by Karen Kellock Ph.D.
Last Meal is Lunch for Power Energy a Bunch.
Update 2012: This is the way I love to do it. It runs counter to what everyone says but I say forget it. I eat meat or omelet in the morning then fruit for lunch then fast for dinner. This is the best of all worlds: fauna, fruit and fasting all in the same day--and NOW I'm a winner. I don't waste time with starch and not even many vegetables--all that superfluity is for beginners. Eat only certified organic meat which is cruelty-free without antibiotics, hormones or pesticide fillers.
You’ve had your food quota by noon or maybe you feasted for breakfast. You can still fast the Buddha way which is not eating past noon. Just this method alone can heal so many diseases, for fasting from noon to the next morning is 20 hours. Done daily the healing benefits are cumulative. The afternoon becomes a blissful digestive experience in sun or siesta, completely available for contemplation, study and prayer. This mental availability is what sets off the creative process both in the afternoon and especially the next morning. God rewards these partial fasts!
The Buddha fast really splits the day in two: morning for business, work, errands and the afternoon for quieter facets of life—contemplation, study, siesta, walking or correspondence. The morning fast is not unbearable as the mid-day meal approaches, then after we delight in a slow luxurious meal it is easy to make it through the afternoon and evening since the fatty lunch is so appetite-suppressing and satisfying. Then at night we’re already in a cleansing state and the afternoon fast puts us in solid ketosis in preparation for comfy sleep and cleansing. Eating at night before bed is not smart as it’s when nature cleans, so help it along by just skipping dinner to elevate this cleansing/perfecting/youthifying HGH—Human Growth Hormone. It only perfects while fasting.
Before noon I’ll have figs then fats. The fat always dilates and opens everything up while streamlining the body. The more fat-to-carb the better for energy fat-burning appetite-suppression and that wonderful cozy consciousness that comes from neolithic eating. This way the afternoon begins with glucagons going into ketosis and a wonderful frame of mind which is so balanced and soothed.
The Buddha plan is the most popular fast and probably the easiest. It’s called the Buddha fast because it’s the routine adopted in most Buddhist monasteries: arise very early in the morning (between 3-4a.m.) for prayer and meditation. Finish the main meal by noon followed by the afternoon’s fast of more prayer and contemplation. As Ben Franklin said “lunch with little, sup with less, better yet go to be supper-less.” The first time I did it as a teen-ager I could not believe how exuberant I felt the next morning--it was a drastic change just by skipping dinner. I did it because I felt stuffed and fat but after just one fast I lost all that and more before the fat cycle began.
We’ve done our work, we’ve been rewarded with lunch now we’re being inspired by fasting--i.e. keeping energy in the head rather than the gut. The afternoons will become your favorite time--in silence. This silent time brings found time for a multiplicity of other far more rewarding things. Fasting is always rewarded and it will bring you joy, extreme self-esteem, confidence and a real sense of superiority as a glorified child of God.
It’s great to divide the day this way for anything bringing structure and routine increases productivity. I write in the mornings but the afternoons are the most productive relaxing into inspiration. Leaving it open this way readies the mind to receive God’s words of instruction each and every peaceful afternoon. One should take this very seriously as a fast--20 hours daily from noon to 8 a.m. is a lot of fasting and healing. Yet it’s so simple--a hunger-free afternoon: at night feeling so achieved and the tail-end when hunger may arise you’re sleeping soundly.
The fatty paleo lunch will so change your consciousness. Whatever your emotional-mental problems were in the carb-laden fruit or starchy vegan diet they will all disappear now, setting your metabolism up in the opposite way--the way most beneficial for man, the way he was designed to eat. Like a cat, man needs fat. You’ll be surprised as ailments disappear, as so many came from your carb-addiction creating hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease and simultaneous obesity. What a life--even now I notice that with too much fruit the skin gets dry and itchy but when again eating fat it soothes and revives into moistness again. It’s a very “altogether” feeling with the fat which is the most delicious food but has the additional pleasure of how you’re going to feel afterwards. Soon you’ll see old habits dissolve and you’ll be in a much happier state of mind. Since the head and heart loves fatty protein (living off ketones) we now feel so much joy that old habits to avoid anxiety lose priority and then drop off completely.
