting without
trying water fasting first !

9.1. Bowel cleansing. Introduction

You might believe that preliminary cleansing
was invented by all those boring theorists who
don’t understand that people who want to fast
have jobs, and are therefore busy. Thus, you start

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fasting completely unprepared. Inside the colon,
which ends with the anus, in the pockets of the
colon hides a greenish, clay-like substance with
a very unpleasant smell, which is called fecal
stones. It is very hard to rinse out just with water
and over the years it can grow so bulky that it
blocks the passage in the colon, requiring painful
surgery in order to clean out these stones. In
some especially neglected cases, up to 25 kilo-
grams of these stones are taken out of the pa-
tient’s colon. To be sure, such fasting, without
bowel cleansing, has few benefits. First of all, you
feel strong hunger during fasting all the time.
That’s because fecal masses, fecal stones, and the
juice produced by them, which is being absorbed
by the body from the bowels during fasting, poi-
son you once and for all. Furthermore, when

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you, after finally having scrupulously and stoi-
cally endured the entire process until the end,
begin coming out of a fast, you once again per-
fect your fasting technique and immediately eat
as much as you can hold.
Naturally, when a person stops eating, eventu-
ally they start having a cleansing crisis, which is
accompanied by unpleasant sensations, and the
fasting person believes they’re already dying
from not eating and succumb to panic, starting
to eat again.
When toxins leave the body, which always hap-
pens during fasting, you may experience un-
pleasant sensations, weakness and pain in some
parts of the body. That’s why a person who’s ig-
norant about fasting may feel that their body is
being irreparably destroyed during fasting.

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 Coloproctologists say jokingly: the organism is
essentially an upgraded intestinal canal. And, to
be fair, they aren’t really exaggerating the im-
portance of this organ. After all, it is in the intes-
tinal canal that all the vital digestive processes
take place.
The majority of the substances necessary for
the body is absorbed through the intestinal walls.
It turns out that a person’s health directly de-
pends on the state of their bowels. But an irreg-
ular, unbalanced diet leads to waste accumulat-
ing on the intestinal walls. These dense deposits
impede the absorption of nutrients, produce
toxins, disturb intestinal peristalsis. As a result,
a person often experiences weakness, irritability,
constipation, skin breakouts, weight problems.

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Organ function is hindered, which threatens
with serious ailments.
Out of all bowel segments, the large intestine is
especially susceptible to toxin accumulation.
Since the gastrointestinal tract is rich in its own
endocrine ‘taps’, which change their activity un-
der the influence of changes, related to metabo-
lism in the bowels, this system in our body pri-
marily provides normal regulation of metabolic
processes, their correspondence with metabolic
and adaptive changes. And, of course, all these
systems are dominated by the nervous system,
which controls the overall coordination of all the
systems’ activities.
That’s why it’s quite appropriate that diseases
of organs and systems that, at first sight, are un-
related to the bowels, during their course are

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accompanied by intestinal disorder and, in par-
ticular, a decrease in its barrier function. In this
case, the ejection of intestinal toxins into the
blood and lymph of the sick organism increases,
which substantially increases the accumulation
of endotoxins in the organism and leads to the
development of endotoxicosis — accumulation
of toxic substances in tissue and intracellular
fluid. These substances can affect the flow of
metabolic processes in the cell, disturb the regu-
lation of bioprocesses. Digestive tract diseases
can create more than 100 different complica-
tions: food allergy, eczema, arthritis, spondylitis,
schizophrenia… The list goes on.
According to scientists, in cases of chronic in-
testinal diseases one of the causes of internal or-
gans and systems pathology may be linked to the

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disorders of the absorption of important food
components. This can be caused by loss of nutri-
ents due to diarrhea, excessive bacterial growth
or change in intestinal wall permeability.
People affected by similar bowel dysfunction
develop all kinds of different diseases quickly
and easily. Under these circumstances, the prob-
ability of fatal outcome increases, and the
chances for the organism to conquer the disease
and for the person to get well decrease. In other
words, if functional and pathological changes
arise in the digestive tract, the body stops receiv-
ing enough nutrients. The state of the micro-
scopic flora fluctuations, resulting in the im-
mune system weakening and the organism be-
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threats. A danger of oncological, allergic, dys-
trophic diseases arises.

Enterosorption - an effective means of intes-

tinal rejuvenation and cleansing
Currently enterosorption is one of the best
means of life prolongation (organism rejuvena-
tion). Enterosorption is effective, simple and
safe. We definitely have to take advantage of it!
Medicine widely employs a method of blood
purification called hemosorption. This method
entails a person’s blood being run through a
sorbent, which extracts a number of harmful
substances from it. Usually, synthetic charcoal is
used as a sorbent. However, these procedures
can turn out to be unsafe for the body. A well-

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known gerontologist, academician V. Frol-
kis23 effectively used enterosorption to increase
lifespan. The important point is that a person se-
cretes up to 10-12 liters of digestive juices per
day. The liquid part of these juices is filtered out
from the blood. It’s absorbed back into the blood
in the lower parts of the intestinal canal. There-
fore, when we conduct the sorption of digestive
juices, we can harmlessly purify blood, lymph,
and consequently, intracellular and cellular

23 V. V. Frolkis (1924-1999), Ukrainian physiologist and geron-

tologist. In Kiev he headed the Department of Aging and the Labor-
atory of Physiology. His research interests covered all major fields
of experimental gerontology with particular emphasis on neurohor-
monal mechanisms of aging and longevity. He developed the adap-
tive-regulatory theory of aging. He was the author of more than 700
works, including 25 monographs and 15 handbooks. His fundamen-
tal work is: Starenie i uvelichenie prodolzhitelnosti zhizni (Aging
and Lifespan Prolongation) (1991).

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liquid, or, in other words, the whole organism in
its entirety. It’s crucial that the enterosorbent
also absorbs cholesterol, which is ejected into the
bowels by the gallbladder. This is, perhaps, the
best way to prevent atherosclerosis, which is the
cause of one in two deaths.
28-month-old rats were used in the experi-
ment. The rats were subjected to enterosorption
cycles: for 10 days, a sorbent (synthetic charcoal)
was added to their food, then there was a 30-day
break. This experiment has led to a 35 % increase
in the rats’ lifespan. The effect of enterosorption
on the cells is so substantial that it affects the rate
of protein synthesis in the organs.
The effect of the enterosorbent on lipid metab-
olism in the body is of huge importance. The
content of total lipids (triglycerides, cholesterol),

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which have a large significance in the develop-
ment of atherosclerosis, in the liver decreases by
about 30%. Similar shifts may be observed in the
brain and heart tissues. The influence of enter-
osorption on lipid metabolism has turned out to
be so substantial that its use restores the struc-
ture of cellular walls! That is, something that has
already been destroyed is restored, which means
that the body is rejuvenated! As a result of long
enterosorption, cell damage, connective tissue
growth in the organs and nerve centers begin
significantly later, atrophy is less pronounced,
there is less vascular sclerosis and more.
Which enterosorbents are best?
Even ordinary dietary fibers (cellulose, which is
the plant cell membrane, etc.) have a minimal ef-
fect. That’s why you can often hear a

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recommendation to eat more plant foods. The
so-called microcrystalline cellulose is also pro-
duced from plant fiber. But, of course, specially
developed preparations produce the greatest ef-
fect. It can be either ordinary activated charcoal
sold at the drug store, or ‘advanced’ enter-
osorbents based on apple and citrus pectin with
addition of different plant extracts and healthy
bacteria, which have a cholagogic and general
health-improving effect on both the digestive
tract and the whole organism. Such sorbents in-
clude Toxfighter, Polyphepanum and others.
The main indicator of an enterosorbent’s effi-
ciency is its ability to create an absorbing surface.
The simplest enterosorbents, such as activated
charcoal (Carbolen), create an absorbing surface
of 200-300 square meters per 1 gram of sorbent.

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There are more powerful granulated charcoal-
based enterosorbents and coal-fiber materials
(Vaulen, Aktilen, ‘Dnepr’). They have the power
of a 1000 (!) and more square meters per gram.
If you’re going to use ordinary activated char-
coal, then the daily dosage should be about 5-7
grams. However, to achieve the greatest effect,
plant-based enterosorbents can be taken in dos-
ages 2-3 times higher than indicated. The treat-
ment can be carried out over the course of a
month. It is crucial to know that enterosorbents
are taken on an empty stomach (you may take
them 30-60 minutes before meals). We recom-
mend you to dissolve a portion of the product in
water (or wash it down with water) in an amount
of 100-200 grams. It’s good to increase the total

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amount of liquid taken during the day during
the enterosorption course.
Enterosorbents used nowadays can be com-
bined into several groups:
• Carbon adsorbents based on activated
charcoal (Carbolen, Carboktin, Gastro-
sorb), granulated charcoal and coal-fiber
materials (Vaulen, Aktilen, ‘Dnepr’);
• Ion-exchange materials or resins (Cayex-
ilit, Cholisteramin);
• Lignin-based enterosorbents (Polyphepa-
num, Lignosorb);
• Polyvinylpyrrolidone derivatives
(Enterodesum, Enterosorbum);
• Others (Argil, aluminium hydroxide, Al-
magel, Gastal, Sucralfatum, silica gels, ze-
olites);

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 • Natural dietary fibers (cereal bran, cellu-
lose, aliginates (detoxal), pectins (Poly-
sorbovit 50, Polysorbovit 95, Hitozan).
We use POLYSORB MP in our practice. It is
inorganic, non-selective, multifunctional intes-
tinal sorbent (enterosorbent) composed of finely
dispersed SiO2.

9.2. Methods of use of enterosorbents

Enterosorption may be carried out in different
ways. There are three main methods of use of
enterosorbents:
1. single intake of a full dose of an enter-
osorbent;
2. a treatment course of an enterosorbent (7-10
days);

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 3. intestinal sorbent cleansing (2-3 days);
Depending on your well-being, mood and
wishes, you can use different methods of enter-
osorption and different enterosorbents. Every
person chooses the method of detoxification
that they think is the most effective and accepta-
ble. For example, one-time intakes outside the
house; sorbent cleansing of the large intestine as
a part of a health resort treatment; or different
season-specific methods, etc.
Moreover, it’s possible to combine various
methods of enterosorption. For example, you
can carry out a sorbent intake course and end it
with intestinal sorbent cleansing, and combine
sorbent cleansing of the large intestine with oral
sorbent intake.

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 In our opinion, the best way to make your or-
ganism healthier is simultaneous or consecutive
combination of different methods of influencing
the organs and systems of the body. It’s expedi-
ent to use various methods of herbal treatment,
psychotherapy, exercise therapy, fasting, etc.
during and before enterosorption. Not only
aren’t such combinations contraindicated, in
fact, they strengthen the health benefits of enter-
osorption.

Single intake of a full dose of an enter-

osorbent
This method is used when there’s an increased
load on the detoxifying organs of the human
body. It helps the organism deal with the types
of poisoning that most frequently occur in

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everyday life. Such everyday situations can be
the bodily condition after drinking alcohol, food
poisonings and their prophylaxis, light diarrhea,
working with toxic substances (paints and lac-
quers, glass cleaners, inhaling fumes of combus-
tibles and lubricants, etc.). A single intake is car-
ried out in the following manner.
Stir 8 tbsp. of sorbent in 1 glass of water or use
2 tbsp. 4 times a day every 3 hours. Drink this
solution. It’s best to take the sorbent on an
empty stomach.
Of course, this method doesn’t provide a steady
and deep detoxifying effect on the organism, as
no significant reorganization of the work of the
digestive tract structures and the detoxifying
systems is possible in such a short period of time.
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the resolution of relatively simple everyday
tasks. In this way, we help the organism to get rid
of toxic substances faster and more effectively.
Depending on whether or not the desired result
was achieved, you can repeat the intake 2-3
times.
You can use this method on an as-needed basis.

Course intake of an enterosorbent

In this case, the intake course of an enter-
osorbent is as follows. Take 1 tbsp. of an enter-
osorbent for 7-10 days 3 times a day.

9.3. Intestinal sorbent cleansing procedure

Preparation for the cleansing (with salt solution)

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 You have to begin taking a sorbent in a daily
dosage (3 tablespoons during the day between
meals) 24 hours before the procedure day. On
the next day, take 3 more tablespoons in an arbi-
trary manner on an empty stomach, but manda-
torily prior to any fluid intake. A crucial condi-
tion for a successful intestinal sorbent cleansing
is prior fasting for a period of 8-10 hours (you
can fast for longer — up to 20 hours, but no less
than 8 hours). Failure to observe this condition
abruptly changes the course of physiological
processes in the gastrointestinal tract.
When you eat, the mechanisms of intestinal ab-
sorption are immediately activated by the body.
They will be active until the organism fully as-
similates the digested food. And if the absorp-
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substances get into the stomach and intestines,
the organism will start to assimilate them imme-
diately. Consequently, you won’t be able to hold
the salt solution in. Moreover, the presence of
incompletely digested nutrients in the intestinal
contents will hinder the gastrointestinal tract ac-
tivity: the cleansing solution won’t gradually
move along the intestines, but will linger in cer-
tain segments. If the fluid and the sorbent aren’t
moving along the intestines, while the mecha-
nisms of intestinal absorption are activated, in
all likelihood, the organism will begin absorbing
the solution.
It’s necessary to understand that even a small
amount of sweetened tea is a contraindication
for starting intestinal sorbent cleansing, because
when sugar breaks up, it produces glucose, and

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glucose abruptly increases the intensity of so-
dium absorption. As for drinking pure water,
there are no restrictions, because it is absorbed
quickly, but it’s still better not to drink any water
in the 30 minutes prior to the procedure.
In our opinion, the optimal and most conven-
ient period for cleansing is the time after a
night’s sleep, since the delay in food intake in
this case is natural and doesn’t require psycho-
logical and physiological efforts. You can carry
out the procedure at any other convenient time
of day, but you have to observe the above-men-
tioned conditions.
Besides that, provide for: free access to the
bathroom and toilet and 3-4 hours of free time.

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 Preparing the solution
The fluid for the irrigation of the digestive tract
(working solution) is prepared as follows. Use a
container that can hold at least 3 liters of liquid.
Pour 2 liters of boiled water into it, and without
covering it, put it in a clean dry place at room
temperature. This water has to stay in it for the
whole night.
Prepare the salt solution immediately before
the procedure. For this purpose, measure exactly
1 liter of pure water with a measuring jug and
add 1 level tablespoon of regular salt. The solu-
tion should be boiled thoroughly in a separate
vessel (boiling time should be around 30 sec-
onds). After that, without letting the solution
cool down, add this liter to the two liters

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prepared yesterday. After you mix the solution,
it is ready to use.
Make sure that all the salt has dissolved. The
solution should be warm, but not hot. If you fol-
low the sequence of actions, it’s going to have
just the right temperature.
If you took the sorbent beforehand, you can
begin the cleansing procedure. Don’t let the so-
lution get cold, start taking it right away.

Fluid intake
As we’ve already mentioned, the solution has to
be consumed in its entirety over the course of
40-60 minutes. This condition is also crucial and
has to be observed rigorously.

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 First, in order to effectively stimulate the peri-
stalsis of the digestive tract, a sufficient pressure
on its walls has to be created. A more extended
intake will allow the fluid to distribute over the
different segments of the intestines, lessening
the pressure on their walls.
Second, the processes of moving the liquid
along the digestive tract have to get ahead of the
processes of dilution and absorption of the liq-
uid. A 40-minute period allotted for consuming
the working solution conforms to all these con-
ditions.
This elucidates the need to consume a certain
amount of cleansing fluid — 2.5-3 liters. If you
stop and interrupt the working solution intake
for a long time, then the volume of the con-
sumed fluid won’t be sufficient to effectively

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stimulate the movements of the intestines. Of
course, the taste of salt water isn’t very pleasant
or habitual to us. Here, first of all, you need a
certain positive attitude and an awareness of the
need to carry out the procedure. Besides, you
have to firmly believe that the cleansing proce-
dure will help your body get rid of harmful tox-
ins and will prevent the emergence and develop-
ment of many diseases.
We can give a few practical recommendations
to those who carry out the intestinal sorbent
cleansing procedure for the first time:
• take small sips;
• don’t keep the solution in the mouth;
• try not to swallow air;
• don’t force the intake of the fluid;

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 • in case of possible unpleasant feelings of full-
ness in the abdomen or light nausea, you
should stop and take a 2-3-minute break.
Our experience tells us that as you repeat the
intestinal sorbent cleansing procedure, all the
troubles completely disappear the second or
third time around. Moreover, an experienced
person acquires a desire and an ability to drink
the entire volume much faster than in 40
minutes. However, we have to warn you: striving
to drink the cleansing solution as fast as possible
may lead to a painful stretching of the stomach
walls. Is it worth causing yourself suffering and
enduring unnecessary pain to save 10-15
minutes?

Intestinal cleansing

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 So, you drank the entire solution in the re-
quired period of time. Now arm yourself with
patience and wait — all the mechanisms are
started. Immediately after you complete the fluid
intake and during the subsequent waiting you
can notice your abdomen swelling and feel the
fluid moving inside of it. These phenomena are
normal in the given situation.
Usually, during the first attempt of carrying out
this procedure, 60-80 minutes pass from the mo-
ment you finish taking the working solution un-
til the moment you feel the first urges to defe-
cate. If the urges are absent at that time, don’t
worry. If this is the case, do the following: walk
for a while; carefully do some squats; while
standing alternately lift bent legs up to your
stomach, but do it calmly, without any fuss or

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strain; stroke your stomach clockwise and wait a
couple of minutes.
When you acquire a certain experience in con-
ducting intestinal sorbent cleansing, you’ll no-
tice that the first urges to defecate will appear as
early as 10-15 minutes after you complete the in-
take of the working solution. You need to make
yourself comfortable on the toilet and make sure
that the splashes of the cleansing fluid coming
out of you don’t scatter every which way.
After the first act of defecation, be on guard and
don’t go far from the toilet — repeated urges
may appear at any time. Sometimes during the
urges to defecate, an act of urination can happen,
after which the desire to defecate disappears.
Don’t rush to leave the toilet, wait for 1-1.5
minutes.

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 It should be noted that the frequency of urina-
tion can increase under the influence of the de-
scribed method of intestinal sorbent cleansing
— this is a normal phenomenon, which is linked
to partial penetration of sodium and water into
the bloodstream.
According to observations, abundant stool dis-
charge is repeated 4-6 times, though it may hap-
pen a greater number of times. During the first
act of defecation, a doughy mass comes out, and
during the subsequent acts a dirty liquid with
sorbent particles comes out, becoming lighter
and clearer with every time.
As your intestines are being emptied, the feel-
ing of heaviness and stretching in the abdomen
decreases, along with the bloating. After you feel
complete relief, repeat the above-mentioned

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physical exercises and go to the toilet again (even
if you don’t have the urges). Generally, some re-
sidual amount of the liquid lingering in the co-
lon will come out.
I wrote about this method because Epsom salt
isn’t sold everywhere. In our practice, we use in-
testinal cleansing with the aid of Epsom salt.

Finishing the procedure

At that, the intestinal sorbent cleansing proce-
dure per se is seemingly finished. However,
we’ve noticed the following. If you drink some
plain, fresh water (1-1.5 liters, optionally, in sev-
eral steps), then the discharge of liquid from the
bowels resumes. At the same time, the liquid
coming out of the bowels takes the form of

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almost clear water, which is the evidence of a
comprehensive cleansing. But it’s worth empha-
sizing that you should drink an additional
amount of water only after the bulk of the
cleansing solution comes out — after you defe-
cate no fewer than 4-5 times.
Additional fluid intake can be combined with
intake of bran (3-4 spoons). Bran contains a lot
of so-called indigestible fibers in its structure.
These fibers, which have a low absorption capac-
ity, will gently complete the processes of cleans-
ing the walls of the digestive tract, stimulate stool
evacuation (usually after intestinal sorbent
cleansing there’s a delay of stool for 1-2 days).
Besides, as a result of the bacterial flora breaking
up micro-cellulose contained in bran, fatty acids

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are formed, which are required for nourishing
and restoring the surface layer of the colon.
After you finish the procedure, it is recom-
mended to have a refreshing shower or bath.
After the end of the digestive tract cleansing
(for our purposes, it will be the time of the last
cleansing waters discharge), you need to refrain
from eating for 2-3 hours. It’s advisable to start
your food regimen with rice porridge (optionally
with a small amount of butter) or other gruels
(buckwheat, millet). You should abstain from
meat, spicy, sour foods, as well as fatty foods for
the next 24 hours.
If you follow all the listed instructions and di-
rections precisely, you shouldn’t have any side
effects or complications. But if you carry out the
intestinal sorbent cleansing procedure

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erroneously, you’ll create a certain risk of a mas-
sive influx of sodium chloride and water into the
blood. This, in turn, will lead to an increase in
the amount of circulating blood, a minor in-
crease in arterial pressure, an additional burden
on the myocardium and an increase of the kid-
neys’ excretory function.
It has to be mentioned that such side effects
pose no threat to the functioning of the men-
tioned organs and systems and disappear with-
out exterior assistance within a very short
amount of time. In the worst-case scenario, you
can take some diuretics (i.e., furosemide). Also,
there’s no need to attach great importance to pe-
riodic spastic pains in the course of the advance-
ment of the fluid along the gastrointestinal tract,
they appear unexpectedly and disappear quickly.

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In those cases, we recommend you to gently
stroke your stomach clockwise, or apply some-
thing warm to your stomach.

Contraindications
When discussing the contraindications, we
have to note that the spectrum of diseases that
allow to cleanse the intestines is virtually unlim-
ited. However, certain difficulties may arise, for
instance, when the digestive tract patency is dis-
rupted, and also in the early postoperative pe-
riod, when there is a risk of developing func-
tional intestinal insufficiency. In our opinion,
the use of this method in case of acute diseases
or an acute exacerbation of a chronic disease is
inexpedient. In such cases, it’s recommended to
confine yourself to a course of sorbent intake.

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 There’s a possibility (although a small one) of a
massive uncontrolled influx of water and salt
from the intestines into the blood, which makes
us include in the list of contraindications (or, ra-
ther, a need to consult a specialist) for using this
method diseases and conditions such as stage 3-
4 hypertensive disease, renal hypertension, stage
3-4 heart failure, cerebrovascular disease, stage 3
chronic renal failure, cholecystitis.
After conducting intestinal sorbent cleansing, a
person, despite their sense of well-being and
good mood, might feel tired for a period of time
(1-2 days), as if after prolonged physical activity.
This proves that after the cleansing, important
and energy-intensive reconstructive and restor-
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digestive tract, as well as in the other organs and
systems.
What can cause such energy demands?
First of all, the processes of restoring parietal
intestinal structures, which are ‘washed away’
during the sorbent cleansing; second, activation
of the mechanisms of endotoxin discharge into
the blood and subsequent temporary increase in
the activity of the natural detoxification systems
of the organism; third, adaptive reconstruction
of the systems and organs under the stress of in-
testinal sorbent cleansing.

9.4. Liver cleansing

Everybody says that you need to cleanse your
liver… ‘Why do I need to cleanse my liver, if it

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doesn’t hurt? You’re telling me that I’m going to
feel better after the “Liver cleansing” program,
but I’m feeling great now, without any cleans-
ing,’ you’ll answer.
Let’s take a different approach to this problem.
Nobody questions the fact that the oil filter in
your car (beloved Lada, Ford, Mazda, or Por-
sche) has to be changed. In general, it might be
good to clean the engine and the injector system.
Why? What for? Well, because, if you don’t do
it, the engine or the injector, or both, will fail at
some point. And to get it all repaired, you’ll have
to pay LOTS of money. If we were to draw an
analogy, then the liver is our filter. And as you
can’t replace it, you have to clean it. And, of
course, it’s perfectly clear, that if you don’t do
this, your individual system will give up and it’ll

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be extremely hard to fix it. It’s well-known that
the function carried out by the liver are among
the most important in the organism. Toxins are
stored everywhere in the body, especially in the
fat tissues. They are particularly numerous in the
liver, which is our organism’s filtration plant.
According to medical statistics, 4-5 kg of chem-
icals enter the human body only from food and
drinks (including alcohol) every year. All this
goes into the liver and stays there.
People who disregard liver cleansing, end up
on a hospital bed sooner or later. The liver,
which is full of toxins, is unable to discharge
them, which is akin to having a bomb filled with
several kilograms of poison inside your body.
Who needs liver cleansings? This question
can’t be answered unambiguously. I believe that

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everybody needs cleansings, but the specific
cleansing system and their time should be se-
lected individually.
What’s required for a cleansing, in order for
you to get the maximum result with minimum
effort?
First of all, your emotional state. Neutral or
positive mood, relaxed state, calmness — all of
these are required for success. If a person ap-
proaches cleansing as if it’s slave labor, then they
feel a certain degree of tension: physiologically,
the body is in a state of defense, which means
contraction: smooth muscles (vascular, duct, in-
testinal walls) spasm, which results in hindered
discharge of toxins.
Secondly, it’s your attitude to get a positive re-
sult (a lack of a result is also a result). Humans

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are curious creatures, and curiosity can become
a guarantee of a pleasant cleansing. When en-
gaging in a cleansing, a person becomes an ex-
plorer. When a person is curious to know the re-
sult, they have no fear, but have an interest:
what’s going to happen to me? And in this case
even a negative result produces a question rather
than fear: what did I do wrong.
Thirdly, you have to prepare for cleansing in a
proper manner. A vegetarian diet is mandatory
before a big cleansing, you also need to exclude
alcohol entirely. As for the cleansing itself, the
more precisely you follow all the recommenda-
tions, the bigger effect you’ll get.
And finally, the completion, or coming out of
the cleansing. This is pretty much the most im-
portant moment: the cleansing is over, the body

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got rid of the toxins, and cannot yet always (at
first, anyway) absorb the food you used to eat.
That’s why after the cleansing, it’s important to
adhere to the same diet, you kept to before it.

9.5. Intestinal and liver cleansing (week-long

program)
This is a week-long program. You need to buy
the following at the chemist’s: POLYSORB MP
sorbent in packs (1 pack), if POLYSORB MP is
not available, it can be substituted with any other
sorbent, Epsom salt in 20-gram sachets (7 sa-
chets); GEPAR phytocomplex in capsules or sa-
chets (15 sachets or 1 pack) or any cholagogic
tea; olive oil (250 ml); lemon-orange juice
(50:50) 250 ml (preferably freshly squeezed).

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 Daily regimen when preparing for cleansing
• Take 1 tablespoon of the POLYSORB MP 4
times a day one hour before meals (mix in one
glass of water) for 3 days.
• Day 4 — take 2 tablespoons of POLYSORB MP
mixed in 1 glass of water 4 times a day, 1 hour
before meals.
• GEPAR phytocomplex for 6 days (pour 1 glass
of boiling water over the powder or the sachet,
let it draw for 15 minutes, or 1 capsule — drink
this 3 times a day, 30 minutes before meals).
• Morning: on an empty stomach drink raisin
water (method of preparation: infuse 1 table-
spoon of raisins with a glass of boiling water
and leave it overnight.) In the morning, drink

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 half of the infusion. Use the berries for por-
ridges or salads. Do your morning exercises,
self-massage, have a shower. Then, drink 1 ta-
blespoon of vegetable oil, eat a salad: carrots,
apples, cabbage, finely grated and seasoned
with lemon juice or vegetable oil.
• Lunch: vegetarian soup, freshly cooked por-
ridge (buckwheat, millet or maize, you can
have it with some vegetables or fruit).
• Dinner: fermented milk products (quark, sour
cream, yoghurt, kefir, cheese) or beet salad.
• Don’t forget to drink the GEPAR phytocom-
plex before lunch and dinner. Before going to
bed, drink the raisin water, and go to sleep
with a hot-water bottle over the liver area.
• Keep to this diet for three days.

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• On the 4th day only drink dried apricot or
prune compote.

So:
1st day — vegetable diet, GEPAR, POLYSORB
MP.
2nd day — vegetable diet, GEPAR, POLY-
SORB MP.
3rd day — vegetable diet, GEPAR, POLYSORB
MP.
4th day — dried apricot or prune compote over
the course of the day, 3 tablespoons of GEPAR,
POLYSORB MP 4 times a day.
5th day — 3 more spoons of sorbent arbitrarily
on an empty stomach and prior to fluid intake in
the morning.

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 A crucial condition for a successful intestinal
cleansing is prior fasting for a period of 8-10
hours (you can fast for longer — up to 20 hours,
but not less than 8 hours). Failure to observe this
condition abruptly changes the course of physi-
ological processes in the digestive tract. When
you eat, intestinal absorption mechanisms are
abruptly activated in the body. They will be ac-
tive until the organism fully absorbs the digested
food. And if, while the mechanisms of absorp-
tion are active, any substances get into the stom-
ach and the intestines, the body will begin ab-
sorbing them immediately. Thus, you won’t be
able to hold the salt solution in the intestines.
Moreover, the presence of incompletely digested
nutrients in the intestinal contents will slow
down the activity of the digestive tract: the

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cleansing solution won’t be gradually moving
along the intestinal canal, lingering in its sepa-
rate segments. If the fluid and the sorbent aren’t
moving along the intestinal canal, while the
mechanisms of intestinal absorption are active,
then, in all likelihood, the organism will begin
absorbing the solution.
Please be aware that an intake of even a small
amount of sweetened tea is a contraindication
for starting intestinal sorbent cleansing, since,
when it breaks up, sugar creates glucose, and
glucose abruptly increases the intensity of so-
dium absorption. As for drinking pure water,
there are no restrictions, because it’s quickly ab-
sorbed, but it’s still better not to drink 30
minutes prior to the procedure. Come home
from work early. Take some mineral water (you

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have to open the bottle, so that the gas comes
out), dissolve 60 grams of Epsom salt in 1 glass
of mineral water (if you weigh under 80 kg), or
80 grams of Epsom salt in 1 glass of mineral wa-
ter (if you weigh more than 80 kg). You can add
some lemon juice to the Epsom salt, so it’ll be
easier to drink. Drink the Epsom salt in one shot,
and within 1 hour wash it down with 6-7 glasses
of mineral water. Then proceed to self-massage
your abdomen.
After the last visit to the toilet, eat some rice
porridge without salt, optionally with a small
amount of butter. After the meal, it’s good to
take a hot bath and have a good night’s rest, no
strenuous activity on that day.
6th day

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 8:00 am — wash down 2 teaspoons of honey
with 1 glass of water,
10:00 am, 12:00 pm — drink GEPAR, you can
drink apple juice until 2:00 pm.
2:00 pm — drink Epsom salt (1 sachet mixed
in a glass of warm water).
6:00 pm — drink Epsom salt (1 sachet mixed
in a glass of warm water), put a hot-water bottle
over the area of your right hypochondrium.
7:00 pm — drink 200-250 grams of warmed-up
(35°C) olive oil (if you can’t tolerate olive oil, you
can replace it with quail eggs, you need to drink
half a glass), you have to drink the oil while
standing, on the exhale, preferably in one shot,
and wash it down with a bit of lemon-orange
juice. Drink 200 grams of lemon-orange juice

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(50:50) in 7 steps every 15 minutes: 7:00 pm, 7:15
pm, 7:30 pm, 7:45 pm, 8:00 pm, 8:15 pm, 8:30
pm, 8:45 pm. (Keep the hot-water bottle in the
area of your right hypochondrium). After drink-
ing it, lie on your right side, with a hot-water
bottle, wrapped in a towel, under your right hy-
pochondrium, keep it there until 9:00 pm.
11:00 pm — cleansing enema (35 °C water),
empty your bowels into a pot, examine the con-
tents: there could be a discharge of bile, fecal
stones, green oval calcium bilirubinate stones,
yellow cholesterol flakes, sand at the bottom of
the pot.
7th day
3:00 am — cleansing enema (35 °C water),
drink Epsom salt (1 sachet mixed in a glass of
water) after the enema.

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 7:00 am — eat a carrot, beet and cabbage salad
8:00 am — drink 2 tablespoons of POLYPHE-
PANUM24 dissolved in water.
Note: while conducting a cleansing you might
feel somewhat unwell, this is related to an inten-
sive discharge of bile and fast absorption in the
intestines, you may feel weak, dizzy, nauseated,
especially during a cleansing enema. You should
smell some ammonium hydroxide, ensure ac-
cess to fresh air, take 24 drops of CORVALOL
(menthol sedative), suck on a clove of garlic cut
in half. In case of persistent nausea, don’t hold it
in, or you can take 2 tablets of CERUKAL

24
Polyphepanum is an intestinal sorbent. Composition: hydro-
lysed lignin. The drug has a high sorption activity and general de-
toxification effect.

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(antiemetic, reduces nausea, hiccups). It’s advis-
able to take LINEX25 for a period of time after
cleansings. For adults: take 2 capsules of LINEX
3 times a day, washing it down with a small
amount of liquid. None of these bacteria can sur-
vive in gastric juice with a pH of 2. After food
intake, the pH of the gastric juice fluctuates be-
tween 4 and 5, which makes it possible to save
the viability of lactic acid bacteria in the digestive
tract. That’s why LINEX is ingested after meals.

25
LINEX is a probiotic that contains strains of living lactic acid
lyophilized bacteria, which are natural for the microflora of the hu-
man intestine. The drug is indicated for the treatment and preven-
tion of disorders of the intestinal microflora. It is categorized as a
biologically active supplement.

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 P.S. If you have problems with intestines, i.e.
constipation, you need to prepare a good laxa-
tive mix for the whole cleansing course. Ingredi-
ents: dried apricots, figs, prunes, raisins — take
100 grams of everything. Wash everything thor-
oughly, blend, add 100 grams of honey, 2 table-
spoons of vegetable oil and 50 grams of the cassia
herb. Take 2 tablespoons before sleep for 4 days.
Before cleansing, you have to do an ultrasound
of the liver and gallbladder. If any stones are
found in the gallbladder, cleansing is contraindi-
cated. Sometimes life circumstances don’t allow
you to conduct liver and intestinal cleansing, as
mentioned in the first version.

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 Sometimes life circumstances don’t allow you
to conduct liver and intestinal cleansing, as men-
tioned in the first version. In this case:

9.6. Accelerated cleansing of the body

The advantage of this version is a fast cleansing
of all segments of the gastrointestinal tract from
fecal stones and gas blocks. It’s recommended in
cases of all chronic diseases, except for the ones
listed below.
Contraindications: all edemas, asthma, diabe-
tes, peptic ulcer disease in the acute phase, acute
diseases of digestive organs (colitis, gastritis,
cholecystitis, pancreatitis, appendicitis, hemor-
rhoids, tuberculosis and colorectal cancer). This
version is not recommended for weakened

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people, in case of fever, high arterial pressure
(20-30 mm Hg above the individual norm),
heart attacks, arrhythmia, for patients who are
bedridden for any reason, those with stage III
obesity, for people with chronic constipation
and for people over 60 years old, if they haven’t
done any cleansing before.

Cleansing regimen
1st day
• Vegetarian diet. Take 3 tablespoons of
POLYFEPANUM (sorbent) per one glass of
water 3 times a day, one hour before meals.
• 10:00 pm. Do an enema.
2nd day

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• 9:00 am. Take some mineral water (you
have to open the bottle, so that the gas
comes out), dissolve 60 grams of Epsom salt
in 1 glass of mineral water (if you weigh un-
der 80 kg), or 80 grams of Epsom salt in 1
glass of mineral water (if you weigh more
than 80 kg). You can add some lemon juice
to the Epsom salt, so it’ll be easier to drink.
Drink the Epsom salt in one shot, and
within 1 hour wash it down with 6-7 glasses
of mineral water. Proceed to self-massage
your abdomen. After achieving the desired
outcome of intestinal cleansing, drink 2-3
glasses of fresh, room-temperature water
and induce vomiting. This will empty the
stomach and contract the pyloric sphincter.

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 • Lay down and rest for half an hour. Don’t
drink any water. In 30 minutes eat some rice
cooked in water (2 tablespoons of rice)
without sugar, salt or butter. You can have
some vegetable soup and porridge — after
the rice.
3rd day
• 8:00 am. Drink some juice (apple, carrot-
beet).
• 2:00 pm. Drink 3 teaspoons of Epsom salt
mixed in a glass of water. Wash down with
0.5-1 glass of cold water. During the day,
you can drink water without restraint.
• 6:00 pm. Drink 3 teaspoons of Epsom salt
mixed in a glass of water. Start to warm up
your liver from both sides (from the front
and the back) with two hot-water bottles.

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 Ten minutes before the cleansing put olive
oil on a water bath and heat it up to 40-42
°C.
• 7:00 pm. Prepare 200-250 ml of olive oil and
150-200 ml of citrus juice. Drink all the olive
oil at once with a small amount of citrus
juice, change the water in the hot-water bot-
tles, go to the toilet, lie down on your right
side. One hot-water bottle should be placed
in the liver area on the abdominal side, the
other – on the back. The bottles should be
wrapped in towels. For cleansing, use room-
temperature citrus juice. Drink the juice
without standing up, every time in the
amount of 1 gulp on the 15th, 30th, 45th,
60th, 75th and 90th minutes, on the 105th

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 minute drink all the remaining juice at once
and lie for 30 more minutes.
• Perform an enema at 10:00 pm, 3:00 am,
6:00 am.
• In the morning eat a salad made of sauer-
kraut, raw carrots, marinated beets in [Link]
proportion, you can season it with lemon
juice).

9.7. Dietary recommendations to follow after

cleansing procedures
• During the first 2 days: tea with rusks, gruel
cooked in water (buckwheat, oatmeal), veg-
etable soup cooked in water, stewed vegeta-
bles with oil, salads, juice, fruit, weakish tea.
During the first week, exclude milk and
dairy (fermented dairy products are OK).

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 • During the first two weeks exclude fatty,
spicy food, alcohol, canned food, smoked
food.
• After intestinal and liver cleansing, you
need to conduct a soft buckwheat porridge
fast. Although these fasts don’t solve serious
problems, they have a very good cleansing
and weight loss effect.

9.8. Buckwheat porridge fast

One of the soft body cleansing methods is a
buckwheat porridge fast. I learnt about it in a
place on Lake Baikal (a Tibetan cleansing
method). The gist of this method: for 7 days eat
only buckwheat porridge, cooked in water, with-
out any butter and with a minimal amount of
salt. Drink only pure water, preferably

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meltwater, but sometimes you can drink herbal
cholagogic teas (hill-growing saltwort, briar, elf-
dock, perforate St John's wort, corn silk, knot-
grass root), you can add some honey to the tea,
and some bran to the porridge (for effective in-
testinal cleansing). It’s also necessary to take
LINEX. After 7 days, it’s advisable to switch to a
dairy-plant diet and you can begin water fasting.

NOTE: ! Never conduct dry fasting without

trying water fasting first !

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 10. What is fasting accompanied by?

