Text of the book “Fasting is stronger than pills! Healing, cleansing, prolonging the life of the body and strengthening the spirit! Author's experience + the best of the systems of Bragg, Shelton, Shatalova"

Leonid Aleksandrovich Shchennikov is a unique person. He developed a very interesting method of dry fasting, which he called Healing Abstinence.

The name of dry fasting, in the opinion of the author, does not correspond to the content of this method of treatment. Indeed, during abstinence from food and water, the body itself begins to produce water, as well as absorb it through the skin during water procedures and absorb it from the air.

At first, Shchennikov tested the technique on himself. He repeatedly carried out dry fasting for a period of 7-10 days, and once conducted a fast for 21 days as an experiment.

During fasting, he absorbed moisture from the evening air through baths and water procedures. At this time he lived in Kislovodsk. Gradually, followers appeared, with whom Shchennnikov carried out fasting for 5-7 days in groups of 2-3 people. Most often these were vacationers from local sanatoriums. The fame of this miraculous healing method spread throughout the country. People began to come to the healer from all over the union, as well as from abroad. Gradually, the method of Healing Abstinence took shape into a coherent system of treatment and recovery.

In 1993, the author patented his technique called “Method of Rehabilitation of the Body.”

What is the essence of fasting according to Shchennikov?

Shchennikov calls his method “Healing abstinence” and does not like the term “dry fasting”. According to the author, this name does not quite correspond to the essence of the program, since in the process of refusing water and food, the body begins to independently produce liquid, and also absorbs it through the skin during water procedures.

Fasting involves abstaining from water and food, starting for short periods. Gradually, the body adapts to the new schedule and can withstand longer periods of food deprivation much better. Shchennikov describes in detail the entrance and exit from fasting, and also gives recommendations on the daily routine.

Interesting fact. The main goal of the system is the cleansing and complete healing of the body, the possibility of getting rid of chronic diseases and even infertility.

Energy and creativity

One of the main differences between humans and animals is the ability to be creative. Each of us has this ability, but, sadly, over time it begins to seem to us that it is somehow fading, receding into the background or third place. With proper development and reasonable upbringing, creative abilities develop and cover not one, but several areas. As they say, a talented person is talented in everything. I don’t believe when they tell me that I’m not talented, they say, it was God who deprived me. It is not true. This simply cannot happen.

Efficiency

Those who have at least once tried to fast according to Shchennikov’s method leave extremely positive reviews. People are not only cured of many ailments, but also get rid of extra pounds. The program focuses on several points:

• Starting the fat burning process. During fasting, the body does not receive nutrition, and it has to expend its own resources. As a result of the breakdown of the fat layer, not only the extra pounds are lost, but also stem cells are released, performing their main function - slowing down aging.
• Starting the regeneration process. Dead cells are replaced by new, healthy ones. In this way, the body gets rid of old ailments, including chronic ones.
• Complex cleansing. Complete removal of toxins and harmful substances from the body.

If you strictly follow the author’s recommendations, the results are impressive:

• Acceleration of metabolism.
• Losing weight.
• Getting rid of swelling.
• Restoration of the digestive system.
• Improved mental performance.
• Breakdown of cholesterol plaques.
• Normalization of blood pressure.
• Improving the condition of skin, hair and nails.

Abstinence – improvement of body and spirit

Abstinence in a broad sense is beneficial both for the body and for the creation of pure consciousness. All actions and understanding of the laws of life are based precisely on this, the most important factor in human functions. Passions and desires that torment a person, without the right direction, lead to the slow but sure destruction of the body. At the same time, mental health is losing its roots, which go deep into the subconscious.

Clearing the subconscious seems difficult and almost impossible for many ordinary people, for those who do not have elementary, but very important for our life, concepts about it.
Let’s leave the terminology to specialist psychologists and try, together with you, to understand the workings of this still little-studied “underground kingdom.” Did you like the page? Share with your friends!