Man needs fat and protein--that does not change. You say protein creates mucus? Listen up: the devastation that comes from (1) too much carb and constant insulin elevation together with (2) too little fat and protein is far greater than the problem of mucus and other by-products of protein digestion. The immune system is enhanced with fat and protein and suppressed by starch and sugar. Although nuts do well for fat and protein most people find they need fauna and any resulting mucus is eliminated through daily fasting and fruit. There are times when fauna-fat completely repairs and “fixes” things—an immediate streamlining, dilation and release of water retention takes place.
There is so much confusion in diet science right now. Due to the influence of Ehretism if you feel bad they say you must have eaten something good which brought on a cleansing crisis. If you feel good they say you must have eaten something bad to stop cleansing. If any of this is true—why not use daily fasting as a way to offset problems and make things right? The gut-dense foods like cheese and nuts require so little to suffice it’s amazingly efficient.
HUGE VEGAN SALADS OR PIECE OF CHEESE?
Raw is Not Law!
And what of the huge salads people are eating--the predominance of plants and leaves? Man is not a folivore (plant or leaf-eater) as this requires a big gut for bacterial putrefaction. Beyond that some of us have so ruined our metabolisms via overindulgence in fruit (sweets) that these plant foods are really nearly impossible to digest--except when cooked--and the energy expenditure is far too burdensome until metabolic balance is restored.
For many of us years of “fruitless fruitarianism” brought us “mal-absorption syndrome” where we’d lost our assimilative capacity—the food just sits there and goes through unchanged. So is “raw” really “law”? What a relief it is to leave the mass “raw” ideology behind, use what works in the interim then end mostly raw in the fat-frugivorous scheme while eating cooked at times. Relax and realize that diet dogma kills! There’s no more blissful state than being on the evolutionary diet for man through ketosis--and many vegan foods may kick us out of it.
The meat products trigger thirst so you drink it because you want to and because you love it. The high-water vegan diet in contrast does not trigger thirst so you are compelled or forced to drink it, or don't drink it at all--dehydration sets in. The starchy diet brings thirst but then the cells fills out in toxic cakey sludge not moistness (more waterlogging). Eating meat products you drink alot of water which--along with the saturated animal fat--moistens the skin and then the elevated glucagons removes all standing water from the system. You have moist skin until late in life--whereas the vegans ends up grey and wrinkled (post-hippie syndrome, or "wilted lettuce" syndrome).
What man has adapted to is the point. As a fruitarian I thought I was cleansing but I was filled with fat and water pockets from constant insulin elevation. The water was rapidly relieved with glucagons and I couldn’t believe the relief with fats as a predominant part of the diet. You must start slowly now and experiment in the main fatty meal. With each day you’ll be stronger and your fat intake greater without a reaction. The total load on the immune system will be low (from fasting all day) so each day you will tolerate more.
Paleo science shows we need animal protein and the B-12 deficiencies of long-term fruitarians are usually the case not the exception (beyondveg.com). I did indeed feel a lot better during my “cheese omelet phase” after two decades of sweet fruit only. For some of you the only fauna you can tolerate may be caviar! Once you find the one thing that works--though all else may fail--just stick to that when you need a protein lift. Since it was protein malnourishment which suppressed your immune system you’ll soon gain more latitude with food. Remember fat and protein strengthen immunity and grains ruin it (grain damage) so in a short time you can eat more variety. Via fat and protein the system is oiled until it glows so smooth--the look, the feel, the experience of living off the fat of the land--make it glow to show for dough! Then fast: return to perfection in total satisfaction.
If your a happy fruitarian that’s great. You haven’t reached the point of deficiency-burnout. But for those of you who are tired of the constant cravings (for what you instinctively want but deny) and the fatigue this section is for you. Until stable elevated insulin made me so restless with insomnia, emotional turmoil and flip-flops, water retention, depression, constriction, hypertension and dry skin problems. High-fat and protein eradicated the aged hanging skin (“scrawniness”) by giving it glow and structure while it brought even-ness to emotions and energy. It erased all cravings, the biggest distraction contributing to failure to thrive. By keeping insulin low I became a different person for one year and through fasting I achieved. I wanted glucagons to rule my castle not this temporary neurosis coming from elevated insulin in a person with IR.