Every person who fasts does it differently. Even

fasts of the same length proceed differently for
the same person. This fact is related both to our
individual characteristics and to the thorough-
ness of the preparation for fasting – conducting
preliminary cleansing procedures, the general
condition at the outset of fasting, time of the
year, the diet prior to fasting, the psychological
state, and many other factors. Remember that
the better you prepare for fasting, the better your
attitude is, the easier will the process go and the
fewer different complications are bound to oc-
cur. However, you will not be able to entirely
avoid unpleasant sensations. Most often they are

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not dangerous, yet you do need to know what to
do in each case.
The first issue is fear. This isn't a joke. No one
should start a long fast without sufficient
knowledge about it, and unaware of how fasting
should be conducted. If possible, it's best to have
a person who had already fasted. There shouldn't
be anyone anxious around you – aunties, cous-
ins, and others saying that you're pale as death,
that your pulse is under 40, that your heart may
stop tonight… .
On the third day of fasting, after coming back
from a walk, despite the fact that I haven't rested
once, I felt well and recalled a case described in a
newspaper, which portrayed the enraged survi-
vors of an earthquake tearing at each other with
hunger like wild animals. These people have

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spent 72 hours without food. I also spent 72
hours without food or drink. The difference was
in the fact that they were dying from hunger,
while I consciously abstained from food and
drink for the sake of health.
There's more. If a similar crisis occurs during
conscious abstinence, if you feel nervous ten-
sion, weakness and doubts, just remember that
there are people around you who are stronger
than you in spirit, and who are capable of uplift-
ing your mood and dispelling your doubts.

10.1. Hunger sensations

This is what people are usually most afraid of.
In fact, there is nothing pleasant about overeat-
ing on the last few days prior to fasting, and then

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paying attention to minute sensations with hor-
ror. However, when a person is calm about it,
does not overeat and cleanses the intestinal tract
properly, there is barely any hunger present.
On day 4 or 5, the food reflex fades out entirely,
the sight and smell of food no longer even cause
salivation. It does, however, happen, that the
person fasting constantly thinks about food and
anticipates the pleasure of treating themselves
after breaking the fast, arousing the food center
with these thoughts (and even more with the im-
ages). The appetite may be partially preserved,
particularly with a contaminated intestinal tract.
Fighting the feeling of hunger is not difficult.
First of all, one has to attempt to avoid thinking
about food. It’s best done through distracting
oneself and engaging in various activities.

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Secondly, one has to have a decisive mindset. Say
firmly to yourself, “I won’t eat today,” and the
body will know that it’s not deception, then hun-
ger won’t cause too much trouble.
There may be hunger spasms in the first days,
which may be relieved by two or three sips of wa-
ter or by ignoring these sensations. If they get too
intense, you should drink 1-2 liters of water and
induce vomiting.
In fact, those who fast usually carry a bottle of
water with them and sip a little whenever
needed.
However, it's necessary to keep in mind that the
feeding center in the brain is reflexively excited
at any contact with food in those who are new to
fasting, even if a person wants to be indifferent
to it. This interferes strongly with the proper

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activation of the internal feeding mechanism.
Those fasting should best abstain from prepar-
ing food and avoid being present at meals. Non-
compliance with this rule often leads to sleep
disturbances, headaches, heartburn and irrita-
tion.
Here is a good exercise to deal with the sensa-
tion of hunger. This exercise is performed on an
empty stomach. Whenever a hunger sensation is
felt, should relax the stomach, place the palms
below the navel level, one over the other. Inhale,
pull in the stomach, helping yourself with your
hands. At the height of breathing in, hold your
breath for 3-4 seconds, Relax and breathe out.
Repeat the exercise 10 times. The entire proce-
dure should take 1 minute. This exercise is effi-
cient for slightly overweight persons. Over the

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course of our practice we have yet to meet a pa-
tient whose hunger sensation or 'gastronomic
fantasies' were impossible to eliminate.

10.2. Weakness
Weakness, sleepiness, lack of desire to move
during fasting attest to the lack of energy. Its re-
sources can and should be replenished. There
are numerous methods, which include the al-
ready mentioned water treatments, massage,
walks. Bathing and sunbathing are very benefi-
cial in the summers. A rather powerful method
is walking barefoot on the ground, preferably
with a minimum of clothing on.
The effect of any method is multiplied mani-
fold if a person feels a connection with nature.

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You may simply bathe, pour cold water over
yourself, walk barefoot, or you may mentally
greet the Earth and the Sun, the Air and the Wa-
ter, feel the intrinsic link with them, harmony
and mutual understanding, and the elements
will respond to the greeting — all you have to do
is feel it.
However, generally, a certain weakness is nor-
mal, and one simply needs to be prepared for it.
Usually, a person begins to get tired on the sec-
ond day, and there may be subsequent periods of
time when one may have a difficult time even
getting up. But none of that is a reason to worry.
At any time when strong fatigue is felt, it's best
to sit or lie down, and rest. It's not, however,
good to lie around for too long, it's best to take a
walk in the fresh air after resting, and you will

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feel much better. After a crisis usually comes re-
lief, when a person no longer wants to stay in one
place, he feels like walking and communicating.
Many remain in excellent spirits up until the
completion of fasting.

10.3. Chilliness or fever (more typical of dry

fasting)
During the cold season, many fasters feel very
chilly. This is not a reason to worry either, you
should simply dress warmer. It's typical of many
to put on 2-3 pairs of warm undergarments, sev-
eral sweaters, etc.
However, not everyone feels chilly. There are
people who merely suffer from the cold. They
endure hunger easily well both in the summer

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and in the winter. But most often, fasters do feel
chilly. They should take more walks, take hot
baths (pine baths are best) and … pour cold wa-
ter over themselves. Short dowsing is recom-
mended, just for the impact on the thermorecep-
tors.
If, despite all the efforts, a person is still chilly,
he or she should try to decrease the water intake
volume or drink hot water. Figuratively speak-
ing, water extinguishes the fire element, while
without water, the fire flares up full-force.
Very often the chilliness spontaneously trans-
forms into fever. If the flushes get strong, one
can undress and drink water. In fact, chilliness
and fever are very typical during fasting. But
while fever is not dangerous, chilliness is actually

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undesirable during fasting, and you should
warm up in one way or another.

10.4. Bad breath

On the second or third day, the breath acquires
a foul smell (if the body is not sufficiently
cleansed). This is the smell of the insufficiently
oxidized compounds being released. Usually the
acetone smell prevails. However, putrid, malo-
dorous, and other similarly 'pleasant' smells are
sometimes mixed in. In those who fast up to a
crisis for the first time, the breath may become
so foul that it may be difficult to remain in the
same room with the person. Imagine how many
toxins he or she may have carried in their body!
In the course of the body cleansing, the smell
grows weaker and after day 12-18 it becomes

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barely noticeable. It's important to help the lungs
release as many toxins as possible. The methods
are those already familiar to us — walks, physical
activity, water and other procedures that stimu-
late metabolism.

10.5. Dimmed vision, vertigo

Often happens after a quick rise from a sitting
or a supine position (the so-called gravitational
or orthostatic collapse). A few seconds later, the
dimmed vision sensation usually passes, but the
person may fall during this time, while con-
sciousness is not typically entirely lost.
This state is caused by a sharp re-distribution
of blood, the volume of which decreases during
fasting. There is no danger in this, yet getting up

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is best done slowly, holding on to the back of a
chair or a wall (particularly in the bathroom af-
ter a warm bath.
Dimmed vision is most often encountered and
most clearly pronounced in tall thin people.
Those who spend a lot of time outdoors, don't
stay in bed for excessive periods of time, and are
engaged in interesting activities are far less
prone to these unpleasant symptoms.

10.6. Headache
A headache is a sign of severely contaminated
blood. Most often headaches are present prior to
the crisis. After the crisis, headaches occur when
a person spends a lot of time in stuffy spaces or

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inside a vehicle, when toxins cannot be removed
through breathing.
Headaches pass if we assist oxygen in burning,
and waste removal systems in removing waste.
Thus, it's best to take more walks, perform ene-
mas and water treatments, resorting to sorbents
is also possible. Dissolve 3 tablespoons of
sorbent in 1 glass of water and drink the solu-
tion. Place the sorbent in your mouth, like pills,
and wash down with boiled water.
Of course, this method does not have a deep
and persistent detoxifying effect on the body,
since no meaningful reconstruction takes place
in such a short time in the work of the gastroin-
testinal tract and detoxification systems. The
main goal of single-time sorbent intake is the
resolution of relatively simple daily tasks. Thus,

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we are assisting the body in getting rid of toxic
substances. Depending on whether the desired
result has been achieved, the intake may be re-
peated 2-3 times.
In the presence of strong pain, an additional
enema may be done. No medicine should be
taken when fasting.

10.7. Sleep disturbances

Overpowering sleepiness often comes over
people during fasting. There's no reason to com-
bat it, it's best to sleep as much as you want. Just
don't forget about cleansing and walks.
Sometimes, on the contrary, the desire to sleep
disappears when fasting. If it does not impose se-
rious discomforts, you can stay awake for as long

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as you wish. When you are troubled by the lack
of ability to sleep, then, after 3-4 days of insom-
nia, after depleting the regular range of methods
(4 to 5-hour daily walks, baths, shower), the fast
should be broken, and should be repeated in 2 or
3 months. In serious cases, a specialist's consul-
tation is necessary.

10.8. Pain in various parts of the body

Pain during a fast may often be frightening. It's
high time to remember the law of introducing
order, namely, the fact that when new order is
introduced, it always begins with a temporary
disorder. If you start to combat it, the new order
will not be introduced. All the symptoms during
fasting are usually short-lived and pass quickly.
The symptom demonstrates that the body has

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begun to cleanse yet another batch of damaged
tissues. This is the only meaning of the symp-
tom, and there is no point in searching for other
explanations. If something begins to hurt during
fasting, it means that the body is grasping onto it
and the restoration has begun. If you've fasted up
to a problem rooted your early childhood, the
cleansing is close to completion. During fasting
all the diseases emerge for a short time in reverse
temporal order. It is extremely rare for the pain
to persist for a long time. Of course, that's fright-
ening, yet one simply has to live through it. I
don't know of any cases of someone suffering
from ignoring the 'hunger symptoms.' There are
more afflictions from breaking fast before time.
The pain usually subsides without a trace several
days later, but sometimes returns. It depends on

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the order that the renovation processes take. It's
difficult to predict anything in this regard, since
the set of diseases is always different. The in-
stinctive mind always knows better what and in
which order should be 'repaired.' There is often
entirely unexpected pain, unrelated to an exac-
erbation of an existing disease. This is the elimi-
nation of the diseases that have not manifested
yet. For instance, an unclear tenderness in a joint
testifies to prevention of looming arthritis. An
upset pancreas points to pancreatitis that is not
destined to happen.
A certain woman was suffering from headaches
so severe that she was forced to have 5 enemas in
a row and take sorbents. The scientific approach
prevailed and the pain was gone.

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 Strong pain may occur when kidney stones are
passing, and in this case, one may take drotaver-
ine compounds and take a hot bath. However, it
does happen that stones disappear entirely un-
obtrusively, possibly after dissolution.

10.9. Toothache
All teeth that require treatment should be
treated prior to undertaking a long-term fast, so
that there are no troubles on their part. Strong
pain is a rare occurrence during fasting, but
teeth are best treated in advance. There are many
other things to take care of during a fast.
If the teeth are still bothering you, if pus, ten-
derness or other unpleasant sensations appear,
dry white wine may be used to rinse the mouth.

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 During a fast, the desire to clean one's teeth fre-
quently appears. Many note that a literally com-
pulsive need to cleanse them emerges. This
should not, however, be done, since during fast-
ing the composition of the saliva changes, and it
becomes capable of dissolving the teeth enamel.
Normally, the teeth are covered with an accre-
tion that prevents damage. However, teeth may
be cleansed once a week, if the desire to do so is
strong. Cleaning the teeth too often may lead to
their loss.

10.10. Egress of pus

Certain gum diseases and maxillary sinusitis
may be accompanied by the egress of pus to the
mouth cavity during the fast. That is normal and
requires no special measures. The pus should be

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spat out, and the mouth – rinsed with water di-
luted with either white wine or a weak lemon
juice solution.

10.11. Nausea, regurgitation and vomiting

(sorbents required)
When you feel weak and nauseous, and want to
stop the fast, fight fire with fire – move around
and walk a lot. Physical activity makes all the or-
gans and muscles work, pumps the blood
around and quickens the cleansing. Apathy is
not as strong and passes faster after a three-hour
walk. On the contrary, indulging apathy makes
it stronger and stretches out the body cleansing
process. You need to know that the body re-
quires three times as much fresh air when fast-
ing. Do take walks!!!

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 People with troubled digestion often have sour
regurgitation during their first fasts. When such
regurgitation occurs, the stomach should be
cleansed (by drinking water and inducing vom-
iting), so as to avoid self-poisoning and disrup-
tion of normal internal feeding. In the most se-
vere cases, when regurgitation is worsened by
persistent heartburn, and 2-3 daily cleansings
don't provide the required result, you can drink
small amounts of diluted still mineral water with
sorbents added.
Green or even black vomit is possible in case of
an ailing liver. The vomiting is a sign of the be-
ginning of liver cleansing, the general state may
worsen, and irritation may increase. It's most
prudent to just wait for several days. You can

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also lavage the stomach with warm or even hot
water and apply a hot-water bottle to the liver.
When the unpleasant sensations pass, stomach
cleansing is terminated. There is no reason to
undergo this procedure without a reason.

10.12. Palpitations
Palpitations aren't dangerous in and of them-
selves. The pulse may drop to as few as 40, or
leap to as many as 100 beats per minute. If it is
not accompanied by severe weakness or pain, no
special measures are required. Otherwise, it's
best to take warm soothing baths. If the palpita-
tions cause strong concerns, half a cup of hot wa-
ter with ¼ teaspoon of honey may help alleviate
them. However, if it exceeds 120 beats per

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minute and you feel ill, you absolutely have to
stop fasting.

10.13. Heartache
In the presence of persistent heartache or in-
creasing arrhythmia, it’s necessary to restore the
heart chakra, sometimes remove the magic spell
from the heart, etc. If that's impossible, it's best
to resort to an electrocardiogram, and in some
cases the fast has to be broken. Tolerable pain
usually passes on its own, it may be soothed in
the same way as palpitations, as well as with ac-
upressure. Sometimes self-hypnosis, general re-
laxation and contemplation work well. There is
also a special mudra that relieves a heart attack.
It's called the “Life-saving mudra” in the Orient.

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 To form this mudra, bend the index finger and
touch the palm of the hand as low as possible.
The thumb is placed on top, pressing on the in-
dex finger. The thumb, index and middle finger
should be placed together, while the little finger
remains straight. The same is done with the
other hand. The mudra should be held for 2-3
minutes and more, and the heartache should
begin to be relieved within the first minute. Of
course, the mudra is not only used during fast-
ing, but at any time and for any attacks. If a per-
son is unconscious, the fingers are positioned in
the mudra by the person administering aid, and
the mudra does warrant its name - “one that
saves life.” I have seen people coming out of ma-
jor attacks using it, and the face that was already
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normal color in mere minutes, the pain would be
gone and the bodily functions would be more or
less restored.

10.14. Muscle pain from overstrain

Such pains are present when a person over-
strains oneself with sports, forcedly stretches the
muscles or is engaged in heavy labor. They are
especially unpleasant during fasting, against the
background of general weakness. One does not
need to take any measures, but during fasting
these pains are very slow to pass. If they are seri-
ously disturbing, small amounts of ointments
with snake or bee venom or shilajit are recom-
mended for application on the troubling areas.
They are usually applied once daily, or twice if
the pain is severe. One does need to be aware

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that during fasting the body practically eats up
all fats and creams that are applied to the skin,
including lipstick.

10.15. Colds
It's an extremely rare occurrence, but some-
times people do get colds during fasting. It's rec-
ommended to avoid exposure to cold, drink less
water (a day or two of dry fasting may even be
recommended), and wait patiently for the cold
to pass. The energy field's potential during fast-
ing increases so much, and the work of defense
mechanisms improves so strongly that even the
most severe infections subside rather fast. The
microbes are simply consumed by the body.

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 Colds occur when a person criticizes others,
gets angry, manifests pride or boasts about fast-
ing.

10.16. What to do if menstruation occurs

during a dry fasting practice?
Continue with the fasting practice, without
problems; in fact, the occurence of the period is
a sign of good functioning of the organism. It is
possible to get washed, taking care, however, to
prevent any water from entering the mouth.

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11. How should you conduct a short dry
fast?

11.1. Before fasting

After you've cleansed your intestines and liver
and performed a water fast, you may proceed
with dry fasting. One of the crucial things that
allow dry fasting to go well is the consumption
of polyunsaturated fatty acids prior to fasting.
During the preparation for winter and summer
hibernation, an important characteristic of the
animals' diet is an enhanced consumption of
fatty acids, which increase the organism's ro-
bustness to prolonged dry fasting. The term 'fats'
denoted substances that contain glycerin and
fatty acids, connected by etheric bonds. In more

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accessible terms, they are substances that con-
tain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. They are di-
vided into two major groups according to the de-
gree of fatty acid saturation – solid fats (lard, an-
imal fat, butter), which contain saturated fats,
and liquid fats (sunflower, olive, nut, seed oils,
etc.), which mostly contain polyunsaturated
fatty acids. Scientists have been long aware that
during hibernation, particularly in the winter,
the water in all of the examined animals' blood
was replaced with glycerin. It's a polyatomic al-
cohol produced by the body by oxidizing fatty
acids as a required element. It does not dry out,
does not freeze when chilled, does not expand or
contract during temperature variations; basi-
cally, it preserves all of the body's liquid ele-
ments, wherever they are – in the blood, in the

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joints, in the brain. Water in the cells, or in the
blood, freezing when chilled and expanding, or
increasing in volume, would mechanically rip
these cells and blood vessels to pieces. Of course,
a person does not hibernate when dry fasting,
but there are many similar physiological mecha-
nisms that resemble those of hibernating ani-
mals.

11.2. Essential benefits of fatty acids con-

tained in fish
The chief characteristic of fish oil fatty acids is
the fact that they participate in the synthesis of
energy by the body. Omega-2 is a structural sub-
stance of the brain and the retina of the eye, and
is required for normal brain activity, since it pro-
vides a fast input of energy that assists in impulse

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transmission, which carry a signal from one cell
to another. It helps us think better, retain infor-
mation in memory and retrieve it when re-
quired. These fatty acids, as they bond to oxygen
molecules in the body, transport the electrons
and provide the body with energy for an entire
range of chemical reactions. There is a number
of practical observations that prove that con-
sumption of food rich in fish oil promotes the
relief of general fatigue, clears up thoughts and
brain activity, increases physical activity.
Omega-3 fatty acids increase human energy en-
durance and activity, and also improve concen-
tration and memory to the same degree. The
statement that fish is the food of the genius is, in
fact, rather scientific, since the main bonds

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between fats in the brain are the Omega-3 fatty
acids, which contain docosahexaenoic acid.

11.3. The importance of fish oil fatty acids in

sustaining health and vessel health
Omega-3 fatty acids, which fish oil is rich in,
thin the blood, lower the risk of blood thickening
and of formation of cholesterol plaques and
blood clots. The speed at which blood moves
through a healthy person's vessels is 60 km/hr,
blood's normal viscosity, its thickness, amount
and speed of flow through the vessels are the
most important health indicators.
The greatest danger for our organism is the in-
creased blood coagulation and lowered viscosity
of blood in the vessels (although blood

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coagulation is crucial during bleeding). Fish oil
acids don't allow the thrombocytes (blood cells
that coal thickening and coagulation of blood
during bleeding) in the blood to adhere to each
other, thus thinning the blood and increasing its
flow speed.
An increase of thrombocyte count in the blood
and the lowering of blood viscosity is dangerous
for the functioning of all vital organs. In this
case, the heart, the brain, vision and the kidneys
suffer from insufficient oxygen intake, and these
organs' functioning is impeded by insufficient
blood delivery, which may, with time, lead to a
full loss of all vital functions by these organs.
For instance, due to increased blood coagula-
tion, an artery may slowly fill with stagnant
blood, and severe illness may develop in the

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point of junction of the vessel and an organ, such
as an infarction, a vascular accident, etc.
Omega-3 fatty acids play an important role in
the body's production of hemoglobin molecules,
which are responsible for transporting oxygen in
erythrocytes, participate in controlling the nutri-
tional elements that pass through the cell mem-
brane, and lower the negative effect of the dan-
gerous fats on the organism.
Recent medical research clearly testifies to the
efficiency of Omega-3 fatty acids in not only
fighting heart disease and preventing infarc-
tions, but in resolution of problems linked to bad
mood, frayed nerves, postpartum depression,
menopause symptoms, psychological crisis, and
other reasons that lead to depression.

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 2-3 capsules of fish oil should be taken twice
daily before meals. It is also advisable:
• Rapeseed, sunflower, corn, soybean, walnut
oil - 1 tablespoon of any oil from this list once
daily;
• Sunflower, sesame, poppy, pumpkin seeds,
walnuts;
• Wheat sprouts;
• Many other plant and animal products that
contain these acids in various degrees of con-
centration: flax oil, soybean oil - 1 tablespoon
once daily.
• Flax seeds and walnuts
• Fish and seafood
• Soybeans
• Dark green leafy vegetables

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 Besides, in order to increase the consumption
of Omega-3 fats, use the following advice:
• Use rapeseed, sesame, nut or at least olive oil
as salad dressing.
• Regularly consume 100-150g. of fatty and
semi-fatty fish (salmon, mackerel, herring,
sardines, trout, tuna, etc.) 3-4 times a week. It's
best to choose fresh rather than frozen fish, as
well as fish caught in the wild, rather than one
that was grown at a fish farm, since the amount
of Omega-3 fatty acids in fish depends on the
type of the food it consumes, and fish is fed
mostly flour and compound feed, rather than
plankton.
Curing and salting leads to a loss of a certain
part of Omega-3 fatty acids, up to 50% are lost if
the fish is frozen for a year. Canned fish is a

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different story, particularly because plant oil
preserves Omega-3 fatty acids from break-up
during the storage period. By eating a can of sar-
dines in olive oil over 2-3 days, you will almost
entirely cover your requirements for these fatty
acids. Fish canned in natural juices or in water
contains slightly less Omega-3 fatty acids.

In addition, the following foods should pre-

dominate in our diet between fasting periods:
• whole-grain cereals made with water and
served with plant oils;
• raw and stewed vegetables;
• beans and mushrooms;
• local nuts and fruit;
• honey;
• sea fish;

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• seasoning made from herbs and roots.
• If you can't forego meat, you should minimize
its consumption, favoring lean boiled meats:
• chicken, turkey, rabbit, veal.
• Don't forget fermented milk products and
fresh juices.
Fasting, at least one- or two-day fasting, is best
conducted during workdays, since during the
weekends there may be guests visiting, etc.

11.4. Home dry fasts up to 5 days

I will attempt to inform you about dry fasts up
to 5 days in length, since conducting longer fasts
at home is not recommended. The following
schedules are preferable:

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 Schedule 1: Short dry fractional fast, recom-
mended for those well-prepared and self-as-
sured.
Fast for 24 hours (1 day) – eat for 48 hours (2
days)
Fast for 48 hours (2 days) – eat for 72 hours (3
days)
Fast for 72 hours (3 days) – eat for 96 hours (4
days)
Fast for 96 hours (4 days) – eat for 120 hours (5
days)
Fast for 120 hours (5 days) – withdrawal from
dry fasting

Schedule 2: Dry Fractional Fast Light

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 Schedule 2 is recommended for those unsure of
themselves or those with a serious pathology.
First period: Fast for 24 hours – eat for 1 week
Second period: Fast for 48 hours – eat for 1
week
Third period: Fast for 72 hours – eat for 1 week
Fourth period: Fast for 96 hours – eat for 1
week
Fifth period: Fast for 120 hours – withdrawal
from dry fasting

This pendulum-like fasting cycle provides an

opportunity to improve the reserve bodily de-
fense forces. How is this effect achieved with this
type of fractional fasting? The additional ad-
vantage provided by this method is that after the

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first phase of cleansing we've given the cells a
chance to clean up, restore functionality and
memory volume, the cell's energy potential, and
then we allow it to complete the process with the
second stage of the fast - finish the cleaning,
work on the points missed. It turns out that
cleansing through fasting triggers the super-
compensation principle. Everything that was
previously missed, is being cleaned out. Thus,
the body approaches new positive stresses with
heightened 'combat readiness,' and in this
method one fast somehow overlaps on the other,
and the health benefits are increased. I really ap-
preciate this method, it is beneficial to health,
and the rejuvenating effects are very pro-
nounced, it is endured much more easily, and

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the main thing is that there are practically no
complications.

11.5. How to conduct a dry fractional fast

properly

• Prior to conducting a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-day dry fast,

enemas and any other laxatives should not be
performed, since the absorption of toxins
from the digestive tracts is absent due to the
absence of water.
• It's best to eat exclusively fermented milk
products (buttermilk, bacteria-enriched fer-
mented milk, baked yogurt, or, best of all, Bo-
lotov whey) for one day prior to conducting
a dry fast.

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• The recommendation to fully avoid contact
with water refers only to those who want to
obtain the maximal medicinal effect from the
fast being conducted, and it's not at all a strin-
gent requirement. If you have, in fact, wet
your hands, or came under the rain, nothing
terrible will happen to you. I hope that every-
one has a pair of medicinal or household rub-
ber gloves, which you can use to do all the
household work.
• Fasting should be started gradually, accord-
ing to the schedule. If you have endured 1, 2,
3 or 4 days of fasting, you can go for 5 days.
A fast that's longer than 5 days is not rec-
ommended at home! If you are conducting a
fast that's longer than 2 days, it's preferable
that it coincides with the weekend. I have

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 personally conducted seven-day fasts, but, of
course, I started gradually.
• The main thing for conducting dry fasts is to
believe in your own huge hidden reserves, in
the great wisdom of your body and to not be
afraid of anything.
• During the fast, all of your diseases may be
exacerbated, you shouldn't be afraid of that –
any natural treatment works through aggra-
vation, especially since a fast can always be
broken without any detriment to health.
• Under no circumstances should the previ-
ously planned dry fasting term be prolonged
in the process of fasting, since it corresponds
to the pre-programmed psychological state.
For instance, if you're set on a 2-day fast, then
it's unacceptable to prolong it to three days,

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 even when you’re feeling perfectly well. On
the other hand, if you don't handle fasting
well, you can always withdraw from the fast,
according to the stringent rules of breaking
fast.
• The first dry fast should last no longer than
one day, gradually moving forward to 2-, 3-,
4- and 5-day fasts according to cascade dry
fasting schedules.
• No medicine should be taken during dry
fasts, you should not alleviate the pain, and
just endure it. If the pain is unendurable, you
can break the fast, adhering to stringent with-
drawal rules.

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 11.6. Recommendations on conducting dry
fasting

• For starters, spend several days or weeks psy-

chologically preparing for the fast. Read, con-
vince yourself, discuss with yourself –
enough, it's time! Think it over and set a con-
venient day of the week. Don't listen to any-
one or anything after that. Listen to literally
no one: people who can't control themselves
don't want to have someone strong nearby,
and they will be against it. Listen to literally
nothing: the media with their astrological
forecasts and moon phases (tested by me per-
sonally) only break up your rhythm. Don't
offer anyone (especially someone close to
you) to fast together. It's a strictly personal

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 affair. You'll be the first one to feel sorry for
the 'tortured' relative, and you'll snap. Your
co-workers won't notice, and warn everyone
at home that they shouldn't argue with you
and offer you food. Try to put all food and
drinks away, and don' think about them; it's
best to conduct the dry fast out of the city,
close to nature and in seclusion.
• During fasting, just as when quitting smok-
ing, don't discuss the 'troubling' topic with
anyone, neither 'pro,' nor 'con.' If you've still
broken down and started to eat – don't be
hard on yourself, don't deepen your guilt
complex. You're still doing great, you've
started to work on yourself! After an unsuc-
cessful attempt or a breakdown wait a week
before starting to fast again. On the day that

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 you set, don't rush the events – you're doing
a serious thing! The body will muster up its
strength, while you can work on your will-
power again.
• What should we expect during the fast? First
of all, it's the struggle with ourselves. You will
not experience bodily suffering – one day is
nothing. You'll be seeking out a reason to eat
or drink out of self-pity – I'll go through with
it next time, there's so much work. Or I'll
make it up to myself, there's a whole life
ahead of me. Or I need to finish up the
borscht. Or I'll start when I get sick. These
and hundreds of other arguments will torture
your mind. Tell yourself, “No, today is the
day for me to be a hero.” When the wave of
weakness passes, praise yourself for

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 overcoming it. Live your regular life, with no
leaps towards either laziness or sports.
• Only breathe through your nose. Camels,
who are the dry fasting champions, only
breathe through their noses. Fasting without
water is dangerous for those who breathe
through their mouth because it speeds up
bodily dehydration due to the mouth cavity
continuously drying up!
• There are also numerous reasons why dry
fasting should not be conducted while
breathing through the mouth. Learn to
breathe with your nose, it will make your wa-
terless fasting very effective.
• Try not to talk, a vow of silence is best, in
other words, you should scrupulously save
energy, remember that any speaker loses up

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 to three liters of water in two hours of speak-
ing. The mouth must be kept closed. It’s best
to refrain from washing out your mouth and
cleaning teeth.
• Nature walks are mandatory, it's been noted
that if you spend the entire day of fasting at
home, the subjective feeling of well-being de-
teriorates, weakness and chilliness increase.
On the other hand, walks or working in the
fresh air may lead to physical tiredness, the
mood and subjective feelings of well-being
improve, the person is buoyant and viva-
cious. However, as I always tell my patients,
one should walk like cats do. Your moves
should be soft, smooth and calm. There
shouldn't be any sharp ascents, and any

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 excessive physical strain and efforts should be
excluded.
• During short-term dry fasts, you may take a
cool shower (with your mouth closed), but if
you are feeling well, there is no need for it,
and the therapeutic effect will be stronger.
• It's best not to shave during fasting, even with
an electric razor. A redistribution of life-sus-
taining resources takes place during dry fast-
ing. Everything that the body can do without
is supplied minimally. The beard, as well as
the nails, starts growing slower.
• You definitely have to find something to do
for distraction, such as watching comedies. I
like to watch films about nature, women usu-
ally like to knit, you can read interesting
books, etc. The key thing is not to think about

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 water, you have to constantly distract your-
self. There is a simple and effective exercise
that distracts me very well and also helps heal
the spine. You have to lie down on the floor,
with knees bent and soles on the floor, lift
your back, put a 1.5-liter plastic bottle filled
with warm water under it, and slowly, endur-
ing the pain, roll it along the spine. The bottle
moves from the shoulder blades to the tail-
bone, working through each zone 10 times
(and later on - 30). A cool sense of lightness
and increased flexibility emerges in the spine
after this exercise.
• During dry fasting you should wear light,
simple, "breathing" clothes, linen is best, and
synthetics are strictly prohibited.

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• It is great to walk barefoot in the morning, it
tones the body and has a diuretic effect. At
night, if you have a chance, it is better to sleep
in the open air, and is better not to sleep at all
during the day.
• Ventilate your room regularly, leaving the
window, window or balcony door open at
night.
• Hypoxic training exercises are very valuable
during dry fasting. This is how they are per-
formed: calmly inhale, exhale, hold your
breath for as long as you can. Gradually in-
crease the delay. They are very beneficial for
the body during a dry fast.
• When cells exist under comfortable condi-
tions, they become accustomed to a constant
level and volume of incoming oxygen and

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lose the ability to effectively bind and use the
oxygen to produce the required energy. Why
save any, when there’s always enough? The
cells, so to speak, are “lazy” to synthesize
structures that aren’t required at a particular
moment. Therefore, when coronary circula-
tion suddenly deteriorates, such cells are not
capable of quickly rearranging themselves,
and of switching to a different type of intra-
cellular metabolism. The amount of energy
produced by the cell drops sharply, and it
dies. If you periodically provide a measured
hypoxic load, the cells of the body, including
the heart muscle, will experience oxygen star-
vation. The situation does not deteriorate ab-
ruptly, because the loads are strictly metered,
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 the new artificially created conditions require
an adaptive bodily response. Cardiac muscle
cells begin to take this factor into account,
metabolic processes change, anti-hypoxic
protection structures emerge. Now, a sudden
uncontrolled hypoxic load will not cause
damage to myocardial structures, because its
cells have already been taught, they have an
apparatus capable of effectively binding and
using blood oxygen, fully providing them-
selves with energy even under conditions of
repeated deterioration of blood flow.
• The most difficult thing about dry fasting are
dry mouth and thirst. Simultaneously with
the search for water during a dry famine, a
mode of water economy is introduced:
• sweating decreases;

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 • mucous membranes of the nose dry up;
• the amount of moisture in the mouth de-
creases. There’s enough for several minutes
of conversation;
• the mucus that glues the lips, appears. There
is a special yoga exercise that helps reduce
these manifestations

Yoga exercise to quench hunger and thirst

This exercise is featured in the prana yoga
guidelines called Breathing with the Tongue.
Stick out the tongue, roll it into a tube and
begin to inhale air through the formed tube.
Hold your breath for as long as you can, but do
not over-exert yourself. Exhale slowly through
both nostrils. Repeat the exercise 12 times. Yogis

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claim that this exercise helps quench the sensa-
tions of hunger and thirst, and also cools the
body in the heat. It saturates the blood with ox-
ygen and so on, and so forth ... In any case, fo-
cusing on breathing and counting helps to dis-
tract oneself from obsessive thoughts about food
and water for a while. The exercise is entirely un-
complicated.
If you are having a difficult time with it, you can
take an ordinary pebble or raisin in your mouth
to start the flow of saliva - a natural structured
liquid - and the thirst will subside. But the most
important thing is to breathe through your nose
and be silent.
About 80% experience sleeplessness. Let me
share my experience in dealing with insomnia. A
person has difficulties falling asleep due to

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internal anxiety, which causes subconscious ten-
sion of the muscles, so they require relaxation. If
you want to include relaxation among your ac-
tivities, but do not have the appropriate training,
then spend some time on the next exercise,
which details the process of relaxation based on
the “concentration - muscle tension - stress de-
lay - stress relief - relaxation” cycle for each of
the muscle groups.

Relaxation exercise
This exercise requires twenty minutes and a
quiet room where you will not be distracted. It is
more convenient to perform it in loose clothing.
Record the instructions or ask someone to read
them to you slowly out loud until you memorize
the sequence of steps. Lie calmly on your back

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on a hard surface for a couple of minutes, con-
centrating on your breathing.
Then switch the attention to the hand and the
forearm of the right hand. Make a fist and
tighten your forearm muscles. Keep them tense
for a few seconds, and then relax them as quickly
as possible. Continue to relieve tension until the
muscles become completely relaxed. Rest for a
minute and then move the focus to your right
arm above the elbow. Bend your right arm at the
elbow and tighten your biceps. Hold this state,
then relieve tension; relax your muscles and wait
for one minute. Then focus on the hand and
forearm of your left hand. Squeeze the left fist
and tighten the muscles of the forearm. Hold the
tension – then let it go and relax your muscles.

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 Wait one minute, then move on to the left arm
above the elbow. Bend your left arm at the elbow
and tighten your biceps. Tension delay – let it go
- relax – wait for one minute. Now focus on your
forehead. Raise your eyebrows as high as possi-
ble - delay - withdrawal - relaxation - waiting.
Focus on your eyes, nose and cheekbones. Close
your eyes tightly and wrinkle your nose - delay –
letting go - relaxation - waiting. Next, do the
neck and throat. Lower the chin so that it almost
touches the chest, while exerting pressure on the
chest - delay – let go - relaxation - wait. Next
comes the chest and shoulders. Bring the shoul-
der blades together and take a deep breath — de-
lay — let go — relax — wait. Now the belly.
Tighten the abdominal muscles, as if to protect
from a blow - delay – let go - relax - wait. Right

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thigh. Tighten the muscles of the upper right leg
- delay – let go - relax - wait. Right calf. Extend
your right leg and pull the toe toward you - delay
- let go - relax - wait. Right foot. Bend the toes of
the right foot and turn the foot with the toe in-
side - delay - stress relief - relax - wait. Left hip.
Tighten the muscles of the upper left leg - delay
- stress relief - relax - wait. Left calf. Pull your left
leg and pull the toe toward you - delay - stress
relief - relax - wait. Left foot. Bend the toes of the
left leg and turn the foot with the toe inside - de-
lay - stress relief - relax - wait.
This sequence of actions should be repeated
until they are executed with complete automa-
tism. When you reach this stage, you can also
learn short relaxation techniques that will help
you relax on the go and constantly maintain

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your feeling of well-being. Their purpose is to
achieve deep relaxation, with minimal time and
effort.
Another option is simultaneous muscle relaxa-
tion, when all the muscles tense up at once, the
tension is maintained for some time, then the
tension is alleviated, and the muscles relax. After
that, you should switch to positive images from
nature: forest, mountains, etc. Although you
may not fall asleep, you will still get a good rest,
and time will pass quickly, which is crucial dur-
ing dry fasting.

11.7. Let’s move on to the day-to-day descrip-

tion of the 5-day dry fast

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 Day 1.
It is advisable to consume only fermented milk
products on the day preceding the fast. You have
to become convince yourself that everything will
be fine, you will be able to complete the dry fast,
and, as a last resort, you can always withdraw
from the fast without any damage. If you are
well-prepared for dry fasting, and you have
something to keep you busy, the first day usually
flies by.
Day 2.
On day 2, a desire to eat usually appears, but it
must be overcome. Do an exercise to relieve
hunger. Sometimes there may be dizziness,
headache, gnawing in the stomach. You should
not be afraid of these symptoms – they are
launching the process of the body’s endogenous

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restructuring and cleansing. You need to walk
more and spend time outside before bedtime in
the evening and do relaxation exercises.
Day 3.
On day 3, most people who are dry fasting usu-
ally develop acidosis. A very important point in
a dry fast is the acidotic crisis, which occurs after
the transition to endogenous nutrition. Do not
be afraid of feeling unwell during this period, for
beginners it usually occurs on the third day.
(However, for some people, the period of transi-
tion to endogenous nutrition during a 5-day dry
fast can take place without a pronounced aci-
dotic crisis).
An acidotic crisis occurs when the concentra-
tion of ketone bodies (products of incomplete
breakdown of triglycerides or fats) in the body

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increases, and there is no way to dispose of them.
During this period, you feel unwell and experi-
ence typical signs of intoxication. However, as
soon as the utilization of ketone bodies begins,
their concentration ceases to increase, and since
ketone bodies are high-energy components, they
are used as fuel for the synthesis of new amino
acids, which can lead to tissue regeneration.
The regeneration process can be extremely
painful, and you should be aware of this in ad-
vance. In the initial stages of the dry fast, an aci-
dotic crisis can occur on the 4th, 3rd, or even
2nd day of the dry fast, occurring increasingly
earlier with each subsequent fast. The faster it
passes, the more time remains for bodily reno-
vation. For example, if an acidotic crisis occurs
on the 2nd day, there will be 3 days to regenerate.