Contraindications

Despite the effectiveness of the technique and the possibility of fasting at home, you should not refuse food and water without first consulting a doctor. Main contraindications:

• Pregnancy.
• Lactation.
• Kidney diseases.
• Hemophilia.
• Young age – up to 9 years.
• Hypothyroidism.
• Oncology in the last stages.
• Insufficient body weight.
• Rehabilitation period after radiation and chemotherapy.
• Problems with the central nervous system.

Interesting fact. Shchennikov opened a center in Kislovodsk where you can call and personally consult with the creator of the fasting method.

Release of additional energy

If all the energy that we waste in vain were put together, we would get a steel blade. Or it could be a world record. Are you surprised? Want to know where she goes? Have you ever thought about this?

Do you think that all the energy that you feel in yourself and use in your daily life is all that you are capable of? Everything you have? No, my dear friend, we do not use even a third of what we have. A huge part of our energy every day is spent mainly on talking and digesting food. It’s the same as driving a dump truck for two to three hours a day without getting any benefit from it. Simply because they obligated themselves to do this. After all, others do this too. We forget about what we have, what we possess. And this is a huge potential, a storehouse of energy and strength.

Recommendations for conducting

Many people prefer Shchennikov’s method for its comfortable fasting conditions. The system is thought out to the smallest detail. Side effects pass quickly and do not cause serious discomfort. To achieve results, the author gives several recommendations:

• We start with a one-day fast, which we repeat with breaks of 4-5 days. Then we increase the abstinence time.
• We create a clear daily routine.
• We remove food from sight - there should be no irritants.
• We try to breathe through our nose all the time and talk to a minimum.
• We save energy - we try to move less and not do physical activity.
• We give preference to quiet leisure activities - drawing, knitting, embroidery, yoga, prayers, etc.
• We try not to get nervous and entertain bad thoughts.
• We wear light clothes made from natural materials. Things should not create discomfort or put pressure on the body.
• We walk barefoot.
• We provide access to fresh air into the room. We ventilate constantly.
• We refuse cleansing enemas.
• We exit fasting gradually, without overeating.

Disadvantages of therapeutic fasting

The possible harm may outweigh the possible benefits. You should think carefully before making a final decision regarding the use of this technique. She has the following negative qualities:

• Severe dehydration occurs, which causes acute sensations throughout the body. A person needs water in large quantities and every day, and refusing it can lead to the most unpredictable and terrible consequences, even death.
• Muscular dystrophy occurs because with a lack of calories, the body begins to break down the muscles from which it takes amino acids.
• The level of cholesterol, glucose, and insulin in the blood decreases, which, in turn, is a dangerous condition, as it can cause atherosclerosis and diabetes.
• An unpleasant odor emanates from the mouth and body due to the decomposition of protein breakdown products, namely the formation of sulfur and nitrogen.

Leonid Aleksandrovich Shchennikov

Briefly about yourself

I was born in 1932 in the Urals. From childhood I began to think about what life is? One lives 60-70 years, the other more than 100, a tree can live up to 2 thousand years. So there is a secret to health and longevity? I decided to look into this myself. He studied anatomy while working in a regional hospital, became more familiar with medicine, and became interested in homeopathy. And finally I realized that a person does not live as long as he could, and is susceptible to many diseases because there is no unity of mind with body.

I have always believed and continue to believe that a person who has not known the laws of life cannot reach his goal without knowing himself. Each of us, reaching adulthood, sooner or later asks questions about the meaning of life. This happened to me too. In 1971, I embarked on the path of self-knowledge and became what is called a naturopath. Before that, like everyone else, I drank, smoked, and got sick. But I always wanted to open this circle in which almost all of humanity runs without realizing that man is capable of more. I was looking, like everyone else, for the meaning of my existence; I was dissatisfied with the usual state of affairs, with the protracted and meaningless routine. In addition, working in an ambulance, where I saw so many sick people and illnesses, I always wanted to help the suffering and could not find the answer to many questions only in medicine, I was looking for a panacea, the essence of health itself. I decided to start with myself. After all, if everyone starts with themselves, won’t we all change for the better? And you don’t need to go to anyone for advice, especially since many of the advisers are sick themselves. I began to accustom my body to cold and my stomach to hunger every day. In the morning in winter and summer, regardless of the weather, he began to douse himself with cold water. I got used to it, and as a reward, I forgot about colds. He practiced a raw food diet (he ate exclusively raw vegetables and fruits). The next stage was fasting without liquid after 3 days on the 4th, then for 5 days in a row.