It’s amazing how the world tries to cajole you to eat sugar (and starch) just when you decide to give them up, or tells you not to eat fat—most of the world is against fat! It takes a very strong mind to go against an upside down backwards world which calls evil good and good evil! Can’t anyone think deep (i.e. metabolically) anymore? Must we stay so silly and superficial to blame the usual suspect “fat” for everything? Non-fructose sugar is the culprit and problem (along with starch which turns to it) and a deliciously fatty diet without refined sugar and starch is the answer. Most people fall in with the majority view which is fat-phobic and few understand metabolism--so the first step in maintaining your joy and slimness is to ignore the world of gainsayers. They’re all out there so just be ready!
It’s amazing how people will learn and accept hard facts and even understand the complex mechanisms of metabolism regarding insulin vs. glucagons but when they crave starch or sugar out the window it goes (“fruit is ok”, “rice is ok because the Orientals eat it”, beans are ok because Cosmopolitan said so” etc). Or they’ll chime in with those calling the ketogenic diet “lost balance.” But it was the past which was off-balance so now we must compensate by being “off-balanced” the opposite way. The present checks the past and this is balance. Once healed you take on the truly balanced diet of fruit and fat.
GET THE SHINE, THEN GOD WILL SHINE
God is the Only Source—Let Him be your Course.
We must find the fine line between shine and swell. The HQ (i.e. calorie-dense) higher quality fat foods like cheese and nuts can swell you up with overindulgence so you must respect it--find the line and keep to that, there’s the shine. Never overeat the HQ for the whole point is its potency in small bites but toxicity when overdone. Respect the greatest then never overdo it. Then having oiled the engine, fast all afternoon. Get into it---notice how the inspirations flow and keep a journal of all the many miracles. The more you do it the more you’ll love it. The bonus is how you’ll start the day tomorrow morning—wow! On the Buddha post-noon fast everything you do today is for how you’re going to feel tomorrow.
Do you ever feel discouraged about your work or money? I know that especially with writing the remuneration is dubious and unstable at best. Always recite when down: “God is the only source!” Knowing that, all you must do is please God who will justify and bring out your work. No more self-promotion, racing around or feeling powerless in this competitive computer world. Just please God, not some clod, and all will come out right with you on top. What a relief stopping the biggest energy thief. He has a plan and you are part of that destiny and purpose which awaits—so just fast and continue to wait for that big future span. We fasters are a world clan much bigger than our problems which the divine fast is higher than! Soon you’ll be winning for the way you please God is through sacrifice—fasting, giving and no more sinning. Now release your anxieties into joy (ever-grinning).
How I love the balmy-breezy afternoons which are so spiritual when fasting. I like walking all afternoon in nature with the dogs and desert angels. Then I come into study, contemplate, do yoga or just ponder while looking out the window to the mountain vistas. What a happy reverie! So much underground mental work is being done in the afternoon because you’re in the relaxed right-brain mode. Insights won’t arise with stress but only in leisure. True Genius is simply someone who knows the value of leisure for without it he stays frustrated, dry and third-rate. But fasting ensures that the fertile anarchy of the underground work brings maximum creative action the next morning—with success you have a date. Whatever your worry or work just fast and cast your care on God for tomorrow, for the fast He designed for man will work--for health, wealth and svelte.
I predict most will choose the Buddha fast for it’s the easiest and it fits well into society. You can always “do lunch” or even early dinner and still be a daily fastarian. Perhaps many of you are already doing it but knowing the value of the matrix will keep you firmly in place--for it’s the daily doing of it that brings eventual perfection and disease-free (fat-free, age-free) bliss. Think: “This whole afternoon and evening is mine, not the food-demons.” This is always the highest destiny--the non-flesh, non-obsessed times with God and just knowing this opens you to infinite directions with a feeling of achievement, pleasure and hope. You now have so much reason to hope, for the exclusion of food for a good part of the day is so uplifting, enlightening, elevating and edifying. It will exhilarate you releasing so much energy and time normally tied up in food. This will change the whole consciousness of the afternoon and open up new avenues normally closed.
