Medicine Stories – Praised by Hippocrates, the diet has rarely succeeded in demonstrating its virtues. But in the form of a ketogenic diet, it has been shown to be effective against “high sickness.”
Influencers and other media doctors of the 21st century when it comes to fastingE A century has discovered nothing. Hippocrates was already extolling its multiple therapeutic qualities, four centuries before Jesus even got involved. “ This type of demon can only be cast out through prayer and fasting », cried out to St. Matthew after he healed the epileptic child. In fact epilepsy is the only indication in which fasting, this old moon of medicine, has ever shown its efficacy!
In modern scientific literature, the treatment first appears from the writings of two French doctors, Drs.R Guillaume Guelpa and Auguste Marie. He praises intermittent fasting, which he already considers effective against obesity, in the treatment of epilepsy: for 4 days, daily laxatives, unlimited water and no food, then a vegetarian diet for 4 other days, etc. Considering that epilepsy stems from an eating disorder…
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