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 changes do not out-run the constructive. In this manner the gastro-intestinal tract is kept normal, and, when the FAST is ended, the faster can resume his normal meals, without discomfort, the blood current is relieved of all its waste substance, the blood cell itself exhausted without affecting the nucleus of the cell. In an uninterrupted fast the whole cell is oftimes destroyed and a long time is needed for the reconstruction of the blood current. One meal every other day comes in time to save the life of the cell but does not interfere with its reconstruction.

When should this meal be eaten? Between eleven and two every other day. The midday meal comes just when the energies are fagging and it restores the equilibrium of the body again. After the meal there comes into the body a great influx of vital energy, and this energy will make for wakefulness if the meal is taken at night or late in the day. Sleeplessness is a part of the normal reaction after a week of fasting and does not need accentuation with food.

What should be eaten at this meal? Everything and anything agreeable to the appetite and as much as one wants. Eat a mixed diet; the system needs all kinds of food from which to select the new fuel for its new release of interior substance, and a single diet will not satisfy the demands of the physical cells.

Shall we drink water with meals? If you like,—it does not matter. Do JUST as you would if you were not fasting (unless you are a hospital case under the care of a trained nurse