Days without food, by Shukai

Days without food, by Shukai Many people often complain of hunger when their dinner is served late or, in some cases, when they have to skip a meal because of work commitments. For me, together with 28 participants, and thousands more out there who had already fasted before, I survived with distilled water for 4 days!! Amazing right!! At least now I dare to proclaim " never eat won't die one!" It was quite an unforgettable experience and made me think twice before reaching out for a chicken wing. I think I am a vegetarian now and will not eat ANIMALS not only for health reasons but also for ethical reason. Dun you think it is cruel rearing cows and chickens when their eventual destination is your cooking pots? I participated in a health camp, supervised by Ray Kent, a Canadian health advisor. During the camp, we practise fasting. This is a very traditional method of body healing which make use of the body itself to heal and strengthen our weak organs without any drugs, medications or surgery. For the first 4 days, we survived on distilled water, lectures and sleep. Our energy levels seemed to be at the lowest because we are not eating. However, the body is able to use this time to clean the dirtiest organ, the digestive system and detoxify it. Perhaps this is the reason why I vomited 7 times on the 4th day. According the Ray, my bowel is weak, that’s why I cannot eliminate the toxins through the normal channels and have to go through the other way up, vomiting it out. There is pain after the vomiting. Of course, this only serves as a reminder for me to eat only the non-toxic food. The 5th day, we had fruit juice namely sugar cane juice, it was simply revitalizing! At night my roommates manage to sneak out to buy some fruits and offered me an orange! That was the nicest orange I've tasted in my life! It was the juiciest and filled with LIFE FORCES! I am not exaggerating, but I really felt energised after having the orange and from then onwards, orange became my favourite fruit. The 6th day was the break-camp day. We had some smoothies and real fruits for breakfast. Many people go to the FAST for a reason. For me, I had been taking medication to control my acne for the past 3 to 4 years. That managed to control my hormones, but also turn my teeth yellow, YUCKS! After a no-meat diet, indeed my facial conditions got much better than with medication. After going through the FAST, the conditions did not exactly improved tremendously but I will optimistically await for miraculous effects. Maybe 3 months later, I will have the face as nice as Kang TA (the leader singer from the Korean boy-band H.O.T) I hope more people can give up the desire to eat meat. In actual fact, a vegetarian meal can be nice as well. Article contributed by Shukai Top Back to VSS Column.