Natural Hygiene

Natural Hygiene is a branch of alternative medicine that claims to provide "all the life requirements brought to bear upon the living organism in due proportion and according to need" of human beings for preservation and restoration of health (see Shelton 1968 Chapter X). It claims that the human body is a self-maintaining and self-healing system who's natural lifespan is between 120 to 150 years old.

The role of fasting

Natural Hygiene practitioners often operate fasting retreat centers, because fasting is the preferred method of "treatment". They claim that, as a result of fasting, people often recover from cancer, arthritis, asthma, digestive problems,

Related Topics:
Fast - Cancer - Arthritis - Asthma - Digestive problems

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high blood pressure, heart problems, and many other diseases.

Related Topics:
Blood pressure - Heart

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Fasting means eating nothing, drinking only distilled water and

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getting lots of rest. Fasting as understood in Natural Hygiene is not starvation, but physiological rest, and its aim is to allow the body to utilize its healing powers to the maximum ability. Autolysis or self-digestion is a state the body enters about the fourth day of a fast; according to Dr Herbert Shelton, in this state the body can break down even cancerous tissues and eliminate them.

Related Topics:
Autolysis - Herbert Shelton

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Many Natural Hygiene practitioners operate fasting clinics where patients undergo a fast for the duration of 3 to 30 days, depending on the progress and indications. Then they are placed on a raw-food diet for a length of time equal to the number of days of their fast.

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Advocates say that attempting to do a long fast (more than 14 days) without the supervision of

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a Natural Hygiene practitioner is NOT recommended. Furthermore, they do not recommend fasting for the treatment of diabetes, cancer of the kidneys, cancer of the liver and severe anemia.

Related Topics:
Diabetes - Kidney - Liver - Anemia

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