Therapeutic fasting can be compared to the recuperative therapy we rely on
every night when we sleep in order to charge the body for the next day. Excess
stresses, whether from excess consumption of substances or from stressful
physical and mental activities, impose negative biological effects on the body.
Recuperation through sleep is responsible for rebuilding and preparing the body
to handle the increasing demands. Rest and sleep enable the body to recover
from the effects of these waking stresses, because the body can concentrate its
repair efforts most effectively at this time when fewer demands are placed
upon it.
Recuperation takes time, sometimes more time and effort than people
recognize. The goal of fasting is to allow time to provide extended physiological
rest for the purposes of catching up with recuperative needs generated from
the vicious cycle of overactivity, overstimulation, and dietary indiscretions.
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