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At this time, an acetone smell may be coming
from the mouth, you may experience nausea,
dizziness, shortage of air, weakness. The hunger
sensation is waning, the thirst becomes tolerable.
Blood pressure varies depending on the bodily
characteristics. There’s no need to be afraid of
any phenomena, since due to the adaptation of
the body to the new vital activity conditions, the
symptoms are somewhat exacerbated. Calm,
slow nature walks are the best choice during this
period.

Day 4.
The pressure may drop or rise, body tempera-
ture may rise. This is physiologically normal
during dry fasting. Chills or fever are possible
depending on the patient’s characteristics and

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the symptoms of the disease, as well as on the
gender and age.
By increasing bodily temperature, the body
causes a slowdown in the growth of microorgan-
isms. It becomes easier for the immune system
to track down and destroy everything that’s alien
or altered. Also, there is a decrease in the chilli-
ness threshold, normalization of thermoregula-
tion processes, expressed in hot flashes and re-
quiring the use of cold water, which stabilizes the
patient's condition. All colds are completely ex-
cluded, during this time, you can walk barefoot
in the snow or dew, pour cold, icy water on your-
self, walk naked in nature.
Day 5.
All chronic diseases begin to be exacerbated,
including the ones that we were not aware of.

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The most affected organs manifest themselves
through pain, and we must be prepared for this.
We must thank our bodies for such wonderful
healing work. If nausea appears, abdominal
massage and cold compresses on the liver area
should help. If walking is difficult, it is best to lie
down in a calm, cool place and listen to good
classical music. As a result of the body's struggle
with ailments, body temperature rises, and a per-
son feels feverish.
Blood pressure may increase or decrease de-
pending on the individual bodily characteristics.
You can take a cold shower, spend time outside
more often in light clothes or even without any
in any weather. If there is snow, you can walk on
it barefoot. You may experience insomnia, in-
creased thirst, blood pressure may fluctuate. The

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usual weight loss during dry fasting ranges from
1 to 2 kg, depending on how much weight one
started with, and how much physical activity
there was.
Of course, each person is unique and individual
in their own way. Dry fasting can be completely
different, but I tried to describe the manifesta-
tions that I observed in most patients.

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 12. What time and which days are best
for fasting?

I am often asked questions about what time and

which days are best for fasting. Every season has
its pros and cons. In May, it is very effective to
fast in order to heal the liver; in my practice,
many patients cured hepatitis in May. August
and September are perfect for withdrawal and
rapid, superior body renovation. Dry fasting is
easiest in October and November. January and
March are the most difficult months for dry fast-
ing. But, in fact, time or season do not play a
dominant role. The main thing - if you have se-
rious problems, then the sooner you fast, the bet-
ter, regardless of the time.

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 Yogis recommend fasting on a certain day of
the week according to the date of birth. This day
almost always coincides with a good day for dif-
ferent horoscopes.

Another important thing in fasting is taking the

phase of the moon into account. 1 to 3-day

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fasting is usually easiest during the new moon or
the full moon. Moreover, it is easier for some
people to fast during the new moon, for others -
during the full moon.
The 11th day of the moon cycle is also particu-
larly emphasized, as it’s recommended for fast-
ing since the ancient times. It is usually harder to
fast during the waning moon (when the moon is
in decrement). Of course, you do not need to
take all these biorhythms into account, and fast,
let’s say, on Saturdays, as Porfiriy Ivanov advises.
However, Saturday was also a deliberately cho-
sen day.

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 13. How to exit from short dry fasts (1-
2-3-4-5 days) properly?

13.1. Withdrawal from dry fasting. Recom-

mendations
• A fasting day is 24 hours, from 8am to 8am on
the next day. Many recommendations suggest
that withdrawal from fasting should be con-
ducted in the evening, but with dry fasting,
the main healing effect occurs at night (I de-
scribed this mechanism in the “Treatment of
Diseases” chapter).
• By date, the withdrawal should be twice the
length of the dry fast. If the dry fast is five days
long, then the withdrawal is ten days.

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• Coming out of the dry fast should be strict, be-
cause the withdrawal is much more important
than the dry fasting process itself.
• After dry fasting, the body becomes clean, so
you should only load it with clean, fresh, high-
quality products without pathogenic micro-
flora.

13.2. Withdrawal from a 1-day fast

8.00 – drink good quality water, in the first
glass it is necessary to add bifidum or lactobac-
terin (1 sachet per glass of water), or now a new
drug “LINEX” has appeared.
11.00 – dried apricot, prune, raisin compote.
14.00 – kefir, bifidok or Bolotov whey.

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 18.00 – vegetable soup (cabbage, carrots, beets,
onions, potatoes, dill, parsley).
22.00 – compote, herbal tea, honey.

Withdrawal from a 36-hour fast: the same, but

starts in the evening.

13.3. Withdrawal from a 48-hour fast

1st day is the same as withdrawal from 1-day
fast.
Second day:
8am - herbal tea with honey, compote or kefir,
buckwheat porridge made with water, you can
add a little vegetable oil (you can choose other
cereals), you must drink one quail egg 3 times a
day from the second day of fasting (do not be

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afraid – quail do not get salmonellosis) on an
empty stomach. This is required because quail
eggs contain the whole periodic table, and most
importantly, natural stem cells, which the body
needs so desperately after a dry fast. Women can
do facial masks: mix quail eggs with cedar oil,
apply overnight for 20 minutes.
14.00 – fish soup (preferably made from rock
trout, salmon, pink salmon), you can add some
salt. Salad, any cereal. Tea, compote, kefir,
honey.
18.00 – boiled beets, cereals, tea, compote,
kefir.
22.00 – herbal tea, honey.

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 13.4. Withdrawal from a 3-day fast
The first two days have already been described
above.
Third day of withdrawal:
8.00 – fresh juice, salads, cereals
14.00 in – borsch or other soup, cereals, salads,
tea
18.00 – vinaigrette, fish baked in foil, fresh juice
Fourth day:
9.00 – dried fruit decoction (raisins, dried apri-
cots, prunes) - 200.0 g
12.00 – mushy buckwheat porridge - 200.0 g
15.00 - fresh cabbage salad with 100.0g, fish
soup, fermented dairy drink - 100.0
18.00 - vegetable decoction - 200.0

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 21.00 - fermented milk drink 200.0
Fifth day:
9.00 - oatmeal porridge with dried apricots -
150.0, green tea - 100.0
13.00 - steamed vegetables (carrots, beets, cab-
bage) - 150.0, juice - 100.0
17.00 - soup (carrots, beets, cabbage, gray bread
crackers or bran sticks), apple - 1 pc.
21.00 - fermented dairy drink - 200.0
Then you can switch to regular meals, but ide-
ally meals with a predominance of fresh vegeta-
bles and fruits are preferable for 2 weeks.
Following a withdrawal from a fast, the nutri-
tion should be perfect.

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 13.5. Withdrawal from a 4-5 day fast
• Withdrawal order: drink water first. Ide-
ally, the water should be thawed, dew or
spring. The drinking manner is important:
you need to add three capsules of LINEX
to the first glass of water, drink this glass of
water over the course of fifteen minutes.
and that’s vital: do not hurry, drink sip by
sip. The last sip should be taken during the
fourteenth minute. Drinking an entire
glass in under ten minutes is very risky.
The water consumption systems cannot
cope, and fainting is the least of potential
consequences.
Thus, over the course of two hours, you should
drink eight glasses of water. Then you can brush
your teeth. In very rare cases, the first sips of

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water can cause nausea. Each sip of water must
be held in the mouth, mixed it with saliva, and
then swallowed after 20-30 seconds. Drinking
water can be combined with taking a shower. Af-
ter a shower, it is good to pour cold water over
yourself, and then take a warm bath (not a hot)
with infusions of herbs (no longer than 8
minutes). Along with the washing, you must
continue to drink water until 12 o'clock.
• At 12 pm you need to drink warm protein
broth (as much as you want), fish broth, with-
out vegetables, well-cooked, without salt or
bread. Broth can be cooked with spices (but
don’t eat the spices).
• After dry fasting, you should start eating in
small portions. The extended time of with-
drawing from the dry fast is associated with

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 the need for a gradual increase on the burden
on the pancreas, which was inactive during
fasting and must now be carefully put into op-
eration.
• At 2 pm, eat animal protein in the form of a
fermented milk product: kefir, Bolotov whey
(see below for details) - as much as you want,
in small portions. When breaking fast, ob-
serve the following important rules: drink wa-
ter, eat food slowly, in small portions. Drink a
sip, swallow a bite, sit down, listen to yourself.
If you chew a portion of food, and do not feel
any taste, or it tastes bland, it means that your
stomach is not ready to digest this food and it
is ballast for you. Wait a few days and try it
again. If you feel discomfort during or after
eating it, such as pain in the stomach, dry

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 mouth, an internal unwillingness to eat any
more of it, stop the intake of this food. It
means that it is harmful, and do not regret the
money spent on food – your health is more
valuable.
• In the absence of discomfort, the volume of
food consumed should equal the volume of a
tea glass. Consumption time is also fifteen
minutes. If you feel discomfort with one type
of food, immediately switch to another type.
Somehow, my patient, with extensive experi-
ence of withdrawing from fasts using water, pre-
pared raw vegetables to withdraw from his first
five-day dry fast.
After the water came the turn of vegetables. He
swallowed the first bite, waited a minute, and
wanted to continue, but then felt a sting in his

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stomach, as if he was stabbed. Then he realized
that the pain disappeared when he ate boiled
vegetables. After that, he started to come out of
dry fasts using protein foods: kefir and fish
broth, and there were no problems. This is nec-
essary because after the end of a dry fast, the
body is in dire need of building material, which
is animal protein, for the synthesis of proteins
and new cells. Violation of this rule can lead to
negative consequences!
• Do not forget about the therapeutic chewing
method (by H. Fletcher26).

26
Horace Fletcher (1849-1919), nicknamed "The Great Mastica-
tor," was a well known and influential food and health faddist in
early 20th century North America. Fletcher believed that prolonged
chewing precluded overeating, led to better systemic and dental

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• Starting on the second day, you can gradually
begin consuming bee products: honey and
pollen. Food should be varied and well-satu-
rated with vitamins and micro- and macro el-
ements. During the first five days after the
start of withdrawing from the dry fast, use
only fresh, pure and high-quality products.
You cannot eat sugar and sugar-containing or
canned products.
• You can start salting your food from the third
day on, it is best to use rock or sea salt. Do it
very, very gradually, the amount at the tip of
the knife.

health, helped to reduce food intake, and consequently, conserved

money.

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• During the withdrawal, especially in the early
days, you need to guard against drafts and
cold. in the first days of the coming out, the
immune system is reconditioned to neutralize
food and water, so the body is weakened, then
the body will be restored and the immunity
will be even stronger than before fasting.

13.6. Nutrition program for good digestion

(during withdrawal from a fast)
Most people are constantly sick or almost sick
because they are trying to process a huge amount
of excess food that they consume. After a fast,
you can easily and quickly establish proper di-
gestion. Make it a rule not to eat after 4pm. If you
observe this condition, you will sleep soundly.

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You will feel rested in the morning, and your
body will self-purify and normalize the fat layer.
Eat breakfast between 9 and 10 in the morning
or earlier. Eat a fresh vegetable salads made with
carrots, cabbage and greens (steamed vegetables
in the winter). The second course will comprise
bread from sprouted grains with honey or sea
kale, or whole-grain porridge with a little oil. To-
gether with cabbage, carrots and greens, they
will stimulate the work of the digestive tract, cul-
tivating the right microflora, and will restore the
body’s endocrine system through feedback.
Eat a salad first. This will result in the activation
of a number of processes that underlie the nor-
mal functioning of the body. For example, the
secretion of digestive juices is stimulated, since
raw vegetables are rich in natural stimulants.

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After several years of such a nutritive regime,
you will feel that your body does not recognize a
different beginning of a meal. As a result, you
can increase the consumption of fresh vegetables
and fruits to make them comprise 60% of your
diet. Fresh vegetables, fruits and juices made
with them are all rich in vigor. Their tissues are
rich in energy, they support the structure of
body tissues and skin elasticity.
50% of an ideal diet comprises raw fruits and
vegetables. Cellulose and pectin contained in
most plant products are called ballast sub-
stances, since they are not absorbed by the body.
These substances are necessary, they play an im-
portant role in the process of digestion: they set
the intestinal hormonal system in motion, and
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intestinal motor function; create a favorable mi-
croflora in the gastrointestinal tract, which is
partially used by the body as a full-fledged live
protein, with protein taking up a 10% share. Pro-
tein can be in the form of meat, fish, eggs, natural
cheese, or in vegetable form, i.e., nuts and seeds.
Brewer's yeast, bread and sprouted wheat soup
are also an important part of a protein diet. They
are especially indispensable as suppliers of vita-
mins B, E and D.
The remaining products are divided into three
parts. One-third (30%) is natural starch, ob-
tained from cereals and legumes. Another third
(at least 5%) are natural sugars, which are con-
tained in dried fruits, honey, and fresh juices.
The last third (no more than 5%) consists of nat-
ural fats, such as sunflower, corn and olive oil,

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natural lard, butter and ghee. People who are
prone to obesity should avoid eating sugar,
bread and cereals. Alternatively, they should be
consumed in minimal quantities, and the por-
ridge must be freshly boiled. Chewing thor-
oughly is an absolute must. When eating
quickly, a person consumes 3-5 times more por-
ridge than necessary. This leads to obesity. If you
use a small amount, chewing it to the con-
sistency of milk, then constipation disappears,
bowel motility improves (at the time of chewing,
motility accelerates fourfold), congestion in the
gastrointestinal tract is eliminated.
The recovery period should be two times
longer than the fast. Try eating properly at least
during this period. The daily routine during the
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same (walks, physiotherapy procedures, occupa-
tional therapy, active rest), but for thin people
special procedures may be added, such as full-
body oil massage (especially the lower back) and
hot baths. Overweight people should employ
sauna and body massage with boiled down
urine. By observing such a sensible fasting pro-
gram, you will be filled with life force, and fast-
ing will become an indispensable part of your
life. Day after day, watching the miracle of re-
newal happening in your mind and body, you
will enjoy living the new healthy life, which
makes you more perfect and healthy every day.
For a excellent cleansing and purification of the
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per Zalmanov’s27 recommendations at the time
of withdrawal. The total number of baths equals
10.

13.7. How to prepare Bolotov’s whey (se-

rum)
Pour cold boiled well or spring water into a
clean 3-liter jar.

27
Aleksandr Zalmanov (1875-1965) was a famous naturopathic
physician and gerontologist. He proposed a method of capillaries
restoration with special bath tonic which includes organic turpen-
tine. He claimed yellow and white bath tonic or emulsion can be
used for treatment of different acute and chronic diseases, such as
diseases of nervous system, polyneuritis, multiple sclerosis, leucae-
mia, presenility, chronic prostatitis, immunopathological dis-
eases, allergies, chronic bronchitis, chronic pneumonia, sexual dis-
function.

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 Dissolve 1 cup of sugar and 1 teaspoon of
homemade sour cream in water. Half a cup of
celandine grass (dry or fresh, but clean, without
mold) should be placed in a gauze bag and
drowned at the bottom of the can with a sinker.
Neck cans tie a gauze in 3 layers.
Infuse kvass for two weeks at room tempera-
ture in a dark place. You have to keep an eye on
it - remove mold from the surface and filter the
liquid if sediment appears.
2 weeks later, 1 liter of ready-made kvass is
poured from a 3-liter jar into a 1-liter glass bottle
with a cap. This is a portion for about 3 days of
intake.
Add 1 liter of water to the 3-liter jar and add
1/3 cup of sugar.

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 3 days later, the brew will be ready again. You
can continue in this manner without changing
the celandine for up to 2 months, adding water
and sugar.
Take between 1 tbsp. and 0.5 cup 20-30
minutes prior to meals 3 times a day for 2 weeks.
Then, take it once a day for a month to consoli-
date the effect.

13.8. What are the potential complications

during withdrawal from fasting?
When you come out of a short-term dry fast,
there are usually no serious complications, but
you still need to know about them. Complica-
tions most often occur with reckless people who
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undertake should be taken seriously, and the is-
sues related to personal health are twice as im-
portant. Therefore, if you decide to practice fast-
ing yourself, heed attention to it. Master the
method gradually, study the resources, others’
experience and, most importantly, watch your-
self. If, after short-term fasting, you start over-
eating and cannot control your behavior, do not
undertake long fasts in any case.
So, here are the main complications:

• Overeating in the first days after fasting. If,

however, this happens after fasting and you
have overfilled your stomach, you must in-
duce vomiting and flush the stomach. Then
resume the withdrawal in the usual manner. If
you overeat later on, conduct a one-day fast,

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 then continue to withdraw using proper
foods.
• Edema, urinary retention. A rather frequent
complication. It occurs due to the fact that
during fasting the body expends potassium
and the intake of salty foods in the early stages
of recovery contributes to the accumulation of
sodium, and as a result, of water, in the cells.
Although it can be also observed even with
proper withdrawal from fasting after long pe-
riods of time and in beginners. Usually, it
manifests through rapid weight gain. The
amount of urine is reduced, and swelling of
the face and the legs may appear. If such
symptoms occur, salty foods and salt-contain-
ing foods should be excluded from the diet.
Attempt to eat nothing on this day, take 3

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 tablespoons of sorbents diluted in one glass of
water, 4 times a day every three hours, then
take 40 g of Epsom salt diluted in one glass of
water, and then fast with water for two days.
It is advisable to take a bath, a sauna or a hot
bath on the days of fasting - then excess so-
dium and water are released. Potassium prep-
arations, such as Panangin or Asparkam, in
the dosage of 1 tablet 2-3 times a day over the
course of 2-5 days, are very useful. These
drugs contain magnesium and potassium,
which are absolutely safe.
• Constipation. Quite common, especially in
beginners. In the absence of natural defeca-
tion for more than 2–3 days, an enema should
be performed. In any case, an enema is recom-
mended to beginners on the second and third

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 day of withdrawal from fasting, for the pur-
pose of getting rid of undigested food debris
and improving well-being. You can take a lax-
ative mix, made of the following ingredients:
dried apricots, figs, prunes, raisins – 100
grams of each. Wash everything, grind, add
100 grams of honey, 2 tablespoons of vegeta-
ble oil. Take 2 tablespoons before bed for 4
days. Bran is also helpful.
• Flatulence, gaseous distention. The main
reason is beginning to consume heavy foods
too early, inadequate chewing, eating large
amounts of food, inadequate bowel cleansing
during and before fasting. The recommenda-
tions are: a moderate withdrawal from fasting,
enemas, early consumption of garlic, suffi-
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 from the fast. In addition, these symptoms are
very often observed during fasting in winter
and springtime. A recovery period with only
plant food in the diet is not proper in winter
and spring and "cools" the body. To avoid it,
you should increase the proportion of cereals,
use spices, vegetable oil and butter (not earlier
than the 3rd day). Remember - in winter, the
body needs thicker, “warm food”, and in sum-
mer and autumn it is quite possible to sustain
the body on vegetables for a long time.
• Weakness, dizziness, fainting. Occur in the
first 3-5 days of the withdrawal from fasting.
They are associated with the premature ex-
pansion of the mode of movement. Due to a
seeming surge of strength, you cannot evalu-
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 bouts of weakness, dizziness, and up to faint-
ing. For prevention during fasting with-
drawal, you have to observe a stricter regimen
than during the fast itself. Get sufficient rest,
do not take long walks, do not perform heavy
physical work, do not overstrain yourself, and
only experienced fasters who are well aware of
the characteristics of their bodies can lead a
rather active lifestyle. After all, physical activ-
ity during the withdrawal contributes to the
fastest switch of the body to a normal nutri-
tion regime.
• Exacerbation of underlying diseases. If dur-
ing the fast your disease is exacerbated, it is
desirable to continue the fast until the symp-
toms disappear. If this is impossible, symp-
toms may persist during the withdrawal, thus,

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you have to conduct withdrawal according to
the usual scheme and not to hurry with prem-
ature intake of heavy food. Homeopathic
medicines may be used for treatment. After a
week of withdrawal, if the symptoms persist,
careful use of medications is allowed. These
are the main troubles that you can experience
during a withdrawal from the fast. The more
first-hand experience you have with fasting,
the fewer unpleasant symptoms will be pre-
sent. Everyone needs to know themselves
well, and then everything will work out as you
want. The main thing is not to rush, but to
constantly build up your own experience.

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 14. What’s the ideal scheme for con-
ducting a dry fractional fast at home?

Here is the ideal scheme for conducting a dry

fractional fast at home.

 REMEMBER:
• Never start cleansing the intestines and liver
without changing the mode and quality of
nutrition.
• Do not start any fast prior to cleansing the in-
testines and liver.
• Do not conduct dry fasts prior to trying water
fasting.

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• In order to get the maximum benefits from
fasting, it has to be regular, increase fasting
length gradually.
• Never conduct dry fasts for more than five
days at home.
• Withdrawal from a fast brings 70% of the
therapeutic result, so it should be carried out
properly.

The scheme is designed for three months.

1st month:
14 days – proper natural nutrition;
7 days – intestinal and liver cleansing;
7 days – buckwheat porridge fast, or if impos-
sible, a 24-hour water fast;

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 2nd month:
1st week – a 1-day water fast, or 2 days for those
who didn't fast on buckwheat;
2nd week – 2 or 3 days of water fasting
3rd week – 3 or 4 days of water fasting;
4th week – 5-7 days of water fasting for every-
one.

3rd month:
1st week – 1 day of dry fasting
2nd week – 2 days of dry fasting
3rd week – 3 days of dry fasting
4th week – 4-5 days of dry fasting.

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 The following is a far more efficient regime for
those with experience with all kinds of fasting:
24-hour fast – 48 hours of eating
48-hour fast – 72 hours of eating
72-hour fast – 96 hours of eating
96-hour fast – 120 hours of eating
120-hour fast – withdrawal from dry fast

To consolidate the effect of therapeutic fasting,

the following maintenance regimens are recom-
mended:
• Perform a cleansing of the liver and intestines
once a quarter before the seasons change: at
the end of February, at the beginning of May
(the most effective), at the end of August, at
the end of November.

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• Conduct a 24-36-hour dry fast once a week.
In this case, preliminary cleansing of the in-
testines is optional. But the days before and
after fasting should be "half-starved", with re-
duced total calorie intake.
• Conduct a 3-day fast once a month, prepara-
tions aren’t required.
• Conduct a dry five-day fast once a quarter,
preferably after cleansing the intestines and
liver.

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 15. How many kinds of dry fasting
exist?

There are two kinds of dry fasting. One, as strict

and dry as possible, entails completely giving up
water, and not only prohibits drinking water, but
also forbids any contact with water. It means not
washing our faces, no bathing, no baths, trying
not to wash our hands and not to come in con-
tact with water.
Another, milder, way, entails giving up drink-
ing water, while external contact with water in
any possible and available way is allowed.

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 Now we’ll look into the processes that occur
during these types of fasting, their differences
and advantages.
We’ll begin with saying that dry fasting puts the
body under tougher conditions than water fast-
ing. The survival-related processes in the body
are much deeper during dry fasting. Not only
does the body have to readjust to a different level
of energy and reserves expenditure, but also to
combat dehydration. Also, during dry fasting we
work through both our fears of living without
food, and of living without water. As a result, we
penetrate much deeper into our inner worlds,
making contact with our deep-seated fears. Con-
sequently, the transformation of our inner world
is much deeper.

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 When a person gives up food and water, in as
little as 18-20 hours changes in the blood com-
position and the state of the mucous membranes
become apparent. Healthy body cells begin tak-
ing both nutrition and water from the weak, sick
and alien cells. It’s as if the sick, low-quality cells
dry out and are rejected. Besides, when there's
no aquatic environment, various viruses, bacte-
ria and even helminthes cease to reproduce, and
if fasting lasts for several days, they leave the
body by themselves or die. This is only a small
part of the processes happening inside us. Dur-
ing dry fasting the mucus accumulated in our
body is destroyed, accordingly, it stops being a
nutrient medium for different pathological mi-
croorganisms.

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 The viability of every cell in the body increases
noticeably and very fast. During dry fasting, the
processes aimed at considerable renewal start in-
side our bodies. The renewal begins as soon as
we complete a dry fast. The whole body is re-
newed and rejuvenated. During dry fasting, the
vessels are efficiently cleansed. The mucous
membranes of the stomach and the intestinal ca-
nal, as well as the mouth cavity are well cleansed
and renewed.
A special mood is important for dry fasting. For
the majority of people, it’s psychologically
harder to endure it. Although for many people
who dared and gained such an experience, it is
dry fasting that they switch to in their practice.
Enemas are contraindicated when dry fasting.
Even if the bowels don’t work, they quickly and

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immediately recover when you end the fast. It’s
acceptable to do a small series of enemas before
fasting, especially if you feel that your body is full
of toxins, if you tend to have headaches.
Let’s return to the two kinds of dry fasting.
The first method entails complete giving up of
any contact with water from the inside and from
the outside. The organism is put under the hard-
est critical conditions and activates its hidden in-
ternal reserves for survival. The body begins to
dry out very slowly. The first things that dry out
are our diseases, mucus, viruses, tumors, and
edemas. They dry out because the organism's
cells take nutrition and fluids away from them.
As a result, the cells become strong and very
alive. The consumption of water and fluids de-
creases. The breath is altered. The lungs are

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renewed. If you fast in this manner for three days
or more, your sensitivity increases incredibly.
You will start to sense smells acutely, feel fine en-
ergies, people’s states, it will be hard to be in en-
ergetically contaminated spaces and, conversely,
very pleasant to be in clean ones. You begin
dreaming about bodies of water, streams. Some-
times you drink water in your dreams and
quench your thirst. Your mouth, lips, throat,
skin, all get dry. A major advantage of this kind
of fasting in particular is the renewal and rejuve-
nation of the skin and the mucous membranes.
The second kind of dry fasting entails giving up
drinking water, but not giving up contact with
water from the outside. Porfiry Ivanov was a fol-
lower of this method. He advocated dry fasting
every week for 40-42 hours, and showering with

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water, bathing in open bodies of water at the
same time. He himself fasted in this manner for
long periods of time. Some people, while dry
fasting for several days, sit in the bathtub for
hours, wash their faces often, and wet their
heads. The external contact with water makes it
easier to endure the fast, making it easier to fast
for longer periods of time. Every contact with
water cleanses the pores, refreshes, invigorates.
Granted, quite often you’re thirstier afterwards.
The effects of the internal cleansing during the
second kind of fasting are practically the same,
perhaps, a bit weaker. If we gargle with water,
then the mucous membranes are also more
poorly cleaned. When we come in contact with
water, our skin absorbs the water. Skin feeding

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activates. This is the merit of this method. Also,
contact with clean water is desirable.
Based on this state, there is also a combined
type of fasting: dry plus water. Dry fasting for a
day or several, then ending the dry fast, then fast-
ing on water. Fasting on water after dry fasting
is easy and pleasant. I want to stress that water
fasting comes after dry fasting and not vice
versa!! This kind of fasting allows the cells to be-
come imbued with moisture, extending the
cleansing effects. It’s an exotic method, and I
recommend it only to those people who have
fully mastered water fasting and dry fasting, have
extensive experience with these practices.
Dry fasting is limited in duration to a maxi-
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The Guinness Book of Records: 18 days of dry
fasting.

15.1. Interesting facts: Secrets of Japanese

monks
During the process of aging, the reserve capa-
bilities of all our organs and systems dwindle
with every year. Therefore, in order not to age,
you need to train your reserves, more precisely,
your adaptation reserves. To train means to use
regularly, and they are used, first of all, when
there is something lacking. The organism may
lack food, water, oxygen, and information. Their
conscious, artificial limitation stimulates the use
of the reserve capabilities. If we limit the intake
of food, we’ll get an excellent method of bodily
renewal known since the earliest times —

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fasting. It is temporary voluntary full refusal of
food. The aim of such fasting is switching to in-
ternal feeding, i.e. using the reserves. If you stop
the intake of water, too, you will get dry fasting
— an even more effective method of cleansing,
renewal and rejuvenation.
In case of lack of oxygen, for example, in the
conditions of highlands, hypoxia (i.e. oxygen
deprivation) arises. In such a case, a powerful
anti-hypoxic system is mobilized, and its stimu-
lation affects the organism in the most beneficial
way. As for information, nature provided for pe-
riodic information hunger in the form of night
sleep. It’s hard to overestimate the role of a good
night’s sleep for health and longevity.
If we combine the methods based on re-
striction, then it turns out that the perfect

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method of restoration of the organism is long
sleep during absolute fasting high in the moun-
tains.
But ‘There is nothing new under the sun!’ In an-
cient times in Japan there lived the Yamabushi
monks. It’s the most mysterious of all the sects
that have ever existed in Japan. Their services
were used by Ninjas — the famous medieval Jap-
anese ‘Special Forces’.
After they had mastered incredible abilities of
walking on the ceiling, fighting with and without
weapons, seeing in the dark, being insensitive to
pain, etc., since the age of 15 they were sent to
advanced training with the Yamabushi. Ascetics
and hermits, living high in the mountains,
taught the Ninjas hypnosis and psychic powers,
recipes for poisons and balms, acupuncture,

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abilities to go without food and water for a long
time, methods of preservation of health and pro-
longation of life and more. Their secrets were
passed down orally, it was forbidden to write
them down.
But let’s try to lift the veil from their secrets,
and specifically the secrets of preservation of
health and prolongation of life. What do you
think the word ‘Yamabushi’ means? Nothing but
‘those who sleep in the mountains!’
A lot of people live, and, accordingly, sleep high
in the mountains. Statistics tell us that their av-
erage life expectancy is longer than that on the
plain, but it’s not just that. After all, the name
‘Yamabushi’ emphasizes that they aren’t just
people in the mountains, they are those who
sleep there, i.e. their sleep is somehow different

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from normal sleep. Most likely it was lengthy.
But you can’t just sleep for a long time, you need
a state of hypnosis, self-hypnosis, influence of
soporific herbs, and they had a complete com-
mand of this.
Lengthy sleep high in the mountains is the
combination of mountain hypoxia, sleep and ab-
solute fasting (naturally, we don’t eat or drink
during sleep). Every one of these influences has
a powerful stimulating effect on the adaptation
reserves of the organism, and just imagine how
powerful their combination must be.
The effects of long mountain hypoxia:
- New capillaries begin forming in all the or-
gans, first of all, in the vital ones. Every cell of
our organism starts receiving more nutrients
and oxygen.

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 - The lungs begin to work more efficiently as a
result of hypertrophy of the lung tissue and an
increase in the diffusive surface of the pulmo-
nary alveoli. Moreover, the respiratory muscles
increase their mass.
- The blood becomes capable of transporting a
larger amount of oxygen owing to an increase in
the number of red blood cells and an increase of
hemoglobin. There’s also an increase in the level
of the hormones of the adrenal cortex — the ad-
aptation hormones – in the blood. In this regard,
the blood of donors who are mountain climbers
or people living high in the mountains, and
preparations made from it, are especially valua-
ble for weakened patients.
- An intense training of the cardiovascular sys-
tem takes place, since the reaction to hypoxia is

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the increase in the frequency of heart contrac-
tions and the volume of cardiac output.
- There’s an increase in myoglobin content.
Myoglobin is a protein that provides a reserve of
oxygen in muscles.
- The general energy level, which drops during
aging or as a result of illnesses, increases signifi-
cantly. This happens, first of all, due to an in-
crease in the activity of mitochondria. Under
normal circumstances, a part of these miniature
power plants is dormant. Secondly, it occurs ow-
ing to an increase in the number of the mito-
chondria, as they begin multiplying.
- During dry fasting the organism imposes a
water-saving regime, this manifests in a decrease
in perspiration, drying of the nasal mucosa, a de-
crease in the amount of moisture in the mouth,

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it lasts only for a couple of minutes of conversa-
tion and then dryness appears.

15.2. Interesting facts: Dry fasting and dous-

ing with cold water
There are different opinions on whether you
should douse with cold water during dry fasting.
Based on my experience, 80% of my patients
can’t continue dry fasting for 9-10-11 days, if
they start dousing with cold water or bathing.
They experience highly increased dryness in the
mouth, increased thirst, they lose their spirit and
motivation, and they end the dry fast. We cer-
tainly understand that every organism is unique,
which is why, during short-term dry fasts you
can try dousing with ice-cold water (while keep-
ing your mouth closed). The reason you have to

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douse specifically with ice-cold water is as fol-
lows: if the temperature of the water is lower
than 11 degrees Celsius, then for a period of time
your body’s own temperature rises to 40 degrees.
This has a powerful health benefit due to the ac-
tivation of the immune system and the increase
of the internal temperature. If the temperature
of the water is higher than 11 degrees C this
won’t happen. That’s why during short-term dry
fasts you have to try dousing, and if this helps
you, you can douse during long dry fasts as well.

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 16. How should you conduct a long dry
fast?
(The method of conducting of a 9-day dry fast
and the description of the principal medical
mechanisms during this type of fast).
 ATTENTION! – LONG-TERM DRY
FASTING (from 5 days on) HAS TO BE
CONDUCTED IN THE PRESENCE OF A
MEDICAL SPECIALIST and preferably in
a group.
 Remember that for beginners long dry fast-
ing is a very intense stress on their mind
and organism. You have to be morally pre-
pared for serious challenges. And not only
morally. You need to conduct a cleansing

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 of the body, conduct a water fast, learn eve-
rything a beginner has to know. And only
then should you begin 24-hour dry fasts.
 And now I would like to list the basic cri-
teria, which, if they apply to you, mean you
should not conduct a fast under any cir-
cumstances: If you do not follow the rec-
ommendations and do not conduct proper
preparations, a heavy intoxication of the
organism could occur (usually this hap-
pens on the 5th-10th day). The excretory
organs can’t neutralize the toxins and get
rid of them fast enough. A blockade oc-
curs, the organism doesn’t adapt to fasting.
The fasting person stops losing weight,
they experience increased weakness, nau-
sea, headaches, heart weakness and

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 arrhythmia, especially the heart rate ex-
ceeds 120 beats per minute. These are the
principal indications of a blockade (heavy
intoxication). In such cases you have to
cease fasting immediately.

Day 1. You need to get in the right mindset.

Think that everything is going to be great, at the
very least, you’ll be able to stop fasting without
any harm. If you are well prepared for dry fasting
and you have things to do, then the first day usu-
ally just flies by. You may, of course, experience
thirst, slight weakness. It is ideal to lie down to
rest and try not to speak. You can conduct Old

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Slavic28 abdomen massage. The weight loss is
usually 1-2 kg.
Even if you are systematically going to conduct
24-hour long dry fasts, it will beneficially affect
your organism. Why are weekly one-day fasts ef-
fective? Under certain circumstances, the effect
of even a one-day fast, conducted once a week,
may increase abruptly. To achieve this you have
to repeat one-day fasts. If you’re going to fast at

28
Old Slavic abdomen massage is an ancient Slavic technique
(widespread among the Siberian communities of Old Believers) that
originates in the distant past. This procedure does not require any
medical equipment: during the treatment a specialist applies a dosed
pressure with his/her hands to certain zones of the diseased organ at
the required angle. As a result, the functions of the organs are being
recovered and normalized. Dr. Filonov always associates the dry
fasting practice with procedures and massages. On the very first day
of dry fasting, he treats his patients with the Old Slavic abdomen
massage.

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the end of every week and then withdraw from
the fast carefully, then you’ll get an effect just like
one from a long fast. In six months or a year
you’ll become unrecognizably healthy.
- If you continue fasting for one day once a
week during one year, this will improve your
health and rid you of illnesses.
- The fatigue of the internal organs is greatly al-
leviated with one-day fasts. There are many
cases where a mild case of diabetes is cured only
due to the pancreas getting a couple of days of
rest during the fast.
- One day of fasting makes the organism three
months younger. By the way, short-term fasting,
besides cleansing and substantial improvement
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consists in an increase of the imaginative power
and the ability to create.
- The effect of weight loss. If you properly and
competently prepare for 24-hour fasts and con-
duct them systematically every week, you can
achieve good results in weight loss. American
specialists claim that even 1 day of fasting per
month can be very good for your health.

