Fasting is good for spiritual cleansing. But it should not be done for physical health reasons. For physical health if you prefer to fast then you should fast on LIVE (that is RAW) VEGETABLE and FRUIT juices - that are HOME-made.
These juices will FEED you and help your body to get rid of all of its wastes at the same time. You will lose all fat while growing healthier and stronger at the same time.
In fact,AIDS patients and folks who are wasting away actually GAIN lots of needed weight when drinking ONLY juices,eating NO meats or anything else(!)
The thing about "Juicing" is that you are ingesting [PRE-Digested] food! Your body does not waste energy DIGESTING the food in order to extract the nutrients from it. When you juice it is absorbed nearly DIRECTLY into your blood stream,and in effect,it IS a blood transfusion!
By the way,blood should never be transfused. Instead the patient should be fed LIVE (RAW) Vegetable and FRUIT juices. It is the best way to replace and rebuild the blood. It is proven,time-tested.
By the way,I live in Central Texas...since 1980... Philly is too cold and crowded for me.
References:
www.hacres.com