Hey, guys, Dr. Axe here, doctor of natural medicine.
In this video I'm going to talk about the Daniel Diet, and how to do a Daniel Fast,
and this is something I've trained my patients on for years.
I myself have done a Daniel Fast and the Daniel Diet on many occasions, and in this video
I'm going to share with you a step-by-step process on the three things you must do in
order to really do a Daniel Fast and the Daniel Diet right.
Really, the Daniel Fast and Diet started in the Book of Daniel where Daniel decides that
he is not going to eat the food of the King that has been sacrificed to idols.
He says, "Hey, test me."
He said, "Test me for 10 days and see how I look after a 10-day period and then again
later on, 21 days."
And they see how he's doing and he's excelling and doing incredibly well.
The Daniel Diet has these benefits.
It can help you experience a breakthrough in body, so in your physical health, in mind,
as well as in your spiritual health, in the spiritual realm.
And so again, no matter what you're struggling with, whether it's a chronic health condition,
whether it's a an emotional issue you're having or, you know, it's spiritual bondage, doing
a fast, especially the Daniel Fast or Daniel Diet, can help you experience a breakthrough.
So again, if you're in that position, you feel like, "Hey, I need a breakthrough," then
I believe that this is for you.
So step number one in doing the Daniel Diet or Daniel Fast is to change your diet.
And consume, in the Bible, what they only call pulse for 10 days or 21 days.
You can choose your time period, but 10 to 21 days.
Pulse is typically going to be vegetables, fruits and certain seeds and nuts and whole
grains.
Now with this I recommend that you stay away from whole grains that contain gluten.
And most gluten containing grains, we know that's not what they consuming back then.
Most of our grains today have been hybridized so it's not the same, so what I'd recommend
on a Daniel Diet is consuming mostly vegetables and fruits.
That should make up probably about 70% of your diet.
And then if you are going to consume some whole grain nuts and seeds, doing things like
sprouted nuts and seeds, like sprouted almonds, sprouted flax, also doing possibly something
like a soaked or a properly cooked sprouted brown rice or oats and things like that, and
maybe even something like peas is great as well.
But again, that's what I would stick to, is fruits and vegetables.
Really, vegetables should make up 50% of your diet at least, along with those other things.
If you want a full list, visit my website, DrAxe.com, that's D-R-A-X-E.com.
I have a whole Daniel Diet food list you can find there on my website or just do a Google
search for "Dr. Axe Daniel Fast," and you'll find my whole food list on there on what you
can and can't eat.
And then water, you want to do about 8 to 10 glasses of water throughout the day.
Loads of fruits and vegetables, and if you do this right, you are going to feel absolutely
fantastic and cleansed.
The first two or three days going through you tend to feel weaker, but after day three
you have something, sort of this stress melt off of you and you even start to experience
a glow.
You may even have people tell you, "Wow, you look different.
I can tell there's something different about you."
So again step number one in how to do a Daniel Diet or Daniel Fast, change your diet and
follow eating only fruits, vegetables, and sprouted nuts, seeds and whole grains and
sticking to that.
Step number two in doing the Daniel Fast right is taking three times a day, for anywhere
from five minutes to an hour, and spending time with God, spending time in prayer.
What I recommend is maybe it's just five minutes, but in the morning right when you wake up,
right before lunch, and then in the evening taking time and just praying and really seeking
God.
What I like to do is recommend my spiritual triathlon, and that's spending five minutes
in prayer, five minutes reading your Bible, and five minutes in praise and worship.
Actually, typically I start with praise and worship and then reading a devotional or the
Bible, and then prayer, and doing that anywhere from 5 minutes to if you have longer, 15 minutes
or so, as long as you can.
But doing those three things, three times a day, that's such a critical part of this
because when we look back at the Book of Daniel, there are two things he did along with changing
his diet.
Three times a day he spent seeking God, and also he looked to perform with excellence
and that's step number three here.
So when you do a fast or do the Daniel Diet, that doesn't mean you lay around on your back
and you just notice that you have a little less energy than normal and you make excuses.
No.
What was Daniel doing?
Well, he was seeking God, but also he wanted to prove to the king that he could do his
job better, he would look better, more physically active, stronger than ever before by following
this diet and by seeking God the three times a day.
And do you know what they found?
They said that Daniel's knowledge and the knowledge of his friends, they said he had
10 times the amount of wisdom and knowledge than the other people did.
And so during this time, do your work with excellence.
What I recommend you do during these 10 to 21 days is to really work on your skill set
and goal setting.
I would take some time, and set your goal and really think big.
It's what the book "Good to Great" calls "big, hairy, audacious goals," or what a pastor
I know who wrote a book, he said, "Sun Stand Still" was the name of the book.
So pray big prayers.
I'd take some time really to reflect and say, "God, what is it that I couldn't do without
your help?
What is this big thing you've put on my life?"
And so I would take time and really focus on one big goal you have, whether it's one
goal in your life or one goal in different areas of your life, and really seek God in
those things and really then start to pursue excellence.
So write down that goal or that big vision that you have and then really start working
towards it during that time.
If you want to really encompass what Daniel did, number one, change your diet and honor
God with the way you eat.
Number two, seek him three times a day in that spiritual practice, and number three,
make every day a masterpiece.
Pursue excellence in the workplace.
Be that light.
Again, that's what Daniel was.
Daniel was alight physically.
They noticed he looked different, but also he stood out with his wisdom and the way he
conducted himself, the goals he had, the different things he did.
So again all of those things are important encompassing part of doing a Daniel Diet and
the Daniel Fast.
And really, the Daniel Diet wasn't just that 10 to 21 days.
It's the way he ate all of the time and really honored God with his body throughout his life.
So this is Dr. Axe saying, hey, I encourage you to do a Daniel Diet or Daniel Fast, and
if you want more information, make sure to go to my website, that's DrAxe.com, D-R-A-X-E.com,
or look up "Dr. Axe Daniel Fast" there on Google or your Yahoo search engine.
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guys have a blessed day.