He was awake at night, and if he slept, it was until 3-4 o’clock in the morning, and then he was in the air until 8 o’clock. While awake at night, I felt improved thinking, clarity of mind, and in 1973 he created the “Alphabet of Self-Knowledge,” which he subsequently rechecked until 1981.

In March 1980, he fasted for 10 days without liquid for the first time. He took moisture from the air at night and assimilated it through his skin during the day, periodically sitting in the water like a frog. Lost 15 kg, recovered in a week. This was my first experience of long-term fasting without liquid. He practiced abstinence constantly. During the period between fasts, I gained optimal weight in 3 days. I became so younger that people didn’t recognize me. The effect was amazing. An extraordinary lightness and joy appeared. I cried with happiness, because I had never experienced anything like this. I imagined that I had become the pioneer of a method of healing diseases and rejuvenating the body. But after a detailed study of spiritual literature and religions, I realized that this was discovered several thousand years earlier.

It is said: “... You will not destroy, but you will revive !..”, “... only Fasting and prayer bring us closer to God ...”. Moreover, the post comes first. I quote from Christian scriptures, but I found the same meaning in the most ancient religions of the world. It was incomprehensible and surprising to me then, why in any (!) religion in the world all the saints, all the greats, went through fasting? And this is in different eras, in different countries, and even with completely seemingly different religious dogmas? Why? How are we, perhaps the only intelligent beings in the entire universe, people of the new era, not great? Soon I had like-minded people, close friends in Spirit. Among them were people of different religions, which did not stop them from looking for and finding ways of development and self-education wherever possible, experimenting, learning, practicing different things, trying to find the best ways to advance...

Since 1980, after I began to intensively apply long-term abstinence from liquid and food to myself, followers appeared - mainly people who wanted to improve their health. At that time I lived in the resort city of Kislovodsk - Caucasian Mineralnye Vody, where I continue my work to this day. Anyone who has been there knows this ecologically clean place with beautiful nature and climate, a sunny city with many Narzan springs, one of the favorite vacation spots for everyone who wants to improve their health and enjoy nature and climate.

The rumor about the “non-traditional” healer Leonid Aleksandrovich spread throughout the cities, probably from those people who, while vacationing on vacation packages 20-30 days a year, heard about amazing healings from diseases using the Ts.V. method. Some vacationers came to me to be healed of their illnesses. The doors of my home have always been open to such people. I organized small groups of enthusiasts of 2 or 3 people and went with them from 5 to 11 days of abstinence from food and liquid while simultaneously improving myself. Even those who, having come to be healed, did not believe in success themselves, contacted me. These were people sometimes from completely different cultures. Relatives and friends came to support many and took the C.V. course. with them. Later, I temporarily moved to Moscow to obtain a patent for the invention of a method of rehabilitation of the body using C.V., “dry” fasting, and to organize schools using this method. At that time, I actively advised patients undergoing C.V. courses. at home, and also engaged in lecture activities during trips around Russia and neighboring countries. During these years and until now, almost every day I have to deal with different people and different rates of illness. From the very beginning of my activity, I have tried to keep accurate records of all cases of healing of people. But I soon realized that it took me too much time and effort and decided to rely only on my memory and experience. Many of those who were healed left me their diaries, notes and reports from clinics and institutes where they were examined before and after the course - as a thank you and to help me promote this method. Those who know me personally and those who knew me only from stories passed on information from mouth to mouth, helping everyone who wanted to be healed and believed in success. So, since 1980, I have encountered all kinds of problems and illnesses of people. Under my supervision were both young and elderly people who were unable to receive the help of traditional medicine, or, wanting to avoid complex operations, were looking for other healing options. Among them there were those who no longer got out of bed. I tried to help everyone who needed it. Many took the full course of C.V. independently, believing in the effectiveness of the method. From them I also received a large number of letters and calls about the results and further progress on the path to health. In May 1996, I was able to achieve 21 days of abstinence. This is higher than the Guinness record, as they say, but the main thing for me was the amazing experience. Experience the capabilities and conditions of the body, almost complete transition to azone nutrition. The paradox is that I didn’t want to go out at all, only with a huge effort of will and thought did I return to my previous diet. But this experience gave me knowledge that cannot be buried in the ground, cannot be taken away.

