Your safety matters
Contraindications
Water fasting is not suitable for everyone. Read carefully before you sign up.
Important
Always consult your doctor before starting a water fast, especially if you have a medical condition or take medication.
Absolute contraindications
Water fasting is NOT recommended for:
These are absolute contraindications. If any of the categories below applies to you, do not water fast without explicit approval from your specialist doctor.
- People under 18 (with medical exceptions)
- Pregnant women
- Women who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding
- Type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependent)
- Active tuberculosis of the lungs or other organs
- Bronchiectasis
- Systemic blood disorders
- Recovery from a major focal myocardial infarction (heart attack)
- Chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis
- Kidney failure, including chronic kidney failure
- Jaundice
- Severe eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia)
- Severe anaemia
- Porphyria (a genetic metabolic disorder)
Relative contraindications
Conditions requiring special caution
These conditions do not rule out fasting entirely, but they require consulting a doctor and an experienced guide first.
- Long-standing, severe psychiatric disorders (require special supervision)
- Gilbert's syndrome (some people tolerate fasting well)
- Gout and uric acid kidney stones (uric acid levels rise)
- Postural hypotension and cardiac arrhythmias (max. 7 days)
- Ischaemic heart disease with rhythm disorders
- Severe arterial hypotension
- Gallstones (cholelithiasis)
- Gastric or duodenal ulcer
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Advanced-stage cancer
- Thyrotoxicosis
- Thrombophlebitis
- Conditions involving complete immobilisation in bed
I believe it is good to know these things, so we don't turn the most effective therapy in human history into an unpleasant or unsafe experience. Don't take risks.
Questions about your medical situation?
Contact us before signing up for a retreat. Vasile Nemeș and our team will tell you honestly whether water fasting is right for you.