Forum post By Dr Andre Kruger:

you should be able to do the whole cycle at home:

If there's stairs at home, you can run up them a few times to get the blood circulation going. Stop just before you trip over your tongue.

The massage step can simply be rubbing yourself all over with a rough towel, a loufa, brush, a personal massage machine, or if you attach a shower extension to an ordinary water outlet, you can do a type of "Kneipp" hosing down massage on yourself: Train a water jet on your skin in transverse movements starting at the periphery (Hands/feet) and work up towards the core of the body.

Then spending time in a very hot bath or shower will perform the heat phase;

Turning the shower cold or getting out of the hot bath and allowing evaporation to dry you should suffice for the cold phase.

Last step: If there's a bed in your house, you can do the rest phase on that.. otherwise a sofa should be OK..

A professional massage for the second step is of course ideal, but not very practical in everyday life.

Meditating: When your body rebels around the 8th day, it's obviously trying to tell you something.. heed its messages. Remember that a well activated fasting metabolism remains at least partly active for several days after you broke the fast so it "restarts" really easily. I actually consider the resumption of a fast less than about 10 days after a previous one to be a continuation rather than a new fast. Checking for ketones in the urine proved that the "switch" happens a lot earlier under these circumstances.

So one or 2 days per week, plus 5 or 6 weeks per year, gives you over 80 fasting days per year.. that's enough for maintenance. I use longer fasts much more for specific healing of diseases and the short intermittent ones for "maintenance" or a "service" of your vehicle: Your precious body.

André

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