http://www.gourmetkoshercooking.com/2011/08/best-foods-to-eat-before-a-fast/ Gourmet Kosher Cooking Tue, 14 May 2013 13:06:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.gourmetkoshercooking.com/2011/08/best-foods-to-eat-before-a-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-18933 moke score Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:41:14 +0000 http://www.gourmetkoshercooking.com/?p=16365#comment-18933 The best thing isn’t even mentioned. SALT. Starting in the AM prior to a fast have salty foods. The salt helps to hold onto the water for longer periods of time. Why do physicians tell patients with heart disease to decrease salt? Because salt leads to an increased fluid volume. The greater the fluid volume prior to a fast, the less chance your body has to become volume depleted (dehydrated). Don’t start the salty foods just prior to the fast. You want to be sure that you are not thirsty at the start. If you halve been easing salty foods all day, and have increase your fluid intake, you shouldn’t be thirsty at the start of the fast. If you are thirsty a couple of hours prior to a fast, just start drinking a lot of water! Of course, if you have any heart condition, you should check with your physician about temporally increasing your salt intake.

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