My lifestyle

If we talk about my own lifestyle and eating habits, I can say that for many years I have been following an easy-to-live routine and diet. It can't even be called a diet in full. For me it's a way of life. My diet does not include meat, fish, canned foods, or eggs. I give preference to vegetables, fruits, juices, and grains. I prefer to cook food by steaming - this way it preserves vitamins and other useful substances, including minerals. I drink pure spring water, natural juices, narzan. I don’t drink coffee or black tea; I make only an exception for some types of cool green tea. I don’t drink hot drinks, I don’t drink alcohol, I don’t smoke. I prefer to have much less liquid in my diet than is required on average per day; I fill it with vegetables, dousing with cold water, and fresh air. Dousing 1.2 times a day is included in my daily diet. I am so used to this that I cannot fully wake up in the morning until I cheer myself up with a shower or a douche, just as some people cannot cheer themselves up without coffee or a cigarette. When poured with cold water, the body is “charged” through natural interaction with water, which is the basis of all life on earth. Cardiac activity is strengthened. At the moment, I don’t even remember the last time I had a cold or a viral disease, and I believe that this is largely due to cold water and air baths. Porfiry Ivanov, a Russian healer and practitioner, once wrote in detail about the benefits of hardening the body, and I was convinced of this from my own experience. But I think cool air baths are the most beneficial for me. I never wrap myself in clothes. Skin is the largest organ a person has and it must breathe. Getting used to natural external conditions, the body’s thermoregulation itself adapts to the external environment. That's how it should be. Therefore, I think air hardening is more effective.

I limit myself in nutrition - I take food 1-2 times a day before sunset. Every week I give 2 “days off” (36 hours each), usually on Wednesday and Saturday or Sunday. At this time, the body is cleansed and the immune system is strengthened. The reward for this is complete freedom from illness, clarity and clarity of thinking, and cheerfulness. I sleep 5.6 hours a day, get up before dawn. Periodically, 1 or 2 times a month I do preventive health measures for the body - I fast without liquid and food for 5-7 days. After so many years of practice, this is not particularly difficult for me - I simply refuse food these days, live in a slow rhythm, doing things that do not cause overwork. On trips of 1-3 days on the train and during flights I don’t drink or eat. In this case, trips are tolerated without any unpleasant sensations and unnoticed. I like to be in the fresh air more often, preferably evening and night air. I try to stay awake more often at night - at night the air is fresh and clean.

Unlike some opinions that claim that our body is not capable of self-regulation, I adhere to the belief that the human body is a very ancient and wise mechanism. The genetic code transmits information from generation to generation about what is beneficial and what is harmful to health.

The child's body, like the body of animals, is very sensitive to the environment and food. He knows what to eat and drink at the moment, what vitamins are missing. When tired, he requires one thing; when sick, he may refuse food and liquid altogether. It has been said - be like children! Animals, for example a dog, a cat, are looking for the right herb for healing; a child asks his mother, for example, for a carrot, right now, refusing other, more tasty food. These natural manifestations, which are inherent in us in childhood, give way over the years to habits, tastes, and inattention to the correct needs that are necessary at this very moment. I always listen to what my body currently requires, as if it were a wise advisor, a doctor who would not give bad advice to a beloved patient. I noticed that all I had to do to lift my mood was eat an orange. This is because oranges contain a lot of vitamin C, although other fruits, such as kiwi, also have enough of it. Peach, apricot, dried apricots strengthen the heart muscle. Beetroot and pomegranate are good for the blood. Carrots help improve and prevent vision. The body itself knows and uses all this, you just need to learn to be attentive to yourself, because our body is much older than us. (Of course, it cannot be denied that people have genetic information. But I’ll say frankly, I’ve met few people who wouldn’t want to change bad predispositions, both for themselves and for future generations. But we have to start with this, it’s possible! So that there is no need to blame genetics! We have all the medicines in us! We can eliminate glitches in the program.)

