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This practice spread to all religions as a discipline due to its health and spiritual benefits. Today, it is called the dry fasting diet — a form of fasting and cleansing in which people abstain from all 

food and water throughout the duration.

In the olden days, peopleate early because there was hardly any light after sunset. Their next meal would only be after sunrise. This practicespread to all religions as a discipline due to its health and spiritual benefits. Today, it is called the dry fasting diet — a form of fasting and cleansing in which people abstain from allfood and water throughout the duration.

Globally renowned holistic lifestyle coach and author Luke Coutinho and noted environmentalist Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Ali Bin Rashed Al Nuami discuss the subject of dry fasting in their latest book, The Dry Fasting Miracle: From Deprive to Thrive.

“I advocate dry fasting and intermittent fasting for the body’s natural healing and regeneration and always will, because not only have I experienced its benefits myself, I have also seen my patients, clients and people all over the world experiencing its miracles. The new, revised and updated version of (the book) is backed by more research and evidence and we are hoping that the book changes the health of every person who reads it,”Luke says.

Through the book, Luke discusses how dry fasting can stimulate the body, help find the right balance between the “elimination phase” and the “building phase”, aid weight loss and avoid a number of diseases. It also promises to be a comprehensive guide on beauty and general well-being.

Luke had also co-authored The Great Indian Diet along with Bollywood actorShilpa Shetty.

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