#1 The very best approach to weight gain is to first undertake a short Correct Natural Hygiene Fast of 1 - 5 days. The extra physical, physiological, sensory, emotional, and mental rest claimed during a properly conducted fast will be used by your body to re-energize Nerve Energy supplies and then to detoxify, heal, balance body chemistry, and give an emotional lift to you! This will result in improved digestion, absorption, assimilation, and elimination of nutrients. After a fast and when you commence eating, your body will be in the very best position to build the healthiest of tissues with the best of foods and to wring every bit of nutrient out of every bite you eat. Remember: "IT'S ALL ABOUT ENERGY!" And fasting is a time for the body to re-energize. Remember, also: It is not only what you eat but what your body uses that builds Superlative Health! Finally: It is systematic weight-training exercise that inspires the body to accommodate by building muscle tissue and gaining the sought-after weight in the form of sculpted, well-defined, attractive muscles with a minimum of fat for curvature and good looks. But if you are seriously, dangerously, unhappily underweight, you could undoubtedly stand to lay on not only muscle, but fat! SO GET READY TO ENJOY BREAKING A FEW FOOD COMBINING RULES AND EATING LIKE A HORSE!
#2 Change to The Ideal Diet of raw, nontoxic foods, eaten in proper combination.
#3 Maximize all fruit, but especially all the caloric dried fruits, sweet fruits, and avocados.
#4 Take an extra fruit meal a day, even when genuine hunger is not present. But do not overeat yourself into sickness. This is a fine line. To gain a significant amount of weight in a relatively short period of time, push yourself to eat like a horse... but not into feeling sickly.
#7 Take 4 - 6 ten-ounce glasses of fresh-made juices, smoothies or nut-based beverages a day, between meals. When smoothie and nut-based beverages are prepared in The VITA-MIX and thus thoroughly liquefied, they will be easier to process and require less digestive energy for the person whose digestion is weakened.
#8 Undertake the GetWell weight-gain exercise schedule as follows:
Aerobics: Days you do not weight-train, just take leisurely walks. Avoid calorie-burning, aerobic exercise for 1 - 4 weeks at a time.
Stretching: Do a stretching routine daily for 20 - 30 minutes.
Weight training: After eating right, the building of muscle tissue with weight training will be your greatest weight-gain maneuver of all! If your health condition allows, weight train for 30 - 60 minutes every other day. If you are too ill or weak to go a full 30 minutes, start with 5 or 10 minutes. Train 3 times a week, and take one full day each week for complete rest. Weight-training sessions should consist of the following: first, a 5-minute warm-up of stretching; second, the weight-training session itself; third, a 5-minute cool-down of more stretching.