The general rule for refeeding from a fast is to stick to raw food as much as possible for the amount of days you fasted for. I have found that eating fruit and juices only for half that period works very well, and makes sure that the system is functioning normally again before anything heavier is added. I then add a meal of salad each day and gradually add very small amounts of cooked food to the salads until the time is up.

I personally wouldn't eat a cooked only meal until the full recovery period was up. This seems to fit in with the time period your doctor gave you also. At the end of the full recovery time would be the time to add any large amounts of cooked food, including of course fish or chicken. Being a vegetarian myself I would certainly not recommend ever eating them again though. :p

This is the way I break my fasts, others may find other ways that work for them. It is very much based on Natural Hygiene which is worth reading up about if you don't already know a lot about 'clean eating'.

Andrew.

naravahanadata,
I'm afraid I do not agree with your view on water drinking during the fasting process or the use of enemas either, but each to his/her own I suppose..........
Use of enemas......

http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020127shelton.III/020127.ch13.htm


Clear urine is normally a sign of drinking too much water, which hinders elimination. My own urine during my own two prolonged fasts eventually turned a very very dark colour on drinking water confined to thirst, which is a sure sign that more impurities are being eliminated rather than having to deal with an excess of water for the body to eliminate. This can also be evidenced in dry fasting as well I believe.

WATER DRINKING DURING THE FAST

"Most fasting advocates advise drinking much water while fasting. This is done on the theory that water aids in eliminating toxins from the body. Levanzin expresses this theory as follows: "as a rule, it is certainly advisable to do a good deal of water drinking during a fast--since this serves to flush out the whole system and wash through the accumulated impurities." He also states that water "carries along with it many impurities from the blood."

Both Carrington and Macfadden advocate drinking more water than thirst calls for while fasting. Mr. Carrington advocates drinking water as a means of relieving morbid sensations in the stomach, that may arise during the early part of a fast. Water-drinking for this purpose is the use of water as a palliative and not to serve any need of the body. Water taken in excess of need must be thrown out speedily lest the excess result in harm, and it does not occasion any increase in the elimination of toxins.

This is a mistake that the early Hygienists--Graham, Jennings, Trall, Alcott, etc.--did not make. They frowned upon much water drinking. The fact is that there is neither need for so much water, nor benefit from taking it. Drinking water as a mere matter of routine is not advisable. One may rely upon the instinct of thirst to tell him when he should drink and how much. Drink when thirsty. Do not drink when not thirsty.

Prof. Levanzin seems to have been a bit confused on this matter of water-drinking during a fast. He says that generally the faster desires "very limited quantities of water." He tells us that in 1911 he fasted five days without taking any water; that he suffered no discomfort, and that he busied himself with his usual occupations throughout this period. He also tells us that during his experimental fast undergone in Carnegie Institute he was compelled to take a quart of water a day, which was too much for him. In spite of all this he advocates much water drinking by fasters.

Dewey, on the other hand, took a decided stand against water in the absence of thirst. Thirst, he said, should be the only guide to the amount of water to drink. He insisted on drinking only as much water as demanded by thirst and was convinced that much water drinking, except when indicated by thirst, is definitely harmful. During the first fourteen days of his second fast (taken in New York City) Tanner took no water and suffered no inconvenience. He became stronger when he took water and won a race with a young reporter who refused to believe that one could maintain one's strength while not eating. He tells us that after taking the water he "ran upstairs like a boy."

Fasting animals take but little water and some of them none at all. For example, the Alaskan fur-seal bull takes no water throughout the whole of his four or five months fast. Hibernating and estivating animals do not drink water during their period of dormancy. It is the rule that sick animals (this is especially true of the acutely sick and seriously wounded animals) will not drink much water. I have repeatedly seen sick animals take no water at all for days at a time, or take but a few sips once or twice a day. For the most part, they refuse to drink large amounts of water."..................
Excerpted From The Hygienic System Vol III
Dr Herbert M Shelton D.P., N.D., D.C., D.N.T., D.N. Sc., D.N. Ph., D.N. Litt., Ph. D., D. Orthp.

Respectfully

Chrisb1