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Loren: Sometimes there’s been so much damage to the body that it
can’t repair itself; but this is unusual. In the vast majority of cases, if
we’re still alive, the possibility to heal still exists. And even if a
condition may never heal completely, every person can allow their
body to take it’s health to a much higher level in every way by fasting
properly and long-enough. It’s important to understand that fasting
technically “cures” nothing… but rather simply provides the body with
the optimal conditions to cleanse and heal itself. If something can
heal, fasting is absolutely the most efficient and effective way.

Steven: Earlier, I asked you about the need for nutrition to heal; can
you respond to that?

Loren: Sure Steven. Though one might logically think that this would
be an issue, it virtually never is. The fasting and medical literature
doesn’t show a single case of someone developing anemia, scurvy,
rickets, beri-beri or other deficiency diseases even on prolonged fasts.
I’ve seen for myself that people can fast months without