I remember Lima-san coming to San Francisco and being surprised at the way Americans were rigidly applying the #7 regimen...which she said wasn't what George had intended. The diets and constitutions of people have changed radically since he wrote many of his books. It is better to go a little slower, so that one doesn't swing too far to either the yang or yin side of the balance pendulum--and then need to correct from the correction. She said that fasting means eating only what your body needs. A little Bancha or Kukicha tea, gomashio, a little bit of cooked kale, carrots, scallions
would be preferrable if one hasn't been eating well for long--in order not to flood the system quickly with the toxins to be eliminated. We need to take the middle path.