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Published Jun 23, 2021

Use WATER FASTING To Heal Your Body & AGE IN REVERSE Today! | Alan Goldhamer & Lewis Howes

Dr. Alan Goldhamer reveals the transformative health benefits of water fasting and plant-based diets, emphasizing medical supervision and natural healing while highlighting the potential to reduce medication dependency through lifestyle changes.
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  • Medication Use

    and explore the benefits of reducing medication dependency through lifestyle changes. Alan shares his personal experience of avoiding medications and highlights how many people rely on drugs to placate symptoms rather than addressing root causes 1. He emphasizes the negative effects of medications, including chronic cough, fatigue, and even death, and questions why more people don't seek alternative health solutions 2.

    Drugs cause chronic cough, fatigue, impotence, and death. That's why they don't give everybody blood pressure medication.

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    Lewis reflects on his own minimal use of medication and the importance of exploring different ways to heal the body before resorting to pharmaceuticals 1.

       

    Lifestyle Impact

    Alan shares a compelling case of an elderly patient misdiagnosed with dementia, who improved dramatically after reducing his medication and adopting a healthier diet 3. This case underscores the potential for medications to cause cognitive decline and other health issues, which can be mitigated through lifestyle changes.

    It looked like Alzheimer's, but it was actually excess drugs causing cognitive decline.

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    He argues that many people are on unnecessary or incorrect medications due to poor dietary choices and that correcting these choices can significantly reduce the need for pharmaceuticals 3.

       

    Breaking Dependency

    The discussion also touches on the concept of hypernormal stimulation and its role in addiction, whether from drugs or dietary habits 4. Alan explains how substances like caffeine can create dependency and affect overall health, advocating for water-only fasting as a means to reset the body 5.

    The hallmark of addiction is you'll continue to do something, not just to feel good, but when you stop doing it, you feel really bad.

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    He highlights the benefits of fasting in breaking these dependencies and improving health outcomes 5.

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