Re: watch out for the adrenals

I disagree with most of what was stated in this post also, and it's no surprise to me it's anonymous. I haven't been coming for long but I've noticed already several similarly negative posts about fasting each focussing on one aspect they feel is bad for us but as chris says no evidence is forwarded.
How would I even check that my adrenals are ready for a fast?? Is there a blood test and if so what mainstream doctor would give me one if I told him or her the true reason for it?
I agree also with most of chris's reasons. However I totally disagree about the stress free environment. Our world today is just as full of stress as it is full of toxins and pollutions. So while I agree that it would be best to be stress free I cannot turn off my life and as with the other toxins in my experience as a rule being on a fast reduces the effect of those stresses up to a certain point.
I also disagree about the total need for rest. Fasting often brings an enormous release of energy and I find it very natural to use that energy in exercise. During a fast my body needs more rest maybe after a period of aerobic and/or anaerobic exercise, that is something to make sure you allow for.. and also not to engage in it if the energy just isn't there. But the fasting books I have read have just as often encouraged normal exercise throughout the fast as told to rest the body completely. It all comes down to listening to your body and doing what it feels like it needs. If I have heaps of strength and energy I won't hesitate to use it, that's what it's there for. If I feel tired then I know that the energy is needed elsewhere so I wouldn't impede the fast by exercising as well.
As a rule I wouldn't anyway. My last fast came at a bad time as I've said and I had to over-exercise against my better judgement. This left me ennervated and needing to break the fast which I did properly and all is well. I probably would have recovered while continuing to fast but excess stress and exercise was still likely in the interim so I chose to take the safe way as is always best while fasting. And I have certainly had no long term effects from fasting while over-exercising and being well and truly over-stressed continually after ten days before breaking it on the fourteenth day. I don't recommend the stress or the workload obviously but on the contrary to it damaging me I know for a fact that if I hadn't been fasting at the time I would have been overeating to compensate for the stress. This is one habit I am aiming to kick for good so to me the ennervation wasn't too high a price to pay because I am still on track for my goals and am starting this next fast today better prepared than ever before.
I think warnings like this are far too harsh and black and white. Tell us what your experience has been, tell us what you've read- but don't decide on what is best for everyone based on that. I think I can claim to have a fair experience of Water Fasting now with one 30 day, one 14 day and one 10 day fast. Also several dry fasts including two of over 5 days. I have found no danger in either exercising, being stressed or not drinking water, so hearing these things dismissed as being 'too dangerous' even compared with Water Fasting I think is showing limited thinking that I don't think belongs here, where most have already broken out or are attempting to break away from the generally erroneous ideas of fasting entertained by mainstream society.
So take a thought to what you are calling too dangerous and harmful and it's effect on people who come here for support. Because this is a support forum. If we wanted to hear warnings about how dangerous fasting is we can always google it and read all the health professionals' warnings about it.

Cheers,

Andrew.