HOW TO BREAK YOUR FAST

In our last tutorial we talked about the benefit of fasting. But today we want to discuss how to break
your fast correctly. Many people can fast but not many people knows how to break their fast correctly.
Despite the many benefit of fasting, it can harm a person's body if he doesn't know how to break his fast.
But how you break your fast is extremely important for your physical and spiritual well-being.

Today I shall discus how you can break your fast healthyly:

1. FIRST, AVOID SOLID MEAL!

Breaking your fast with solid meal can cause some damage to your stomach lining. Which can lead to stomach ulcer. 

   - Break an extended water fast with fruit such as watermelon.
   - While continuing to drink fruit or vegetable juices, add the following:
   - First day: take pap with a little sugar. (without milk).
    -Second day: Add baked or boiled potato, no butter or seasoning.
   - Third day: Add a steamed vegetable.
   -Thereafter: Begin to reintroduce your normal diet.

    Then you can Advance to a few tablespoons of solid foods such as raw fruits and vegetables or a raw salad and baked potato.
You will have to take more precaution if you had done an extended fast, to prevent a shock to your system. It is very important to reintroduce food to your body in small amounts and very gradually. Gorging on food after a fast can be fatal.

Remember, the longer you fast, the more days you will have to take to break your fast.  As a general rule, for every four days you fast, you’ll take one day to break fast.  For example, if you had juice fasted for 40 days, you will need about 10 days to gradually break your fast. 

2. NEVER NEGLECT WATER:
 Water is life. When breaking your fast, ensure that you take a considerable amount of water to help your body get rid of toxins. When embarking on an extended fasting exercise e.g 7 days-40days, ensure that you take Water every 3days.

HERE ARE SOME HELPFUL HINTS WHILE FASTING

.Decide ahead what permissible food you will eat when you next feel hungry—see suggestion list above. Gear up your mind for a slow break.

. Endeavour to chew your food very well so that  you won't give your stomach a lot of work in breaking down your food.

. Eat only when you are hungry.


SUGGESTED FOOD FOR BREAKING YOUR FAST.

Any soft fruits but avoid fibrous fruits like pineapple, and acidic citrus fruits. Suggestion: apple, avocado, banana, berries, honey melon, mango, papaya, pear, peach, watermelon

.Any leafy vegetables like lettuce, endive, purple cabbage, rocket leaves, spinach, gradually moving to “harder” vegetables like bell peppers, cucumber, celery, jicama, etc.

You can make fresh salads from the fruits and vegetables but never use those store-bought dressings as they have very high content of sodium, sugar and artificial food additives.
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