Can Fasting Lower High Blood Pressure?
Written by Dr. Nathan Gershfeld, D.C., founder of Fasting Escape and former staff doctor at True North Health Center. In my experience supervising fasts, high blood pressure is one of the most dramatic and consistent responders to water fasting I have seen. Not subtle improvements. Dramatic ones. People who have been on blood pressure medication […]
Can Water Fasting Reverse Type 2 Diabetes?
Written by Dr. Nathan Gershfeld, D.C., founder of Fasting Escape and former staff doctor at True North Health Center. In my years of working with people who have type 2 diabetes, one question comes up more than any other: “Can I actually reverse this, or am I just managing it for the rest of […]
The First Medically Documented Water-fast: From suicidal to scientific discovery
“The human body has hitherto been regarded as only capable of existing from eight to ten days when all supplies have been cut off.”…
Medically Supervised Water-only Fasting in the Treatment of Hypertension
A landmark study showing that hypertension (the most significant predictor of all-cause mortality), can be dramatically reduced by…
Medically Supervised Water-Only Fasting in the Treatment of Borderline Hypertension
Another study by Dr. Alan Goldhamer of the True North Health Center demonstrating again that water-fasting lowers blood pressure….
A Case of Nonpharmacologic Conservative Management of Suspected Uncomplicated Subacute Appendicitis
This article demonstrates the powerful anti-inflammatory effect of water-fasting on the body. In this case, a patient had…
Water-Only Fasting And Follicular Lymphoma
Water-only fasting and an exclusively plant foods diet in the management of stage IIIa, low-grade follicular lymphoma Alan C Goldhamer,…