The Dry Fasting Miracle: From Deprive to Thrive

by Luke Coutinho, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Nuaimi

In the olden days, people ate early because there was hardly any light after sunset. Their next meal would only be after sunrise. This practice spread to all religions as a discipline due to its health and spiritual benefits. Today, it is called the dry fasting diet-the most superior form of fasting and cleansing. Replicating it requires abstinence from all food and water for twelve or more hours.Luke Coutinho and Sheikh Abdul Aziz Nuaimi teach us how this diet can stimulate the body, help one find the right balance between the 'elimination phase' and the 'building phase', aid weight loss and avoid a number of diseases. From beauty to general well-being, discover the miracle of dry fasting and the route to a new you.

Genres: Health, Nonfiction

214 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 8, 2020

Reviews

[Linda McKenzie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very sloppily written and badly in need of an editor and proof reader. I assume it was self-published and is a good example of the downside of self publishing. Also demonstrates that Amazon exercises no quality control over the books it sells, but that's hardly a surprise. Nevertheless, I gave it two stars because it does provide some worthwhile information about dry fasting, otherwise known as absolute fasting, something that until recently, even as a veteran faster (of water fasting and juice "fasting"), I had closed my mind to, but which I now plan to try, starting in two days time. I should add that this decision is not based solely on this book but includes other sources of information.

It appears that the author, Luke Coutinho, a nutritionist with a strong social media presence, has inspired many people, particularly in his homeland of India, to use dry fasting to solve health issues and improve their quality of life. Although he doesn't support the disastrous low carbohydrate, high protein, high fat trend, unfortunately his nutritional advice is not vegan. Given the proven superiority of a strictly plant-based, whole foods diet, and the easy availability of this information, I have no interest in following his work further. I abhor this kind of wilful ignorance of both nutrition and morality regarding animal rights, while acknowledging that his promotion of dry fasting, various Indian home remedies over pharmaceutical drugs and sensible measures surrounding lifestyle issues is no doubt helping many people, to the degree this is possible while not promoting a healthy vegan diet. However, the plethora of testimonials on the benefits of dry fasting where the author has chosen to include lavish praise of and gratitude to himself is excessive and cloying. Less self promotion, more attention to written expression and rigour of presentation would have been appreciated.

[Hannah · Rating 1 out of 5]

One of the worst ever. Basically a self-promotion nonstop with preposterous success stories. No one with any common sense would believe them. Don't waste your time with this book. Just try the fasting. There's literally nothing in the book useful. You are better off learning about the benefits of fasting from reputable internet sites or with your doctor. And yeah, regardless of what the author says, you should absolutely check with your doctor before beginning a fasting program!

[Nehal Pandya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anybody who wants to work on their health (not just to lose weight) should give this a read!

The book is concise and Informative! If you're a person who doesn't like to listen to long lectures and videos , then this book is for you.

Every video Luke has made so far, this felt like everything had been put down on paper. So a great revision for those who've been following him on his social media.

The testimonials throughout the book are mindblowing and exciting to go through!

The power and results of IF and Dry Fasting is Incredible and the book walks you through how it can be done in the simplest way possible.

[Meenal Sinha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deep knowledge of the human body is revealed in this book and how fad diets are harmful for the body. After reading the book, you will have another level of respect for food and one’s body. If you wish to understand the logic behind fasting as practised in the old Hindu traditional families or by Muslims during Ramadan and it’s innumerable benefits, this is the book for you.

[Bageshree · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a book.. Simply superb.... Miraculous...

After reading this book, developed a great sense of gratitude towards dear Luke. God bless him. He opened the doors of profound calmness and self-discipline.

[Priyanka Vishwakarma · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a good re-introduction of age old fasting practice. This book explains very precisely the science behind fasting, what happens to every nerves and part of body when we fast for some day or days in a row. It's a good read. Short, Informative and to the point.

[Linda Hamonou · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was looking for something new but this was basically a summary of everything you can find online with a minimum of research. I guess the advantage is that it brings everything in one place.
The testimonies at the ends were nice though.

[gnaneswara rao · Rating 5 out of 5]

MUST READ

Lovely book on dry fasting ... Very much insightful and knowledge gaining with great life changing examples .. thank you Luke countinho..

[Ashwini · Rating 4 out of 5]

Does the job of introducing a person to Dry Fasting and explaining how one should go about practising it. Quiet a few errors in spelling and grammar. But otherwise a good read.

[Shrinivas Joshi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb book

[Priyanka Saigal]

Not my type

[airrunkle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating to learn about some of the science behind the benefits of this practice.

[Nursen K. · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you want to start fasting this short book can help. It could have been more elaborate though.

[Diksha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite informative for beginners.