The Overlooked Healing Power of Water Fasting

This article is inspired by the insights and discussions presented in Episode 37: Water Fasting's Healing Potential with Loren Lockman of The Born to Heal Podcast by Dr. Katie Deming, The Conscious Oncologist.

After nearly 20 years practicing oncology and guiding thousands of patients, I was frustrated to find that despite "successful" conventional cancer treatments, many of my patients saw their cancer return.?

Are Water Fasts the Missing Piece?

Through extensive research and interviews with leading experts like Loren Lockman, founder of the world's largest water fasting facility Tanglewood Wellness Center, I've learned from countless examples of how abstaining from food allows the body to powerfully heal.

According to Loren Lockman, our bodies innately know how to heal. Every species naturally stops eating when ill or injured enough. By voluntarily abstaining from food, we essentially direct energy inward to cleanse, repair, and restore balance.

Fasting Facilitates?

"Anything that can heal will heal more efficiently and effectively with fasting." - Loren Lockman

Today's unprecedented exposure to environmental toxins and the standard American diet bombard us with more than our body's natural detoxification systems can handle.?

Fasting gives these systems a much-needed break to play catch up. Through a process called autophagy, cells eliminate waste material and unnecessary or dysfunctional components. Fasting ramps up autophagy exponentially.?

Starving Cancer Cells

Cancer relies on sugar to fuel its unrestrained growth. Fasting forces cells to run on ketones from fat breakdown rather than glucose sugar. For this reason, many practitioners use fasting strategically alongside conventional cancer treatments.?

As a supportive measure, fasting may aid cancer recovery without the immune-destroying consequences of harsh therapies. However, fasting unassisted can be extremely dangerous for immune-compromised cancer patients.

Additional Fasting Benefits:

- Blood sugar regulation

- Weight loss?

- Improved digestion

- Mental clarity

- Vision improvement

- Fewer allergies

Go Supervised

"As long as one follows simple directions, there aren't any dangers with fasting." - Loren Lockman

While fasting offers immense therapeutic potential, attempting it without guidance can prove harmful or even fatal. Severe dehydration and electrolyte imbalances can quickly spiral when unmonitored.?

Loren has overseen thousands of supervised fasts for up to 42 days without incident through proper hydration and ensuring electrolyte balance beforehand.

Preparing to Water Fast

Always consult your doctor before beginning a fast, especially if managing health conditions or medications that may require oversight. While Loren guides fasters to come off medications, exceptions exist like thyroid hormones and insulin for those unable to produce them.?

What to Expect

Symptoms while fasting indicate your unique detox process. Fevers, rashes, aches, blurred vision, bowel changes - essentially anything goes! Symptoms tend to peak mid-fast and then subside. When supervised, practitioners can provide support measures to ease discomfort.

While fasting contrasts society's constant emphasis on eating, our bodies intrinsically understand the immense healing value. Once eliminating harmful modern resources like processed foods, environmental pollutants, and medications, fasting helps restore balance from within.

So Should You Water Fast?

"Fasting is simply how we get out of the organism's way so it can cleanse and heal." - Loren Lockman

Based on the conversation with Loren Lockman, fasting deserves far more respect in mainstream medicine. While more research is still needed, thousands of years of ancestral wisdom and mounting clinical evidence testify to its power.

Far from deprivation, fasting realigns us with our body's innate intelligence. As Loren wisely sums up - "When we make space for our miraculous self-healing abilities, truly incredible transformation becomes possible."