Therapeutic starvation: what is the acidotic crisis?

Therapeutic starvation has been practiced for a very long time. This method has many supporters and opponents. But, contrary to criticism of skeptics, the popularity of fasting is gradually increasing. Like any other method, health starvation requires some preparation and a certain amount of knowledge. How to prepare the body? How long can you starve? How to get out of starvation? What is the acidotic crisis? On these and other questions we will look for answers together. And let's talk about whether there are contraindications to the extreme technique.

Why is this necessary?

Therapeutic fasting is recommended not only for weight loss, although the treatment of obesity by this method is very effective. Starvation makes it possible to stabilize blood pressure, ease the condition with angina pectoris, heal from chronic bronchial and lung diseases, cure chronic gastritis with reduced acidity. A positive effect is noticeable in the treatment of chronic diseases of the bile duct and pancreas. Improves the condition with allergic reactions, facilitates the treatment of joint diseases. Wellness fasting is used even in the treatment of neuroses.

What is the difference from days of unloading?

For some time, not everyone can give up food. Many believe that curative fasting can be replaced by unloading days. However, these are different methods, and they give different results. The main difference is the acidotic crisis. When fasting, it happens quite often. Unloading days, even on tea or juice, do not lead the body to an acitotic crisis, and the process of removing harmful substances does not begin. In fact, instead of purification, the body is depleted. And this is a completely different story ...

What does the acidotic crisis mean?

Full refusal of food - stress for any organism. It is this stress that forces accumulated reserves, that is, to switch to "internal" nutrition. The body breaks down fats and secondary tissues, first of all getting rid of sick and old cells. During the splitting of the fat layers, decay products consisting of butyric acids and acetone remain. The organism does not remove them, gradually changing the indicator of internal acidity. Acidification of pH is called acidosis. When acidosis reaches a maximum, the cells begin using ketone bodies to synthesize the necessary amino acids. This is the acidotic crisis. If the fasting is not complete, and the body receives from time to time even tea with sugar, then the cells do not begin to synthesize amino acids from internal tissues. Combustion of internal reserves does not occur. The therapeutic effect of the procedure loses its meaning. It remains only weight loss.

When to expect an acidotic crisis?

The exact time of the onset of the turning point is difficult to predict. Several factors influence the acidotic crisis:

1. If fasting allows the use of water, then the crisis occurs on the 7-12th day of the procedure. With dry fasting, the time for the onset of a crisis is shorter - 3-5 days.
2. Regular medical starvation accelerates the onset of an acidotic crisis. When drinking water, this will happen in 2-5 days. Dry fasting causes a crisis in 1-2 days.
3. Proper preparation for fasting speeds up the tipping point of the procedure.
4. The timing of the onset of the acidotic crisis is affected by the degree of bowel cleansing. The use of an enema or laxative at the beginning of a therapeutic refusal of food accelerates the onset of a crisis.

Main symptoms

How can an inexperienced person understand that an acidotic crisis is approaching? The symptoms of the process are:

• A person experiences weakness and dizziness;
• The head starts to hurt;
• Haunts nausea;
• Urine becomes darker;
• The tongue is covered with a layer of plaque;
• From the person there is a sharp smell of acetone (not only from the mouth, but also from the skin);
• Strongly worsened mood.

Unpleasant feelings grow gradually. But after the onset of the crisis, the condition improves. Weakness is replaced by a surge of strength, dizziness and nausea recede, the head no longer hurts. The color of urine comes to normal (if the starving person drinks water). The acidotic crisis with dry starvation can not affect the color of urine, and it will remain dark.

The smell of acetone and plaque in the language are reduced. Even the mood comes back to normal. The body begins the process of renewal, simultaneously cleaning and healing the cells and organs. Since the body at this time does not spend energy to digest food, it can direct it to rejuvenation and recovery. It is this effect that must be achieved by therapeutic starvation.

Proper preparation for health starvation

Healthy fasting does not begin after long holidays with plentiful feasts. The body should be prepared to give up food to get rid of the undigested remnants and accelerate the acidotic crisis. Before the fasting course, you must completely abandon the meat dishes for a few days. You should go to the vegetarian menu and gradually reduce the intake. Day before starving to take only juices.

Such training helps the body with a prolonged refusal of food. In the process of improving fasting, we accept fluid intake. But it can only be pure boiled, spring, melted or rainwater. No additives (sugar, honey and others) are introduced into it, so as not to cause the activity of the digestive system. It must be remembered that the acidotic crisis with starvation on the water will come a little later, but starving dry is psychologically more difficult.

How long can medical starvation be carried out?

With complete absence of experience, prolonged fasting can not begin. First, several courses are conducted for 3-4 days, then the term can be increased. After the onset of acidosis, the procedure continues for 3-4 days, focusing on well-being.

Correct way out of starvation

The main thing is to do everything gradually, immediately rush to a plentiful dinner (lunch, breakfast) can not. First, juice is taken, diluted with water, then vegetable broths, and only after that, low-fat sour-milk products and grinded vegetables. The way out of curative fasting should last no less than starvation itself.

Contraindications

With a deficit in body weight or dystrophy, it is not possible to engage in curative starvation. Contraindication is also diabetes mellitus, certain heart diseases, tuberculosis, thrombophlebitis, cholelithiasis and some liver diseases. To old people and children fasting is not recommended, in addition, the contraindication to the procedure is pregnancy and lactation.