Day 2. On day 2, you can usually experience an

urge to eat, but you have to overcome it. Some-
times you may experience dizziness, headaches,
and discomfort in the stomach area. You
shouldn’t be afraid of these symptoms; they sig-
nify that the process of endogenous reconstruc-
tion and cleansing of the organism has started.
You need to go for walks more often and spend

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more time outdoors, in the evening, and do
some relaxing exercises before sleep. You have to
conduct abdominal and spinal massage. From
day 2, anti-inflammatory and immuno-stimula-
tion mechanisms of dry fasting are activated,
thus, such illnesses as acute respiratory disease
and flu can be fully cured. The weight loss usu-
ally is 1-1.5 kg.
Without water there is no life. The thing is, in-
flammation also can’t exist without water. Any
inflamed spot swells with water. Microorgan-
isms, such as microbes and viruses, can only re-
produce in a sufficiently aquatic environment.
Water deficit is destructive for an inflammation
or any kinds of edema. In such rough conditions,
the organism will not allow the presence of a
pathological fluid (edema) inside of it, all this

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pathological fluid is going to be used for its phys-
iological needs. That’s why dry fasting is effec-
tive during the treatment of these illnesses (ovar-
ian cysts, endometriosis, spinal disc herniation
and any other illnesses which have this mecha-
nism in their pathogenesis).
Due to the dehydration of the organism, a
fierce competitive battle for water begins be-
tween the cells of the body and the pathogenic
microorganisms. The cells of the body, as hosts,
take water away from the microorganisms, but
the organism itself is able to not only synthesize
endogenous water in necessary amounts, but
also take water from the air during this period,
absorbing it through the skin. This is due to the
fact that during dry fasting the organism acts to
excrete and not to absorb. The healthy, strong

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cells receive additional energy and water, while
the sick and altered viruses and bacteria can’t do
that. According to modern scientific research,
the cause of peptic ulcer is infective, this ac-
counts for a very powerful medicinal effect in
case of this pathology. That’s why it’s necessary
to conduct dry fasting outdoors, preferably in a
mountainous area, near mountain rivers and
waterfalls.
70% of glucocorticoids and sex hormones are
bound by the transport albumins of the blood
and only 30% circulate in the blood in a free
state. During dry fasting, the transport albumins
come apart and their amino acids are used for
the needs of the organism, first of all for the
needs of the brain and the cardiovascular sys-
tem. In such a case, there is a release of an

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enormous amount of hormones, which circulate
in the blood in a free state, this accounts for a
good medicinal effect in the treatment of
asthma. This extraordinary amount of glucocor-
ticoids, which is three times more usual, flood-
ing the blood, has a strong anti-inflammatory ef-
fect, suppressing all the inflammation sites in the
organism.
After all, we know that glucocorticoids are the
strongest anti-inflammatory agent in the organ-
ism. In the activity of the free glucocorticoid
forms, there is another very powerful medicinal
mechanism that fasting activates to affect in-
flammatory and autoimmune diseases, such as
rheumatoid arthritis and others.
Here’s one of the interesting facts about the
study of the champion in the duration of dry

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fasting among animals - the camel. Camels have
immunity to the majority of the most dangerous
viral diseases.
Scientists from the United Arab Emirates pro-
posed to more actively study the defense mecha-
nisms of one of the hardiest animals — the
camel, in order to combat human diseases. Cam-
els have unique physiological characteristics,
which allow them to exist in the harshest desert
conditions. They cope with dehydration, be-
cause their circulatory system can store supplies
of water, the lack of food is supplied with the de-
posits of fatty tissue in the humps, and camel
milk is preserved fresh for much longer than cow
milk. But that’s not all. Camels’ immune system
is so perfect that they aren’t susceptible to the
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die from. They, for example, are completely im-
mune to foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest.
Up until now, people didn’t pay attention to
camels as a source of production of various sub-
stances that could help combat human viral dis-
eases. Arabic scientists think that in the medi-
cine of tomorrow, the immune mechanisms of
the camel will not only be a matter of thorough
study, but also a means to combat many human
diseases.
During dry fasting the immune system begins
to very effectively conduct a series of complex
chemical reactions, when a foreign body invades
the organism, whether it be a virus or another
infection agent. At that moment the immune
system starts carrying out its mission — find and
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cells in our body, which have a somewhat diffi-
cult name for those unfamiliar with the subject
— a system of phagocytizing mononuclear cells.
In every organ there is its own, specific only to
it, group of cells that resemble amoebas and mi-
grate over the whole organ, eating and digesting
everything foreign. Such specific cells exist in the
skin, liver and heart, and even in the brain.
They’re always migrating and looking for prey.
The trouble is that any food, even plant food,
contains a small amount of fat. And phagocytes
(phagocytizing mononuclear cells) instead of
carrying out their direct duties, are occupied
with absorbing and digesting these droplets of
fat, as if they aren’t concerned at all about any-
thing else. So, during fasting, phagocytes are left
without food, that is, without fat. And they start

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carrying out their direct duties: absorb and di-
gest bacteria, viruses, cells remnants, old, dying
cells, contributing to renewal and even rejuvena-
tion of the organism. All the pathologically
changed tissues are digested, i.e., cysts, myomas,
adenomas and even cancer cells, which are al-
ways present in the organism, even in the nor-
mal conditions. The destruction of sick cells,
and not the healthy ones during fasting is also
related to the release of the lymphoepithelial
cells of the entire digestive tract. Giving up food
and water for many days creates conditions for a
withdrawal of a very powerful army of B-lym-
phocytes from the gastrointestinal front lines.
They gather from all the lymphatic basins and
nodes of the extensive digestive tract. But partic-
ularly large numbers of them come from the

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small intestine. The army of B-lymphocytes, no
longer needed in the frontlines, is used for its in-
tended purposes. It suppresses and neutralizes
all present disease-producing and alien ele-
ments, infection, parasites, that are in an encap-
sulated (dormant) state and basically don’t re-
spond to modern antibacterial therapy (treat-
ment with antibiotics, sulfanilamides and other
medicines). On the contrary, during this period
of life microorganisms situated in protective
membranes become more resistant to these
medicines and other drugs. During dry fasting,
these membranes are destroyed by phagocytes
and ferments that are activated by acidosis,
which accounts for a good medicinal effect in
treatment of prostatitis.

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 During dry fasting, higher concentrations of
biologically active substances, hormones, immu-
nocompetent cells and immunoglobulins are
reached in the fluids of the organism. Another
immune-stimulating effect of fasting is that a 5-
day dry fast produces positive dynamics in all
blood test indices: erythrocytes, hemoglobin,
leucocytes, thrombocytes, and erythrocyte sedi-
mentation rate. These changes are evidence of
substantial changes in the blood and its energy
properties. The indices are improved by 10-20%.
But the content of lymphocytes and monocytes
in the blood increases most of all. The increase
in these main indicators of the immune status of
the organism amounted to 80%. Thus, fasting
above all boosted the effectiveness of the im-
mune system. However, we know that this is

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carried out through the energy of the blood.
More than half of the ‘electronic’ energy that we
get through breathing is freed up during fasting,
since it isn’t spent on food digestion. This energy
is spent on increasing the energy level in tissues
and, first and foremost, the immune system
cells. Having received additional energy, the
cells can work for their own good, ensuring res-
toration, rehabilitation and cleansing of tissues,
while receiving considerable help from the im-
mune system. But, having received a powerful
energy boost from erythrocytes, immune system
cells begin carrying out their own functions
more actively. In such a manner, real conditions
for health improvement and treatment of dis-
eases are created.

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 In the USA volunteers participated in la-
boratory research during the month-long
Ramadan fast. This fast is a brief dry fast.
Prior to the fast, during the whole month
and after its end, the researchers examined
the blood of the test subjects. The analyses
included chemical composition of the
blood, including determination of lipopro-
tein content, and special analyses of the
body’s immune system capacity, including
lymphocyte count in the blood, the ratio of
their different types, each one’s capacity,
and measurement of antibody levels in the
blood. The conducted experiments showed
the apparently positive effect of the fast on
the body’s immune system: functional indi-
ces of lymphocytes increased tenfold; in

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 spite of their total number remaining the
same, the number of the type responsible
for resistance to diseases increased substan-
tially, in relation to other types. Moreover,
the content of the IgE protein (the protein
responsible for the formation of antibodies
in the blood) increased noticeably in the lip-
oprotein group, there was an increase in the
content of the low-density type (LDL),
without any increase in the content of the
high density type (HDL), which suggests an
increase in the activity of immune reactions.
 Thus, during an experiment that involved
hibernating animals, it was proven that it’s
possible to radically get rid of such serious
diseases as syphilis and trypanosomal dis-
ease exclusively through hibernation. There

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 is every reason to believe that it will be pos-
sible to combat sepsis and even AIDS in this
fashion, since there is also evidence of suc-
cessful combat of viral diseases with the help
of hibernation.
 Full disintegration of the organism that
can be observed during hibernation, may
assist in saving lives of seriously ill patients,
as well as injured people with tissue crush-
ing and compression, if hypobiosis is used
before the spreading of toxemia – in doing
so, the main pathological factor of the
trauma will be eliminated and the develop-
ment and spreading of secondary necrosis
and wound infection will be prevented.
 We know of hibernating animals’ non-
susceptibility to fatal doses of bacterial and

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chemical toxins, as well as ionizing radia-
tion; the same non-susceptibility was dis-
covered in an experiment involving animals
closest to humans – monkeys, which were
irradiated with a 1.5-times lethal dose of
ionizing radiation in a state of clinical death,
i.e. the very same hypobiosis. All the control
animals died, all the experimental animals
(clinical death was induced by bloodletting)
survived, furthermore, none of them devel-
oped radiation sickness. Consequently, the
fasting method has a power that increases
body immunity in an incredible manner.
Thus, the so-called common sense, encom-
passed in the sentence ‘without food the re-
sistance of the organism towards

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 pathogenic germs decreases,’ in actuality
proves to be a simple prejudice.

Day 3. On this day, the majority of people con-

ducting a dry fast begin experiencing acidosis.
The acidotic crisis is a very important point in
dry fasting, which occurs after the switch to en-
dogenous nutrition. Don’t be afraid of feeling
unwell during this period, for beginners it usu-
ally comes on day 3. (But for some people the pe-
riod of transition to endogenous nutrition dur-
ing a 5-day 24-hour-long dry fast can pass with-
out a pronounced acidotic crisis). An acidotic
crisis begins when the concentration of ketone
bodies (products of partial decay of triglycerides
or fats) in the organism increases, but a way to
dispose of them hasn’t been found. During this

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time people feel unwell, they experience typical
signs of intoxication. However, as soon as the
disposal of the ketone bodies begins, their con-
centration stops increasing, and since the ketone
bodies are high-energy components, they serve
as fuel for the synthesis of new amino acids,
which can lead to tissue regeneration. The pro-
cess of regeneration can be accompanied by se-
vere pain and you should be prepared for it. Ini-
tially, the acidotic crisis can happen on day 4, 3
or even 2 after you start your dry fast. With each
new fast it happens sooner. The faster it passes,
the more time is left for the renewal of the body.
At that time you can experience acetone-odor
breath, nausea, dizziness, shortness of breath,
weakness. The feeling of hunger subsides; thirst
is bearable. Blood pressure fluctuates depending

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on the characteristics of the organism. There’s
no need to be afraid of any phenomena, since,
due to the organism’s adaptation to a new living
environment, symptoms become somewhat
more acute.
The best thing during this period is to take re-
laxed, slow walks in nature. Abdominal and spi-
nal self-massage, cupping massage is mandatory.
You may experience weight loss of up to 2 kg.
Fasting is a process of increasing physiological
regeneration, renewal of all cells, their molecular
and chemical composition.
Interestingly, biochemical changes during fast-
ing and reparative regeneration are very similar.
Both cases entail two phases: destruction and re-
covery. In both cases, the destruction phase is
characterized by the prevalence of

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decomposition of protein and nucleic acids over
their synthesis, shift of pH to acidity, acidosis
and more. The recovery phase in both cases is
also characterized by the prevalence of synthesis
of nucleic acids over their decomposition, and a
return of pH to its neutral state.
From the teaching on regeneration we know
that the amplification of the destruction phase
leads to the amplification of the recovery phase.
Therefore, with sufficient foundation, we can
consider fasting a natural stimulatory factor of
physiological regeneration.
At the basis of fasting, there is a biological pro-
cess that leads to the renewal and rejuvenation
of the tissues of the whole body. In environmen-
tally unfriendly conditions, modern human’s
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inadequately. During fasting, the organism is
cleansed and the regeneration mechanisms
begin to work in a natural way. All that can be
regenerated has natural tendencies towards self-
cleansing and recovery. It rejects anything alien
by itself, as soon as the process of deliberate vol-
untary intoxication ends. All that is capable of
regeneration really likes cleanliness, periodicity
and dosage. During dry fasting, diseased, patho-
logical tissues are primarily destroyed, which
launches a truly universal mechanism of healing
bodily injuries using the internal cell reserve —
bone marrow stromal cells, one of the main
mechanisms of eliminating cranio-cerebral inju-
ries’ consequences.
After ending a fast, one can observe an ampli-
fication of regenerative processes in bone

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marrow blood circulation (an increase in mitot-
ically dividing cells, etc.). Indices of hemogenesis
regeneration in peripheral blood (skein cells, for
example), generally surpass initial numbers
threefold.
But the most important thing is that more
brain stromal cells than usual are produced.
These cells can turn into any other cells when
they reach the corresponding part of the body.
Stromal cells begin arriving in the damaged area,
when they receive an appropriate signal from the
central nervous system. When they reach the
damaged area, certain signal molecules instruct
them to transform into the missing cells of the
damaged tissue.

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 Day 4. Blood pressure may drop or rise; body
temperature may increase. This is a physiologi-
cally normal phenomenon during dry fasting.
Shivering or fever is possible, depending on the
nature of the patient and the symptoms of the
disease, as well as on the patient’s sex and age. As
we already know, during dry fasting toxins burn,
one can say, in their own furnace — in the ab-
sence of water every cell starts an internal ther-
monuclear reaction. So we obtain a sort of an ex-
treme express method for destroying everything
unnecessary, heavy, and pathological inside the
cell. Each cell becomes a mini-furnace, a mini-
reactor. It’s as if the body’s internal temperature
increased. This temperature may not be regis-
tered with a thermometer but it is experienced as
internal fever or shivering by people who are in

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the process of dry fasting. The most important
point in this condition is the fact that tempera-
ture itself is an important part of the body’s de-
fense mechanisms. From our own experience we
know that in the presence of high fever all toxins
and poisons are destroyed, even cancer cells fully
halt their vital functions. Such a process speeds
up recovery. Reacting with an increase in tem-
perature, the organism causes deceleration in
the growth of microorganisms. It becomes easier
for the immune system to track down and kill
anything alien and altered.
One can also observe a decrease in the cold
threshold, normalization of thermoregulation
processes, manifested in hot flashes and requir-
ing use of cold water, which stabilizes the pa-
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the question. As I’ve already written, if you can
tolerate dousing with cold-water well, you can
walk barefoot on snow or dew, douse yourself
with ice-cold water, walk nude in nature.
Abdominal and spinal self-massage, cupping
massage is mandatory.
The weight loss amounts to up to 1 kg. In the
presence of fever all metabolic processes in the
organism accelerate, that’s why exotoxins and
endotoxins that cause disease are destroyed
faster. Ovarian cysts resolve themselves, mas-
topathy and myomas disappear, even cancer
cells fully stop their vital functions. It’s also
known that when temperature increases, inter-
feron, which enables the body to fight viruses, is
secreted more actively. When temperature rises,
antibodies that protect the organism from

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diseases are produced more actively. Phagocytic
and bactericidal activity of cytotoxic neutrophils
is enhanced; efficiency of lymphocytes grows
stronger. One of the most important cells, the T-
cell, works best in the presence of fever. Cancer
researchers decreased tumor sizes by warming
them thoroughly. High temperature decreases
vital functions in pathogenic microorganisms.
In the early 20th century doctors used fever to
treat syphilis and some forms of chronic arthri-
tis: the patients were placed in a heated box. In
our daily lives we can always observe that pets,
as well as young children, refuse to eat when they
have a fever. The absence of appetite is very often
encountered during different infections, but it
still isn’t known for sure where this symptom
comes from and what it means.

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 Scientists from San Mateo Medical Center (San
Mateo, USA) assumed that lack of appetite is a
defense mechanism, which has been preserved
in evolution since prehistoric times. Fasting in-
creases the effect of the T-helper 2 immune cells
(Th2), that are especially important in fighting
bacteria and viruses. All these processes acceler-
ate recovery. Reacting with an increase in bodily
temperature, the organism causes deceleration
in the growth of microorganisms. It becomes
easier for the immune system to track down and
kill anything alien and modified. If neither food,
nor dead, heavy water enters the organism, then
our blood actually doesn’t receive numerous
harmful substances, and the blood is constantly
cleansed by our organism, that is, blood with
practically the same composition is going to be

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cleansed through the filtering elements over and
over again, which means the blood is going to be
just about perfectly clean. During dry fasting the
blood is cleansed from all the unnecessary mat-
ter, and blood plasma becomes crystal clear, eve-
rything is harmonized, including coagulation
factors.
In this respect, dry fasting cleanses the blood
more thoroughly than hemodialysis or hemo-
sorption — mechanical blood purification.
Therefore, all the blood-related processes in our
organism are carried out almost perfectly. It’s all
very simple — that’s why our immune system
will get a magnificent rest.

Day 5. All our chronic illnesses, even those we

were unaware of, start to flare up.

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 The organs that are the most affected with dis-
eases manifest through pain, and you have to be
prepared for that. You need to thank your or-
ganism for such a good healing job. If nausea ap-
pears, it helps to massage the abdomen and place
something cold on the liver area. If it’s difficult
for you to go for a walk, it’s better to lie down in
a calm cool place and listen to good classical mu-
sic. Due to the organism’s fight against ailments,
body temperature increases, and you may feel fe-
verish. Blood pressure may increase or decrease,
depending on the individual bodily characteris-
tics. You can take a cold shower, and spend more
time outside wearing lightweight clothes or even
no clothes at all, regardless of the weather. If
there’s snow, you can walk on it barefoot.

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 You can experience insomnia, increased thirst,
your blood pressure may fluctuate. Generally,
the weight loss during dry fasting varies from 1
to 2 kg, depending on the person’s initial weight
before the fast and on their physical activity. Of
course, every person is unique in their own way.
Dry fasting may pass in very different ways, but
I tried to describe the manifestations that I had
observed in the majority of patients.
Abdominal and spinal self-massage, cupping
massage is mandatory. From day 5 on, auto-di-
gestion processes start intensifying. Auto-diges-
tion is a property of biological subjects that al-
lows them to hydrolytically break down their
own structures with enzymes and phagocytes.
Fasting cases provide many examples of con-
trol that the organism exercises over the auto-

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digestion processes. For example, tissues disap-
pear proportionately to their usefulness — first,
fats and pathological growths, with other tissues
to follow. Every living being — from worm to
man — demonstrates that different organs and
tissues are very different in their weight loss ca-
pacity. Usually the liver loses twice as much
weight as the other body parts, especially during
the initial period, due to the loss of glycogen and
fat. The lungs lose almost nothing, the brain and
the nervous system — even less. Vital organs
feed at the expense of accumulated reserves and
less important tissues, so that abstinence from
food could only do harm after all the reserves of
the organism are depleted.
The body has an ability to move its chemical el-
ements, with many wonderful examples

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provided by fasting. Absorption and reorganiza-
tion of the bodily elements, which is observed in
living beings when they’re deprived of food; di-
gestion and redistribution of reserves, excesses
and secondary tissues, observed in all animals in
case of forced fasting, are, in the author’s opin-
ion, some of the most marvelous phenomena in
biology. The organism is capable not only of cre-
ating tissue, but also of destroying it. Not only
can it distribute its nutrient reserves, it can also
redistribute them, and it’s auto-digestion that
makes redistribution possible. The auto-diges-
tion process can be turned to great practical ad-
vantage and made to serve us in our pursuit of
getting rid of tumors and other growths in the
body. In order to minimize the expenditures, the
least valuable substances are always the first to

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be seized and removed, that’s why all pathologi-
cal growths — ovarian cysts, fatty tumors, be-
nign tumors, prostate adenoma, abscesses —
rapidly decrease in size and often disappear
completely as a result of strict and long absti-
nence from food and fasting. Many of those who
practiced fasting got rid of their tumors with the
help of auto-digestion (see Herbert Shelton’s
books).

Day 6. Thirst increases substantially, you may

want to rinse your mouth, moisten it, and make
the process somewhat easier for yourself. Sleep
time can decrease to 2 hours. Reactions slow
down.
The desire to stop fasting arises. Now it’s really
important to understand how much your

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willpower means in the ambition to achieve the
set goal. The crucial thing here is your determi-
nation to continue fasting. It’s important to un-
derstand that you will obtain priceless experi-
ence, and feel your self-respect growing with
every day. You have to feel happy about yourself.
Even if you don’t make it all the way to the end,
this experience will enrich you. Your spirit
grows stronger, your lust for life increases. On
day 6, your sense of smell becomes more acute.
The smells you haven’t paid attention to before
become vivid and accessible. You may experi-
ence pains in the sacrum and the small of the
back. Also, your eyesight may deteriorate. Dif-
ferent salts are excreted abundantly with the
urine, and it becomes darker in color. Don’t be
afraid of that, it indicates a real ongoing healing

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process, and, as I always tell my patients, any
natural treatment goes through an exacerbation.
The most difficult thing on this day of fasting
isn’t the inability to drink or eat, but the lack of
sleep. For a successful result, you need to de-
velop and conduct relaxation procedures, which
lead to sleep. You need to conduct cupping mas-
sage, abdominal and spinal self-massage in the
evening. Weight loss amounts to 1-2 kg.
Dry fasting intensifies apoptosis processes.
Apoptosis is programmed cell death, an energy-
dependent, genetically controlled process, which
is launched by specific signals and rids the or-
ganism of weakened, useless or damaged cells.
About 5% of cells in the organism undergo
apoptosis, and are replaced by new cells daily.
During the apoptosis process, a cell vanishes

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without a trace in 15-120 minutes. In particular,
apoptosis is one the main mechanisms of pre-
venting benign tumors, cystic growths and on-
cological diseases.
In case of its pathological increase, aplasia, de-
generative processes, and certain tissue defects
and deformities occur, while a decrease launches
autoimmune processes, tumors and premature
ageing of the organism. There are, for example,
fairly convincing reasons to believe that such se-
rious diseases as aplastic anemia, rheumatoid ar-
thritis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer
disease, AIDS, etc., are linked to pathologically
increased apoptosis. A universal process takes
place during fasting - on the one hand, physio-
logical apoptosis intensifies: the organism is re-
newed and rejuvenated at the expense of the

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death of old, sick, changed cells. On the other
hand, the pathological mechanisms of apoptosis,
such as premature ageing, oncological diseases,
etc., are eliminated.
The apoptosis phenomenon was discovered
relatively recently, in 1972. This became the
most interesting discovery of the last 50 years in
the spheres of biology and medicine. In modern
terms, apoptosis is a general biological mecha-
nism responsible for the consistency in the num-
bers of cell populations, and the morphogenesis
and culling of defective cells. Regular food intake
and negative ecological situation stand in the
way of this physiological mechanism. According
to our observations, food apoptosis is activated
after 20 hours of dry fasting (if the proper fasting
technique is observed).

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 Day 7. This day may be one of the most healing
among all the preceding ones.
Powerful cleansing and renewal of a person’s
energy occurs in this period. You may have un-
usual or strange dreams on this day: snakes or
worms coming out of your body, etc. That’s how
we get rid of hex, evil eye and pathological en-
ergy. Dry fasting, first and foremost, is intense
spiritual work, intended to cleanse the soul and
body from entities parasitizing on them; this
work also serves to strengthen willpower and re-
inforce positive thinking.
Dry fasting uses all the organs of the body to
evenly burn anything unfit for its evolution, not
only its mechanical aspect, but spiritual as well.
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that form the basis of many abilities are cleansed.
As far as the physical aspect is concerned, this is
the period of alleviation, emotional uplift, stabi-
lization of bodily functions. Blood pressure sta-
bilizes. Urine acquires a dark brown color; the
cleansing process is underway. In the morning,
conduct cupping massage, abdominal and spinal
self-massage. The average weight loss is 1 kg.
Why do cleansing and energy renewal occur?
During this period, a unique mechanism is acti-
vated - replacement of the old, ‘dead water’ with
the super-quality ‘live water.’ Not only can water
benefit a person, it can also harm them. As is well
known, water is one of the best carriers of energy
information. This is achieved due to the unique
molecular composition of water and variability
of its cluster structure.

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 Thus, in 1932 a sensation spread all over the
world. It turned out that besides ordinary water,
there’s also heavy water in nature. In the mole-
cules of such water, hydrogen is replaced with its
isotope — deuterium. Only extremely small
amounts of it exist in nature. But here’s what was
found just recently: heavy water can be present
in the human body as well. Water with an in-
creased concentration of deuterium is also
known as dead water. It is poorly excreted from
the organism and poisons it slowly. According to
some scientists, this is due to the information
poisoning of the water. It is established that if a
thought is heavy, negative, low-frequency, artic-
ulated with great energy, it can eventually redi-
rect hydrogen atoms, making them double up, as

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it were, making them heavier. This is how ordi-
nary water becomes dead.
It was also proven by scientists that long before
any symptoms of disease appear, local areas of
heavy water — water with incorrect structure,
pathological areas – form in the human organ-
ism. These resemble swamps in the body, where
parasites start actively multiplying. All this leads
to a decrease in local immunity and internal or-
gan damage. We need to be careful when dealing
with water, since our bodies don’t contain ordi-
nary water. The water inside us is structured.
In our everyday lives, we mainly drink chlorin-
ated, over-boiled water; all modern drinks con-
tain nothing useful for the body. This water,
when it enters the organism, isn’t just directly
excreted through the pores, it goes through a

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series of serious transformations, requiring great
energy expenditures from the organism. That’s
why excessive consumption of such liquids cre-
ates a large burden on the organism and leads to
a multitude of illnesses. The large amount of
dead, heavy water in the organism of a modern
human is a fault. This water doesn’t participate
in the exchange, accumulates and isn’t excreted
by the body. It is heavy ballast, nonviable and in-
active, steadily accumulating in our body. D₃O is
radioactive water. It pushes us towards aging
and death. Many people note that dry fasting is
easier to endure compared to water fasting, be-
cause of the lack of the feeling of hunger during
it. This, in fact, isn’t surprising. The thing is, wa-
ter outside the organism and assimilated water
are two entirely different things. The organism

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processes incoming water molecules, cleans
them of unnecessary information, structures
them and turns them into its own molecules,
possessing the qualities of the given organism.
To do this, just like to assimilate food, the body
has to spend a certain amount of energy and
time. That’s why dry fasting is most certainly of
more value, because it allows the whole organ-
ism to rest, particularly the digestive tract, which
is the reason why, taking into account all the dry
fasting mechanisms, peptic ulcers can be com-
pletely cured. Another effect is conditioned by
the fact that the organism can’t exist without wa-
ter, which is why it immediately starts using its
reserves – first of all, the excess fat (the organism
synthesizes water using oxygen from the air and
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effective in treatment of obesity. During water
fasting, exogenous water, that is, water from the
outside, enters the organism. And it’s that water
that is the main cleansing factor. In accordance
with the law of biological expediency, in this case
the cell spends a minimum amount of its own
energy, since everything is going smoothly: all
the toxins and poisons dissolve and, figuratively
speaking, the toxins are washed out of the cell
and out of the intercellular space.
But during dry fasting the toxins are burned up,
one might say, in their own furnaces — every cell
starts “a thermonuclear reaction” in the absence
of water. Every cell becomes a mini-furnace, a
mini-reactor for a period of time. But water is
essential, and the cells lose these allowances, es-
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myomas, mastopathies and ovarian cysts can be
treated so effectively). Under these circum-
stances, the strongest and healthiest cells sur-
vive, and in order to survive, they have to acti-
vate the production of their own super-quality
endogenous water. And this endogenous water
has to be several times better than exogenous
water, once again, in accordance with the law of
biological expediency. After all, the cell spends a
lot of energy – thus, the product that we get in
the end has to be of a quality that corresponds to
the efforts spent. After all, this isn’t the human
mind, which can make mistakes. This is nature
itself, which has anticipated any scenario and
does everything for life to continue.
Exogenous and endogenous water can be com-
pared to a dirty river where a local chemical

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plant empties its waste during high water, and a
mountain river, originating from the depths of
the earth and fed with melt water infused with
healing energy.
During dry fasting, the old, ‘dead’ water is re-
placed with the super-quality ‘live’ water, syn-
thesized by the organism itself, while all the neg-
ative information, brought into our organism
from the outside, is erased.
After a relatively short fast without water, we
make the organism process the water it contains
inside. By doing so, we are renewed in terms of
information, and that’s why upon the comple-
tion of the fast we become pristine information-
wise and are, in fact, an information matrix with
nothing negative recorded in it by the environ-
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important advantages of this type of fasting and
it could be considered one of the main healing
mechanisms of dry fasting. There are no such
mechanisms in any type of fasting that exists in
nature. This mechanism is one of the principal
ones, and plays a large role in the renewal of the
energy balance in the human body.

Day 8. You may experience a bad taste in your

mouth and bad breath during this period, so it’s
preferable to breathe through your nose. Your
heart rate may increase or decrease. You may
also experience a rise in body temperature, nau-
sea, which indicates liver detoxification, weak-
ness, dizziness, and loose stool. Don’t be afraid
of these symptoms, since they indicate an ongo-
ing detoxification process. Other symptoms

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include pain in the breasts and around the uterus
for females, and in the prostate gland in male pa-
tients. They indicate the healing of benign tu-
mors. If you feel weak during this period, it’s bet-
ter to lie down in a cool place. If affusion helps
you, it is acceptable. If you feel strong enough,
take a walk outside, preferably in nature. If pos-
sible, do self-massage and cupping massage of
the abdomen. Weight loss may constitute up to
2 kg.
The anti-tumor mechanism is maximally po-
tent during this period. This mechanism is the
most important decisive factor in treating be-
nign tumors and cystic tumors. A healthy body
constantly fights mutating cells - the body
doesn’t allow newly formed atypical cells to fuse
and form a dense tumor. This fight is conducted

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by antitumor immune control, specifically, three
types of cells: macrophages, natural killers (NK-
cells) and cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs).
Macrophages eat and digest malignant cells; af-
ter detecting them, CTLs produce polymer-pro-
teins, perforins, which perforate the outer mem-
brane of a malignant cell, thus equalizing the os-
motic pressure inside and outside the cell and
killing it, if it’s still alive, additional proteins are
produced, and these are granzymes that destroy
its nucleus. A natural killer is special; it’s one of
the most powerful antitumor cells. It recognizes
any atypical cells that aren’t recognized by mac-
rophages and CTLs.
In patients with benign tumors (fibroids, mas-
topathy, and prostate adenoma), all three types
of cells are in their suppressed state: most of

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them are young and immature elements incapa-
ble of vigorous actions. Moreover, their matura-
tion rate is extremely low. The lifespan of these
cells is short. Most importantly, their antitumor
activity is low. Perhaps, a combination of these
factors leads to the destruction of the body’s an-
titumor shield. What is the mechanism of the
antitumor fasting action? Fasting brings on
powerful body detoxification, and it contributes
to the accelerated maturation of natural killers.
As a result, there are a large number of their ma-
ture and combat-ready forms. The lifespan of
macrophages, CTLs, and NK cells is also multi-
plied several-fold.
The most important is the activation of macro-
phages, CTLs and NK cells, after which they not
only become capable of destroying atypical

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malignant cells, but also manifest great cytotoxic
activity towards any altered cells. There is an in-
crease in the necrosis of tumors and interleu-
kins. Since phagocytes are left without nutrition,
they start carrying out their direct duties: they
capture and digest bacteria, viruses, cell debris,
and old and dying cells (thus contributing to
bodily renewal and even rejuvenation). All the
altered and even cancerous cells that are nor-
mally present in the body are digested.
We all know that pathologically changed body
cells, including cancer cells, start dying at high
temperatures. During dry fasting, the body tem-
perature rises. That’s why all metabolic pro-
cesses in the body are accelerated. Therefore,
even cancer cells are destroyed faster, as they
completely suspend their vital functions.

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 Recently, I’ve learned another anti-tumor
mechanisms. A professional gynecologist
came to us for treatment along with her
friend. Her friend was diagnosed with very
large uterine fibroids. After dry fractional
fasting, her friend got an ultrasound scan
when they returned home. The tumor has
significantly decreased. As the doctor told
me, the most important thing during the ex-
amination was that the blood supply to the
tumor was interrupted, which also lead to
its reduction. A tumor can’t exceed the size
of a pinhead unless it obtains an independ-
ent blood supply source. Angiogenesis pro-
vides it with the oxygen and nutrients nec-
essary for its growth and spreading.

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 During dry fasting, the blood thickens, espe-
cially in pathologically changed tissues, the
growth of blood vessels in the tumor is sup-
pressed, and the blood supply and its nutrition
deteriorate. Consequently, tumor growth is in-
hibited. When the blood supply is disturbed, es-
pecially in large nodes, they degenerate; the af-
fected area has a soft gelatinous texture. Their
further degeneration can lead to the complete
disappearance of pathologically changed nodes.
According to a number of researchers, the ma-
lignant cells fed by surrounding tissues often die
under conditions of limiting nutrients in the
body on purpose (fasting). It’s well known that
malignant cells require significant amounts of
nutrients due to their rapid growth, and they ex-
ceed the needs of normal cells several times.

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Obesity and unhealthy diets seem to increase the
risk of cancer.
It has been established that it’s impossible to in-
duce the development of malignant tumors with
the help of carcinogens in hibernating animals
during the hibernation period, though this goal
is easily accomplished in their waking state. Be-
sides, tumor degradation is noted in hibernating
animals during their hibernation period if the
tumor was present in their waking state.
In 1938, American pathologists Fay and
Smith29 offered a method of treating malignant
tumors in humans with the help of artificial

29
Smith L.W., Fay T., Temperature factors in cancer and embryo-
nal cell growths, JAMA, 1939.

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hibernation caused by cold for the first time in
world practice.
Clinical trials were conducted on 38 patients
suffering from common malignant tumors with
metastases, including brain metastases, and
many patients were able to relieve the pain only
with large doses of morphine.
After being given sleeping pills, the naked pa-
tients were covered from all sides with rubber
pads filled with ice, and their body temperature
has been maintained in the range of 32.2-29.4°C
for 5 days. The temperature dropped to 27.7°C
in one case, but without any consequences. Dur-
ing the hibernation period, patients didn’t uri-
nate or defecate, their respiratory and cardiac ac-
tivities practically stopped, and they were un-
conscious. Subsequently, the patients were

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awakened, warmed up, and given strong hot cof-
fee. 2-4 days later, hibernation was induced
again. In total, each patient had hibernated for
about 40 days. Patients didn’t remember any-
thing about their hibernation. After awakening,
they didn’t experience any unpleasant sensa-
tions. On the contrary, the pain caused by their
tumors diminished or completely disappeared,
and their overall condition improved. Patients
experienced weight gain and increased appetite.
In the cases where the brain was affected by me-
tastases, there was an improvement in mental
activity. A significant decrease in the size of the
tumors (sometimes up to 50%) and a delay in re-
lapse were also observed. The rate of tumor
growth during relapses was significantly re-
duced.

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 Whenever possible, the authors of this method
took biopsies of tumors prior to patients’ expo-
sure to hibernation, during their hibernation,
and following it. The comparison of the results
of two biopsies demonstrated clear changes in
the treatment process. For instance, blood ves-
sels in the tumors narrowed down and disap-
peared. After being affected by the cold for 48
hours, tumor cells stained poorly, they swelled,
and the protoplasm was granulated. Destructive
changes were also observed in the chromaffin
apparatus. However, as the authors of this
method determined, all of these changes in tu-
mors were not permanent, with the exception of
two cases where tumors and metastases disap-
peared completely in two women with breast
cancer.

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 Fay and Smith attributed the observed changes
in malignant tumors to their direct exposure to
cold, but the current data on hypobiosis may
change this point of view. Cold is only one way
of introducing a person into the state of hypo-
biosis, but it may be different, and changes in tu-
mor tissues were caused by hypobiosis or the
deep body disintegration to the cell level, which
occurs during hypobiosis.

Day 9. Based on my practice, I consider this day

to be one of the most important for treatment.
If you reach this stage, try to put all of your ef-
forts, patience, and will into going through it.
During this period, your body temperature may
rise and you may experience headaches. Patients
often want to douse themselves with cold water.

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As I mentioned, if you enjoy it, it’s allowed. The
most interesting thing is that the whole body
burns, but legs and arms are cold, even in the
summer. Your heart rate can increase signifi-
cantly, which is a reaction to a fever. This day
can be considered a real crisis aimed at treating
and rejuvenating the body. If you feel very weak,
it’s best to lie down in a cool place, preferably
near the river. Silence is very important on this
day. Time will pass very slowly, so it’s advisable
to engage in some sort of activity. The most im-
portant thing is to understand that there are only
a few hours left, but they mean a lot to the treat-
ment of your body. You can engage in massage
if you want, but if you don’t feel the desire to do
it, it’s best not to. Weight loss approximates 1-
1.5 kg.

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 This stage of fasting has a very powerful anti-
aging effect. Why is the body rejuvenated?
Dry fasting leads to more powerful body reju-
venation than other types of fasting because sick,
altered, and weak cells can’t withstand extreme
and harsh conditions. They die and disintegrate.
Which ones are preserved? They are cells with a
proper structure, and efficient and wise genetics.
They are the ones that didn’t panic, survived and
remained active.
Thus, fasting helps to get rid of useless, weak,
sick, and harmful cells, and they’re eliminated
from the body. These cells are parasites. They
don’t perform their functions, work, and duties.
It’s best for you to get rid of them in time, rather
than let them die naturally, since they can only
recreate the same lifeless and inefficient

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progeny. Cells divide by multiplying. Their
progeny can’t surpass them in quality. Only
strong cells survive fasting. They divide and
quality is improved. Their substitutes will have
the properties of parent cells. When cells exist in
comfortable conditions, they get used to a con-
stant level and volume of incoming nutrition
and liquid. They lose the ability to effectively up-
grade and recover. Cells seem to be too lazy to
launch the tissue self-renewal mechanisms. As
soon as the supply of nutrition and liquid to the
gastrointestinal tract stops, fundamentally new
conditions of existence are created in the body.
During dry fasting, old biomolecules are “de-
stroyed,” unstable cells die and disintegrate
(compensating the deficit of energy and nutri-
ents). At the same time, new cells, capable of

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surviving in altered conditions, are synthesized.
This mechanism explains the fact that the stom-
ach can even digest nails after dry fasting.
Nowadays, it’s no secret to anyone that thera-
peutic fasting results not only in a general invig-
orating effect, but also in positive sexual changes
in both men and women. In male patients, sex-
ual attraction to the opposite sex increases; erec-
tion and the quality of seminal fluid improve. It’s
no wonder men in many cultures underwent a
fasting treatment course before conception to
get strong and healthy offspring. In female pa-
tients, libido increases along with the sensitivity
of erogenous zones. It’s possible to eradicate
menstrual irregularities and menopausal symp-
toms and improve the ability to conceive and
bear children.

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 These changes are primarily associated with the
therapeutic effects of fasting on all organs and
systems. After all, our sexual health is directly
dependent on the overall condition of the body,
and any problems in this sphere are associated
primarily with its malfunctioning. During fast-
ing, all organs and systems are detoxified, cell
nutrition improves throughout the body, and
the quality of biosynthesis is enhanced. Endo-
crine glands begin to function better, and hor-
monal balance improves. Fasting leads to rejuve-
nation.
Besides, the experiments of S.A. Arekalyan
showed an improvement in the reproductive
functions of animals during apportioned fasting.
The same changes occur in humans. Fasting
brings your body state closer to that of a young

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person, and the distinctive feature of youth is the
increased attraction to the opposite sex. Long-
term fasting has the greatest impact on the sex-
ual system, which leads to deeper detoxification
and renewal of the body, though short-term fast-
ing also has this positive effect (fasting until a
crisis, mid-length fasting).
Inadequate intake of nutrients by the body and
their subsequently limited delivery to cells pro-
long their life by activating intracellular autoph-
agy - splitting and processing damaged mito-
chondria and other cellular structures, which
can later be used as new cellular material for vital
functions. In turn, young cells have the ability to
quickly process damaged structures remaining
from the old cells and use them to build new or-
ganelles or replenish energy.

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 Unfortunately, as cells age, they lose this ability,
which leads to the accumulation of damaged or-
ganelles and aging of the entire body. The exper-
iments on animals carried out by scientists prove
that fasting increases the ability of heart muscle
cells to self-detox in old animals up to 120%, and
it barely affects the state of cells in young ani-
mals.
The resistance of microorganisms and plants to
the effects of harsh external factors (high and
low temperatures, droughts, etc.), which make
them fall into a state of rest or anabiosis, should
be considered a protective mechanism devel-
oped during a long evolutionary process. Ironi-
cally, the most effective methods from the vari-
ety of tested and identified means of prolonging
life turned out to be the simplest ones: a body

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temperature drop in cold-blooded organisms,
fasting and low-calorie diets in warm-blooded
animals.
These simple methods can lead to a two-or
three-fold increase in life expectancy. All the
data suggest that with aging or diseases, the most
important body systems, including regulatory
ones, have to be kept clean to allow them to func-
tion normally. The increase in human life expec-
tancy brought on by periodic dry fasting or low-
calorie diets is similar to a prolongation of life in
animals achieved by hibernation when the body
nourishes itself with its own reserves at low body
temperature. It’s established that the higher the
total duration of hibernation in animals (during
their whole life), the longer their life expectancy

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– both the whole life and the part that they spend
in their waking state.
After mastering the method of placing people
in anabiosis (hibernation) artificially, it’s possi-
ble to obtain powerful means to fight the most
severe pathological conditions and diseases,
many of which are difficult or simply impossible
to cure now.
I believe that any type of fasting is one of the
most affordable methods of preventing diseases
and maintaining your health. It’s important to
understand that you can’t stay completely
healthy only by fasting, but it can significantly
reduce the likelihood of diseases. Therefore, the
best option is preventative fasting along with
proper nutrition and regular exercises.

