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所谓“民以食为天”，食物是人类赖以生存的重要之物。然而，自古以来，“断食疗法”却是被证实可改善体质、防治疾病，甚至是改善精神病患的一种神奇秘法。历史上很多大思想家、大哲学家、宗教家、艺术家、文学家如苏格拉底、柏拉图……当他们经历思想上的瓶颈时，总是会运用断食，所以断食不仅只有治身体的病而已，它还能够突破我们思想的病或思想的瓶颈，跨越身体、心理以及高层次的灵性。随着经济的发展与人民生活水平的提高，在美国、日本等发达国家，越来越多的人们得了“现代文明病”与“富贵病”，“断食疗法”又像是获得了新生，变得越来越流行了。不仅在民间的养生保健机构，在一些正规的医院也都有实施。

面对这一情况，许多人就有疑问了：断食疗法真的那么有效吗？不吃东西不会没有营养吗？断食疗法能改善体质及防治疾病的机理是什么呢？是否所有的病症都可以用断食疗法呢？断食期间应该注意哪些问题呢？

正因为知道许多人都有这一系列疑问，我们希望能通过这样的一次讨论会来给大家答疑解惑。我们很荣幸地邀请到两位多次体验过净水断食的女士：Meryl Sher & Lori Denman（请参考下面关于她们的信息）。她们将会在此次活动中回答上面一系列的问题，并且和大家分享她们的断食体验是如何significantly改善她们的健康与幸福感的。值得提出的是，两位主讲人都曾在加州的TrueNorth Health Center的专业指导下进行的液体断食，但此次活动只是希望能提供一个平台让更多的人了解接触奇妙的断食疗法，与任何宗教与商业机构无关。

Meryl Sher is currently an Executive Assistant at Loews Corporation and has had a rich and full life of diverse experiences. She was an opera singer performing the dramatic soprano repertoire and started a nonprofit to empower women many years ago entitled, Beauty Beyond Size. Meryl is a Life Coach and has led transformational educational programs motivating and inspiring people from all walks of life. As the daughter of a physician, she grew up believing only in western medicine. Since that time, life has shown her the power of alternative healing. Methods such as Reiki, fasting, cleanses, singing bowls, kinesiology and homeopathic supplements are a part of her life. Meryl did a 25-day water-only fast in 2016 after severe pain and inflammation throughout her body. Her diagnoses were never accurate and she needed to cleanse her body of multiple medical prescriptions. Lori was one of the several people who recommended TrueNorth Health Center.

Lori Denman is a Client Director for a major telecommunications firm and is also a Certified Wellness Consultant for Wellness Forum Health. Along with a whole food, plant-based diet, Lori is an advocate for animal rights and is an active fundraiser for Posh Pets Rescue and the League of Humane Voters. Lori has done three, water-only fasting stints at TrueNorth Health Center in the last four years. They were each remarkably healing experiences. She plans to continue to “tune-up” her health & well-being and is passionate about discussing the benefits of with therapeutic fasting. She attended numerous lectures while at TrueNorth Health that gave her knowledge and insight into fasting, as well as some authority in fielding inquiries on the subject.

白麓·纽约『让思考更独立』

白麓每周末在纽约曼哈顿地区都有免费的线下交流会，旗下精品活动包括：白麓Talk(主题交流会），白麓论坛，白麓精读会和最新推出的线上美音朗读交流栏目《嗣音》。白麓也定期举行不同类型的社友聚会活动，目前已建立了一个关系紧密的社友社区，今后也将朝着开放包容的多元化主题的方向继续前进。

白麓·纽约成立于2014年初，以“提升社会中坚力量的独立思考能力及综合素质”为理念，是注册于美国纽约州一个独立的非政府，非宗教，非营利的综合文化交流平台。白麓目前有正式成员一千多人，志愿者四十多位，线下活动参与者累计达到六千多人次。

在发轫之初，白麓即以“让思考更独立”为目标，旨在为大纽约地区的华人留（访）学群体和青年从业者们提供一个独立自主的社会和文化主题交流平台。三年多来，白麓在鼓励留美华人年轻人开放思维，互通观点和跨界学习的同时，亦逐渐打造出了海外华人年轻一代社会文化面对面交流活动的第一品牌。

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