If you manage to adjust your actions to the true needs of the body, you will find that food and liquid for its life and health are not required as much as before. With an abstinent lifestyle, the volume of the stomach and, accordingly, the amount of food taken are reduced to the required level. At the same time, the amount of vital energy increases proportionally .

In autumn and winter, I shock those around me when I put on sandals on my bare feet, go barefoot into the snow, and swim in an ice hole. Such an eccentric. Once every 3-4 months I carry out long-term abstinence from liquids and food for 7, 9 and 11, 14 days. By doing this, I rejuvenate the body, cleanse the body of toxins, prolong the full functioning of the body, and strengthen the protective immune system. This lifestyle has become easy and enjoyable for me. My daughter, despite her youth, also adheres to a healthy lifestyle, which makes me very happy. After embarking on the path of self-knowledge and self-healing, I gave up bad habits, forgot about pain, health problems, and depression. Now I promote abstinence in everything that harms the full functioning of the human body in material and spiritual life, realizing that everyone who wants to preserve and increase the wealth that is given from birth will not waste it unreasonably on trifles. Time will pass, and life will put everything in its place. Why wait when you can help yourself be healthy and happy right now?

Chapter 7

Excerpts from lectures, conversations

And audio recordings

(Questions and answers)

The lecture activities that Leonid Aleksandrovich actively and disinterestedly conducted in Russia and neighboring countries forced us to pay attention to Ts.V.’s method.

(I. L. Shchennikova: “... And how could one not follow such an example, when in front of the eyes of an already elderly person laughs at illnesses, jumping like a child?

My father could talk for hours not only with the audience, but simply with the same person about health and strength of spirit, and all just so that he wanted (!) to take charge of himself, to try, often his last chance! Why the last one? But the method is not easy! The patient often comes to him only when he has already tried everything possible, starting from psychics, especially popular in the 90s, homeopathy, fasting on juices, water. Look, the intestines have been cleaned, but the problem has not gone away, there is no healing! And in some cases people find this difficult but shortest path when it would seem to be very late. Father could spend hours convincing a person that late is better than never! One! The one who has converted, who is nearby, as he says, his neighbor! I wish everyone to see such examples of philanthropy. Do you remember well that at the same time, people who collected paid rooms and “taught” anything drove Mercedes, and their patients died in droves.

During the most active periods of his life, when a lot of energy was expended, the father “went away” into hunger, did not eat or drink during long journeys. He still fasts with the sick to set an example, and also for practice, as he himself says. For some patients, if they have no way to get to our specialists, the father comes himself. This is how real like-minded people and friends appear."

For many years, Leonid Aleksandrovich Shchennikov devoted all his free time to organizing and holding events dedicated to the issues of improving the health of the population both in Russia and in the near and far abroad. As we have already said, wherever he spoke (organizations, enterprises, prisons, recreation centers, radio, television, etc.), great interest was shown in the method of Healing Abstinence and directly in the personality of the author himself.

Conversations are usually lively; Leonid Aleksandrovich answers some questions with humor and is always very friendly and sympathetic. So many people, so many opinions and questions. We print the most common ones and those that directly relate to health. Not without some oddities. For example, to the question - “How are you going to cure me of diseases in 10 days?” Leonid Aleksandrovich always answers with a laugh: “I’m not going to take care of your health, you take care of it!” If you think that someone will make you healthy, do not waste your time here, you have come to the wrong place! You can only do this yourself!” In matters of spirituality, of course, it is better to be present; this is a separate conversation that concerns everyone personally.

