Most practitioners have not eaten a pure vegetarian diet since childhood. When they suddenly change their eating habits because of cultivation, some physiological reactions can occur, especially in middle-aged and elderly people who are physically weak. Because middle-aged and elderly people have eaten meat for a very long time, their physiology and energy channels have adapted to meat, and through years of deep-frying, stir-frying, and grilling meat, a great deal of turbid qi and channel toxins have accumulated in their channels. Therefore, after eating a vegetarian diet for a period of time, there is a detoxification process of purifying the channels; the fastest takes three months, seven months, or nine months, and so on. During this period, you must pay attention to your state of mind and try to adjust it so that you feel at ease. People who are busy with work should also try to find time to sit in meditation for a while every day, preferably for more than two hours. This will allow the physiology to transition smoothly to adapting to a vegetarian diet; otherwise, it is very easy during this period to trigger diseases of the endocrine system. Your emotions during this period are crucial. Generally, the initial process of purifying the channels and eliminating toxins takes, off and on, about three years. This is also the reason why some smokers fall ill after suddenly quitting smoking: they did not handle well the arising and movement of their thoughts and their emotions during the detoxification period.
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