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 17. Dry fractional fasting. Who do we
recommend it to?
In my practice, there were patients who under-
went 11-day, 12-day, and even 13-day dry fast-
ing treatments. Of course, this is a “between life
and death” option, since it’s recommended to
patients with serious pathologies after undergo-
ing powerful medical therapy. Besides, their vital
energy was lowered. Therefore, taking into ac-
count our experience and mistakes, we devel-
oped a milder and more physiologically suitable
method, namely, dry fractional fasting, which
has the same effectiveness as long-term dry fast-
ing.
The essence of this method is that it stipulates
for several (usually two or three) consecutive dry

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fasting courses (fractions). The first one lasts 5-
7 days, the second one lasts 7-9 days, and the
third one lasts 9 days. Restorative nutrition is
carried out according to a special method be-
tween these courses.
The first part of fasting is detoxing, and it lasts
as long as the patient can withstand; one may
swim in waterfalls and mountain rivers during
this period for better body detox. The first aci-
dotic crisis occurs during the first fasting course.
It’s characterized by effective body detox, and
patients realize what it is. Following the crisis,
they come out of fasting through a special course
of Altai herbal medicine that provide the body
with a lot of energy.
The second dry fasting course is curative. It
should last as long as possible to go through the

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most curative acidotic crisis (the second one).
The second fasting course is much easier than
the first one, both physically and psychologi-
cally.
Sometimes, a third (final) dry fasting course is
required for patients with very serious diseases.
The most important thing is that every fasting
course entails an increasingly faster transition to
endogenous nutrition and high-quality biosyn-
thesis. The fractional method is good because it
doesn’t allow obese people to gain weight.
Weight is lost progressively. As a result, obese
people not only lose their weight, but it also
drops 2-3 kg below the norm. It activates their
bodies in a very powerful manner, and they
don’t gain weight subsequently, rather, it stays at
the same level. Besides, excessive fat cells die,

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which means that their number is reduced.
Therefore, fat cells gain their content during re-
storative nutrition, but their number is lower,
and patients don’t feel weak. Fat cells only begin
to be destroyed following an acidotic crisis. After
a full fractional fasting course, the number of fat
cells in the body is normalized. There are as
many of them, as at a young age, and patients
look slim and youthful. The destruction of fat
cells is possible only during fasting. All kinds of
diets only deplete fat cells. As soon as people
start eating normally, they quickly recover, and
patients gain weight again.
Fractional fasting is very effective in treating
obesity. This pendulum-like fasting cycle makes
it possible to improve the reserve defenses of the
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with each fasting course. How does the effect in-
crease during fractional fasting? An additional
benefit of this method is that we gave the cell a
chance to detox, restored the functionality,
memory capacity, and cell energy potential after
the first detox stage, and then the second fasting
course provides it with the opportunity to com-
plete the started process - to find and fix what-
ever was missed. It’s just like switching on the
super-compensation mechanism in detoxifica-
tion through fasting. Everything that was over-
looked to an extent is fully detoxed. It turns out
that the body approaches new positive stresses
with increased readiness each time. In this
method, one fasting course is followed by an-
other, and the therapeutic effect is increased.

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 This is the main difference from dry fasting ac-
cording to L.A. Shchennikov: he conducts dry
fasting for a maximum duration of 9, 10, 11 days
at once.
Cascade fasting by V.P. Lavrova. Patients un-
dergo dry fasting courses, with equal periods of
fasting and non-fasting, in cascades (one/one,
two/two, five/five). This fasting method is very
effective, but it must be conducted for a very
long time to reach the second therapeutic aci-
dotic crisis. In our method, the duration of dry
fasting increases with every cycle, so the second
acidotic crisis occurs in a shorter period of time.
I really like this method as it has powerful heal-
ing potential, and the effects of rejuvenation and
weight loss are quite evident. Most importantly,
patients undergo it with much greater ease, and

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there are almost no complications. Ideally, you
can try this method after preparing for fasting
(healthy nutrition, bowel and liver detox, water
fasting, 5-day dry fasting course). Undergo a 7-
day dry fasting course followed by 2-3 weeks of
coming out of fasting, and then a 9-day dry fast-
ing course. If problems remain, you will need 1
month to withdraw from it before another 9-day
dry fasting course.

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 18. How to come out of a 9-day dry
fasting course?
You need to prepare Bolotov's whey (see above)
and meltwater to properly come out of a 9-day
dry fasting course.
How to prepare meltwater
• Water preserves its acquired structure for sev-
eral hours, although it loses it when heated.
However, water that has just melted has the
greatest biological power (when there are still
pieces of ice in it).
• The easiest method makes it possible to com-
pletely remove deuterium. When water starts
freezing, remove the newly formed crust of
ice. It’s deuterium that freezes first. When the

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 main part of water freezes, rinse the frozen
piece with cold tap water. It should become
transparent, as the water will remove harmful
impurities from the ice. Next, melt the ice and
drink the meltwater you prepared.
• The second method. Heat a small amount of
liquid to 94-96C. Water shouldn’t boil, but
only start bubbling. At this point, remove the
pan and cool it down rapidly, then freeze and
melt the water. The meltwater prepared this
way goes through all the phases of its circula-
tion in nature: evaporating, cooling, freezing,
and melting. This kind of water is especially
useful as it has tremendous internal energy
potential.
• The third method. Water is cooled in the re-
frigerator until the first ice appears (if it’s tap

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 water, let is stand for a few hours to get rid of
dissolved gases). Throw this ice away, as it
contains the impurities that prefer the solid
state. The remaining water is further frozen
until most of it turns into ice (but not all of it).
This ice is taken out and used for its intended
purpose. The remaining liquid is poured out
as it contains the impurities that prefer the liq-
uid state. You will lose about 5% at the begin-
ning and 10% in the end.
• Dew water. If you put sprouted wheat in melt-
water for a day (3 tablespoons per liter), you
will get dew water. Its composition is very
close to that of natural dew. This water is con-
sidered the most beneficial for the body. It
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 better to use it when coming out of dry fast-
ing.
Follow these important rules when coming
out of fasting:
• Come out of a fast for as many days as you
fast. One day of dry fasting is equivalent to
three days of water fasting. Thus, if your dry
fasting course lasts for 9 days, you need to
come out of it for 30 days or a whole month!
• First and foremost, drink water. It’s best to use
dew, spring, or meltwater. The way you drink
matters: you must add three capsules of
"LINEX" or, better yet, Bolotov's whey (se-
rum) to the first glass of water. Drink it over
the course of fifteen minutes. Most im-
portantly, do it slowly, sip by sip, so that you

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 make your last sip in the fourteenth minute.
Don’t drink a glass of water in ten minutes or
less, as it’s very risky. The water consumption
systems may not cope with it, so you may faint
or face other harsh consequences. Drink eight
glasses of water this way within six-eight
hours, and then you can brush your teeth. In
very rare cases, the first sip of water can cause
nausea. In this case, hold every sip of water in
the mouth, mixing it with saliva, and then
swallow it 20-30 seconds later.
• You can combine drinking water with taking
a shower. After a shower, douse yourself with
cold water, and then take a warm (not hot)
bath with herbal infusions (no longer than 8
minutes). At the same time, you should keep
drinking water for 12 hours.

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• Ideally, it’s best to start coming out of a dry
fast with Bolotov's whey (serum). Put 1 table-
spoon of it in a glass of water, and it will per-
fectly restore your intestinal microflora.
• If you don’t feel the taste of food while chew-
ing or if it tastes like cotton, it means that your
stomach isn’t ready to digest it. You don’t
need this food, so wait for a few days before
trying it again.
• If you feel discomfort during or after eating –
stomach pain, dry mouth, or reluctance to
keep eating it – stop eating this food. It means
that it’s harmful, and don’t feel sorry for the
money spent on this food because your health
is more important.
• You can gradually consume bees’ waste prod-
ucts, honey and pollen from the 2nd day on.

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 Food should be varied and full of vitamins,
micro and macro elements. During the first
five days of coming out of a dry fast, you
should eat only fresh, clean, and high-quality
food products. Don’t eat sugar and sugar-con-
taining canned products. It’s better to drink
juices and eat fruit throughout this period, so
that the body keeps detoxing.
• You can start adding salt to your food on the
4th day of coming out of fasting, and it’s best
to use rock or sea salt. Do it very gradually, use
the tip of a knife.
• When coming out of a fast, it’s important to
drink Java tea for a month to help your kid-
neys function, due to the heavy burden on
them. In the summer or autumn, you can eat

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 watermelons, which is the perfect way to
break a fast.
• Be prepared for mild numbness in your toes
and fingers while coming out of a fast. This
symptom will pass with time. Your vision may
also be altered, but these changes will also
pass. If you have dry skin, it can become drier
and may peel off while fasting. The skin on
your face and nose may crack. Apply different
fruit masks for significant skin improvement.
• When coming out of a fast, please use cupping
and honey massage for faster body detox and
improved lymphatic drainage.
• When coming out of a fast, you need to stay
away from drafts and cold weather, especially
during the first days. This is when the im-
mune system is reset to neutralize food and

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 water, so the body is weakened. When the
body is reset, the immunity will be even
stronger than it was prior to the fast.

Coming out of fast. Methodology

The 1st day:
• 8 am - Drink high-quality hot meltwater, add
1 tablespoon of Bolotov's whey or lactic acid bac-
teria preparations to the first glass of water.
Drink it over the course of fifteen minutes. Do it
slowly, sip by sip, so that you make your last sip
in the fourteenth minute. Don’t drink a glass of
water in ten minutes or less, as it’s very risky.
Drink eight glasses of water this way within six-
eight hours, and then you can brush your teeth.

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 • 2 pm – Drink dried apricot, prune, and raisin
compote - 1000
• 7 pm – Drink vegetable broth (cabbage, car-
rots, beets, onions, potatoes, dill, parsley) - 200
• 10 pm – Drink herbal Java tea or compote -
200

The 2nd day:

• 8 am – Drink herbal Java tea with honey or
compote - 200
• 11 am – Eat buckwheat soup – 250; starting
on the second day, eat one raw quail egg 3 times
a day on an empty stomach during the whole pe-
riod of coming out of a fast (don’t be afraid be-
cause quails don’t carry salmonellosis). This is
required because quail eggs contain the entire
periodic table elements, including natural stem

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cells, which are so essential and important for
the body after dry fasting. Women can apply fa-
cial masks: mix quail eggs with cedar oil, apply
this mixture for 20 minutes overnight. Eat pollen
and royal jelly during the entire period of com-
ing out of a fast (put 1 teaspoon under the
tongue on an empty stomach in the morning).
• 2 pm – Eat vegetable soup (cabbage, carrots,
beets, onions, potatoes, dill, parsley) – 200
• 7 pm – Eat rice soup - 200
• 10 pm – Drink compote and herbal Java tea
with honey - 200

The 3rd day:

• 8 am – Eat a fresh cabbage salad - 200, drink
fermented milk 200

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 • 2 pm – Eat fish soup (from greenling, salmon,
humpback salmon), drink tea, compote, kefir,
eat honey
• 6 pm – Eat boiled beets, cereals, drink tea,
compote, or kefir
• 10 pm – Drink herbal tea with honey

The 4th day:

• 8 am – Drink fresh juice, eat salads or cereals
• 12 am – Eat buckwheat porridge 200, a vege-
table salad
• 3 pm – Eat a fresh cabbage salad - 100, fish
soup, drink fermented milk 100
• 6 pm – Eat vegetable soup - 200, drink fresh
juice

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 • 9 pm – Drink fermented milk 200, eat any ce-
real

The 5th day:

• 8 am – Eat oatmeal with dried apricots - 150,
drink green tea - 100
• 1 pm – Eat steamed vegetables (carrots, beets,
cabbage) - 150, drink fresh juice - 200
• 5 pm – Eat soup (carrots, beets, cabbage, dark
bread crackers or bran sticks), 1 apple, drink
herbal tea with honey
• 9 pm – Drink fermented milk 200, eat fresh
fruits

The 6th day:

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 • 8 am – Eat raw grated vegetables or fruits 250
• 1 pm – Eat a vegetable salad and a vegetable
soup with a piece of bread or porridge with a tea-
spoon of oil. Drink fresh juice - 250
• 5 pm – Eat soup (carrots, beets, cabbage, dark
bread crackers or bran sticks), 1 apple, drink
herbal tea with honey
• 9 pm – Drink fermented milk- 200, eat fresh
fruits

The 7th day:

• 8 am – Eat raw grated vegetables or fruits -
250
• 1 pm – Eat 200g of lean fish cooked in any
way, except for frying. Combine it with a green
salad. Drink fresh Juice - 200

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 • 5 pm – Eat borscht - 250, 1 apple, drink herbal
tea with honey 200
• 9 pm - Drink fermented milk - 200, eat fresh
fruit

The 8th day:

• 8 am – Eat fruit, drink herbal tea with honey
- 200
• 1 pm – Eat fish baked in foil, a vegetable salad
- 200, drink dry red wine half diluted with boil-
ing water - 200
• 5 pm – Eat borscht - 250, 1 apple, drink herbal
tea with honey - 200
• 9 pm – Drink fermented milk - 200, eat fresh
fruits

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 The 9th day:
• 8 am – Eat raw grated vegetables or fruits -
250
• 1 pm – Eat fish soup, a vegetable salad - 200,
drink dry red wine half diluted with boiling wa-
ter - 200
• 5 pm – Eat borscht 250, 1 apple, drink herbal
tea with honey - 200
• 9 pm – Drink fermented milk - 200, eat fresh
fruit

A nutritional program for coming out of a

fast
After fasting, you can normalize digestion eas-
ily and quickly.

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• Make it a rule not to eat after 7 pm. If you fol-
low it, you will sleep well at night and feel
fresh in the morning. Your body will self-de-
tox and your fat content will be balanced.
• Eat breakfast anytime between 8-10 am (ear-
lier if possible). Eat fresh vegetable salads; in-
clude carrots, cabbage, and greens (braised
vegetables in the winter). Bread from
sprouted grains with honey or seaweed or
porridge with a drop of oil will be your main
course. Together with cabbage, carrots, and
greens, they will stimulate your digestive
tract functioning and healthy microflora; re-
store endocrine system functioning through
feedback. Eat a salad first. It will activate a
number of processes that underlie the normal
functioning of the body. For example, it

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 stimulates the secretion of digestive juices,
because raw vegetables are rich in natural
stimulants. After a few years of this type of
nutrition, you will feel that your body prefers
this food. As a result, fresh vegetables and
fruits can constitute 60% of your daily diet.
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and juices are rich in
energy and vitality.
• People who are prone to obesity should avoid
eating sugar, bread, and cereals or eat them in
minimal quantities, though porridge must be
fresh. It’s absolutely necessary to chew them
carefully. When eating fast, a person eats 3-5
times more porridge than necessary. It leads
to obesity. If you eat a small amount of it,
chewing it to the state of milk (according to
H. Fletcher), you’ll get rid of constipation,

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 improve bowel movement (it accelerates four
times while chewing), and eliminate conges-
tion in the gastrointestinal tract.
• For very effective body detox, take Zal-
manov’s mixed turpentine baths when com-
ing out of a fast. A full course consists of ten
baths.

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 19. What diseases can be cured through
dry fasting?

19.1. Dry fasting for acute diseases.

First of all, let’s clarify what a disease is. Let’s
call a disease a certain temporary state of the
body, during which it goes from its stable state
(health) of functioning into another (unhealthy)
state, which is not characteristic of it. The body
unbalanced by a disease puts efforts (therefore,
vitality and energy) to return to its original
(healthy) state. An acute disease is a time period
when the body tries to restore its former
(healthy) state by activating vital forces and
wasting energy. The signs of an acute disease

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(such as a fever, loss of appetite, and fatigue) in-
dicate the following:
• A fever indicates that the vital force is activated
and the body is getting rid of the cause of the
disease through sweating;
• Loss of appetite indicates that the vital force is
being preserved because it is no longer spent
on digestion;
• Fatigue indicates that the vital force is being
preserved because it is no longer spent on
physical and secondary functional body activ-
ities.
Patients fully recover from an acute condition
if they have an adequate supply of vital force and
when they preserve it by refusing to eat food and
stay inactive. The intake of any medications and
antifebrile drugs isn’t recommended. On the

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contrary, they stop, suppress, and harm this pro-
cess. True doctors of antiquity and modern phy-
sicians did everything possible to make this nat-
ural process easier.
Don’t think that fasting should be used only for
serious conditions and you can keep eating as
long as the body can digest food. On the con-
trary, skipping a few meals at the onset of the dis-
ease is often sufficient to prevent a serious con-
dition. If functional disorders are still insignifi-
cant, as indicated by a coated tongue, headache,
feeling generally unwell, and other equally mi-
nor symptoms, short-term fasting is enough for
the body to eliminate intoxication before devel-
oping a serious condition.
If a person undergoes fasting in a calm setting
at the first signs of the disease, acute diseases will

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be mild and short-term in most cases. A patient
feels less discomfort, pain is weaker, there’s no
fever, weight loss is smaller, complications that
follow the disease are rare, and its duration is
much shorter than in patients who keep eating
when they’re sick. There’s only one conclusion -
as soon as you have the symptoms of an acute
condition, such as a loss of appetite and high fe-
ver, start fasting at once, and you will recover
quickly and without complications.

19.1.1. Fasting for acute infections (acute res-

piratory diseases, influenza)
Fasting is common and natural if you have any
viral infection.
In fact, any acute infection manifested by in-
flammatory changes in the upper respiratory

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tract, runny nose, cough, sore throat, and fever
is a detoxifying crisis. With its help, the body is
trying to get rid of excessive nutrition and escape
from overload, stress, and other adverse factors.
The effectiveness of dry fasting is very high. Any
inflammatory disease is treated 2-3 times faster
than with normal water fasting.
Please be aware that inflammation can’t exist
without liquid. Any inflamed area swells (swells
with liquid). Microorganisms, such as microbes
and viruses, can multiply only in sufficiently hu-
mid conditions. Water deficiency is extremely
harmful for inflammation. The human body can
withstand 10-day water deprivation (with low
activity and high air temperature). Microbes die
instantly without water.

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 Oddly enough, the body can synthesize water
itself. It receives oxygen from the air and hydro-
gen from fatty tissues. Therefore, weight loss can
reach 3 kg per day during dry fasting, but only at
the expense of water. I must say that the body
also has certain water reserves. Up to 2 liters of
water is deposited just in the skin. There are wa-
ter reserves in some body cavities (serous cavi-
ties) and internal organs. At the very least, the
body can always withstand 5 days, even with an
active lifestyle.
As I said, the effectiveness of dry fasting treat-
ment is 2-3 times higher than that of water fast-
ing. Acute respiratory diseases can be cured in
just one day, influenza in 2-3 days, and pneumo-
nia in 4-5 days. Of course, dry fasting is subjec-
tively rather difficult and is accompanied by

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weakness. However, I met people who hadn’t felt
weak during dry fasting, and even experienced
mild euphoria.
Sometimes, we are in certain conditions that
leave almost no time for normal treatment and
even regular fasting. You can try dry fasting
without cleansing the intestines during flights,
trips with transfers, or in complicated condi-
tions when it’s impossible to prepare properly.
Subjectively, this type of fasting is tolerated with
more difficulty, but its anti-inflammatory effect
will be exactly the same. Since the treatment
won’t take a lot of time due to its high effective-
ness, the recovery period will also be short.
Short-term therapeutic fasting, both water and
dry, can be successfully used not only in treating

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colds but also in all cases of inflammation in any
internal or external organs.
Fasting is equally effective for treating skin
blotches and liver inflammation (hepatitis), in-
ner ear inflammation and periostitis. Regardless
of the location of the inflammation, the effect is
always very good.
How to cure acute respiratory diseases in the
shortest time possible? I really don’t know a
more effective method than short-term fasting.
Sometimes, sick people start fasting after step-
ping on the airplane ramp and they come off the
plane completely healthy, thanks to short-term
fasting.
Performance impairment is not the most im-
portant harmful effect caused by catarrhal dis-
eases. On the average, only acute respiratory

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diseases take 25 years of our life. Pneumonia is
the most common complication of influenza. As
a rule, it’s a secondary bacterial infection. A
combined infection (viral and bacterial pneu-
monia) develops more rarely. Primary viral
pneumonia is a rare complication characterized
by a high mortality rate. It develops when influ-
enza is caused by a virus of the highest virulence.
At the same time, rapid and deadly hemorrhagic
pneumonia develops, lasting no longer than 3-4
days. True and primary influenza pneumonia
primarily affects patients with chronic heart and
lung conditions accompanied by pulmonary en-
gorgement. Other secondary bacterial infections
that often develop following influenza include
rhinitis, sinusitis, bronchitis, and otitis. Influ-
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the first place in the frequency and number of
cases in the world, and they constitute 95% of all
infectious diseases. Every year, up to 500 million
people in the world get sick, and 2 million of
them die.
So, you caught a cold at the wrong moment.
Let's be realistic and try to determine your con-
dition at once because it largely depends on the
type of infection. If you have a simple acute res-
piratory disease, 1-2 days will be enough to cure
you. If you have influenza, the case is more seri-
ous, and you will need at least 3 days to get bet-
ter. If you’re unfortunate enough to get pneumo-
nia, I saw only one patient who treated this dis-
ease in just 4 days of fasting.

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 There are more than 140 causative agents of
acute respiratory diseases and only a few influ-
enza viruses (different strains).
How to distinguish an acute respiratory disease
from influenza? An acute respiratory disease is
usually characterized by a mild fever (38°). Body
temperature is usually about 37.5°-37.8°C. This
disease lasts for no longer than 2 weeks if it’s not
treated. Influenza is more serious. It’s consid-
ered a serious infectious disease characterized by
a high fever (above 38°C) and it lasts over 3
weeks. Only your doctor can diagnose pneumo-
nia, since the respiratory sounds and noises dur-
ing chest auscultation (examination) are very
specific. If you suddenly feel sick and have a sore
throat and runny nose, start fasting immediately
without delaying it even for an hour. Viruses are

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very tricky. They used to have a cellular structure
in the past, but then they acquired a simpler
structure in the process of evolution. A virus is
just a DNA chain (there are also RNA-contain-
ing viruses) surrounded by a shell that makes it
much easier for it to survive. A virus secretes
special enzymes that dissolve the nasal mucosa
and penetrates it. After penetrating the mucous
membrane, a virus inserts its DNA into the mu-
cosal DNA. As a result, the previously normal
cell starts synthesizing viral DNA instead of its
own DNA. In the end, it dies and a large number
of viruses are produced and penetrate other
cells.
The reaction develops like an avalanche, and it
is very fast. Therefore, it’s necessary to start
treatment without delaying it for a day or even

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for an hour. Dead cells secrete biologically active
substances or BASs. Together with viral toxins,
biologically active substances cause the inflam-
mation that loosens cell membranes and con-
tributes to the further and more rapid spread of
viruses. After affecting the nasal cavity and the
development of such unpleasant symptoms as
runny nose and sneezing, trachea and bronchi
are affected and such symptoms as cough, chest
pain, and others develop. Initially, inflammation
is viral, but then bacteria start multiplying in in-
flamed tissues. Under normal conditions,
they’re incapable of parasitizing inside the body,
which is why they are called conditionally path-
ogenic. In this case, after getting to the tissues
weakened by a virus, they develop vigorously,
just like viruses. Microbial inflammation starts

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dominating a virus at some point, and it lasts for
a long time after viruses are eliminated from the
body.
An acute respiratory disease causes so much
stress to the body that microbleeds remain in the
brain even after a complete recovery. That's what
an acute respiratory disease is, although it seems
harmless at first glance. Dry fasting is definitely
an invaluable help in treatment. The combina-
tion of fasting with an acute infection helps the
body to detox quickly and rest from the damag-
ing effects of external factors.
The best option is to start fasting after the first
signs of disease appear. If you feel even mild
symptoms of a disease, stop eating and drinking
at once. In this case, 1-3 days will be sufficient
for you to eliminate it.

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 In reality, there are only a few people who are
this attentive to their health. Therefore, most pa-
tients undergo fasting only when they encounter
severe signs of respiratory infection, so treat-
ment requires more time.
They'll have to fast for at least 5-7 days, which
makes it pre-crisis fasting. It’s better not to over-
work and avoid hydrotherapeutic procedures,
enemas, and drugs. The best option is bed rest
with gradual expansion as you begin to feel bet-
ter. The crisis occurs sooner if you have acute in-
fections (in most cases, on the 2-3rd day), but
you need to fast until the symptoms of the dis-
ease disappear. Otherwise, you may need a pro-
longed treatment course. The body temperature
is normalized in the first two days of illness. In-
stead of antifebrile drugs, you can apply cold

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water compresses to your head and great vessels
(your groin and axillary cavities) and wrap your
body in wet cloth.
When I’ve only started my work on dry fasting,
I fell through ice while fishing on Baikal. It was -
30 degrees Celsius, and I had to ride a motorcy-
cle for about twenty kilometers. After this bath,
I started having terrible pains in my forehead.
The X-ray confirmed that I had acute frontal si-
nusitis. I couldn’t even lower my head due to the
pain, and I had a fever (38°). It’s obvious that I
didn’t have any appetite at all. I understood that
liquid is always connected with swelling and in-
flammation, so I also stopped drinking water.
My body temperature was normal on the third
day, pain in my forehead was relieved on the
fifth day, and I came out of fasting on the sixth

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day. The frontal sinusitis was no longer present,
and I underwent dry fasting whenever I con-
tracted influenza or acute respiratory disease.
I’ve had no influenza or acute respiratory dis-
eases for ten years.
In the past, when I got sick, I immediately un-
derwent dry fasting for two or three days until all
the symptoms of the disease disappeared, but
these terms were usually sufficient. My immune
system seems to be so well trained that I don’t
get sick in the midst of any epidemic, and neither
do my patients who underwent a dry therapeutic
fasting course and no longer contract any respir-
atory diseases.

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19.1.2. Dry fasting for the relapse of gastric ul-
cer or duodenal ulcer, chronic pancreatitis,
cholecystitis, colitis, etc.
What causes this therapeutic effect?
• Inflammation can’t exist without liquid. Any
inflamed area swells (swells with liquid). Mi-
croorganisms, such as microbes and viruses,
can multiply only in sufficiently humid condi-
tions. Shortage of water is extremely harmful
for inflammation. It’s worth mentioning that,
according to modern data, the cause of ulcers
is infectious.
• Of course, the gastrointestinal tract has more
rest than other organs during fasting. As it has
been said, no food means no problems. There’s
no need to excrete digestive juices, push food
through all the sections of the intestines, spend

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 a lot of energy on this process, neutralize, and
excrete all of those substances that enter the
body with food. Now, all the forces can be used
to recover, including the restoration of the or-
gans involved in digestion.
• During fasting, the gastric and duodenal mu-
cosa is balanced and restored. It’s manifested
through a decrease or complete disap-pear-
ance of such symptoms as pain, nausea, heart-
burn, and vomiting. New ulcers are cicatrized
and cicatricial changes in gastric and duodenal
walls disappear. As mentioned above, experts
from the Moscow Institute of Gastroenterol-
ogy found that new stomach cells with light
protoplasm appear in patients after a 28-day
calorie restriction diet, and these are gradually
transformed into mucoid cells within 20-30

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 days after the completion of diet-fasting ther-
apy RDT30. These cells secrete mucus and sub-
stances that protect the stomach from damage.
After repeated RDT courses, the stomach be-
comes very strong and capable of digesting any
food even in patients with gastro-intestinal
problems.
• Fasting greatly improves liver function. It
causes a mild choleretic effect and restores
liver cells. Patients with gallstone disease in-
stinctively resort to fasting, which relieves pain
and normalizes liver and gall bladder function.
The liver is detoxified naturally: unwanted

30
RDT – this term was introduced in the 1960s by Professor Yuri
Nikolayev (Razgrzochno-Dieticheskaja Terapiya - or fasting dietary
therapy. See introductory article). Recently, RDT often indicates
Russian Diet Therapy to differentiate it from others.

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 products are removed and stones are dis-
solved.
• Good results are achieved when treating a dis-
ease as grave as acute pancreatitis. 275 patients
with acute pancreatitis underwent fasting
treatment under the surveillance of Academi-
cian A.N. Bakulev in the Spasokukotsky clinic
in mid-1950s. All of them were discharged in
good condition. Based on this experience, it
was concluded that fasting is beneficial in pan-
creatitis treatment, and our method is now
widely used for its acute and chronic forms.
10–15 days of water fasting or 4–5 days of dry
fasting are usually sufficient for a good thera-
peutic effect. The main principle of treating
pancreatitis is relieving pain, shock and

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 collapse, and ensuring the functional rest of
the pancreas and its detox.
• There’s no other method besides fasting that
almost entirely relieves the burden on the di-
gestive tract. Thus, it’s no wonder that it’s so
effective in treating different gastrointestinal
disorders. We can only wonder at the igno-
rance of our medicine, which uses expensive
medications, long-term examinations, and
surgical procedures (instead of effective, fast,
cheap treatment) that not only fail to cure pa-
tients but also turn them into people with
chronic diseases who are disabled and con-
stantly require medical services. That’s why
you should be responsible for your health and
start fasting to restore your appetite, excellent
digestion, and healthy and regular stool.

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19.1.3. Dry fasting for diabetes
In my practice, there were only a few patients
with diabetes, because water fasting is very effec-
tive for patients with type II diabetes. This is
what Dr. G.A. Voitovich, one of the therapeutic
fasting experts, writes on the topic, “Since diabe-
tes is a disease with origins in the nervous and
endocrine systems, its treatment with dosed fast-
ing is sure to bring positive results too – it’s our
conclusion.
Moreover, we learned from foreign sources
that doctors in the West, Japan, and especially in
India have long considered diabetes to be one of
the diseases treatable with fasting. However, in
practice we rarely treated this disease in our de-
partment.

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 We started studying this subject more closely
only after the all-USSR symposia on RDT when
doctors from Armenia, Odessa, and other places
reported on the successful treatment of even se-
vere forms of diabetes with dosed fasting. We
were particularly interested in the method used
in Yerevan, where patients with severe diabetes,
obesity, and gangrenous ulcers on their legs were
treated with several 11-day RDT courses quite
successfully while still taking hormonal medica-
tions, but at 5-10-times smaller doses.
Initially, we had only a few people with mild
forms of diabetes who didn’t take insulin. Dur-
ing dosed fasting treatment, their blood sugar
level dropped. During the recovery period, it in-
creased again, but it didn’t go far beyond the
norm. The general condition of these patients

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improved: weakness, itching, thirst, and in-
creased appetite were eliminated. One patient
with diabetes was cured completely at the initial
stage, and has not relapsed for over 25 years.
Doctor G. Sarkisyan from the clinic of endo-
crine diseases in Yerevan conducted 2-3 fasting
courses for 10-11 days in seriously ill patients.
One patient was threatened with amputation be-
cause of foot gangrene. After two 11-day fasting
courses, all the diabetic tests (sugar in the urine,
sugar in the blood, etc.) improved considerably,
gangrenous inflammation was relieved, amputa-
tion was no longer required, and the patient
started to walk freely.

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 19.2. Dry Fasting for chronic diseases
Now, let’s try to find out what a chronic disease
is in more detail.
If the vital force isn’t sufficient to fully recover
the bodily function to its former (healthy) stable
state, the body stabilizes its function in an inter-
mediate state between being healthy and being
sick. This intermediate state is called an indolent
or chronic disease. A chronic disease is charac-
terized by the fact that the pathogen remaining
in the body wants to stay there and develop
within it. In turn, the body wants to return to its
original healthy state. In both cases, the body
must use its vital force and adapt to functioning
on the edge. It leads to activation of certain com-
pensatory mechanisms, and the body of a chron-
ically ill person keeps functioning in a more or

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less tolerable state as long as there is enough vital
force to maintain them. As soon as the body
can’t maintain the compensatory mechanisms
that restrain a disease, there’s a new relapse of
the disease and it conquers additional living
space. In turn, the body keeps fighting it by
forming new compensatory mechanisms, thus
spending more vital force on their maintenance.
As a result of the redistribution of vital force, the
body disables a number of minor biological
functions for the sake of survival. First of all, the
sexual function is deactivated because it requires
a lot of energy; the overall body tone decreases,
there’s early aging with accompanying condi-
tions, and the life expectancy decreases consid-
erably.

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 Based on the above-mentioned facts, the pro-
cess of healing the body is completed in stages.
First, the level of vitality is restored through en-
ergy-saving mechanisms. It will transfer the
body from one compensatory stage to another
up to the last one (a state of complete health).
The transition from one compensatory level to
another will be marked by acute conditions: re-
lapses of pre-existing chronic diseases that will
eventually disappear. Every patient can get rid of
any chronic disease completely only after going
through a series of relapses. After every relapse,
you will restore a previously lost function. At
first, vigor will be restored, and then the signs of
premature aging will disappear and the sexual
function will be reestablished.

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 We’ve described what chronic diseases are in
general. Based on my experience, I prefer the hy-
pothesis of naturopathic physicians. Endoge-
nous body intoxication is one of the causes of
numerous chronic diseases, and it’s caused by a
disruption in the normal functioning of the gas-
trointestinal tract and liver. The gastrointestinal
tract is a common source of toxins. Food decom-
poses in the stomach and intestines because of
either overeating or indigestion, and a certain
part of the produced toxins is absorbed into the
blood. Under normal conditions, the liver de-
stroys these toxins, and the intestines and kid-
neys remove them. However, if the functions of
these organs are disrupted, toxins enter the
blood in such an amount that they overload
these organs and the body is forced to look for

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some other way or method of getting rid of
them. Have you ever wondered why the blood
from the gastrointestinal tract must first pass
through the liver before being distributed
throughout the body? Why are nutrients that are
absorbed into the bloodstream not spread
throughout the body immediately? That appens
because they are alien to the body and they
would immediately cause an allergic reaction.
They are transformed from ‘alien’ to ‘familiar’ in
the liver. Only in this case can the body can use
the nutrients obtained from food. Of course,
body energy is spent on it. Therefore, any disor-
ders or diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and
liver will inevitably affect the effectiveness of the
barrier gastrointestinal function in one way or
another, even if they are asymptomatic. It’s clear

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that these changes will cause an increase in the
supply of toxins from intestines, thus increasing
endogenous intoxication. Of course, every per-
son has a weak link in the body, so all the endo-
toxins will rush there, and all the pathological
processes that lead to diseases will start there.

19.2.1. Dry Fasting for endointoxication and

atherosclerosis.
Let’s examine this phenomenon using the ex-
ample of atherosclerosis and hypertension.
Atherosclerosis is a consequence of malfunc-
tioning intestines. After the age of 40, aging
changes in intestines intensify, barrier function
decreases, permeability of intestinal walls in-
creases and more toxins start entering human

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blood. That’s why it seems that the body chooses
a mechanism of storing toxins as one of the ways
to fight the increasing endotoxemia. The main
components of biological membranes (lipopro-
teins) circulating in the blood can become its
participants. Lipoproteins can transfer different
fat-soluble toxins to the liver, where they’re "re-
cycled." Lipoproteins "capture" and dissolve tox-
ins in themselves, thus binding them and mak-
ing them safe for the body. However, the amount
of toxins that the liver can metabolize is limited.
When the body has a powerful and permanent
locus of endotoxemia (and that’s exactly what
happens if the barrier function of the intestines
is impaired), the liver stops coping with its tasks.
It simply doesn’t have enough time to process
everything. As a result, the modified toxin-

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loaded lipoproteins circulate in the blood until
they penetrate the artery walls. This is how ath-
erosclerotic plaque formation starts. Since mac-
rophages are attracted to them, we can assume
that there’s a toxicogenic change in their struc-
ture. Of course, it’s just a hypothesis, although
there is experimental evidence to support it. For
example, animal experiments have shown that
two- or three-time injection of intestinal flora’s
bacterial toxins into the abdominal membrane
causes sclerosis-like formations in arteries. It al-
lows us to somehow understand the logic and bi-
ological meaning of atherosclerosis, though
there are still many gaps in understanding the
mechanisms of developing this disease. Why
does it affect artery walls, not veins? Why does
the body choose this inefficient way instead of

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improving detoxification processes? In general,
when studying these and other processes in liv-
ing organisms, we keep facing the logic of organ
and body system adaptation to various harsh cir-
cumstances, as we still don’t understand it.

19.2.2. Dry Fasting for hypertension

Not only atherosclerosis, but also hypertension
can be related to endointoxication processes.
When we mentioned the development of ather-
osclerosis, we talked about the toxins that can
only be dissolved in fats. However, there are also
water-soluble endotoxins formed and stored in
the body. In general, water is the main compo-
nent of our liquid transport media (plasma,
lymph, cerebrospinal fluid, tissue fluid). Water-

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soluble endotoxins will be primarily removed by
kidneys.
Indeed, it’s very easy to transport them there in
their free or bound form and remove them along
with urine after their filtration through special
nephritic membranes. Apparently, this is what
happens in a healthy body. This mechanism of
removing different endotoxins is confirmed by
clinical observations of recent years. An increase
in middle urine molecules in patients with mild
or moderate endogenous intoxication and the
development of different diseases prevents or
weakens their accumulation in the blood. How-
ever, it was noted that a significant increase in
endotoxins in the blood decreases the intensity
of their excretion with the urine by the kidneys.

