The Miracle of Fasting: Proven Throughout History for Physical, Mental, & Spiritual Rejuvenation
by Patricia Bragg, Paul C. Bragg
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Author: Patricia Bragg, Paul C. BraggEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-09-16
ISBN: 0877900396
Number of pages: 280
Publisher: Bragg Health Sciences
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- ISBN13: 9780877900399
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Book Review: A lot of fluff and not many facts
Summary: 2 Stars
This book is similiar to a big infomercial for fasting. The authors tell all the great benefits of fasting, but have very little (if any) facts backing up their statements. I like to double-check references and studies that are quoted when reading health/nutrition literature and I was not able to do this, I just had to take the authors' word for it, which sometimes left me wondering.
One statement that left me scratching my head is found on page 17, and reads "Dairy farmers found by giving cows salt blocks to lick, they drink more water. The more water they drink, the more milk produced. But the result is that the average quart of milk contains the extremely high content of 1 1/2 grams of salt per quart! Go past any American school and look at the children. You will be amazed by how many of them are overweight, lack stamina and the spark of youth. Most are heavy drinkers of commercial milk, and most foods they eat contain high concentrations of salt!"
I have no idea how the author correalated high salt intake to obese children?!? Obese children are obese because they eat too much fast food, candy, soda and do not exercise, THEY ARE NOT OBESE BECAUSE THEY DRINK MILK! Yes, they eat a lot of salt, but it's not why they are fat. There are others factors at play.
The majority of the book touts a raw food, vegetarian diet for longevity, health and energy and has nothing to do with fasting whatsoever. Some of the topics include, the downfalls of modern medicine, exercise for energy, get plenty of sunshine and fresh air, eat raw foods as much as possible and of course, stay away from the junk. This is all information that any health conscious person already knows. About the only thing I learned about fasting from the book was that the author fasts one day a week, and up to 10 days four times a year. And only with distilled water.
Other downfalls include the extra large print, like they were trying to stretch the book into more pages than it needs to be. And the constant references to their other line of products, like Apple Cider Vinegar and Olive Oil, neither of which have anything to do with fasting.
If you are totally new to fasting for health, or a couch potato who wants to know more about health and nutrition in general, this book may give you some helpful information all in one place. Otherwise, most of the information can be gleaned by doing a Google search for "fasting."
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