Your safety matters
Contraindications
Water fasting is not suitable for everyone. Read carefully before signing up.
Important
Always consult your doctor before starting a water fast, especially if you have medical conditions or are taking medications.
Absolute contraindications
Water fasting is NOT recommended for:
These conditions represent absolute contraindications. If you fall into any of the categories below, do not water fast without explicit approval from your specialist doctor.
- Persons under 18 years (with medical exceptions)
- Pregnant women
- Women in the postpartum and breastfeeding period
- Type I diabetes (insulin-dependent)
- Active tuberculosis of the lungs or other organs
- Bronchiectatic disease
- Systemic blood diseases
- Post-major focal myocardial infarction state
- Chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis
- Renal and chronic renal insufficiency
- Jaundice
- Severe eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia)
- Severe anemia
- Porphyria disease (genetic metabolic defect)
Relative contraindications
Conditions requiring special caution
These conditions do not completely exclude fasting, but require mandatory consultation with a doctor and experienced guide.
- Old and severe psychiatric disorders (requires special supervision)
- Gilbert syndrome (some cases tolerate fasting well)
- Gout and urate nephrolithiasis (increases in uric acid)
- Postural hypotension and cardiac arrhythmias (max. 7 days)
- Ischemic heart disease with rhythm disorders
- Severe arterial hypotension
- Cholelithiasis
- Gastric and duodenal ulcer
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Cancer in advanced stages
- Thyrotoxicosis
- Thrombophlebitis
- Diseases involving complete bed immobilization
I think it is good to know these things to avoid turning the most effective therapy in human history into an unpleasant or unsafe experience. Don't take risks.
Questions about your medical situation?
Contact us before signing up for a retreat. Vasile Nemeș and our team will honestly answer whether water fasting is right for you.