{"id":60200,"date":"2018-07-16T08:09:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T13:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=60200"},"modified":"2018-09-02T07:23:12","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T12:23:12","slug":"%e2%80%a8tips-for-fasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/health\/%e2%80%a8tips-for-fasting\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2028Tips for Fasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/GettyImages-916326062-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>PREPARING FOR THE FAST:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"> Begin drinking on a consistent basis 36 hours beforehand. Increase your fluids by 25% or 30%.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Eat more fruit, particularly fruit that is dense in fluid, like melon and watermelon. Fruits help retain the liquid you are consuming.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If you are a coffee or caffeinated tea drinker or a chocoholic, it\u2019s imperative that you begin weaning yourself from these caffeinated foods or drinks 72 hours before the fast begins. Failure to do so may bring on headaches during the fast.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">At the meal before the fast, stick with complex carbohydrates with a normal amount of lean protein\u2014DO NOT go high protein. Whole Grains, vegetables, fruits, and baked potatoes or preferably sweet potatoes are great.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Keep drinking non-caffeinated beverages and remember that water and some fruit juices are best.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><b>BREAKING THE FAST:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Begin with 4 or 5 glasses of water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Have a light meal, a bowl of soup a small amount of whole grains (a slice of bread or a portion of brown rice are examples) and fresh cut salad is perfect. Keep proteins light and lean.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Finish with a fruit or two. Stop there!!!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Consider going for a short walk and do your stretching after the fast.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">If you are really still hungry after that, have a small snack and some more water or tea.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Don\u2019t end up eating an entire day&#8217;s calories in one meal. <b>Overeating after the fast can cause great gastric discomfort!!<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PREPARING FOR THE FAST: Begin drinking on a consistent basis 36 hours beforehand. Increase your fluids by 25% or 30%. Eat more fruit, particularly fruit that is dense in fluid, like melon and watermelon. Fruits help retain the liquid you are consuming. If you are a coffee or caffeinated tea drinker or a chocoholic, it\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":469,"featured_media":60206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u2028Tips for Fasting - OU Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Did you know that eating fruit before the fast, particularly fruit that is dense in fluid like melon and watermelon, can help retain the fluid you are consuming?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/health\/\u2028tips-for-fasting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2028Tips for Fasting - 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