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 At first, these data caused some confusion.
Why does the body reject such an effective de-
toxification method? Further experiments and
studies allowed to partly shed light on the se-
quence of emergent events. A constant or sharp
increase in the production of different endotox-
ins in the body leads to their accumulation in the
structures of the kidney excretory system. The
organ that is supposed to remove toxins be-
comes their target. Toxins have a destructive ef-
fect, kidneys start malfunctioning - the intensity
of toxin elimination decreases. In our opinion,
one of the signs of impaired detoxification,
which is a kidney function, may be an increase
in blood pressure.
Let’s explain that. As a special detoxification
organ in the body, nephritic structures intensify

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the process of capturing toxins when endoge-
nous intoxication increases, and these toxins can
be partially stored on the filtration membrane
and accumulate in the tubular epithelium. The
kidney filtration membrane works almost like a
standard filter. A negative charge on its surface
is one of the most important conditions for the
effective functioning of the kidney filter. This
charge partially prevents blood plasma mole-
cules from leaking through the filter, and they
also carry a negative charge. These molecules
primarily include blood proteins with a rela-
tively low molecular weight, such as albumin. It
prevents unnecessary protein loss in the body
during urine formation. It’s interesting that un-
der normal conditions the necessary blood mol-
ecules in humans are mainly negatively charged

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particles. In the presence of numerous endotox-
ins, especially medium molecular weight sub-
stances that carry a positive charge, filtration
starts increasing. However, as the amount of ex-
creted toxins increases, positively charged parti-
cles will accumulate on the surface of the filtra-
tion membrane increasingly more, thus reduc-
ing filtration efficiency.
Another mechanism of removing toxins
through kidneys is a secretory mechanism based
on the active capture of toxins by superficial cells
(epithelium) of kidney tubules and their subse-
quent transfer to the ultrafiltrate flowing
through tubules. Just like in the former mecha-
nism of removing toxins through kidneys, the
selective accumulation of toxins in the cellular
structures of the kidney-secretion system

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inevitably leads to renal damage in the second
mechanism. Kidneys simply can’t cope with
their tasks, thus causing a mild renal failure. As
a rule, pathological changes require serious
medical attention. It’s noted that the amount of
endotoxins increases in the urine when the con-
dition of patients with different disorders starts
improving following treatment. It indicates the
recovery of the kidney detoxification function.
You may wonder how it is linked to blood pres-
sure. The decrease in the efficiency of toxin re-
moval by kidneys forces the body to seek out ad-
ditional reserves. Indeed, the need to remove
toxins isn’t reduced. On the contrary, it keeps in-
creasing. Apparently, this occurs when the
mechanism of increasing filtration pressure is
activated. Filtration pressure is the difference in

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pressure between the intravascular space and the
cavity where the primary urine is filtered. This
difference depends on blood pressure. Thus, the
body raises blood pressure to somehow compen-
sate for renal failure during ongoing endoge-
nous intoxication. People end up with hyperten-
sion.
In such cases, doctors can make the wrong di-
agnosis of hypertension if they focus only on the
main symptoms without conducting a complete
physical examination. After all, high blood pres-
sure is only a consequence in this case, and its
cause is different, namely, ongoing endogenous
intoxication. Lowering blood pressure exclu-
sively by taking vasodilators will eliminate
symptoms, rather than the causes of the disease.

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 19.2.3. Why dry fasting helps fight chronic
diseases
• Of course, during fasting the digestive tract
rests more than other organs. The body directs
all of its forces to restore the protective and
neutralizing function of the gastrointestinal
tract and the liver.
• Fasting improves liver function considerably.
It causes a mild choleretic effect, restores liver
cells.
• The body receives no food and water during
dry fasting. Old and “dead” water is replaced
with the living water synthesized by the body
during dry fasting. If the body receives neither
food nor “dead” water, numerous harmful
substances don’t enter our blood. The body
constantly detoxifies the blood. In fact, the

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 same blood composition will be detoxified
through the filter elements many times, which
means that the blood will be almost perfect.
Consequently, all the blood-related processes
in our body will be conducted almost perfectly.
It’s all very simple, and that’s why our immune
system gets a good rest.
• As we already know, toxins are burned on
their own during dry fasting. In the absence of
water, each cell triggers its own internal ther-
monuclear reaction. This process makes re-
covery faster. Reacting with a fever, the body
causes a slowdown in the microorganism
growth. It becomes easier for the immune sys-
tem to track down and kill everything alien
and altered.

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• The concentrations of biologically active sub-
stances, hormones, immunocompetent cells,
and immunoglobulins in body fluids increase
during dry fasting. I’ve already mentioned that
it’s very difficult for any infection to adapt to
living without liquid.
• The second acidotic crisis and autolysis occur
in a shorter period of time. If the autolysis of
body tissues was the only source of nutrition at
the beginning of fasting, autolysis acts like a
natural surgeon during the second acidotic
crisis.
• Sick, altered, and weak cells don’t survive ex-
treme conditions. They die and degrade.
Thus, fasting helps to get rid of everything un-
necessary, weak, sick, and harmful. The most
important characteristic of fasting in patients

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with chronic diseases is the rapid elimination of
waste products and accumulated toxins from the
body – these are the causes of diseases, and a
subsequent healthy lifestyle helps restore energy
and health. It’s a mistake to assume that the body
can get rid of all accumulated toxins by fasting
only. The toxins that have accumulated over
many years can’t be eliminated in the course of
only a few days or even weeks. For patients with
chronic diseases, three or more fasting courses
are required to see a clear improvement, but
each case is different. Everything depends on the
overall health condition, but a patient’s persis-
tence in achieving a stable therapeutic effect is
the most important.
Preventive fasting courses repeated annually
are a prerequisite for this persistence in addition

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to a series of (fractional) fasting within a few
years if it’s required for full recovery.

19.2.4. Dry fasting for cystic tumors in the

body
In this case, the body is better than any surgeon
because it eliminates both the cause and the ef-
fect. When the body doesn’t receive any liquid,
it can’t have any pathological fluid formations
under such conditions, no matter where they
are. Ovarian cysts are the pathological for-
mations in ovarian tissues consisting of the cav-
ity covered by a capsule and filled with fluid.
Based on the content, cysts are categorized as
follicular, corpus luteum cysts, mucinous, endo-
metrioid, and dermoid. The duration of dry fast-
ing is different in each case. Sometimes, a dry

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fasting course must be repeated to finally solve
the problem.
Of course, it’s very difficult to treat conditions
in the body separately. The body is an integrated
whole. Mostly women and girls with gynecolog-
ical disorders come to us for treatment. I could
make the following conclusions based on my ob-
servation of them over the course of many years,
in-depth research of medical literature, and
studies of patient cases where therapeutic fasting
acted as the cure. The causes of mastopathy,
uterine fibromatosis, endometriosis, cysts, and
other benign tumors are long-lasting and pre-
existing chronic conditions in the body, chronic
sites of infection, and sources of intoxication. In
at least 90% of all cases it is chronic colitis. As a
rule, nobody treats colitis, and it’s the cause of

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malfunction of all the organs and systems. More
rarely, thyroid problems are the main cause of
disease.
I like fasting because it treats the whole body.
Most importantly, it eliminates both the causes
and the effects of the disease. During fasting, the
body directs its efforts towards healing based on
the priority principle. It heals according to its
own smart laws, contrary to our logic. The body
directs all the forces to the most important or-
gans and functions. I had many cases when peo-
ple came to treat asthma or psoriasis. Not only
did they improve their condition, but women
also got rid of infertility. This is when I realized
that the reproductive function is one of the most
important ones for the body, which is the reason

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why it tries to restore this vital function first dur-
ing fasting (of any type).

19.2.5. Dry Fasting for Infertility

Infertility is the inability to conceive. The term
“infertile couple” is also often used in medical
literature. It implies no pregnancy in a woman
of reproductive age within three years of regular
sexual activity without using any contraceptives.
Approximately 25% of women in Russia are in-
fertile. The percentage is even more terrifying in
the West: 44%.
That’s why there is such a high demand for the
services of surrogate mothers, and sperm banks
are working 24/7. The nation is facing a problem
that is all about survival, rather than simply

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infertility. Modern medicine still can’t solve this
problem completely. Medical centers mainly
treat the consequences of infertility, when it’s
necessary to find its cause and treat it. Physicians
often offer only artificial insemination attempts
and rehabilitation treatment. However, these
methods aren’t always effective. People come to
us after trying most of the infertility treatment
methods offered by modern medicine.
Current main causes of infertility:
• Anovulation: the egg doesn’t mature, so the
sperm doesn’t fertilize it.
• Hormonal imbalance: both healthy ovulation
and menstruation may be absent.
• Premature menopause: early menopause is
rare, and it mostly affects women with congen-
ital ovarian hypoplasia or aplasia.

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• Ovarian dysfunction: ovarian dysfunction dis-
rupts hormone production in the hypothala-
mus-pituitary system. As a result, the egg loses
viability.
• Polycystic ovary syndrome: PCOS is charac-
terized by the growth of cysts and two-fold en-
largement of the ovaries, with a white coating
of the ovaries. This condition impairs hor-
mone metabolism and leads to immature folli-
cles and no mature cells.
• Cervical canal problems: cervical mucus is so
thick that the sperm dies after getting there.
• Cervical erosion.
• Fallopian tube obstruction or damage.
• Scarred ovaries: this condition can be caused
by surgery. Scars prevent follicle growth and
ovulation.

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• Unruptured follicle: the egg remains in the
ovary without participating in fertilization.
• Endometriosis: the disease disrupts oocyte
maturation, egg fertilization and/or the attach-
ment of a mature and fertilized egg to uterus
walls.
• Uterine malformation: the egg can’t attach to
the endometrium, the inner layer of the uterus.
If there’s no congenital pathology or absolute
infertility, dry medical fasting is effective in
eliminating many causes of infertility.
Dry fasting effects:
• Normalizes hormone level and treats ovarian
dysfunction.

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• Destroys all chronic infectious agents, elimi-
nates cervical erosion and scar tissue, and re-
stores normal vaginal flora.
• Gastrointestinal tract function is normalized,
and its failure is one of the causes of gyneco-
logical disorders.
• A very high level of free sex hormones in the
blood during fasting results in greatly en-
hanced sexuality. Contrary to popular belief,
hunger increases sexuality, rather than de-
creases it.
Only very few women are affected by absolute
infertility. In most cases, infertility is the effect
and consequence of other conditions. The ability
to conceive returned to many women after re-
storing their health. Based on their experience,
fasting is invaluable in treating the effects and

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consequences of the conditions that caused their
infertility. It’s worth noting that women who
easily conceive, but have abortions because of
their inability to carry a baby to term, can fully
restore health through fasting and give birth to
healthy babies. Elimination of the toxic state and
subsequent improvement of their nutrition al-
low them to avoid abortions.

19.2.6. Toxemia in Pregnant Women

Toxemia in pregnant women is a multi-symp-
tomatic condition that occurs when the female
body fails to adapt to pregnancy. It’s character-
ized by significant changes in metabolism, func-
tion of the endocrine glands, cardiovascular and
other systems, and in the level of electrolytes or
hormones.

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 Various diseases before or during pregnancy,
malnutrition, fatigue, nervous tension, and lack
of sleep make women more prone to toxemia.
Nausea, morning sickness, and vomiting aren’t a
natural occurrence during pregnancy. However,
if these symptoms are present, in some cases
they quickly cease, while in others it may neces-
sary to terminate a pregnancy to save a woman’s
life.
The main cause is still the subject of many dis-
putes. If we understand that this condition is un-
natural for a pregnant woman, we can conclude
that it’s absolutely necessary for her to take care
of her body and health in the early stages of preg-
nancy.
Nature treats everyone equally. If a woman ex-
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pregnancy, it means that her lifestyle had led to
these symptoms, resulting in her suffering.
These are explained by the intoxication of her
body, not by pregnancy. Nature attempts to en-
dow every newborn baby with health in an effort
to continue life and give the finest qualities to
any new life form. Therefore, nature is deeply
concerned with the prenatal conditions of new-
borns and, particularly, their nutrition. Unborn
babies get nutrition from the substances sup-
plied to them by their mothers’ bodies.
If the blood of a pregnant woman meets the
highest physiological standards for the embryo,
the pregnancy will be calm and even pleasant. If
it is intoxicated, the process focused on creating
the best source of nutrition for the embryo needs
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of an unborn baby, which is his or her mother's
body, must be healthy for the embryo to have
clean, healthy, and well-balanced conditions
during the antenatal period. This means that not
only the womb should be suitable for the devel-
opment of a new life, but also the entire mother's
body. If there is no general order, there may be
no local order.
We observe how the metabolism of a pregnant
woman intensifies and her previously dormant
glands are activated. If a woman’s lifestyle is gen-
erally healthy, her health improves. The symp-
toms that she has experienced for a long time
disappear and she starts feeling well. Nausea and
vomiting are just a part of a general recovery. In-
toxicated women are unsuitable to give birth to
a baby. The toxins retained and deposited in the

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body are poisonous and must be eliminated.
That’s why a radical detoxification process is
needed, and it can be accomplished by tempo-
rary fasting. The stomach and the body of the in-
toxicated woman protest. They reject food, and
the liver increases its excretory function. A lot of
bile is excreted into the stomach and is elimi-
nated through vomiting. Some women may even
have food aversion – it’s what the body requires
to detox.
When we realize that nature does everything
possible to prepare a clean and healthy "home"
for the emergence of a new life, we will under-
stand the need to support these efforts and stop
putting spokes in the wheel of life.
When a pregnant woman experiences mild
nausea and vomiting, she should voluntarily

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stop eating at once. Of course, dry fasting is not
allowed in this case. Arakelyan’s water fasting
method is the ultimate solution. The fast should
last 3-7 days and involve anti-stress and choler-
etic herbs. It won’t cause any harm to woman or
her baby. Long-term fasting can be harmful,
while a few days of fasting in the early stage of
pregnancy will definitely help, especially women
with morning sickness. A woman should go to
bed and rest in warmth, put all of her fears aside,
and relax mentally without taking any medica-
tion.
Practice proves that fasting for 3-7 days is suf-
ficient to improve health and stop nausea and
vomiting for the rest of her pregnancy. After
fasting for a few days, eat fruits and raw vegeta-
bles before returning to regular meals. However,

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when I say regular meals, I don’t mean the com-
mon diet. Pregnant women are prone to overeat-
ing, especially when it comes to proteins. They
really do need high-quality protein, but in small
quantities. Fresh fruits and non-starchy vegeta-
bles are what they need the most. In normal
cases of morning sickness, 3-4 days of fasting are
sufficient to restore normal well-being, so that a
woman will eat without problems in the future.
There’s no reason to reject fasting in this condi-
tion and in such cases. Why would we need food
in the presence of nausea, vomiting, and com-
plete absence of appetite, when the body throws
out everything that you eat at once? Fasting is
the only logical way to improve one’s health.

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 19.2.7. Endometriosis
Endometriosis is one of the main causes of in-
fertility. Nowadays, obstetricians and gynecol-
ogists attach great importance to it. Every third
woman suffers from endometriosis, which can
be the cause of a condition as terrible as infertil-
ity. Endometriosis is one of the most common
diseases, which entails the cells from the inner
(mucous) layer of the uterus appearing in uter-
ine walls and the other internal organs. Endome-
triosis occurs increasingly more frequently every
year. Besides, today the condition affects young
women. In the past, endometriosis mainly af-
fected women after 35 years of age. Now, it’s in-
creasingly common in young 20-year-old
women.

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 Causes of endometriosis. Endometrium and
menstrual blood are eliminated from the uterus
every month. Sometimes during menstruation, a
detached part of the endometrium moves in the
wrong direction, which is different from a regu-
lar one. It moves towards fallopian tubes, ova-
ries, and even other distant organs, such as lungs
and perirectal or pericystic space, not into the
vagina and then out of the body. The symptoms
of this condition begin 2-3 days before menstru-
ation, and they include spasms, pain radiating to
the perineum or the rectum, and excessive
bleeding. In many cases, endometriosis can go
unnoticed for a long time. A woman may learn
that she has this condition only during a visit to
her gynecologist. The long-term inability to con-
ceive may be the reason for this visit, because

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infertility is the main consequence of this condi-
tion.
What causes endometriosis? There are more
than 40 hypotheses of its origin, but none of
them are 100% supported by scientists and doc-
tors. All that’s known definitively is that women
who use intrauterine contraceptives (such as spi-
rals), underwent any gynecological surgery
(such as abortions, diagnostic curettage of the
uterine cavity, cervical erosion coagulation, etc.)
are more prone to endometriosis. Moreover, any
abdominal surgery (such as appendectomy) or
pelvic surgery (such as bladder stone removal)
can result in endometriosis. Of course, neuro-
hormonal disorders (pituitary gland disorders
and conditions that affect other hormone-pro-
ducing organs), weak immune system (resulting

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from exposure to toxic elements or radiation,
microwave fields, and others) can result in endo-
metriosis. Some scientists believe in a genetic
predisposition.
Obviously, if there are many theories, the real
cause of endometriosis is still unknown. There-
fore, I think it’s best to depend on your healing
powers and the wisdom or the body, your inner
doctor who knows how to cure you better than
professors and scientist.

19.2.8. Dry Fasting for Benign Tumors

The main therapeutic factor in treating benign
tumors with dry fasting involves three mecha-
nisms.

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 1. Only the healthiest and strongest cells and
tissues with a perfect adaptation mechanism sur-
vive in extreme and harsh conditions with no
water and food. It’s obvious that adaptation
mechanisms to severe conditions are much
weaker and flawed in any pathological for-
mation.
2. The destruction of pathological cells (and
not the healthy ones) during therapeutic dry
fasting is also associated with the release of lym-
phoepithelial cells from the entire digestive tract.
Refraining from food and water intake for many
days creates conditions for the advancement of
very powerful B-lymphocytes from their gastro-
intestinal position. They’re gathered from all
lymphatic basins and nodes of the extensive di-
gestive tract. Most of them come from the small

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intestine. All the mobilized B-lymphocytes are
used for their intended purpose. They destroy
and suppress all pathological tissues and cells.
The immune system becomes several times
stronger.
3. Autolysis (self-digestion) is one of the main
mechanisms that can disband benign tumors.
I’ve already described this remarkable process in
the chapter 8 (What mechanisms does a dry fast
trigger within the body?). I’ll try to explain it
again in a shorter and simpler manner. When I
describe this mechanism to my patients, I pro-
vide the simplest and most vivid example from
nature, which is the common onion. It contains
a new plant inside it surrounded by the nutrients
sufficient to survive the rest period, during
which it doesn’t receive any nutrients from the

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soil or air. The onion can sprout in a bucket or
bag where it’s stored. It pushes out new shoots,
and almost the entire bulb turns into green off-
shoots very soon. The bulb gradually softens. Fi-
nally, only its cover remains as the growing plant
digests the shoots and uses the bulb content.
This means that the old is used to grow the new.
Let’s take a look at a simple furuncle, which
most of us have probably encountered. At first,
we experience swelling and redness, but then a
furuncle disappears with the help of enzymes
and immune cells.
The same thing happens with benign tumors
during dry fasting and the second acidotic crisis.
This is when autolysis functions as a natural sur-
geon. No surgery eliminates the causes of the
disease, while fasting eliminates both its cause

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and effect. Uterine fibroids are a tumor formed
from the uterine muscular layer. It affects
women over 30. There’s evidence of an increase
in the number of patients. The latest data prove
that uterine fibroids affect younger patient
groups. The main causes of uterine fibroids in-
clude hormonal imbalances, abortions, heredity,
poor ecology, and adenomyosis. In addition, in-
flammatory gynecological diseases of different
origins, IUDs, and difficulties in labor are other
major causes of this disease. Uterine fibroids are
a benign tumor that usually grows in the uterine
muscular layer. According to statistics, more
than 28% of women are affected by this disease.
I also had many cases when lipomas remained
during fasting, but they dissolved two or three

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months afterwards, if patients followed all rec-
ommendations.

19.2.9. Mastopathy
This condition is characterized by non-cancer-
ous changes in breast tissues in women. Mas-
topathy affects women of all ages. Women be-
tween the ages of 25 and 45 are particularly
prone to it. According to statistics, this patient
group is 60-80%.

Causes of mastopathy. Hormonal imbalance

is the main cause of mastopathy. When the fe-
male body functions normally, monthly hormo-
nal changes cause cyclical changes in breasts.
Hormonal imbalance can cause mastopathy.

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Risk factors that increase the likelihood of mas-
topathy include: epididymitis; hereditary fac-
tors, i.e., breast disorders in maternal relatives;
thyroid disease; liver and gallbladder disorders;
diabetes, obesity, vascular diseases; iodine defi-
ciency; stress, depression, irregular sexual activ-
ity; abortions, breast injuries, alcohol, smoking,
radiation; no pregnancy or aged first-time moth-
ers, short breastfeeding period; early onset of
menstruation and late menopause.
Mastopathy is more treatable than all the types
of benign tumors (except cysts). Firstly, the
breast becomes immediately involved in the pro-
cess of fasting. On average, it loses 10-15 g a day.
Secondly, it’s always possible to palpate a tumor
and find out whether it’s gone. Thirdly, it’s al-
ways possible to accurately apply leeches to a

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tumor at the end of a fast to achieve a huge po-
tentiating effect. Leech saliva contains the en-
zymes that can dissolve the protective covering
of the tumor, which facilitates the immune sys-
tem. However, leeches can act in two ways: they
strengthen a strong immune system and make
weak immunity even weaker, thus triggering tu-
mor growth.
Fasting always strengthens the immune system
so that a tumor can’t grow in these conditions. It
turns out that leech therapy boosts the therapeu-
tic effect of fasting. When fasting is combined
with leech therapy, its duration is much shorter.
19.2.10. Prostatitis and benign prostatic hy-
perplasia
Benign prostatic hyperplasia. The term "benign
prostatic hyperplasia" means that a small nodule

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(or nodules) is formed in the prostate, and it
grows and gradually squeezes the urethra. If the
urethra didn’t pass through the prostate gland,
the condition would have no symptoms at all.
Patients with BPH have problems urinating,
and it’s the main symptom of this condition.
BPH is a non-cancerous growth that doesn’t me-
tastasize (spread to other organs). It’s the major
difference between BPH and prostate cancer.
According to statistics, half of the men over 50
years of age visit a doctor because of benign
prostatic hyperplasia. It’s believed that this con-
dition affects 85% of men over time. This per-
centage proves that benign prostatic hyperplasia
is the most common urological condition. How
does it affect the prostate gland?

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 Causes of BPH. The causes of benign prostatic
hyperplasia are still unclear. It’s believed that
this condition is one of the signs of male meno-
pause. Thus, every elderly man can be affected
by it. There are no proven links between the oc-
currence of BHP and sexual activity, sexual ori-
entation, tobacco and alcohol use, urologic in-
fections, and sexually transmitted diseases.
Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate
gland (prostate). Chronic prostatitis is the most
common urologic disease in men under 50 years
old and it’s the third most common urological
disease in men over 50 (after benign prostatic
hyperplasia and prostate cancer). It’s the cause
of 8% of all outpatient visits to urologists. The
frequency of prostatitis increases up to 30-73%
with age. The effect of the disease on the quality

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of life is comparable to myocardial infarction,
angina, and Crohn’s disease. It also causes sig-
nificant psychological and social problems in
men of working age with prostatitis.
Prostatitis is caused by sexually transmitted in-
fections due to the anatomy of the prostate
(prostate gland). The causative agents of infec-
tious prostatitis are bacteria, viruses, myco-
plasma, ureaplasma, chlamydia, trichomonas,
and fungus. Infections, mainly sexually trans-
mitted, get to the prostate gland (prostate) from
the bladder, urethra, rectum, and pelvic blood
and lymphatic vessels. Prostatitis can be non-in-
fectious. Prostatitis is acute and chronic.
Chronic prostatitis is one of the most common
inflammatory conditions of the urinary tract:
about 73% of men are affected by it. I’ve treated

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many men with chronic prostatitis and benign
prostatic hyperplasia. Of course, the condition
was cured completely in some of them, while
others recovered only partially.
The most important thing is to undergo several
dry fasting treatments, a weekly dry fast with no
water, undergo a preventative fasting treatment
once a year, and follow all the doctor’s recom-
mendations. Unfortunately, only a few patients
are willing to do that, and it explains the return
of these conditions after fasting.
It’s very difficult to help men who have taken
very strong antibiotics. It’s paradoxical that in-
fections become resistant, only the strongest
bacteria survive, the immune system weakens,
and immune cells stop functioning properly
since there’s no need to fight infections if there’s

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someone doing it for you. In such cases, only a
series of fasts can help. The first one cleanses the
body, mostly from antibiotics, and strengthens
the immune system. The second one starts heal-
ing, and the third one completes the process.
19.2.11. Dry Fasting for Bronchopulmo-
nary Diseases
Bronchial asthma is a disease that narrows air
passages, since hypersensitivity to certain agents
causes their inflammation; airway constriction is
reversible. This disease is becoming more com-
mon. The number of patients with asthma has
increased by 42%, and their mortality rate has
increased by 35% between 1982 and 1992. The
course of the disease is becoming increasingly
more severe, and it requires hospitalization
more and more often. Bronchial asthma affects

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about 10 million Americans. The frequency of
asthma is also increasing in Russia, and it affects
at least 5-6% of the adult population. Nowadays,
asthma affects more people than ever before de-
spite all the publicized achievements and in-
depth scientific research.
In patients with bronchial asthma, air passages
narrow in response to the agents that don’t affect
the air passages of healthy people. It can be
caused by pollen, dust mites, animal dander,
smoke, cold air, and exercise. During an asthma
attack, bronchial smooth muscles spasm, and
the tissues lining the air passages swell because
of inflammation and produce excessive mucus.
The diameter of air passages decreases (this con-
dition is called a bronchospasm), and it’s harder
for a patient to inhale and exhale. Some cells in

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the respiratory system, particularly, the so-called
mast cells, play an important role in airway con-
striction. Bronchial mast cells secrete histamine
and leukotrienes –substances that cause smooth
muscle contraction, increase mucus production,
and migration of certain types of white blood
cells. Mast cells can produce these substances in
response to foreign agents (allergens), such as
pollen, dust mites, or animal dander. However,
many people with no allergies are affected by a
severe form of bronchial asthma. The reaction is
similar when a patient with asthma performs
any physical activity or inhales cold air. Stress
and anxiety can also trigger the release of hista-
mine and leukotrienes by mast cells. Eosinophils
are another type of cells present in the respira-
tory system of people with bronchial asthma.

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They also secrete substances, including leukotri-
enes and certain others, which narrow air pas-
sages.
Most of all, I encountered the positive effect of
fasting when treating patients with bronchial
asthma when I worked at the Goryachinsk resort
on Lake Baikal.
When I was still studying with Professor Y.S.
Nikolayev, he told me that when starting treat-
ment of bronchial asthma patients, you have to
make sure it’s not hormone-dependent, and you
will gain experience and achieve positive healing
effects.
A mother and her daughter came for an ap-
pointment. The daughter was very thin and
slouching. She looked like if she was 11 years old,
although she was 14. She had an inhaler in her

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hands. By that time, I certainly had many pa-
tients with asthma, but none of them were this
young and thin. Deep inside, I doubted whether
to accept her as a patient, but then her tearful
mother told me the following story, “My daugh-
ter went to a school disco with her friends, and she
had an asthma attack there. For some reason, I
was worried that day. I felt restless and anxious. I
got off work and ran home. When I opened the
door, I saw my girl hanging on a clothesline.
Thank God, everything was fine and I managed
to save her."
When I asked her why she did it, she told me:
“Why would I want this kind of life? I’m afraid
to even leave the apartment.”

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 Her mother told me, “As soon as we heard that
asthma is treated with fasting at the Goryachinsk
resort, we came here right away.”
Of course, after hearing this story, I couldn’t
refuse them. The girl was patient and had very
strong willpower. In general, I’ve noticed that al-
most all patients with asthma have a strong will
and a great desire to recover. The disease and
asthma attacks, which resemble death, probably
impact their character. Her first water fasting pe-
riod had lasted 14 days. After completing it, her
weight was 36 kg, and I decided to end her fast-
ing. After the first fast, she didn’t entirely stop
using the inhaler, but her asthma attacks became
milder and less frequent. She had regular fasting
days and came back 1 year later. After the second
fasting period, her asthma was cured completely,

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along with all of her gynecological problems. She
gained healthy weight, and she now has two kids.
I met her at the All-Russian conference on fast-
ing therapy held in Ulan-Ude. I didn’t even rec-
ognize her at first because I saw a beautiful and
feminine woman. When I asked her about her
health condition, she told me that she has for-
gotten about asthma entirely.
My patient told me that his friend with bron-
chial asthma wanted to come to an appointment
with me. I saw this “old man.” He was 64 years
old, but he looked as if he was 80 because he was
crooked, hunchbacked, and had severe asthma
attacks. When there was no asthma attack, he
was gasping and wheezing. He was wordy when
talking about his condition, saying, “Damn it, it
tortures me, especially in the spring, when I need

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to work. I’m a gardener, and when the attacks
start, I fall right down on the ground. It has tor-
tured me for over 35 years. I guess it’s time for me
to die. Although doctors have treated me many
times, nothing helped.”
The most important thing is that he’s never
taken any hormones. That’s why he had a
chance. That’s what I thought. I told him about
our therapy and how to prepare for it. A month
later, he came to our clinic in Altay. The most
interesting thing is that during the preparation
phase (he was on a vegetarian diet and cleansed
the liver), he lost 10 kg. He used to eat meat three
times a day. When he stopped eating meat, he
started losing a lot of weight. Dry fasting therapy
had a great effect on him, and he threw his in-
haler out on the 4th day.

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 Of course, the Altay Mountains have a unique
healing microclimate that greatly enhances the
effects of fasting. He walked 5 kilometers a day
(he covered this distance for the first time in the
last 20 years), admiring nature. He got up early
every morning and walked while the dew was
still on the ground. His second fasting period
had lasted for 9 days. When he was leaving, we
somehow found his inhaler lying behind the
sofa, but I was afraid that his asthma would re-
appear after returning to the ecologically con-
taminated city. We met 1 year later. He came to
my appointment with a pocket full of inhalers
that he habitually kept obtaining at the phar-
macy. “I should go to the flea market and sell
them,” he said sarcastically.

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 One day, my regular patient called me late in
the evening. She said that her brother had a pul-
monary abscess and he was supposed to undergo
surgery. A pulmonary abscess is an infected fu-
sion of the lung tissue, separated from the sur-
rounding tissue by a capsule. It’s caused by mi-
crobial flora (in most cases, Staphylococcus).
Considering the powerful anti-inflammatory
effect of DF and the fact that the body shouldn’t
contain any pathological fluid during this pe-
riod, I agreed to do help him. He has fasted for 9
days with relative ease because he had no appe-
tite at all due to intoxication. I was surprised that
he had calmly read books for 9 days, though al-
most all patients tell me that they usually have
no desire to read books or watch TV. After 5
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stopped, along with the low-grade fever. When
he came home and got an X-ray, and then went
to see a surgeon, who carefully studied it and
said: "Whoever assigned you to undergo surgery is
a fool, because you have nothing in your
lungs."(...)
Why is therapeutic fasting effective in treating
bronchopulmonary pathology? Asthma attacks
are a toxic storm that happens when mucus pro-
duction can no longer handle the burden put on
it.
The liver is one of the most problematic organs
in patients with bronchial asthma. When we put
leeches on the liver area before fasting, I’ve never
seen good-quality blood. All the patients who
cleansed the liver before fasting are always
amazed by the detox results. Fasting cleanses the

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main filter very effectively. During fasting, the
blood gets rid of all things extraneous, and the
plasma becomes transparent and clean as a whis-
tle, everything is balanced, including coagula-
tion factors.
In this regard, therapeutic fasting cleanses the
blood better than hemosorption or hemodialy-
sis. As we know, bronchial edema caused by al-
lergic inflammation is one of the main patholog-
ical mechanisms in asthma. When there is no
liquid, bronchial edema and inflammation dis-
appear on the 3rd day of dry fasting, and subse-
quently the adrenal cortex function of hormone
(cortisol) secretion stabilizes gradually.
The function of the adrenal cortex reaches its
highest point on approximately the 5th day of
DF. The amount of glucocorticoids flooding the

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blood is three times greater than usual and has a
powerful anti-inflammatory effect, thus sup-
pressing all the inflammation sites in the body.
After all, we know that glucocorticoids are the
most powerful anti-inflammatory agents in the
body. The action of free forms of glucocorticoids
is another powerful therapeutic effect of fasting
on inflammatory diseases.
At the same time, endocrine glands hypertro-
phy slightly during fasting. The parathyroid
gland responsible for the immune system (thy-
mus) experiences the greatest increase in size
during dosed fasting. The remaining viral and
microbial inflammation sites are destroyed dur-
ing dry fasting. These factors achieve an inte-
grated therapeutic effect in patients with bron-
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inhalers? Why is it so hard to help patients with
asthma who have undergone hormonal therapy
for over 5 years? Allergic inflammation in the
bronchopulmonary apparatus causes a complex
of pathological reactions, which always delay ex-
halation. That’s why respiratory acidosis devel-
ops in the blood. It restores and then enhances
the process of CO2 absorption by cells. This
means that defense mechanisms are active even
if a brief asthma attack occurs. Bronchospasm
neutralizes the mediators of allergic inflamma-
tion. None of them are present in the blood dur-
ing attacks. At the same time, asthma attacks ac-
tivate the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland,
which eventually improve the effect of neutraliz-
ing allergies through their channels as well.

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 First, this complex effect restores the patency of
the tracheobronchial tree and then relieves
asthma attacks without external assistance. Sec-
ond, bronchospasms largely restore general bod-
ily adaptation reactions and neutralize allergic
inflammation. Thus, the effect of protection
against allergic inflammation is preserved for a
long time after the attack.
That’s why attacks are rare (1-2 times a year) at
the onset of bronchial asthma, even if allergens
are in regular contact with the body. Patients can
have asthma attacks but live long if they don’t
take modern medications. It used to be the same
for asthma patients before the war because pa-
tients barely ever died from this disease and lived
to a ripe old age.

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 Two drugs were released in the USA, England,
and then Russia in the post-war years. It’s hor-
monal glucocorticoid therapy, where the inhal-
ers impact nerve endings (adrenergic receptors
of efferent cells). As a result, there were many se-
riously ill patients who encountered the threat of
lethal outcomes, and then there were deaths.
Nowadays, it’s a common occurrence. It turned
out that the direct-acting sympathomimetics
quickly activate cAMP nucleotides through
nerve endings (cell membranes), stopping the
bronchospasm immediately. However, these
chemical compounds in the membranes bind
with an enzyme (chemoreceptor) to form a pro-
tein that is undesirable (nonstandard) for the
body. From this moment on, it’s gradually de-
stroyed by the immune system. Thus, the

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functioning of the nerve cell receptor weakened
by the disease is further aggravated by modern
drugs, and then stops entirely.
Besides, the opposite effect is often present in
cases when this chemoreceptor isn’t activated
but blocked by the intermediate chemical com-
pound degradation products. Receptors fail
quickly – within 2-3 years or even faster. At the
early stages of asthma, patients are forced to
breathe in these or similar medications in in-
creasing quantities and take substances harmful
to nerve endings. They become dependent on
these drugs. Finally, medications start acting
paradoxically, and begin to cause bron-
chospasms. A life-threatening asthmatic condi-
tion develops, and it can lead to death if the glu-
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can make these nerve endings function aren’t
used by patients. At the same time, the hor-
mones injected into the body ultimately destroy
the immunogenetic system mechanism, thus
creating a greater vicious circle and leading to
the atrophy of the hormonal system.
At the onset of bronchial asthma, the disease
can be stopped by different yoga techniques, ac-
upuncture, segmental massage, cave therapy, or
conventional cold water treatment. However,
when patients become dependent on direct-act-
ing sympathomimetics (inhalers) and hor-
mones, only dosed fasting can help them break
this vicious circle if they’ve taken hormones for
less than five years.

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 19.2.12. Cardiovascular Diseases: Hyper-
tension and Atherosclerosis
After 5-7 days of fasting, electrocardiogram re-
sults improve. They indicate an improvement in
coronary circulation, while angina attacks stop
completely. Blood pressure usually improves af-
ter 7-10 days of fasting (after an acidotic crisis)
and remains healthy during the entire period of
fasting.
This is not surprising. Our heart is under tre-
mendous pressure throughout our lifetime in
addition to different stress factors, physical exer-
tion, and fatigue. We often don’t realize that
food burdens the heart even more than difficult
exercises. It’s not a coincidence that many heart
attacks and myocardial infarctions happen after
a hearty meal. Fasting gives the heart the rest it

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deserves. It no longer needs to pump a huge
amount of blood to support digestion, and heart
muscles launch self-healing processes.
After all, the heart practically doesn’t lose any
of its weight during fasting. Blood circulation in
the heart muscle improves, and its glycogen re-
serves increase. During fasting, there are practi-
cally no heart attacks, necrosis, or heart muscle
inflammation. Heartbeat is restored and the
heart rate decreases.
After fasting, the effect lasts for quite a long
time, especially if the patients stick to a healthy
diet. Fasting relieves heart overload and pro-
vides it with the opportunity to rest. With a heart
rate of 80 beats per minute, the heart makes
115,200 beats in 24 hours. Shortly after the pa-
tients start fasting, their heart rate decreases, and

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may be as low under 60 beats per minute for a
period of time. Ultimately, their heart rate be-
comes 60 beats per minute throughout the entire
fasting period, thus resulting in 86,400 beats in
24 hours (28,800 beats less than the result before
fasting). It will reduce the burden on the heart by
up to 25%. Positive effects on heart activity are
apparent not only in the decreasing heart rate
but also in a healthy pulse. All of the above al-
lows the heart to rest, repair its damaged struc-
tures, and restore tissues.
Fasting provides the heart with the needed
chance to get rid of accumulated toxins. When
toxemia is eliminated, cardiac tissues heal faster
and better. Toxins stop irritating the heart, and
it makes a striking comeback. All the above-
stated facts apply to most heart diseases.

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However, there are some exceptions. Some-
times, we observe rare cases during fasting when
heart activity is suppressed, and this condition
requires ending the fast, because continuing it
can be very dangerous.
All cases when heart diseases are treated by
fasting must be carried out under the direct and
personal supervision of a physician with experi-
ence in fasting. Unnecessary risks aren’t allowed
in patients with such conditions.
Hypertension is one of the most common dis-
eases that affect the cardiovascular system. It’s
accompanied by a temporary or persistent blood
pressure rise. The disease involves arteriole at-
tenuation caused by the increased tonic function
of smooth muscles in arterial walls and cardiac
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people with a family history of the disease. Soviet
scientists claimed that the main causes of the on-
set and development of hypertension include
nervous system problems, biochemical meta-
bolic processes, predisposing factors (hereditary
and age-related), atherosclerosis, and preceding
kidney diseases.
I’ve already described my understanding of the
development of hypertension and atherosclero-
sis mechanisms. It should be noted that high
blood pressure is caused by excessive weight.
Scientists have found that about 2 km of capil-
laries are required to supply blood to 500g of fat
cells. Therefore, if a person gains 1 kg, their vas-
culature increases by 4 km. As a result of the
overall increase in the vasculature length, which
is about 100,000 km in adults, the load on the

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heart increases because it must conduct stronger
and more frequent contractions to push the
blood through all bodily organs and tissues un-
der high pressure.
Combined fasting is perfect for obese patients.
Many researchers state that this method leads to
an earlier acidotic crisis and a greater reduction
in the body fat mass. Patients with arterial hy-
pertension attain a faster improvement of their
condition, thus the term of the fast and the
length of their inpatient treatment are reduced.
This method is the technique of choice if the un-
derlying disease is accompanied by obesity and
edema syndrome.
Moreover, the combination of dry and water
fasting is well tolerated by patients, has a healing
effect, while reducing the total treatment length,

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and optimizes its timing due to an earlier onset
of the acidotic crisis.
Atherosclerosis is the main cause of impaired
blood supply to tissues and organs. Atheroscle-
rosis (and the diseases it causes) is a top killer!
There’s a misconception that atherosclerosis is
the result of aging. Sometimes it’s associated
with absent-mindedness or forgetfulness. Both
statements are wrong.
First of all, atherosclerosis can affect young
people, while old patients may not have this con-
dition. Second, its symptoms are more diverse
because it can affect the whole body from head
to toe. Sclerosis literally means "induration". It
can develop in lung tissues (pneumosclerosis),
heart muscles (cardiosclerosis), kidneys (neph-
rosclerosis), and even bones (osteosclerosis).

