Jean-Louis:
>..., it is quite plausible that a cooked food eater will benefit
>from fasting, as it helps to get rid of accumulated toxins, relieves
>cardio-vascular problems, etc... For a raw food eater, it might be
>useful too, but dangerous on the psychological point of view:

LYnton:
what about the view that when eating ROF (raw organic food) one is in fact
fasting from both cooked and non-organic stuff?

Jean-Louis:
> IMO, an obsession about toxemia is not a mentally healthy attitude. Not
>that toxemia doesn't exist, but that having a balanced raw food diet
>is enough to keep you in good health, while you detoxify smoothly over
>the years. There is no rush to detox, if you don't experience any
>serious health problems due to toxemia.

Lynton:
i agree that once past the initial detox effort  (if there is one), its best
to focus positively.
i used Robert Gray's bowel detox in conjuction with Norman Walker's juice
fasting (mostly carrots ~half a gallon, plus fresh barley-grass juice ~2
cups), i got by but RG's method sweeps the intestinal bacteria out and i
think this reduces energy.  if i did it again, i would want to add much
rejuvelac.
 i went from about 170 lbs to 130.  now i'm 135, and if i put on more (which
i hope to do) then let it be mostly muscle, tho a bit of high-quality fat is
most welcome.

Jean-Louis:
>There are also other alternatives to fasting, such as the use of
>cassia. Apparently, many instinctos have benefited from that
>(but not myself yet).

Lynton:
i'll have a look at this and report back later...

regards :>)