Detoxification of Heavy Metals

[John V]

Edit: And some people shouldn't fast at all because of certain physical conditions or problems that they may have.

Most sources say that fasting isn't recommended for children, pregnant/nursing women, and perhaps a couple of specific conditions.

Edit (again): And someone can probably attain the same benefits as that of fasting by eating healthy and excercising on a day-to-day basis.

A raw diet can produce most of the same effects, but it takes longer as the digestive tract keeps functioning. Shutting down the digestive tract is one of the purposes of the fast. A raw diet would probably never trigger some of the extreme autolysis effects, but most people aren't going to fast long enough to get there anyway.