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 Atherosclerosis, in fact, is a special form that
affects large arteries.
Atherosclerosis is a metabolic disorder in
which cholesterol (a fat-like substance) levels in-
crease in the blood. Besides, lipoprotein (fat +
protein) formation is increased. It penetrates the
artery walls. At the same time, they accumulate
cholesterol, followed by either plaque calcifica-
tion or ulceration. The risk of atherosclerosis in-
creases with aging.
Fasting has a huge impact on blood circulation.
With an empty stomach and intestines, there are
no obstacles to blood circulation in the abdo-
men, and its composition is improved. Conges-
tion in the abdomen and the liver are eliminated.
Fasting contributes to the restoration of the ca-
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hypertension. Blood vessel walls become more
elastic during fasting. Blood cholesterol levels
decrease, thus eliminating the risk of new ather-
osclerotic plaques. The subsequent strict dairy
and plant-based diet with salt restriction helps
retain the results obtained during therapeutic
fasting treatment.
In patients with hypertension, fasting immedi-
ately affects its main symptom, namely, blood
pressure. It is lowered starting with the very first
days of fasting. Even in patients with persistent
and long-term diseases, it’s normalized after 5-7
days of dry fasting. In most cases, blood pressure
drops below the normal level by the end of the
fast. It increases and reaches the norm during
the recovery period. To maintain a positive ther-
apeutic effect, regular short-term dry fasting

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periods are recommended - 1 day a week, 3 days
a month, 7 days a year.
19.2.13. Neurological diseases: degenerative
disc disease, protrusions, disk herniation, mi-
graine.
According to a famous quote, "three doctors
have four opinions." When it comes to vertebral
degenerative disc disease, there are many opin-
ions. When a patient asks about the cause of de-
generative disc disease, a doctor can easily name
a dozen causes. Unfortunately, it’s hard to find a
clear and specific reason why the above-men-
tioned disease affected you and a particular ver-
tebral area. There is even an opinion that degen-
erative disc disease is a "polyetiological and
monopathogenetic" disease. It’s a beautiful term

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that simply means: "the same process is caused
by different factors".
It should be noted that degenerative disc dis-
ease affects only Homo sapiens among the ani-
mal species on our planet. In literature, there’s
also a statement that saber-toothed tigers were
affected by it. I don’t know, I haven’t had the
chance to check this fact, but the spread of de-
generative disc disease in humans is truly global.
It affects 99,(9)% of people. Degenerative disc
disease is the most common disease of the mus-
culoskeletal system that affects people of all ages.
The term osteochondrosis, as degenerative disc
disease is called in Russian, is formed from two
Greek words meaning "bone" and "cartilage". It’s
a disease of the cartilage covering bones in the

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musculoskeletal system, mainly of the spinal
cord, hip and knee joints.
Intoxication and immobility are the main
causes of degenerative disc disease. These factors
alter the intervertebral disc structure. Due to the
uneven vertical axial load, the ligaments of the
vertebrae (especially in the lumbar spine) stretch
as much as possible on one side or the other be-
cause a standing person constantly “changes
legs”. As a result, there is a dislocation of the ver-
tebrae called spondylolisthesis. Besides, inter-
vertebral discs gradually degenerate and the nu-
cleus pulposus elasticity is lost. The disc loses its
ability to act as a hydraulic shock absorber, and
the axial load is transferred by it in the direction
of the acting force. After a while, the outer layer
of the disk cracks, and hernial bulges are formed.

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They compress blood vessels (which leads to
edema and impaired blood circulation in the
spine), spinal nerve roots, or, in rare cases, the
spinal cord. In addition, there are degenerative
changes in the cartilage covering the discs ac-
companied by the formation of a disk hernia in
the vertebrae.
The main treatment for this pathology defi-
nitely consists of eliminating the edema, cleans-
ing the muscles, ligaments, and joints from salt
deposits, improving disk nutrition. I’ve been al-
ways amazed at how spine mobility and flexibil-
ity improve during fasting. Migraine (translated
from French, migraine is the pain in one half of
the head) is a recurrent paroxysmal headache,
usually unilateral, caused by periodic narrowing
and expansion of arteries in the brain. Women

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suffer from migraines 2-3 times more often than
men, due to frequent migraine attacks during
premenstrual syndrome. Men usually have
longer lasting and more intense attacks. The
causes of migraine attacks include: stress, nerv-
ous and physical strain, excessive alcohol con-
sumption, smoking, being in an unventilated
space, lack of sleep, fatigue, intoxication,
changes in weather or climatic conditions, hor-
monal imbalances, etc.
19.2.14. Rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing
spondylitis, deforming osteoarthrosis, infec-
tious polyarthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis causes chronic and pro-
gressive inflammation of joints. It’s one of the
most common joint disorders. It affects women
2-3 times more often than men and its causes are

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unclear. Immunological disorders play an im-
portant role, especially the autoimmune process
characterized by the production of lymphocytes
and antibodies against bodily tissues. In simpler
terms, an infection or chemical compounds alter
normal tissues in such a way that the immune
system starts treating them as foreign and de-
stroys them.
Dry fasting is a total detox. It destroys all the
infections and everything foreign to the body.
Above all, DF qualitatively and quantitatively re-
stores the immune system function, which is the
most important one in the body; it strengthens
the barriers of cells, organs and systems, reinvig-
orates the blood pool (microvasculature) and,
last but not least, provides a long-term (pro-
longed) medical and preventive effect.

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 When I first started treating patients with dry
fasting, my first patient was a man with rheuma-
toid arthritis. His fingers and toes were de-
formed, all his joints ached, and he couldn’t even
get up without pills and injections. He agreed to
undergo dry fasting at once. Before meeting with
me, he underwent all the popular treatment
methods: herbalists, healers, acupuncture, etc.
"Sergey Ivanovich, I won’t be surprised at any-
thing. I think it won’t be worse, but I intuitively
feel that there’s a chance."
When I told him that he might suffer from in-
somnia during dry fasting, he said, “It won’t sur-
prise me, as I’ve had insomnia due to pain for
eight years.” He was a former athlete with a
strong will. He tolerated fasting very well. When
I checked on my patients, he either read or

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listened to music. After seven days, there were
no changes, and all his symptoms were the same.
On the 8th day, I decided that I would stop his
treatment on the next day, as it seemed useless
and his condition did not seem to succumb to
treatment. His joints started burning severely in
the evening. When I checked him in the morn-
ing of the 9th day, I saw him performing push-
ups, and he had tears in his eyes. He could per-
form them without pain for the first time in eight
years. He fasted for eleven days. His joints
stopped aching, their deformity diminished, the
range of movement increased, and even a few
rheumatoid nodules disappeared. He had no re-
currences for the past seven years. His disability
benefits were taken away, since he stopped going
to the clinic, and now he works as a driver. He

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comes to Altay for prophylactic purposes every
year. What if I stopped his treatment? I always
wonder what would have happened in this case.
The biggest difference between dry and water
fasting is that the second acidotic crisis is the
most curative. It starts between the 8th and the
11th day. Sometimes, one night can decide every-
thing, though this period is very difficult psycho-
logically. We had many patients with rheuma-
toid arthritis. Of course, not all of them had such
positive results. We couldn’t help some of them
at all. What are the reasons for failures? Some
patients cannot go through the necessary thera-
peutic fasting period, while others have a very
long history of hormonal therapy, so that all the
natural healing powers of the body are sup-
pressed by chemicals.

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 People often write and ask me whether fasting
can help with such an incurable and severe dis-
ease as multiple sclerosis? Multiple sclerosis is a
chronic disease of the central nervous system,
and it’s often unpredictable and progressive.
Multiple sclerosis affects the brain, optic nerves,
and the spinal cord. It leads to the disruption of
corresponding bodily functions. The disease is
characterized by the formation of randomly
scattered demyelination areas (loss of myelin, a
white fatty substance covering axons (nerve fi-
bers). Incidence rate. Multiple sclerosis usually
starts at a young age, but it can manifest at any
age between 15 and 60 years. Women are more
susceptible to this disease than men. The highest

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incidence rate is among Caucasians living in a
temperate climate. The disease isn’t hereditary.
Over 300,000 people suffer from multiple scle-
rosis in the US. Multiple sclerosis ranks third on
the list of full disability causes in the reproduc-
tive age after injuries and rheumatologic dis-
eases. About 3,000,000 people in the world suffer
from multiple sclerosis. The disease prevalence
depends on geographical areas. The lowest rate
is on the equator, and it increases to the north
and the south. 10-70 people per 100,000 have
multiple sclerosis in Russia. Its cause is un-
known. There’s a belief that the disease can be
linked to a viral infection in the early childhood
and autoimmune processes in the central nerv-
ous system.

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 During recurrences, there are acute inflamma-
tion centers with a swollen medullary sheath.
Several weeks or months later, local inflamma-
tion and swelling stop, leaving multiple scars or
lesions called plaques. Meanwhile, the axons are
preserved. This process explains why patients
may experience a partial or almost full recovery.
However, if a new locus of inflammation is near
the old one, the recovery will be less complete.

Treatment. There is no treatment or preventa-

tive method with proven effectiveness. L.G.
Shchennikov, a professor of traditional medicine
and one of the main DF experts and practition-
ers (he now calls his method Healing Abstinence
from water and food), told me about this case of

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the successful multiple sclerosis cure through
dry fasting:
“Vladimir D. from Podolsk came for a consul-
tation on Healing Abstinence from food in early
September 2000. He was accompanied by his
spouse. She was the one who found the recom-
mendations on this method in the media and
brought her husband in, explaining that it was
their last hope. He asked her to leave the office
for a while, and then he started to tell his story,
which was full of pain and hopelessness. The
middle-aged man turned out to be a former ath-
lete and a boxer. His diagnosis - multiple sclero-
sis, made by doctors, ruined his career and left
him with no hope for a productive life. (...) They
offered treatment, but it only got worse. He had
to use a wheelchair. The man was close to

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despair, and he didn’t see a way out of the situa-
tion. “I’m ready to do anything to get rid of the
wheelchair and be able to do at least something
on my own. Can you help me?"
-“You can help yourself, but you need a strong
will and desire,” I replied.
-“It’s my only desire, and I have enough will -
I’m a former athlete and a man. What should I
do?”
His spouse came in. I explained to them the es-
sence of this method in detail and offered him to
undergo an 11-day treatment of healing absti-
nence from food and water. Vladimir and Elena
answered that children were waiting for them in
Podolsk and they needed to return. I gave them
HA guidelines and said that Vladimir would be
able to undergo his first full treatment course at

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home, especially with the support of relatives. I
gave my recommendations and said goodbye af-
ter a 2-hour conversation. They thanked me and
promised to call during and after the treatment
and follow all instructions strictly. It seemed to
me then that they really embraced hope for re-
covery.
A month later, I saw Vladimir and his wife
again. They came to Moscow especially to meet
with me. He came to the apartment himself,
without his wife’s support. Their eldest son came
with them. We went into the room and sat down.
Vladimir started talking about his HA treatment
and how everyone supported him, including his
children. His wife underwent a 7-day course too.
The results were apparent. Vladimir began to
move around independently and his motor

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coordination improved considerably. He said
that he gradually started to do housework — he
made tables, chairs, and carved wood. I’m sure
that this pastime will help him fight the disease.
A goal had appeared in his life. Vladimir and
Elena decided to undergo the next treatment
course (11 days) together to improve and con-
solidate their results. Elena started thanking me
for her husband’s results, but I told her that he
had enough strength to help himself. I was really
happy that they had such a wonderful and affa-
ble family. Vladimir underwent several more
HA treatment courses and got a job in Podolsk.”

I believe that all of these amazing cases of heal-

ing depended only on people who tried to fight
for their lives and chose the healing abstinence

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treatment. Imaginary obstacles and prejudices
haven’t stopped them. Their exemplary courage
and will helped them fight the disease. I want to
note that the body definitely heals faster and the
treatment is more effective at the early stages of
the disease. That’s why I sincerely advise you to
take care of your health as early as possible in or-
der to prevent the disease from taking severe
forms.
That’s what Herbert Shelton, a great therapeu-
tic fasting promoter and practitioner, says about
the treatment of multiple sclerosis:
“I remember one surveyor whose condition
got worse so much that he was forced to quit his
job and let others do it. He’s been under the su-
pervision of the best Western neuropathologists
for several years. They warned him from the very

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beginning that his condition would quickly
worsen and honestly admitted that they had no
cure for multiple sclerosis. They told him the
truth. Nevertheless, after spending 7 weeks at the
Institute of Hygiene, he left it, returned home,
and resumed his job. It doesn’t mean that he had
fully recovered after a 7-week treatment course,
but he felt so much better that he decided to
leave the Institute of Hygiene. It was a mistake,
especially if we are to consider the severity of his
disease. Unfortunately, many patients with mul-
tiple sclerosis make this mistake. They feel so
happy that the most painful symptoms are gone
that they often no longer want to make an effort
to restore their health. They decide that they can
take care of themselves. After an initial improve-
ment, they believe that they can continue

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treatment at home as efficiently as under profes-
sional supervision. Sometimes they are lucky,
but in most cases, they aren’t. The results of fast-
ing can be much better under control and super-
vision.
The word "sclerosis" means coarsening or
hardening. It’s associated with the hardening of
a certain part of the body as a result of inflam-
mation. In the nervous system, sclerosis is the
excessive and unsystematic growth of connec-
tive tissues (connective tissue hyperplasia) of
nerve cells.
Multiple sclerosis, also called disseminated
sclerosis or Charcot's disease, is characterized by
the hardening (sclerosis) that affects distinct ar-
eas scattered throughout the brain and the spinal
cord. These hardened areas vary in size between

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a pinhead and a bean. They’re randomly scat-
tered throughout the brain and the spinal cord.
The autopsy revealed the damaged isolating
layer of the nerve cells, which have fused with fi-
bers. I emphasize that these data are autopsy re-
sults, which revealed that the cause of the disease
is inflammation, not sclerosis or hardening. A
person dies after suffering from multiple sclero-
sis for 15 or 20 years, and an autopsy is per-
formed. The state of the brain and nervous sys-
tem is examined very closely. It’s discovered that
the course of the disease is reversible. Patients
may have symptoms like tingling, prickling,
ringing in the ears, tremor, fever, catalepsy, in-
sensibility, numbness in different limbs and the
body. Later, when the disease develops further,
they suffer from weakness in the legs and

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difficulty walking, shuddering and involuntary
sharp movements of legs, difficulty speaking,
awkwardness, and hand tremor increases when
they try to pick up or grab something. They have
constipation and difficulty urinating.
Sometimes, these symptoms remain mild for a
long time. They may even disappear completely,
without recurring for many years. This symp-
tom relief indicates disease reversibility at its
early stages. About half of such patients become
capable of working after being sick for 25 years.
This fact demonstrates how slowly sclerosis may
develop. There’s enough time for its effective
treatment. I’ve previously stated that there are
no identical cases in symptoms or disease pro-
gression. This statement is true not only for mul-
tiple sclerosis, but also for any other disease.

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There are no bacteria or viruses found responsi-
ble for this condition. Its cause is unknown.
However, there’s an assumption that it may be
of an infectious nature. No treatment has ever
been effective.
How can we have successfully treat a disease if
its cause is unknown?
Medical books usually state the following about
this disease: “Its cause is completely unknown ...
there is no specific or truly effective treatment ...
it’s always a chronic disease... a complete recov-
ery is very questionable ...” Of course, we can’t
expect a full recovery if the cause of the disease
is unknown. Moreover, we stubbornly don’t
want to admit that we should consider unhealthy
lifestyles and the environment surrounding a
patient in search of its causes. These are true

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causes of organic and functional changes and
bodily deterioration. We can say that the search
for a specific cause of the disease is over. The
time has come when we must finally admit that
unhealthy lifestyles and bad habits cause this dis-
ease and impairment. When we realize and fix
that, it will be possible to cure thousands of peo-
ple who are now considered terminally ill pa-
tients.
I’ve never had any opportunity to treat multiple
sclerosis at its early stage, so I can only assume
that if such patients were treated by hygienists at
once, their recovery rate would be higher. In fact,
I could have brought some patients from a com-
pletely helpless state back to life and restore their
work capacity. It surely proves the benefit of

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hygienists' program on restoring bodily tissues
and functions.
Let's take a look at the general data relevant to
fasting to fight sclerosis.
The first fast provides patients with noticeable
improvement in their general condition. In
many cases, bedridden patients get up and are
able to move. A carefully planned diet, regular
exercises, and sunbathing during the post-fast-
ing period bring improvement and further pro-
gress.
The second fast further strengthens control
over the limbs. I usually prescribed 3 fasting
courses in these cases, and each one improved
the condition of the limbs and control over
them. After fasting, I leave the patients to rest in
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require increasing mobility and dexterity to per-
form them. The main purpose of these exercises
is to gain dexterity, not to increase muscle mass
or strength. I’m sure that daytime sunbathing is
especially useful in further restoration of the
nervous system. The diet should include fresh
fruits and vegetables with a very limited amount
of fats, sugars, proteins, and starch. I prefer veg-
etable protein - nuts and sunflower seeds.
It’s important to remember that sclerosis isn’t
the initial stage of the disease. In the early stages,
the disease is much easier to treat if the patients
get rid of bad habits and improve their lifestyle
in addition to cleansing their blood and getting
rid of toxins. A full recovery is possible at the in-
itial stage of the disease, not at its later stages,

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when there are irreversible changes in the nerv-
ous system. It’s important not to be too late!
I found interesting studies conducted by Italian
scientists online. Fasting protects against multi-
ple sclerosis. Fasting relieves the symptoms of
multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune dis-
eases. After refraining from food intake for 48
hours, mice with a condition similar to multiple
sclerosis had much less brain damage during this
period, showed better results in balance and
movement tests, and they had noticeably milder
symptoms of weakness and paralysis.
The author of the work, Giuseppe Matarese
from the University of Naples, hopes that the
combination of a diet and medication will allow
to treat multiple sclerosis in the future. Nowa-
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to eat until they’re full, and no one is going to
prescribe fasting to them.
Matarese hopes to find elements of the diet that
have the biggest impact on autoimmune dis-
eases. Multiple sclerosis is incurable now (mod-
ern methods can only slow the disease down).
Nevertheless, scientists have something new to
offer. Leptin, a hormone secreted by fat cells af-
ter eating to kill cravings, is one of these find-
ings. Matarese found that leptin production
doubled in mice right before the onset of the dis-
ease, but leptin levels were close to normal in the
mice left without food for 48 hours (similar to 7-
10 days for humans). Matarese also found that
neurons in damaged brain tissues produced lep-
tin as well. Unfortunately, I mostly get calls from
patients who cannot come to see me

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independently or take care of themselves. There-
fore, I have no experience in treating such dis-
eases.
Can dry fasting treat AIDS, viral hepatitis, can-
cer? People often ask this question on the phone
and in their letters.

19.2.15. Can dry fasting treat AIDS and hepa-

titis C?
I have had no patients with AIDS in my prac-
tice, though L.A. Shchennikov told me that he
had cases of treating this disease. I had a few pa-
tients with viral hepatitis C. A very illustrative
example of the successful treatment of hepatitis
C is provided below.

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 A man with a Ukrainian accent called me. He
told me his story: “I was diagnosed with viral
hepatitis C in 1999. I’ve repeatedly undergone
different treatments and taken many medica-
tions. I only wasted a lot of money with no result.
I found your website by chance, and I decided to
try dry fasting. Liver cleansing was successful. I
first underwent 2-day and 3-day dry fasting
courses, and then I went to the Carpathian
mountains, where I underwent 5-day dry fasting
on my own. I felt well, my liver test results were
much better, and even the doctors were amazed.
Can I come to you for a 10-day dry fast?”
Of course, I gladly agreed to treat him, as he
was prepared and even those short fasting peri-
ods have already helped him.

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 He tolerated dry fasting well. He intuitively
found his place of power on the banks of our
river and went there every day. On the 9th day, he
was excited and told me, “I was sitting in my
place. It was raining, and I was praying quietly.
Suddenly, the sky cleared a bit and sunrays
seemed to pierce my body. It was incredible to me
because it was still raining. I felt so good after-
wards.” After returning home, he went to the
Carpathians to undergo a 10-day fasting course
on his own a month later. He once again re-
peated fasting two months after that. When I was
on a business trip, I received a text message on
my cell phone, “My test results are great, come see
me, take a trip to the Carpathians.” Of course, it’s
a joy to get such messages.

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 Another case. I got another call with a question
about whether I treated hepatitis TTV. Honestly,
it was the first time I have ever heard about this
type of hepatitis. I had to browse the Internet for
information. A choleric-tempered guy came for
a consultation. He took frequent walks during
the fasting period and he couldn’t find the right
place for himself. He needed to be doing some-
thing all the time. His fast lasted for 7 days. Six
months later, he came in for dry fractional fast-
ing, underwent two fasting courses for seven and
eight days, respectively. That time, he brought
books and CDs and everything was fine. A
month later, he went to Israel for an examina-
tion. He called me from there and said that he
had a complete bodily examination, and doctors

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said that his liver and test results are just like a
newborn’s.
Of course, not everyone can boast of such good
results. Fasting didn’t help some people at all be-
cause undergoing several fasting courses is re-
quired to fully recover from such diseases. Alas,
not all of them have enough patience and will to
do that.

19.2.16. Dry Fasting against Cancer

It’s so difficult to talk about a serious dis-
ease...It’s so difficult to talk about a serious dis-
ease and avoid comforting lies while instilling
hope. It’s even more important when it comes to
cancer! I want to give an example of how to de-
feat this terrible disease with a strong will, a lot
of patience, and fasting.

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 I had a single case of successful cancer treat-
ment.
One patient brought his mother in for a con-
sultation. Doctors accidentally diagnosed a small
malignant kidney tumor without metastases.
Since there was still a lot of time before surgery,
we decided to try dry fasting. She had a positive
mindset and tolerated dry fasting well. On the 9th
day of fasting, she had a high fever. I’ve never
seen anything like that during fasting. She got
through the night, and the fever was gone in the
morning. I realized that it was a real medical cri-
sis because cancer cells die at high temperatures.
Besides, she neither ate nor drank. When she
was re-examined, the cancer was gone.
In most cases, I get calls from people who have
cancer with metastases and who already

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underwent chemotherapy or radiation. I also
had such patients, but I couldn’t cure anyone. I
only prolonged their lives. The difficulty of treat-
ing cancer patients is that in order to recover, it’s
necessary to:
• Completely change your lifestyle and diet,
fully cleanse the body.
• Change your place of residence, preferably re-
locating to environmentally friendly places to
relieve the immune system from the harsh ef-
fects of industrial poisons and toxins.
• If you are inclined towards fasting, do it before
chemotherapy or radiation, since chemother-
apy kills everything - not only cancer cells, but
also immune cells.
• It’s advisable to undergo a series of fasting
courses, drink anticancer herbs during the

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 fasts until the malignant tumor is completely
destroyed, or it will grow even faster.
• Even if you are cured after fasting, you will re-
quire preventative fasting courses for the rest
of your life. Unfortunately, this requirement is
unacceptable for 90% of patients. That’s why
we don’t let such patients fast and try to help
them with herbs. To prevent cancer, any type
of fasting can be invaluable after major surger-
ies, since the latter only eliminate the effect,
while the cause remains. If nothing is changed,
the risk of cancer recurrence is very high. As
I’ve already stated, the strongest and most via-
ble cells survive during dry fasting. Even short-
term dry fasting is a serious preventative meas-
ure against malignant tumors.

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 Here is a letter from one of my patients’ wife:
“Dear Sergey Ivanovich! My name is Natalia
Mikhailovna, I called you about my husband's
disease last week. He’s 47 years old. He under-
went laparotomy, proximal subtotal gastrec-
tomy in September 2005. He had massive intra-
abdominal bleeding on the 1st day of the postsur-
gical period. He had peritonitis on the 6th day of
the postsurgical period. As a result, he has a
transverse colostomy in the large intestine. At
his discharge: histology – moderately differenti-
ated tubular adenocarcinoma infiltrating the
stomach wall up to the muscle layer, no malig-
nant tumor was detected on resection margins,
hyperplasia in the lymphatic node. Diagnosis:
cancer of the cardiac notch of stomach
T2NOMO, 3rd group. The transverse colostomy

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was routinely closed on December 4, 2006. At
present, his condition is stable, bowel and blad-
der functions are healthy. His weight is 59 kg (it
was 47 kg in September-October 2005). Overall
biochemical test results are within the normal
range. Ultrasound of internal organs: diffuse
changes in the liver and kidneys. Torsion of the
gallbladder, cholesterosis of gallbladder walls.
Anastomosis histology was normal in February.
The lymph node in the groin is enlarged. The pa-
racentesis revealed nothing serious. These are all
the facts. Most importantly, if there is an oppor-
tunity, we want to come to you with my hus-
band, Victor Stepanovich, for treatment on May
1, 2006. I’m looking forward to your answer.”
Unfortunately, after a CT scan of lungs, a mi-
crofocal malignant growth was found, which

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was a potential manifestation of metastases.
They came to us in May. He underwent a 10-day
dry fasting course. When he was reexamined,
everything was fine. He comes to us for preven-
tative care twice a year. He takes anticancer
herbs between fasting courses. His weight is 64
kg now, his state of health is normal.

19.2.17. Dry Fasting against Skin Diseases

It’s well known that the skin reveals the state of
internal organs, especially the liver and intes-
tines. Once these organs start functioning
slightly worse than usual, the skin color and
tautness change, rashes and spots appear. The
skin is very sensitive to the effect of different tox-
ins, including those formed in intestines during
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metabolism. Some doctors understand what
clues on the face indicate a particular disease. It’s
true that even minor health problems affect our
appearance. The facial skin is just like litmus pa-
per that reacts to the slightest malfunctions in
the body and reflects how the stomach, liver, in-
testines, pancreas, kidneys, and hormones func-
tion. The ability to see these signs allows people
to recognize health problems early. It’s scientifi-
cally proven that 95% of known human pathol-
ogies are linked to bowel and liver malfunction.
If the food is undigested within 24-32 hours, it
starts rotting and turns into hardened deposits
on intestinal walls. The poisons that accumulate
in unhealthy intestines spread throughout the
body via the blood, thus affecting the skin.

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 The skin is nourished by blood, not by external
sources. Nothing but the blood nourishes the
skin, that’s why all the money spent on “skin-
nourishing” substances is a waste. Skin is a pro-
tective layer that comes into contact with many
harmful substances and is subjected to different
impacts. Fortunately, it has a very strong self-
healing ability so that only very harsh impacts
leave indelible marks.
Most skin disorders are associated with inter-
nal systemic diseases. Skin disorders are a sign of
an excretive crisis in the body. When the body
cannot remove unwanted substances in other
ways, it starts actively getting rid of them
through the skin, thus leading to its trauma and
various changes. Human skin is comparable
only to the liver and the brain in the number and

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variety of its functions. It contains nerve cells,
blood vessels, glands, pigment cells, and fat –
this water and gas-resistant layer covers the body
like an envelope, separating sensitive internal or-
gans from the external environment. It’s both a
radiator and an air conditioner for the body as it
regulates body temperature through sweating
and maintains its fluid balance through the same
process. The skin is a huge excretive organ. The
surface skin area is very large. The body elimi-
nated processed substances through it, just like
it does through lungs, intestines, and kidneys.
The diet plays an important role in all skin
rashes. It’s quite likely that a patient overeats.
Excessive daily intake of starches and sugar is
usually responsible for problems. In most cases,
food is taken in combinations that are

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unfavorable for digestion: the habit of combin-
ing starchy and high-protein foods in one meal
is enough to cause indigestion (metabolism
problems) and skin inflammation.
When taking medications, you have to take
into account that many of them may cause a
rash. Of course, a suitable diet should follow pre-
liminary fasting in patients with this inflamma-
tion. I want to state right away that there are no
true skin disorders. There are bodily disorders
that lead to skin damage. Therefore, it’s neces-
sary to treat the whole body, not only the skin.
Medicine in its current state can’t cope with the
task. Topical skin treatments can’t achieve posi-
tive results if we don’t examine the state of the
whole body.

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 Fasting and its general effect on the whole body
can cope with any sign of skin disorders very ef-
fectively. Most signs of skin disorders are evi-
dence of the body simply being unable to cope
with the amount of harmful substances that con-
stantly enter it with different products due to
overeating, harsh environmental conditions, or
because of a sedentary lifestyle that slows down
metabolic processes throughout the body, in-
cluding excretion, etc. This is what leads to many
common skin disorders: dermatitis, allergic der-
matitis, psoriasis, and others. Besides, a decrease
in body defenses due to the overall suppression
of recovery processes leads to different infec-
tious skin disorders. All of the microbes and bac-
teria that are constantly present on each person’s
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everyday life, turn into pathogenic agents of dif-
ferent diseases when the body is weakened.
What does any type of fasting do for the skin?
• Amazing skin changes are the first thing no-
ticed by almost all people who undergo fast-
ing. After just one week of fasting, the skin
becomes smooth, shiny, and youthful, and
there’s nothing unusual in this effect.
• Fasting relieves the excretive load from the
skin. With no incoming food, the body starts
to actively get rid of excess substances in all
possible ways and it uses them for vital activ-
ities. The body’s inner balance is gradually
normalized - the substances required for its
functioning are balanced, while everything
unnecessary is used up or eliminated.

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• Blood circulation in every cell in the body
and skin cells improves. Therapeutic fasting
thoroughly cleanses the body on the cellular
level. The blood is cleansed and vessels re-
main clean. Body cells are replaced and up-
dated. After long-term fasting, all of the skin
is renewed. The skin becomes clean, and the
body is rejuvenated.
• In patients with psoriasis, the immune sys-
tem function is improved. The following sim-
ple example makes it clear. I think you will
easily recall a period in your life when psori-
asis retreated and you were in great condition
without taking medications. It usually hap-
pens after a great vacation, sufficient daily
sleep, positive emotions, proper and regular
nutrition, etc. This is when the resources

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released by the immune system are often suf-
ficient to fight this disease. It’s most likely
that the effect is achieved by suppressing the
non-contagious retrovirus. Most scientists
support the point of view that specific defects
in immune system functioning that don’t al-
low the body to neutralize it lead to reoccur-
rence. It’s obvious that a typical exacerbation
of psoriasis occurs in late autumn and in
early spring - when the human body is most
susceptible to viral infections. Increased lev-
els of pathogenic and potentially pathogenic
microflora on the skin are a secondary prob-
lem. Microorganisms live and feed in psori-
atic patches, and their byproducts only ag-
gravate the situation. It’s possible to normal-
ize immune system functioning through

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 therapeutic fasting, but based on somewhat
different mechanisms. Of course, it’s not as
much fun as a good vacation, but its result is
more stable and predictable.
• Normalizing metabolic processes. Patients
often complain, "Liver problems led to exac-
erbation once again!" In reality, the connec-
tion works in the reverse manner. Skin disor-
ders affect the liver. Many metabolic prod-
ucts are removed through the skin. However,
the skin areas affected by patches, papules,
and other types of rash can’t fully cope with
this task. This is when the liver comes to res-
cue the damaged skin as it takes on its work.
Fortunately, the removal of additional meta-
bolic products doesn’t overload the liver.
Things are different with toxic metabolic

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 byproducts. The situation is further aggra-
vated by the substances accumulating in the
body for years because of the intake of medi-
cations without hepatoprotectors (to protect
the liver). These are also caused by malnutri-
tion and different bad habits. They are al-
ready capable of causing significant damage
to the liver. In turn, the liver causes new skin
rashes. It’s a vicious circle, but there’s a way
out. It’s clear that the removal of numerous
harmful and ballast compounds during fast-
ing provides an improvement of all bodily
systems for many months.
• Water-salt metabolism is normalized. Dry
skin is alleviated. Skin changes are the most
surprising during fasting. Even after one
week of fasting, it becomes smooth and silky.

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It squeaks like that of a baby when touched.
These changes are noticed by almost all pa-
tients who undergo fasting. Besides, positive
skin changes are preserved for quite a long
time even without subsequent healthy nutri-
tion. If patients stick to a healthy diet, these
changes become permanent. There are many
skin diseases treated by fasting: dermatitis,
neuro-dermatitis, allergic dermatitis, psoria-
sis (the main cause of which is impaired liver
function), pustules, and different skin infec-
tions. It would be more correct to cite self-
healing of the body due to fasting. The dura-
tion of the fast depends on the severity and
duration of the disease. The more severe the
skin disorder, the longer the fasting period.
You’ll most likely have to undergo several

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 courses that last 7-9 days and stick to a
healthy diet in-between them. 5-7 days of dry
fasting may be enough to treat mild disor-
ders, but everything depends on the overall
health. After all, skin disorders are the
marker indicating quite a significant body
malfunction. Therefore, it’s hard to say for
how long a fast should last in one case or an-
other. Of course, everyone wants to go
through a medical crisis and recover imme-
diately, but it’s not always possible or re-
quired.

19.2.18. Functional Nervous System Disorders

Depression can be called the common cold of
mood disorders. Most people are affected by it in
one way or another, either directly or indirectly.

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Your friends or family members can be its vic-
tims. Although depression is widespread, many
people aren’t aware of what it is exactly, what
causes it, and how it’s different from dumpiness
and bad mood.
Depression is characterized by a number of
very common symptoms, including chronic sad-
ness, anxiety, frustration, hopelessness, and pes-
simism. Patients with depression often feel
guilty, worthless, and helpless. They lose their
interest in life and they’re indifferent to previ-
ously favored activities and hobbies, such as par-
ties with friends or even sex. Insomnia, excessive
sleepiness, and waking up early in the morning
are common symptoms of depression. In my
opinion, the main cause of depression is the en-
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an extremely high level of toxins. Therefore,
normal biochemical processes in the central
nervous system are disrupted. Stress, trauma,
and genetic predisposition are simply provoking
and predisposing factors.
A long time ago I learned that patients aren’t
interested in the outside world during fasting,
and they’re more focused on nature, its beauty,
health, and this treatment. The body does its best
to survive. Based on the dominance principle,
two types of stress cannot coexist in it simulta-
neously. The more powerful one wins. Dry fast-
ing is a huge stress for the body. Unlike other
types of stress, it’s controlled by the patient’s will
and state of mind. That’s why all pathological
symptoms disappear during fasting. A great

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desire and will to live emerge in patients. They
become more calm, kind, and sympathetic.
I think that our spirit and body go hand in
hand. Quality body detox helps restore the nor-
mal functioning of intestines and the liver, and
the brain starts receiving high-quality nutrition
and sufficient amounts of oxygen. All the bio-
chemical processes that were disrupted are nor-
malized and improve by an order of magnitude.

19.2.19. Dry Fasting against Obesity

Obesity is a chronic recurrent disease charac-
terized by excessive adipose tissue accumulation
in the body. The World Health Organization
considers obesity an epidemic that affects mil-
lions of people. There were 250 million

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registered patients with obesity, amounting to
7% of the adult population in the world in 1998.
The diseases caused by overeating are human-
ity’s main enemies on the path to biological
thriving. 60% of Americans are overweight, and
it’s a remote cause of 300,000 deaths annually.
The population of the Slavic countries resembles
Americans in many ways because of the high-
carbohydrate diet with chronic protein and vita-
min deficiency. That’s why different types of
fasting as a radical way to lose weight are popular
in all developed countries, where millions of
people with triple chins are concerned with this
issue.
However, only a few people know the rules of
healthy nutrition and therapeutic fasting. When
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fasting, there are thousands of fraudulent com-
panies offering Herbalife and other super-pana-
ceas that supposedly normalize people’s weight
and endow them with excellent health without
fasting. Many patients call us because they want
to lose weight, so I will discuss this disease in
more detail. After all, obesity is becoming the
number one problem not only in Russia, but also
in the United States of America.
Weight loss during fasting means the loss of ex-
cessive food, waste, fat, etc., not vital tissues. A
person simply loses many kilos of diseases. The
muscle mass decrease, but it’s the result of re-
ducing the amount of fat in the muscles and the
size of cells. Dry fasting barely decreases the
number of muscle cells. According to studies,
women lose a bit more than men during fasting.