Leonid Aleksandrovich's lectures are always open for discussion; you can find some of them on our website. We decided to reproduce some moments of Leonid Aleksandrovich’s conversations with viewers and listeners in order to have the opportunity to somehow participate in the “live” communication between the author and the audience.

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— Leonid Alexandrovich, what do you think?

About five-, seven- and eleven-day therapeutic fasting

You can follow this method for up to 5 days for preventive purposes. If treatment is planned, it lasts 7-11 days, and only under the supervision of specialists. By the way, it is for this purpose that the Shchennikov Dry Fasting Center exists in Kislovodsk. Experienced specialists will monitor a person’s condition and monitor him as a whole in order to avoid negative and dangerous consequences as much as possible.

If you plan to fast for 5 days, you can handle this on your own. It is only important to strictly follow the above rules and recommendations.

The methodology was tested in 1992; women and men from 20 to 63 years old with various diseases took part in the process. For example, oncology, osteochondrosis, urolithiasis. By the way, in 18 out of 20 cases positive results were revealed, which is why Shchennikov received a patent. The technique is prohibited for use by people under 20 and over 63 years of age. Other contraindications include:

• cerebral palsy;
• thrombosis;
• psychological diseases;
• liver cancer;
• dystrophy;
• pregnancy and lactation;
• thyroid diseases;
• hemophilia;
• kidney disease;
• large-focal myocardial infarction;
• heart failure stage III;
• hypotension.

Breaking out of fasting

The exit is just as important as the preparation. Your well-being and consolidation of the achieved results will depend on its correctness.

First day

1. The first meal is pureed white cabbage.
2. The remaining meals (there should be no more than 4 in total) are a salad of pureed cabbage, carrots and cucumbers.
3. One serving - no more than 200 g.
4. You are allowed to drink 1.5 liters of liquid: vegetable juices (except beet and tomato), spring or distilled water.
5. The daily norm is 1,000 kcal.
6. After eating, be sure to move, but not overwork.
7. Twice a day - water procedures, but not hot.

Second day

All the same tips work as for the first day, but with some additions:

1. You are allowed to eat 100 g of boiled grated beets.
2. Increase the volume of liquid to 2 liters.
3. You can already organize 5 meals.
4. Raise your daily caloric intake to 1,200 kcal.
5. Breakfast is skipped, the first meal is lunch at 13.00.
6. Unique advice from Shchennikov: eat while lying on your stomach to improve digestion.

The third day

1. You can increase the volume of liquid. Only hot, carbonated and alcoholic drinks remain prohibited.
2. You can eat up to 1.5 kg of fresh vegetables per day.
3. Up to 200 g of bread is included in the diet, but without bran.
4. You can cook millet or buckwheat porridge in water.

Fourth day

1. Almost everything is possible from plant foods, except for foods that are difficult to digest (all legumes, mushrooms, rice and grapes).
2. Warm, non-concentrated and low-fat broth is allowed.
3. Salt and spices - to a minimum.

If you want to try dry fasting to lose weight or improve your body health, Shchennikov’s method is an excellent option. Moreover, its author is still alive, which means that his personal consultations on all exciting and controversial issues are available to you.

Related article: Bragg fasting

You need to complete the method of cleansing the body carefully. Breaking the hunger strike lasts 4 days. On the first day, prepare a salad from grated cabbage, cucumber and carrots, without adding spices or salt. You are allowed to consume 200 g at a time. Salad is eaten every 2-3 days. You need to drink only clean water and herbal infusions in a volume of 1.5 liters.

On the second day, they consume not only salad, but fruit and vegetable juices. You can drink up to 2 liters of liquid. On the third day, the body almost returns to normal. Water is accepted in any volume. You are allowed to consume 1.5 kg of fruits and vegetables and 100–200 g of bread per day. On the fourth day, nuts and beans are introduced into the diet. The body is fully restored and ready to return to its usual diet.