I tried fasting when I was young for many reasons. I was in a bad place and I am also a Christian and need clarity. I was also poor and started by skipping meals. Also now known as intermittent fasting now. One meal skipping lead to multiple meals, to one meal a day, to a day to seven days of fasting. I did this all for spiritual reasons and found tremendous clarity in thought. Now I also prayed, but if you are not a spiritual person it will also clear your mind by keeping you free of thinking of what you want to eat, preparing it, eating it, digesting it, cleaning up after you eat. Lot more blood and free time to think on things and get clarity.
We have an addiction to food, rightly so as we need it to live, but the body has the ability to heal itself if we would just let it rest. I did my fasting on my own out of need. This video gives the science you will not find much of in Western Medicine, as you can not charge for fasting, but reassures you it is a real source of healing and science is behind you.
Although I disagree with some of what they say in this video, like fasting alone, I would recommend trying to get someone who has fasted to give you advice. A doctor or fasting clinic would be great, especially for fasts longer than three days, but you can do it on your own with a little research.
Either way, start fasting now so you can understand how your body works and reacts to fasting so when you need it for medical reasons you will feel capable of fasting. Fasting is so empowering! I can not express how crucial I believe it is to all, both to the spiritual and the not spiritual. I would encourage you to fast regularly!
For the Christians, out there Jesus says Matthew 6:16-18 “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Now, these are Jesus' words. When you fast, not if you fast. Be encouraged for those who are spiritual and those yet to discover the spiritual benifits of fasting!