DR. LENNART EDREN LEADS THE FAST MARCHES
The initiative for the 1954 fast march came from Lennart Edren, D.D.S., who was the leader and the participant in this and many subsequent fasts in Sweden. Dr. Edren is the leading spirit behind the Swedish fast movement. Asked what was the purpose with this dramatic exhibition, Dr. Edren said:
This fast was the first in the series of experiments to determine the effects of total fasting under severe conditions of stress. If we find out that fasting will not cause any damage to the body but will, on the contrary, exert a beneficial, revitalizing, cleansing and regenerating effect on bodily functions, it will supply invaluable information for healthy as well as for sick people. The healthy will be encouraged to fast in order to regenerate and increase vitality, and the sick to cure their ills. This experiment has proved to the world the preventive and therapeutic potentials of fasting. It also may prove very valuable for armed forces and various expeditions where the possibility of getting lost and isolated, and forced into an involuntary fast, is great.
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