Re: Yay! Day 11 of 40 day water fast!!!

Hello boredblonde,
congratulations on reaching day 11 of your fast, and in answer to your question re' the bad taste in the mouth.................

FOR THE BAD TASTE
Throughout most of the fast, the fasting individual is annoyed by a very bad taste in the mouth. This may be alleviated somewhat by a daily scrubbing of the tongue with a toothbrush. This should not be done, however, until after the tongue has been examined by. the doctor who is conducting the fast. Mouth washes, lemon juice, etc., are not to be recommended. Gargling the throat is certainly of no value. As the fast progresses and the tongue clears up, the taste becomes less and less offensive, until, when the fast should be broken, the taste in the mouth is very pleasant.

http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020127shelton.III/020127.ch29.htm



THE TONGUE AND BREATH
These are interesting studies during a fast. The tongue becomes heavily coated in almost every instance (I have seen five or six exceptions) and remains so throughout the fast, gradually clearing up, beginning at the edges and the point, until, when hunger returns, it is clean.
The breath becomes very foul and remains so during most of the fast, gradually becoming less so as the work of purification proceeds, until, with the return of hunger, it is sweet and clean. The more foul is a man's body, the more foul will be his breath and the more heavily coated his tongue.

http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020127shelton.III/020127.ch27.htm


Regards

Chrisb1.