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Thoughts after 14 Days of Water Fasting in Aug 2007 A Testimonial by Kim Huay “Independently Healthy” seems very easy, it means that one should look after one’s health. But how to go about it? Chinese has a saying that “all diseases enter through the mouth”, so I began by eating well. But what must I eat to ensure nutrition? If I consult a nutritionist, I have to spend a few hundred dollars and what I’d get is still the standard “food pyramid” suggestion of how much meat, fish and vegetables etc. I have been using this as a guide for many years, I make sure that my family has a well balanced meal everyday and I’d like to think that we are already eating very healthily, but I still don’t understand why despite of this, the young and old are still falling sick so easily. I am very lucky to have met Ray Kent. He has taught us many true and correct health concepts, and thanks to him, our family has all benefited tremendously. I have been on this healing path for 6 – 7 years, and every year, I will do at least one fast of about 6 -7 days. This time round, I accepted Ray’s suggestion to do a longer fast so that the body can clean deeper. I did a 14-day water fast, and the result was very different compared to the last few fasts I did. In the early days of the fast, the detoxification symptoms were similar to the last few fasts, but after the 7th day, I experienced something very different --- the body started to clean my lungs, and I started coughing. I coughed up a lot of phlegm and had a running nose which went on for a few days before it slowly recovered. Ray is right, our body is the smartest, when opportunity arises, it will start to doctor itself, and I am very grateful indeed, to have received Ray’s guidance on this fast. Few years ago before I changed my diet, I would always have a serious cough 2 or 3 times a year. When the cough started, I couldn’t sleep the whole night and it was terrible. A friend brought me to a Chinese physician and he gave me 3 doses of medication. After I took the first dose, I saw great results right away, it was as if a knife has cut away the cough and I was all praise for the Chinese physician for his skillfulness. But now as I reflect, those phlegm that is supposed to be coughed out, where have they gone after I took that medicine? Has that medication really solved my problem? Looking at all the phlegm that came out of my body in these few days of fast, I can’t help but ask myself, “How did my lungs accumulate so much rubbish? Is the Chinese way of treatment correct?” And while thinking about this question, I thought of my mother who died of respiratory complications, and my grandparents who used to smoke opium, and that must mean that their lungs must have a lot of problems as well. So, I guess those rubbish in my lungs must have been a gift from them! Of course, not forgetting all those “nutritious meals” that I have eaten before. So now, I finally understood how those rubbish got into my lungs. As I come to understand such a great health concept, I now treasure my body even more. After the fast, the body is cleaner, and I don’t want to abuse it by eating badly. I am now happy to think of creative ways to improve my diet and make my salad more appetizing, and to share with more people that vegetarian meals can also be prepared in a healthier and more interesting way. “健康自主”四個字，好像很簡單，就是自己照顧自己的健康。但要如何做起呢？俗話說“病從口入”，所以我就先從吃開始。但，吃些什麼才有營養呢？去請教營養師， 花幾百元，得到的也只是個金字塔的均衡飲食，每天要衡量吃多少肉、魚、菜等等。多年來，我一直採用這套飲食建議，每一餐都顧及均衡的營養，以為吃得很健康了，但還是搞不清為什麼吃的這麼健康，家中大小卻還總是容易病倒。 我很幸運認識瑞肯(Ray Kent)先生，他教了我們很多正確的健康理念，托了他的福，我們一家大小受惠無窮，真謝謝他。 踏上這條健康大道有六、七年了。我每年都會斷食一次，但都隻是六、七天而已。這回，聽了瑞肯的指點，他希望我能做個較長的斷食，這樣才會更徹底清理體內的垃圾，因此我這次就做了14天的水斷食，果然效果跟以往很不同。 開始的前幾天，身體的排毒現象和以往差不多，但接下來的7天裡卻大大的不同了 --- 身體開始清理肺部了，咳嗽開始了，咳出了很多的痰和鼻水，一連好幾天，后來才慢慢的復原。瑞肯說對，我們的身體是最聰敏的，機會一到，它會為我們調理好的， 所以這次得到瑞肯的指點，真是感恩。 幾年前，當我還沒改變飲食之前，一年裡都會有兩、三次的大咳嗽，一咳起來，整晚都不得好睡，苦不堪言。后來，經朋友介紹去看一位中醫，給了我三帖藥，喝了第一帖就馬上見效，好像一刀就把咳切斷了。當時， 我還舉起拇指稱贊這位醫生好厲害，但現在想起來，我肺裡要咳出來的垃圾， 在吃了那帖藥之后究竟去了哪裡？那帖藥真的有根治我的問題嗎？看到我那幾天身體所排出的痰與鼻水，我不禁要這樣問自己， “我肺裡哪來這麼多垃圾？中醫這種治療法正確嗎？” 想到這個問題，就聯想起我媽媽過世時，也是肺出現問題而死的。還有我公共婆婆是吸鴉片的，肺部當讓也是問題多多。所以，我肺部的垃圾要算就是他們給我的禮物吧！當然，還有再加上我之前所吃的那些所謂“營養大餐”。我終於明白我現在肺部的垃圾是怎麼來的。 認識了這麼好的健康理念，我現在更加珍惜自己的身體，斷完食的身體比較干淨，所以也就更不舍得亂吃。我現在也樂於花多一點心思來改變飲食，設法把生菜沙拉弄得更開胃，也很高興能與更多人分享：原來素食也可以吃得很健康、很精彩的 。 ~ 胡桂英
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