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It is believed that this is due to a greater amount
of adipose tissue in women. The metabolic rate
in women is lower than in men, and weight loss
is expected to be faster in men than in women.
The proven fact is that the more overweight a
person is, the greater the weight loss. Healthy
people lose weight more slowly than sick pa-
tients.
Overweight patients lose fat much faster than
thin people. Nervous and emotional people lose
weight faster than someone calm and balanced.
Patients who relax and rest lose weight slower
than active and stressed patients. There is also
evidence of a link between the state of the pa-
tient’s tissues and weight loss. Fat people with
flabby and soft tissues lose weight very quickly,
while fat people with dense tissues lose weight

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more slowly. Additional data suggest that drink-
ing a lot of water maintains weight as it fills tis-
sues with fluid, but it doesn’t interfere with the
usual loss of solid substance. It’s also true that
rapid weight loss mainly occurs at the early fast-
ing stage. That’s why short-term fasting courses
show greater daily weight loss on average than
the long-term ones.
Besides, weight loss during the second, third,
and fourth fasting courses is smaller than during
the first one.
With proper use and compliance with all rec-
ommendations, even water fasting provides ex-
cellent results, but dry fasting is much more ef-
fective.
We mainly offer combined fasting to treat obe-
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row. To achieve a stable and sustainable result,
it’s necessary to follow certain recommenda-
tions, such as a dairy and plant-based diet, ther-
apeutic mastication, fasting days every week, etc.
However, even regular weekly fasting courses
combined with dieting can work wonders. I’d
like to describe therapeutic mastication in more
detail because of its exceptional value, especially
in combination with dry fasting.
How to lose weight without dieting? Many peo-
ple dream of losing weight or getting better while
sticking to their eating habits. This goal is
achievable if you chew food very thoroughly. At
the beginning of the last century, this method
was actively promoted by the American physiol-
ogist Horace Fletcher (see Note 25). He fell seri-
ously ill when he was 44, and no company

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wanted to cover his insurance needs. Doctors di-
agnosed many ailments: excess weight, cardio-
vascular diseases, and gastrointestinal disorders.
Most of all, he was troubled by his stomach
problems. Observing the work of the gastroin-
testinal tract, Fletcher noticed that the food max-
imally saturated with saliva disappears from the
oral cavity without swallowing. Later, this dis-
covery was called the Fletcher esophageal probe.
According to his recommendations, every piece
of food requires at least 30 chewing movements,
and the effect of the “esophageal probe” is trig-
gered after 100 of them. After modifying his old
eating habits, the scientist soon lost the excess
weight, forgot about his illnesses, started exercis-
ing daily, and was in as good a shape as in his
youth. Surprisingly, he ate 3 times less food than

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before. Taste sensations were enhanced, so that
every meal turned into a small celebration! How
to lose weight?
The famous Fletcher experiment made a huge
impression at the West Point American Military
Academy. It involved two groups: overweight
officers and thin soldiers. During the experi-
ment, all of them were restored to normal weight
with the same diet plan only due to proper mas-
tication: officers lost weight and soldiers gained
weight. In the end, it was proven that chewing
food thoroughly improves health and helps re-
gain normal weight. The famous American mil-
lionaire John D. Rockefeller who died when at
the age of 98 was an adherent of this method.
The benefits of chewing food thoroughly have
been known in the East for a long time. Yogis

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claim that digestion (and even absorption of en-
ergy from food) starts in the mouth, and the food
is well absorbed by the body only if it’s well
crushed during chewing and abundantly mois-
tened with saliva.
Many people remember the famous yogic say-
ing, "Eat liquid food, drink solid food." It means
that even liquid food (juices, decoctions, milk,
etc.) must be chewed in the mouth, mixing it
with saliva. Solid food must be chewed longer
than usual to turn it into liquid. Yogis chew
every piece of food 100-200 times for a good rea-
son: one banana or a crust of bread can be suffi-
cient for an experienced yogi. It’s noted that
overweight people tend to eat too fast. In this
case, the satiety center in the brain doesn’t have
enough time to switch on. This process usually

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takes 25–30 minutes. No matter how much you
eat during this period, true satiety will come
later, so you shouldn’t eat fast. Active mastica-
tion improves blood circulation in the brain,
heals the nasopharynx and gums, protects teeth
from cavities (saliva neutralizes food acid and
sugar).
All life forms on the planet (except the modern
human beings) treat the process of digestion
very seriously, trying to get everything possible
from this process. Modern medicine defines di-
gestion as a physiological process wherein the
food entering the digestive tract is processed
(mechanically and chemically), which is re-
quired for its absorption by the body. Proteins,
fats, and carbohydrates contained in food can be
digested only when they break down into

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simpler chemical compounds. These nutrients
break down in the digestive tract with the partic-
ipation of chemical promoters - biological cata-
lysts or enzymes produced by the cells of diges-
tive glands (salivary, gastric, pancreas, intesti-
nal). These are a part of the juices secreted by
those glands into the digestive tract lumen.
The subsequent absorption of the broken down
substances and their transportation within the
body ensures their delivery to the needy cells.
The works of I.P. Pavlov31 prove the following:
1. The nervous system controls the function-
ing of digestive glands.

31
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849–1936) was a Russian physiol-
ogist known primarily for his work in classical conditioning. Pav-
lov won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1904, be-
coming the first Russian Nobel laureate.

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 2. The amount of secreted juices, their compo-
sition and properties depend on food products
and other conditions (for example, a person’s
mood).
3. All parts of the digestive tract function co-
herently and interact with each other.
4. The functioning of digestive glands changes
when switching from one food regimen to an-
other. The food is processed during prolonged
mastication in the following manner. The food
crushed by the teeth interacts with the secreted
saliva and oral chemoreceptors that send infor-
mation about its chemical composition to the
brain. In turn, the brain provides information
about the necessary changes in the chemical
composition of saliva to create the best condi-
tions for the subsequent processing and

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absorption of food. A portion of the food ground
in the mouth and treated with saliva is absorbed
into the blood right there. It allows to process
most carbohydrates, satisfies a part of bodily nu-
tritional needs very fast, eliminates overeating,
and creates the most favorable conditions for di-
gesting food in the stomach, duodenum, small
and large intestines. Besides, carbohydrates
(bread, cereal, pasta, potatoes) are digested
mainly in the mouth and duodenum, while pro-
teins (meat, fish, beans) are digested in the stom-
ach. The most favorable conditions are created
for separate digestion and the fullest absorption
of proteins, carbohydrates, and other nutrients
from food. We get a feeling of saturation much
faster while eating 2-4 times less. The body
spends less energy on digestion, and the saved

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energy is used by it to restore and heal every part
of the gastrointestinal tract. All of this can be
achieved after a 5-week course of long therapeu-
tic mastication according to the following
scheme.

Therapeutic mastication scheme:

• The first week - every spoon of food put in
your mouth (breakfast, lunch, dinner) is chewed
for 1 minute.
• The second week – chew food for two
minutes.
• The third week – 3 minutes.
• The fourth week - 2 minutes.
• The fifth week - 1 minute.

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 Ideal method: one chewing movement for
each present tooth and three chewing move-
ments for each absent tooth. As a result, a con-
ditioned reflex for prolonged food mastication is
formed (30-40 seconds). Based on practice, pro-
longed therapeutic mastication treats almost all
diseases because all the bodily systems are in-
volved in this process: digestive, nervous, endo-
crine, and others. First and foremost, gastroin-
testinal diseases are treated: gastric ulcer, gastri-
tis, duodenitis, pancreatitis, and even diabetes.
Esophagus functioning is normalized (its diver-
ticula are eliminated), just like large intestine
functioning. The liver is cleansed, nervous dis-
eases, thyroid gland disorders, and appendicitis
are treated. Moreover, the weight is stabilized: it
is decreased by up to 5-10 kg in 5 weeks, while

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thin patients gain weight. Metabolism normal-
izes.

Nutrition is an ancient and very important bi-

ological function of the body. When we read a
newspaper, talk, watch TV, or eat while stand-
ing, we voluntarily destabilize the mental pro-
cess associated with nutrition, thus causing
harm to the body. Sooner or later, it may lead to
gastrointestinal disorders, nervous diseases, and
other health problems that are either directly or
indirectly linked to nervous activity and painful
symptoms.
Filling the brain with other non-digestion-re-
lated information and negative emotions lead to
decreased blood circulation in the digestive sys-
tem and different interconnected changes in the

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functioning of endocrine glands and microflora
of the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, people
shouldn’t eat when they’re stressed. They should
eat slowly and focus on sensations in their
tongue and palate.
Secondly, we closely watch the process: chew
the food thoroughly and slowly so that it turns
into a soft mush and slips into your esophagus.
It will be easily digested, and you won’t experi-
ence any discomfort, pain, heaviness in the
stomach or intestines because of different food
components. Food will be easily absorbed in the
body that will digest its nutrients and absorb
everything necessary for the blood to gain mus-
cle strength, energy, and vivacity in general. The
body can get rid of all the unnecessary sub-
stances and toxins through defecation and

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urination, thus supporting both digestion and
the production of substances necessary for its
functioning. Gastrointestinal microflora will
function optimally. Since digestion will be excel-
lent, waste products will be excreted without any
difficulty. After getting out of bed in the morn-
ing, you will experience natural bowel move-
ment without taking any medications. You will
have regular and healthy bowel movements in
addition to refreshing sleep. While eating,
tongue and palate receptors send impulses to the
nervous system that carry information about the
food. It’s necessary for the tongue to be in con-
tact with food for a long time, so that your meal
time is prolonged. Distraction by other mental
activities interferes with nutrition management.
The brain must be aware of what happens in the

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mouth. Meditation (focusing on mastication in
the mouth) during a meal contributes to a rapid
feeling of satiety and acts as an anti-obesity rem-
edy.
Therefore, it’s necessary to eat in a pleasant and
relaxed environment, and all people can do that
on their own wherever they are. Advances in the
rapid elimination of diseases symptoms (but not
their causes) with the help of different medica-
tions allowed the founders of modern medicine
to put ‘Fletcherism’ on the back burner in the
past. However, the current crisis of modern
medicine makes the return to ‘Fletcherism’ and
its modifications relevant. The author’s experi-
ence and practice prove that.

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 The prolonged mastication method has a num-
ber of benefits over the separation diet. They in-
clude the following:
• Therapeutic mastication is available to every-
one and doesn’t require medical supervision.
• Therapeutic mastication is a process of sepa-
rate nutrition in its pure form because any
food consisting of proteins, fats, and carbohy-
drates is digested separately: carbohydrates are
digested in the mouth and the small intestine,
while proteins are digested in the stomach.
• While preserving the dietary habits, the body
smoothly and gradually stabilizes the gastroin-
testinal tract and restores the natural capabili-
ties of the immune system without disrupting
the existing biorhythm system.

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• Therapeutic mastication requires the least
amount of energy to restore bodily systems
compared to other methods. Therefore, the
body’s energy reserves allow it to realize its
greatest healing potential.
• Heals the whole body and all of its systems: di-
gestive, nervous, immune, and others.
• A significant reduction in food intake (by 2-4
times) prevents obesity after a therapeutic
mastication treatment course, reduces the en-
ergy required for digestion and the amount of
toxins formed in the body, thus facilitating the
functioning of the excretion system and con-
tributing to its recovery.
• A conditioned reflex is naturally produced -
the habit of prolonged mastication after un-
dergoing a treatment course, which can be

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 preserved for years if this treatment is repeated
regularly. No other treatment options can pro-
vide this result, including any type of fasting.
• The sign that the therapeutic mastication
course may need to be repeated is the appear-
ance of tongue plaque in the morning.

My main concept entails the combination of

two natural methods. Dry fasting cleanses the
body and stabilizes metabolism very well, natu-
ral weight loss occurs, the stomach size de-
creases, and its normal volume is restored.
On the other hand, there are rapid regenerative
processes in the body after fasting. Cells actively
absorb nutrients. If people don’t limit their food
intake during this period, their weight will
quickly be regained and they will probably gain

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several extra kilos. If patients start using the
therapeutic mastication method right after fast-
ing, their stomach will never stretch, the body
will completely absorb all the nutrients, and its
restoration and rejuvenation will be optimal. I’ve
never seen anyone who has gained weight when
combining these two methods. On the contrary,
the weight drops after fasting. Everything is very
simple, as always. It only requires a bit of will
and patience. I usually give these recommenda-
tions to all of my overweight patients: stick to a
specific diet, cleanse the intestines and the liver.
One should start with weekly 24-hour water
fasting course. Some patients underwent 24-
hour fasting courses three times a week. In other
words, they ate one day and fasted the next day.
If they allowed themselves to eat too much, 24-

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hour fasting courses several times a week quickly
made them lose the gained weight. After that,
patients underwent a 3-day water fasting course.
Only after that do they start dry fasting.
At our center, patients usually undergo a few
courses of combined fasting. The treatment is as
follows: 5 days of dry fasting, 5 days of water fast-
ing, 7 days of fast completion, and then the cycle
is repeated. It makes no sense to fast for more
than 10 days, as the weight drops mainly in the
first 7-10 days. After undergoing these treatment
courses, it’s possible to naturally lose 15-30 kg or
even more - everything depends on the weight
and the goal.
Here are some simple tips for people who fail
to stick to a diet. Their use helps achieve the gen-
eral goal – to lose weight.

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• To stop thinking about food, try doing some-
thing interesting, read a book, go to the cin-
ema, or take a walk outside. Remember that
boredom is your enemy and the ally of over-
eating and obesity.
• Put food on small plates to make it look like a
larger amount. Put a small amount of food
onto your fork or spoon, cut bread into thin
slices to create an illusion of bigger portions.
Eat slowly, and you’ll feel satiated sooner.
• If you need to visit friends, eat something die-
tary, such as a salad, before you leave, and it
will be easier for you to resist the temptation to
try something forbidden.
• If you are very hungry and feel that you can’t
refrain from eating until the next meal, drink

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 one-third of a glass of milk slowly, in small
sips.
• It’s advisable to have scales at home to con-
stantly monitor your body weight. Measuring
your waist with a tape measurer in the morn-
ing constitutes proper control: 1 centimeter is
one kilogram of weight.
• Try to avoid sweets departments and the com-
pany of people with a sweet tooth. Remember
that a piece of cake stays in the mouth for 2
minutes. It stays in the stomach for 2 hours,
but it remains on the hips in the form of excess
fat for the rest of your life.
• It’s mandatory to exclude dishes and foods
that increase the appetite from your diet:
spices, smoked meats, etc.

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• Hang a therapeutic mastication scheme in
your kitchen so that it is always in front of you
when you are eating.
• Ideally, it’s best not to eat after 6 pm.
• One of the main conditions of steady weight
loss - you must pre-program yourself for the
weight that you want to have. Take a piece of
paper and use your left hand to write your de-
sired weight in numbers and always keep it in
front of you.

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20. How does doctor Filonov debunk
myths about dry therapeutic fasting?

Myth #1. People can survive 2-3 days without

water. 30-40 hours after the last sip of water, se-
vere dehydration starts and all vital processes are
suppressed. After 50-60 hours, the body starts dy-
ing. A person dying without water has hallucina-
tions, loses consciousness, and suffers from terri-
ble headaches.

It’s one of the most common scary stories

about dry fasting that I found online. Let's see
what happens during the so-called dry or abso-
lute fasting, when we stop not only eating, but
also drinking.

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 Water constitutes about 70% of our body mass,
it comes from drinking and in the food. In addi-
tion, about 400 ml per day is formed in the body
as a result of the oxidation, mainly of fats.
When dry fasting, the amount of this metabolic
liquid significantly increases and it meets the
needs of the body for some time. The body also
has certain water reserves. The skin alone con-
tains up to 2 liters of water. There are water re-
serves in some bodily cavities (serous cavities)
and in some internal organs.
The human body can survive without water for
12 days in comfortable conditions (in the moun-
tains, near waterfalls and rivers).
From a physiological point of view, the body
doesn’t experience a significant lack of liquid
during fasting because up to 1 liter of

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endogenous (metabolic) liquid is released for
every kilogram of broken down adipose mass (or
glycogen) daily. The loss of body fluids (via skin-
pulmonary perspiration and diuresis) is rela-
tively small under normal temperature condi-
tions, ranging from 1.5 liters to 2 liters per day.
Thus, the shortage of liquid doesn’t exceed 0.5-1
liter per day, which is physiologically acceptable
in conditions of reduced metabolism. Adipose
tissue cells, adipocytes, are rich in fat and they’re
living energy carriers. At the time of growth, the
‘sated’ times, their number increases with suffi-
cient nutrition. When fasting, they become an
internal source of nutrition. Adipocytes provide
the body not only with energy and water, but
also supply almost all the compounds required

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for living. One kilogram of adipose tissue is
enough for 2-3 days of dry fasting.
Why should dry fasting only be conducted in
nature? That’s because the body absorbs during
dry fasting, and it should take liquid and energy
only from the energy areas that are environmen-
tally-friendly. According to scientific studies, a
person may refrain from drinking for 10 to 12
days in a comfortable environment, or even
longer in extreme conditions. It’s true that all liv-
ing forms have incredible vital reserves.

Myth #2. Many people wonder where our

exotoxins and endotoxins go, because we don’t
conduct special cleansing procedures: enemas,
hydro-colon therapy, or sauna treatment.

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 Every living organism is constantly exposed to
adverse factors, both external and internal, in the
course of its life. They cause intoxication or poi-
son the body with harmful substances both com-
ing from the outside and produced in the body.
Toxins enter the body from the outside through
breathing, skin, with food and water. Toxins are
produced in the body as by-products of vital
processes: cells divide and old cells die. If they
aren’t removed from the body, they will poison
it.
Muscle fibers are destroyed in the course of any
physical activity. Any stress, brain functioning,
and imagination trigger complex biochemical
processes in the body, during which the used
materials also turn into toxins that must be re-
moved.

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 Nature gave all living creatures a wonderful
mechanism that informs them that the body
must be cleansed of toxins. As toxins accumulate
in the human body (or that of any living crea-
ture), it signals that it needs to get some sleep
and people may experience drowsiness and fa-
tigue.
Principal detoxification of the body occurs dur-
ing sleep, as it gets rid of the toxins that accumu-
lated during the day or entered the body with
harmful food or alcoholic beverages. After their
consumption, sleep may literally descend upon
you.
The same thing happens after taking certain
drugs that cause drowsiness or sleeping pills that
don’t simply lead to harmless sleep, but poison
you in a rather sophisticated way.

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 You need to understand that if you feel sleepy
after eating, it means that your food was un-
healthy. Healthy foods don’t cause drowsiness.
On the contrary, they should invigorate and pro-
vide energy. First of all, sleep is a short-term dry
fast. After all, we neither drink nor eat while
sleeping. This is when vital energy is released in
the body to do its healing work.
Our body is a very smart and perfect system.
When undergoing dry fasting, it switches on
more powerful reserves and a neutralization sys-
tem compared to water fasting. No matter how
paradoxical it may sound, dry fasting is much
easier to tolerate than water fasting, and it also
achieves a better effect.
According to the value judgments of experi-
enced dieters, the effect of dry fasting is 3 times

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greater than the effect of water fasting in the
same time period. Dry fasting deprives body
cells of any type of external nutrition because
liquid nourishes them in the same way food
does. Since nutrition and cleansing processes oc-
cur alternately, during dry fasting cells are only
engaged in self-cleansing without wasting time
and energy on anything else, since there’s no in-
coming water from the outside. The body also
burns the waste and removes toxins much more
actively during dry fasting because there’s no
water intake. People usually have a fever during
dry fasting. It accelerates metabolic processes,
which is a great benefit for the body. More spe-
cifically, a body temperature increase accelerates
biochemical reactions and the breakdown and
oxidation of toxins and waste and increases the

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bactericidal action of the blood tenfold. It means
that the blood becomes 10 times more danger-
ous for any harmful microorganisms.
Research proves the decreased viability of mi-
crobes. When body temperature rises, bodily de-
toxification accelerates, which means the re-
moval or elimination of toxins and harmful sub-
stances. Chills and fever are an amazing process
because of the enormous cleansing effect, and it
switches on at the later stages of detox.
A fever indicates that not only physical diseases
are eliminated, but the spiritual body is also
cleansed. The vortex flow, the so-called energy
shells where negative information is collected, is
purified. Higher concentrations of biologically
active substances, hormones, immunocompe-
tent cells, and immunoglobulins in body fluids

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are achieved with dry fasting in the shortest pos-
sible time.
The enzymatic activity of special cells, macro-
phages, is one of the mechanisms of eliminating
endotoxins in the body during fasting.
Phagocytic activity may triple after only 24-36
hours of dry fasting. In addition, phagocyte ac-
tivity fluctuates throughout the year. Phagocytes
are most active in May-June, and they are least
active in November-February. They perform a
phagocytic (from the Greek words "cell” and
“eater") function. This process leads to autolysis,
the breakdown of unhealthy and weak tissues.
With its help, those substances that are least
needed for vital body functions are absorbed and
removed. Autolysis starts on the 2nd or 3rd day of

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dry fasting, and reaches its maximum on the 8th
-10th day.
I’ve already mentioned the toxic properties of
tap water. When food and “dead” or poisoned
water don’t enter the body, the body actually gets
a complete rest.
No enemas are required during dry fasting be-
cause there is no absorption of toxins from in-
testines due to the absence of water. Therefore,
there’s no intoxication with dry fasting, unlike
other types of fasting. Dry fasting is also much
easier to tolerate physically.

Myth #3. Kidney problems may occur during

dry fasting because of a huge burden on the kid-
neys. Dry fasting is one of the most dangerous

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cleansing methods. On the contrary, when a per-
son is on a diet or undergoes a therapeutic fasting
course, the amount of fluid should be increased.
After all, water removes excess salts and toxins
(waste) from the body. Refusing to drink water is
dangerous nonsense. The body is dehydrated and
intoxicated with waste products instead of being
cleansed.
Tap water in modern cities causes much dam-
age because of its insufficient cleansing from in-
dustrial waste. Besides, it’s usually chlorinated.
This type of water rapidly releases free chlorine,
chlorine dioxide, and other chlorine com-
pounds. They oxidize many things in the body
that shouldn’t be oxidized. Chlorine also kills
good bacteria that synthesizes the necessary vit-
amins. When water is boiled, bacteria are killed,

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colloidal dirt particles coagulate, water softens,
volatile organic compounds and a part of free
chlorine evaporate. However, the concentration
of salts, heavy metals, and pesticides increases.
When the chlorine bound with organic matter is
heated, it turns into a terrible poison – dioxin, a
powerful carcinogen. Dioxins are 68 times more
toxic than cyanide. When we drink boiled water,
it slowly kills us. When water settles for at least
three hours, the concentration of free chlorine
decreases, but iron ions, heavy metal salts, car-
cinogenic organic chlorine compounds, and ra-
dionuclides are hardly eliminated.
Distilled water (which had passed a vapor state)
is unsuitable for permanent use, as it doesn’t
contain the micronutrients required by the
body. Its constant use leads to immune system

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disorders, cardiac rhythm problems, and diges-
tion-related complications.
Water filtration may not provide the desired ef-
fect either. To know which filter to buy (coal,
membrane, bactericidal, or combined), you
must first have enough information about the
water composition. It’s also necessary to regu-
larly replace the filter because after a while it
starts giving back accumulated waste products
and the microflora that multiplies in them.
During dry fasting, the body doesn’t need to re-
cycle water to the extent it does during regular
food intake and with a normal drinking regime.
It’s clear that the kidneys and the liver enjoy al-
most a complete rest during dry fasting, and
things are different with water fasting. Their re-
covery is much faster when dry fasting.

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Therefore, its efficiency is doubtless, but practi-
cality should still be considered.
For example, some people can’t undergo dry
fasting for many reasons, but they can undergo
water fasting.
After a 14-day water fasting course, I success-
fully completed fasting and started eating nor-
mally, but later I felt a heaviness in my kidneys.
Prior to that, I didn’t even feel any disturbance
in that area. It’s not surprising because I only
drank water for the last 10 days of fasting, so my
kidneys had to work hard. Other bodily organs
successfully performed their preventive work.
When completing a 7-day dry fasting course, I
didn’t feel any discomfort. You should try it
yourself. After dry fasting, the body is more via-
ble, recovers faster, and achieves better results.

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An average dry fast (7-9 day) can be easily toler-
ated, but it requires careful preparation and
training.
When people discuss the damage that dry fast-
ing causes to kidneys, it means that they don’t
understand the processes that happen during
fasting. It would be more correct to ask whether
modern drinks and our tap water damage our
kidneys.
Kidneys are the main excretory organ of our
bodies. Moreover, they can be called a direct ex-
cretory organ because they filter the blood and
remove excess water, unnecessary substances
formed by metabolic processes in body cells, un-
used substances formed due to digestion, drug
intake, etc. All of the above is diluted with the
liquid filtered from blood plasma. It’s necessary

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to remember that almost all the liquid entering
the body goes to the blood and undergoes many
transformations (cleaned, structured, heated, or
cooled). This process takes a lot of energy, and
only subsequently turns into urine. Therefore,
the quality of drinking water has a huge impact
on our health.
However, kidneys aren’t a separate and inde-
pendent organ. They’re an integral part of the
body, which is quite strong. It’s nearly impossi-
ble to damage the kidneys during dry fasting.
This damage is often a result of problems with
other organs and systems, and it means that the
whole body must be treated.
All bodily activities need to be restored to treat
kidney diseases. Dry fasting is one of the ways to
restore the lost health. It allows the body to

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internally eliminate all the disruptions in its ac-
tivities. Only dry fasting doesn’t affect a particu-
lar organ or system, as it has a healing effect on
all bodily organs and systems. Dry fasting pro-
vides a tangible positive effect for most kidney
diseases. With conventional methods of treat-
ment, the burden on the kidneys doesn’t de-
crease. On the contrary, it increases because kid-
neys process the decay products of drugs. The
burden on kidneys is significantly reduced dur-
ing dry fasting.
During the first days of fasting, there are signif-
icant urine changes even in healthy people.
When coming out of a fast, there’s a persistent
improvement in urine composition. The urine
of a sick person quickly improves: protein, red
blood cells, and white blood cells disappear, the

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amount of salts excreted in the urine decreases.
The treatment of glomerulonephritis requires
long-term intake of different drugs to relieve the
exacerbation, which usually manifests as swell-
ing and an increase in the amount of protein and
red blood cells. After 3 or 4 days of fasting, swell-
ing is relieved and the amount of removed fluid
is normalized. Urine composition is completely
normalized within a few days of the end of the
fast and remains healthy.
Dry fasting is very effective in treating inflam-
matory diseases of kidneys and the urinary tract.
The effect is achieved regardless of the pathogen
type. Dry fasting was successfully used to treat
sexually transmitted diseases in ancient times. In
patients with pyelonephritis, fasting quickly re-
lieves inflammation, solves urination problems

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(frequent or rare, painful urination), relieves low
back pain and lower abdominal pain, and im-
proves urine test results (leukocytes, high pro-
tein, bacteria, and salts disappear).
It’s necessary to remember that kidneys are
very closely related to the liver. In most cases,
kidney diseases are caused by the inability of the
liver to perform its functions normally. There-
fore, it’s important to conduct cleansing proce-
dures before fasting and follow a diet afterwards.
Properly conducted dry fasting is very often ef-
fective for most kidney diseases.

Myth #4. Fasting is a huge stress for the body.

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 Stress is an inevitable part of life. Stress is a spe-
cial bodily state characterized by increased
"alertness" and resistance to all damaging envi-
ronmental factors without exception.
Our modern life is constant stress. Surgery is a
huge stress for the body, especially for young
women. Most importantly, the cause of the dis-
ease remains after it. Well, fasting is also a stress
for the body, just like a cold, but stress shouldn’t
necessarily be equated with harm. It's one thing
when a person is hungry because he has nothing
to eat, and there is a real threat of starvation. In
this case, you can get seriously ill in two days.
Something similar happens when a person gets
lost or during DIY experiments, such as popular
diets.

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 Dry therapeutic fasting is an entirely different
thing because people don’t eat or drink volun-
tarily under doctors’ supervision, get medical
help and psychological support. There are com-
fortable conditions and many recreational pro-
cedures. State of mind, mood, and preparation
are very important for any type of fasting.
People shouldn’t force themselves to suffer
without their favorite meals for a few days. One
has to be in a positive state of mind. This is the
only case that guarantees success because the
brain neither recognizes danger nor sends hun-
ger signals. It doesn’t produce stress hormones.
On the 3rd day of fasting, the hormone serotonin
starts being actively produced and brings feel-
ings of inner harmony and satisfaction.

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 Abstaining from food (even if it’s voluntary) is
stress for a living organism, which mobilizes
bodily defenses to overcome a difficult situation,
as it uses its endogenous reserves in the absence
of exogenous nutrition. At the same time, every-
thing less important for life support is used (pro-
cessed) "according to the law of hierarchy", in-
cluding inflammation products, adipose tissue,
etc.
When the body is faced with physiological or
natural stress, the activity of the endocrine
glands increases and the autonomous nervous
system is rejuvenation, in addition to improve-
ment of other mechanisms. People involuntarily
enter a state of increased activity: they need to
look for food and water. The psychological back-
ground is altered, minor problems are no longer

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important. The mechanisms of biochemical de-
tox are switched on: the burning of fat and liver
glycogen stores enhances and the blood compo-
sition changes.
An experienced doctor regulates this process of
managed stress.

Myth #5. Many nutritionists claim that people

suffer from vitamin deficiency while fasting, the
body doesn’t receive protein on time, and it burns
structural proteins of its own tissues, primarily
muscles, in addition to fat.

When it comes to vitamin deficiency, it’s ab-

sent during therapeutic fasting. The opposite
opinion appeared in the media along with the

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study of different low-quality and fancy diets
(rice, Japanese, Kremlin, etc.). Complete absti-
nence from food and water (it’s called a zero
diet) is also criticized together with these diets.
This is what nutritionists consider a possible vit-
amin deficiency during prolonged fasting. It’s
assumed on the basis of a simple analogy: they
say fasting should lead to vitamin deficiency if a
diet that lacks sufficient minerals, micronutri-
ents, and vitamins causes it. However, it turns
out that the opposite is the case.
According to numerous studies, the body
doesn’t waste energy on digestion, absorption,
or excretion during therapeutic fasting. At the
same time, the need for minerals is significantly
reduced, and the body uses its current reserves
more sparingly. That’s why there’s no vitamin

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deficiency while fasting even if this problem is
often caused by mono diets that allows the con-
sumption of refined and denatured food prod-
ucts.
The internal food reserve is the evolution ben-
efit that increases survival chances of in the ab-
sence of food. These are high-calorie lipids dis-
solved in body fluids, liver and muscle glycogen,
and specialized cells or adipose tissue. Cells of
this tissue, adipocytes, are rich in fat and serve as
living energy carriers. During the growth, their
number increases with sufficient nutrition. They
become an internal source of food while fasting.
Living storage cells are an excellent solution to
proper nutrition! Think about the efforts taken
to keep food warm and in good condition for a
long time at no extra cost!

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 During fasting, adipocytes provide the body
not only with energy, but also with almost all its
vital components. A person who conducts fast-
ing properly doesn’t have any diseases caused by
malnutrition. One kilogram of adipose tissue is
enough for 5 days of proper nutrition! Even the
body of a fit person consists of 25% of adipose
tissue.
Dry or absolute fasting (without water) has two
huge benefits. Patients lose less muscle tissue
than adipose tissue. The loss of muscle and adi-
pose tissue is almost the same as during water
fasting. With dry fasting, adipose tissue breaks
down 3-4 times faster than the muscle tissue be-
cause more than 90% of adipose tissue consists
of water, and muscle tissue remains relatively in-
tact.

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 A hundred years ago, academician V.V.
Pashutin32 found out that pathologically
changed tissues are burned while fasting based
on long-term and in-depth studies. Relieving the
body from old, sick, dead, weak, flabby, decom-
posing cells and tissues is a powerful therapeutic
effect for many diseases. After all, healthy tissues
are renewed with no harm, thus causing the re-
juvenation effect noted by all researchers, both
ancient and modern. All vital organs - the heart,
central nervous system, brain, and endocrine

32
Viktor Vasilyevich Pashutin (1845-1901) was a Russian pato-
physiologist, one of the founders of the pathophysiologic school in
Russia and of pathophysiology as an independent scientific disci-
pline. A substantial contribution to fasting therapy studies was made
by V.V. Pashutin in his fundamental work Kurs Obshchey i Eksper-
imentalnoy Patologii (Course of General and Experimental Pathol-
ogy) in two volumes, N.A. Lebedev's Typography, Staint Petersburg,
1885–1902.

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glands stay healthy and even significantly im-
prove their functions during the therapeutic
fasting treatment regardless of its length. These
factors explain such a therapeutic fasting phe-
nomenon as increased creativity in intellectuals
- writers, musicians, inventors, and artists. Their
performance improves immeasurably, the mind
is clearer, and brainwork improves: thoughts be-
come deeper, the circle of associations expands
significantly, long-term and short-term memory
improves, etc.
Competence in this sphere is required to criti-
cize or reject therapeutic fasting. The main argu-
ment is as follows: fasting is a natural instinct
laid down by nature in living organisms, and it’s
necessary for their development.

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 Myth #6. The body can constantly renew itself,
so there’s no need for any type of fasting.

It’s true that the body is a unique biological sys-

tem that can rebuild and update its own struc-
tures literally on the go.
The body constantly builds itself anew, adapt-
ing to changing external conditions, which
means that adaptation processes never stop. Re-
cent studies prove that cells and cell systems pos-
sess an amazing ability: they can find worn and
pathologically modified biological structures
and replace them with new ones that are func-
tionally better. Scientists call these auto-regula-
tion mechanisms, and it’s the inner self-regula-
tion of the body.

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 When people tell me that this mechanism
works under any conditions, such as malnutri-
tion and harsh environmental factors, I always
have questions. Why do we get sick, old, and die
if the body can constantly renew its own struc-
tures through auto-regulation? Why don’t the
cell auto-regulation mechanisms work at their
full capacity? Why do the systems responsible
for the constant self-renewal of tissues become
damaged? Why does their effectiveness de-
crease? Why are the body’s adaptive capabilities
reduced? Why don’t these mechanisms reach
their full potential?
Most people can’t answer these questions. The
body is full of modern poisons due to malnutri-
tion and harsh environmental conditions. Vital
energy is spent on neutralizing these poisons

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and maintaining minimal vital functions. Mod-
ern studies show that the accumulation of exo-
toxins and endotoxins in the body reduces the
opportunities for its adaptation and auto-regu-
lation even in a healthy state. In this situation,
the body can’t rejuvenate itself. We will never
learn to manage our self-renewal powers with
modern medical philosophy.
Therapeutic fasting is a very natural way to
make it happen. Detoxification of the body stim-
ulates the inner healing reserves and supports
self-renewal systems. Practice shows that the re-
newal and rejuvenation of the body are greatly
enhanced during dry therapeutic fasting. When
outside cellular feeding stops for a certain
strictly calculated period, it becomes possible to
most effectively remove dead cells from tissues,

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use old cells, sick tissues, and cleanse systems
and organs from accumulated waste and toxins.
Fasting can be considered a temporary halt of
the conveyor belt for the preventive repair of
those systems and mechanisms that can’t be re-
paired while the conveyor is in constant motion.

Myth #7. Fasting is ineffective for weight loss.

People lose fat during a fasting course, but they
quickly regain weight after switching back to their
usual diet.

Of course, nutritionists are right to a certain ex-

tent. The thing is that rapid recovery processes
begin in the body after fasting. Cells actively ab-
sorb nutrients. Weight will be regained quickly

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and people are quite likely to gain several extra
kilos if they don’t limit their food intake during
this period. Therefore, if the goal is only weight
loss, not a complete change in the habits that had
caused obesity, fasting won’t help you. You will
only gain a few extra kilograms.
However, if you do change your habits and life-
style, you can achieve excellent results. In addi-
tion to weight loss, there is a significant im-
provement in cardiovascular activity, high blood
pressure lowers, shortness of breath and ar-
rhythmia disappear, and the heart rate becomes
healthy. Menstrual cycle is restored in women,
while men’s sexual vigor improves. Psycho-
pathological symptoms are relieved in patients
with mental disorders. Subsequent observation
of patients for up to 15 years showed that the

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weight remained at the same level as after the
treatment in case of compliance with the recom-
mended diet.
Even water fasting provides excellent results in
case of proper use and compliance with all rec-
ommendations, but dry fasting is much more ef-
fective. It’s known that adipose tissue easily de-
posits water, making lipolysis difficult. Dry fast-
ing relieves swelling, thus accelerating lipolysis.
For overweight people, dry fasting is the most ef-
fective way to lose weight. It’s the best fat burner.
After dry fasting, the weight is regained, but it
never returns to its previous level. Unlike many
other weight loss methods, fasting is free and,
most importantly, harmless. People tolerate it
more easily than numerous debilitating diets
that do nothing but harm. Nutrition from one’s

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own reserves is perfectly balanced. The body
takes only what it needs at the moment, not what
is artificially taken from outside. What are the
advantages of dry fasting over other weight loss
methods?
• Fast and safe weight loss during fasting.
• Fasting is easier to undergo because there’s no
constant feeling of hunger.
• The skin and tissues do not become saggy or
flabby after the weight is lost.
• During fasting, weight loss is accompanied by
an improvement of the body and overall well-
being (it’s easier to breathe and move, constant
fatigue disappears, indigestion and heaviness
in the abdomen are gone, blood pressure is
lowered, and the burden on the heart is de-
creased).

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• Fasting helps improve eating habits, which is
its key benefit.
To treat obesity, we prescribe a series of com-
bination fasting courses (dry fasting and water
fasting) in a row. To achieve a stable long-term
result, one has to follow certain recommenda-
tions: a dairy and plant-based diet, the mastica-
tion method, 24-hour weekly fasting, etc. How-
ever, even regular dry fasting (every week) in
combination with a diet can work wonders.

Myth #8. Many people believe that dry fasting

can treat all incurable diseases, even the terminal
stage of cancer.

Dry fasting can very effectively treat different

diseases, especially at their initial stages.

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 However, even this method has its own indica-
tions, contraindications, and limits. This
method is especially effective for inflammatory
conditions. Short-term dry fasting can be suc-
cessfully used not only to treat cold-related dis-
eases, but also any inflammation of internal and
external organs.
Dry fasting successfully treats skin boils, inner
ear infections, periostitis, injuries, bruises, frac-
tures, concussion, abscesses, colds, infections.
Fasting can’t cure bone fractures, however, wa-
ter deficiency leads to a quick decrease in swell-
ing and inflammation. After a concussion, pre-
ventative dry fasting is mandatory. A concussion
causes brain swelling, which leads to all subse-
quent problems. The faster the swelling is re-
lieved, the faster the recovery. Long-term dry

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fasting is very effective in such serious diseases
as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis,
deforming arthrosis, and many others. It’s also
effective for ovarian cysts and benign tumors.
Unfortunately, this method is used after all the
modern treatment methods have been tried and
proven inefficient. People use it as a drowning
man clutches at a straw. The body is completely
poisoned by chemistry, hormones, and radia-
tion. All the natural bodily defenses are com-
pletely suppressed and paralyzed, and a sick per-
son feels hopeless and starts undergoing the
longest fasting courses without cleansing and
training the body first. In this case, serious com-
plications and even death may occur.
In my practice, I have had to deal with such
cases. Of course, I had cases of treating cancer at

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the initial stage, but those patients underwent a
few dry fasting courses, relocated from cities to
the countryside, and completely changed their
lifestyle. That’s why they achieved good results.
Other patients with cancer, who were fasting in-
dependently at home after chemotherapy and
radiation, could only prolong their life and im-
prove its quality. Everything should be done in
proper time.
Of course, people can die during fasting; not
from hunger, but because their over-nourished
bodies are full of numerous impurities, which
start to move about. Incurably sick patients may
die while fasting, but they will die from their dis-
ease, not because of fasting. Likewise, they could
die after eating. Tens of thousands of patients
with heart disease die after a hearty meal.

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 You can die from your own stupidity if you
don’t follow the rules of fasting (it happens, but
very rarely), especially when coming out of a fast
(if you eat everything you see). What does fast-
ing have to do with that? Fasting is life! While
our stupidity and limitations will surely lead us
to death.

Myth #9. Many people write that dry fasting

requires salt-water enemas and rinsing the mouth
with water, as these procedures help undergo dry
fasting.

During complete (water) fasting, the body

switches completely to endogenous nutrition.
This unique mechanism is ruined completely if

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people start drinking juice or eating apples dur-
ing this period.
The same thing happens during dry fasting.
Body cells start producing their own high-qual-
ity fluid from internal reserves during dry fast-
ing. When water enters the mouth or intestines,
this mechanism is ruined.
All of my patients who have tried to rinse their
mouth with water say that they felt much better
at first, but then the dry mouth sensation inten-
sified several times so that it became almost im-
possible to continue fasting. Just like with salt
enemas, there’s no cleansing effect, but thirst is
triggered, making it almost impossible to un-
dergo a full therapeutic dry fasting treatment
course.

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 Sometimes, it’s acceptable to bathe and douse
with cold water when coming out of the fast.
However, if you tolerate fasting well, there’s no
need for it. “Health is work, work is patience, pa-
tience is suffering, suffering is cleansing, and
cleansing is health!”

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