Cutting it off at noon saves so much money. It’s one meal rather than two so if you’re now spending $300 for food now it’s $150 or less for now as you have learned self-discipline and become healthier each day you order your food preferences rightly, eliminating “binge food” or other useless items. Now food-confusion is dissolved and all falls naturally into a new matrix. You know exactly what to buy for just the MMM: main mid-day meal. An afternoon eater is a promiscuous eater eating whatever his afternoon hypoglycemic carb-addicted taste buds dictate to him he “should” eat. But you with total self-mastery have deleted this phenomenal food waste so your bill may even be one-third of what it was.
You say your strong? Let’s see how strong you are--fast. Are you mentally strong enough to go against the fat-phobic carb-loving masses? Can you withstand the fruit- and fast-fears of the increasing mass of Atkins dieters or the medical dogma? And against those doctors--still in the majority--who in the face of overwhelming new evidence on the side of fat still maintain you should live on high-carb low-fat diet? Do you realize what a dangerous concept that is?
The result is millions of unhappy people depriving themselves of what they need and urgently desire but deny, just to “go along” or “get along” with the majority or the neighbors. Atkins comments on how many people say they loved the first two weeks of the fatty low-carb diet, that they were happier and more satisfied than they’ve every been. When asked why they went off the diet they said “my neighbors didn’t agree with it.” When will people give up on the obvious and see beneath? To the mentally flimsy: you must question all that you’ve been told and once having learned all the facts stick firm against the ever-changing tides of public opinion which is usually nonsense.
Are you strong enough to not eat when you want to eat? That shows strength. The wishy-washy make resolutions--they intend--but at the first craving the ego bristles up and says “forget theories--I’ll just get what I want.” People these days defy all authority even that which they have decided to follow. The fast will dissolve that ego, man’s biggest obstruction. With ego in your way you’re missing all the benefits you said you wanted for yourself: championship, a perfect body, a keen mind, world success and great prosperity. You must build character in pursuit of these things and fasting is the fastest to afflict self. This is the way to humble the ego to automatically get to God’s infinite power.
Many Atkins or paleo-dieters love to eat meat but hate to fast. I joined a discussion list on the internet and got tired of the constant carnal talk of meat-eating like all the meats they had stored in the freezer. When I mentioned fasting the whole group turned against me. People can eat meat but they can’t fast. The hunter eats meat to survive, but then he fasts until the next (unpredictable) kill. This diet--the true diet of man--is so appetite-suppressing one can go joyfully a day or days without any thoughts of food. Fasting is a lost art and a way to great joy and quick progress. To fast is not to deprive, but to gain. The fast is the true feast but you can have both in the same day.
No one is happy eating all day long. The lack of such behavioral boundaries destroys happiness--laxness is laziness. The mind can never stay focused which is the very key to success. The formula for success is: (1) eliminate all distraction, then (2) focus. If you’re ever going to mind travel or talk to God it’s going to be when you’re 100% there in the spirit not the flesh with all of its appetites and cravings. By fasting, inspiration—wisdom, knowledge and good information--flows in. By emptying the space you create an empty vacuum for something far greater to fill. This is the principle of pneumaticity: creating the “air” space which then fills in with the new. The Fast Formula is: fast to be full-filled.
God planned your whole destiny before the foundations of the world. It’s all there: the blueprint that goes way beyond what you could ever believe or conceive. This plan is so exciting using all your talents. This purpose and destiny for your life will bring you the greatest joy you could ever know, so don’t get stuck in detours because of food obsessions. Besides the time, money and energy food makes decades go by in a blur. Get your energy up out of the gut into the brain, the enlarged brain. Fast and find this beautiful life--to be thrilled and of enormous help to humanity. Get ready to make an amazing new dent in this world. And are you ready to live the good life--the class of your highest calling? Make plans for your castle for you shall have it.