Hi ClaudeD, I have never been one for fasting, it brings your body into starvation mode and slows everything down. I think you will find if you get back into healthy eating mode that you will start to feel much better!

Fasting to me is not a diet tool - it's not something you should turn to as a means to lose weight.

It's really more of a mindfulness tool. In the religious traditions like Ramadan, it isn't a fast for the entire period, but a fast during the daylight hours of that period. Any fast can be an interesting paradox - you focus on your food intake so that you can focus on other things.

There are lots of different kinds of fasts. By all means, use your faith tradition if you have one. My mother used to fast one day a week as a form of sacrifice. Other people use a physiological or biochemical basis - for instance, the fruit fasts or detox fasts.

But do it in moderation. Define your fast ahead of time, and then return to a healthier pattern. Chances are, you know exactly what you're supposed to be doing (most of us do) - you just need something to move you into that pattern.