Why should you fast during NAVARATRI? Is it feasible, Does it make sense?

 

This MAN is Dr YOSHINORI OHSUMI. 99% of people reading this article would not know him.

He’s a cellular biologist from JAPAN who won the NOBEL PRIZE in 2016. Here’s more reading material about it – The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016

OH WOW.

But what did he win it for – AUTOPHAGY. What’s that.

AUTOPHAGY – literally means “self-devouring” – is the body’s way of cleaning out damaged cells, in order to regenerate newer, healthier cells

Defects in autophagy have been linked to various human diseases, including neurodegeneration and cancer, and interest in modulating autophagy as a potential treatment for these diseases has grown rapidly.

So essentially in times of starvation, autophagy keeps the body going by breaking down cellular material and reusing it for necessary processes.

AUTOPHAGY declines as age increases so this means cells that no longer work or may do harm are allowed to multiply, which is the MODUS OPERANDI of cancer cells, That’s how cancer happens.

So essentially by STARVING, you are ensuring the AUTOPHAGY mechanism in you body is up and running and all the unwanted / damaged cells are used up as fuel by the cell to continue with its regular work. That saves you from NEURODEGENRATION & CANCER.

Our ancients knew this from a very long time and incorporated this as part of the NAVRATRI TRADITION.

Also, any machine in the world from your a computer application to car to a factory to a nuclear plant needs to be SHUT DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE.

So if all machines can, why not your STOMACH. Its also a BIOLOGICAL MACHINE that converts food to energy. Give it some rest, it will thank you.

1. Also, you don’t have to start the entire day at once.
2. Start with BABY STEPS.
3. Decide on one meal
1. Start with eating less
2. Then slowly let go of that ONE MEAL it can be anything breakfast, lunch or dinner
3. Then do the same with the 2nd meal
4. Then do the same with the 3rd
4. You don’t need to all of this in the SAME NAVARATHRI. There are 4 navarathri’s in a year
1. Sharada Navaratri: – Sep / Oct – most celebrated
2. Vasanta Navaratri: – Mar / Apr – 2nd most celebrated
3. Magha Navaratri: – Jan / Feb – 5th day of this is celebrated as VASANT PANCHAMI
4. Ashada Navaratri: – Jun / JUly

SO start small, start slow and then build up.

JAYA JAYA SHANKARA HARA HARA SHANKARA!