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cheryl000 · 07-19-2006, 11:51 AM

It doesn't sound very healthy. Your body needs a variety of foods in order to be healthy and have energy.

I remember watching something on tv a few months ago... There was a doctor back in the old days named Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard who swore that her thin tomato and asparagus soup would rid the body of ills and any toxins but that is all they could have... she killed many women and men this way. She would lock them in her house and feed them the tomato soup for all of their meals. They would get weaker and weaker as they were starved down to skeletons at about 75lbs. They would all eventually die, some after only about 40 days. Only one woman was ever able to escape and tell everyone what was going on. The doctor got in trouble for it but was able to return home. Later on she got sick and did by her own hand... the tomato fast.

Somehow her book did get out and it's available on Ebook. The fast you're talking about might be a variation of it. Again, I don't recommend it, I think it's bogus. If you want to lose weight and keep it off, do it the healthy way. It's against nature to be starved. I do wish you luck in losing weight and becoming healthy. I know I've had weight problems in the past (I'm pregnant now.) At least please take some kind of supplements or vitamins esspecially if you're starting a new diet.

Here is an excerpt about Dr Hazzard.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_k...octors/11.html

Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard set up her operation in 1907 in Seattle, Washington, and offered several versions of a published manual of her special method. One of the few female doctors in the country (trained as an osteopath), she presented herself as the only licensed fasting therapist in the country, and her final domain was a sanitarium, Wilderness heights, in the small town of Olalla, across the Puget Sound from Seattle. It was an isolated place, with no way to communicate with the outside world. Exuding self-confidence, Dr. Hazzard assured people that her method was a panacea for all manner of ills, because she was able to rid the body of toxins that caused imbalances in the body. As strange as it may seem, she managed to persuade people to go without food, aside from some water and a thin tomato and asparagus soup, for long periods of time. As their bodies shed "toxins," she required enemas (a fashionable purgative in many such places) and provided vigorous massages meant to accelerate the process.

As patients weakened, Hazzard found ways to encourage them to turn over to her their accounts and power of attorney. Not surprisingly, several died under her "care" and she grew richer. Her bigamous husband, Sam, helped get the patients, once they were very weak, to change their wills to make Dr. Hazzard their beneficiary. Yet when attacked for her methods as patients died, she insisted that they had been near death when they came, and she could not be expected to work miracles. Even with these dire stories, she still drew both disciples and patients from around the world. Local residents dubbed the place Starvation Heights, and it caught the attention of authorities when two wealthy British sisters came to "take the cure."

07-19-2006, 11:51 AM	#11
cheryl000 YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: none Posts: 1,495	Dr. Hazzard used to kill people with a similar diet. It doesn't sound very healthy. Your body needs a variety of foods in order to be healthy and have energy. I remember watching something on tv a few months ago... There was a doctor back in the old days named Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard who swore that her thin tomato and asparagus soup would rid the body of ills and any toxins but that is all they could have... she killed many women and men this way. She would lock them in her house and feed them the tomato soup for all of their meals. They would get weaker and weaker as they were starved down to skeletons at about 75lbs. They would all eventually die, some after only about 40 days. Only one woman was ever able to escape and tell everyone what was going on. The doctor got in trouble for it but was able to return home. Later on she got sick and did by her own hand... the tomato fast. Somehow her book did get out and it's available on Ebook. The fast you're talking about might be a variation of it. Again, I don't recommend it, I think it's bogus. If you want to lose weight and keep it off, do it the healthy way. It's against nature to be starved. I do wish you luck in losing weight and becoming healthy. I know I've had weight problems in the past (I'm pregnant now.) At least please take some kind of supplements or vitamins esspecially if you're starting a new diet. Here is an excerpt about Dr Hazzard. http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_k...octors/11.html Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard set up her operation in 1907 in Seattle, Washington, and offered several versions of a published manual of her special method. One of the few female doctors in the country (trained as an osteopath), she presented herself as the only licensed fasting therapist in the country, and her final domain was a sanitarium, Wilderness heights, in the small town of Olalla, across the Puget Sound from Seattle. It was an isolated place, with no way to communicate with the outside world. Exuding self-confidence, Dr. Hazzard assured people that her method was a panacea for all manner of ills, because she was able to rid the body of toxins that caused imbalances in the body. As strange as it may seem, she managed to persuade people to go without food, aside from some water and a thin tomato and asparagus soup, for long periods of time. As their bodies shed "toxins," she required enemas (a fashionable purgative in many such places) and provided vigorous massages meant to accelerate the process. As patients weakened, Hazzard found ways to encourage them to turn over to her their accounts and power of attorney. Not surprisingly, several died under her "care" and she grew richer. Her bigamous husband, Sam, helped get the patients, once they were very weak, to change their wills to make Dr. Hazzard their beneficiary. Yet when attacked for her methods as patients died, she insisted that they had been near death when they came, and she could not be expected to work miracles. Even with these dire stories, she still drew both disciples and patients from around the world. Local residents dubbed the place Starvation Heights, and it caught the attention of authorities when two wealthy British sisters came to "take the cure." Last edited by cheryl000; 07-19-2006 at 11:54 AM.