The Risks of Fasting With Intestinal Disease

“Intestinal Disease” covers a broad spectrum of disorders characterized by the abnormal absorption of basic vitamins and nutrients. Your intestines are your body anatomy from your stomach to your anus. Specifically, it is your stomach, your small intestine, your large intestine (your colon), and finally, your rectum. The purpose of your intestines is to carry food from the mouth to the anus and digest food along the way.

Individuals with disease in any part of the intestines are at risk of malnutrition, starvation and even death. People with malabsorption issues must often adhere to a strict diet to insure the adequate intake of these substances.

Examples of intestinal disease include the following:

• Diverticulitis

• Pernicious Anemia

• Chron’s Disease

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome

• Colon Polyps/Cancer

This list isn't meant to be exhaustive. . .there are literally hundreds of intestinal diseases which are too numerous to list here.

Fasting is actually healthy for your colon/digestive system; it gives it a rest and a chance to focus and catch up on elimination. At the same time, fasting is not a treatment of disease of the intestines. Fasting must be strictly supervised in these individuals to insure adequate nutrition and hydration continues to occur.