The Fasting Cure

Upton Sinclair

Jan 1911 · Cosimo Classics

About this eBook

"I had taken several fasts of ten or twelve days' duration, with the result of a complete making over of my health." -Upton Sinclair, The Fasting Cure Upton Sinclair's The Fasting Cure (1911) consists of two essays in which Sinclair discusses the reasons he believes that engaging in regular fasts to remove toxins from the body is a healthy practice. While medically controversial, this book is considered worthwhile as an historical document of the "fasting fever," which occurred around the time of its writing.

Ratings and reviews

But this book is interesting as part of the lot of early 1900's lunatics who believed fasting to starvation was a cure for EVERYTHING. I came across this book researching Linda Hazzard, the psychopath who starved people and stole their money. Sinclair relies heavily on her writings in this book. He must have been a very selfish and incompetent person to suggest "40 -50 day fasts were common" and that the body only began starving when it was a skeleton. It seems he, like Hazzard, believed you bring a person to a skeleton which leaves a new frame to build upon without disease. So irresponsible and obvious lies. I sure would not be running around with new vitality and feeling marvelous after not eating for 30 days.

It's really an eye opener, because you can't use the word "CURE" now, but it was frowned on one hundred years ago. I have put to use the information I got here and I'm already a different person, health wise. Lost weight and healthier all because of the few fast I've been on since reading this book. A great read that had lots of benefits!

It makes so much since. The more that is put in the body the more hurt is caused. When the body gets a chance to rest from food and prescription medicine the more it benefits. I am definitely going to try fasting, because I am gaining to much weight and I am getting sicker and sicker. I don't want to cause any more harm to my body than I have already. I thank you Google for printing this book. I read it also because it is free. I love it for the truth within.

About the author

UPTON SINCLAIR (1878-1968) a prolific American writer and muckraker, contributor to many socialist publications and political activist, wrote about worker rights, free speech, and health. Among his many books are The Jungle (1906), The Fasting Cure (1911), and The Profits of Religion (1917) from the Dead Hand series.