十多年前，有一本書徹底喚醒了我，書名是《讓天賦自由》。那時正值部落格盛行的年代，我立刻寫下了一篇文章，標題叫〈兒子，對不起〉。

那是我第一次驚覺，原來自己曾經是兒子人生路上的障礙。那段時間，我活在深深的懊悔與自責裡。

之後，我不再對孩子的選擇發表意見。即使決定輟學，即使辭掉好工作，我都只提醒：「結果，自己負責」。

不再成為他人幸福的阻力，是我人生重大的覺醒。當我思考投入斷食教育，也以同樣的原則檢視自己，確定這是一份不會傷害人的工作。

我始終拒絕以業務方式帶領團隊，因為利益會攪亂人心，而人與人之間的關係一旦摻雜利益，就難以純正。

「把自己照顧好」成為我最清晰的動機與目標，動機清楚的人，一聽就懂；目標明確的人，自然會堅持到底。

 

我在五十歲那年，認識了正被活菌拯救妻子過敏而感動的陳執行長。他看了我的書，邀請我擔任顧問。那時候的我，其實仍背著一身毒素。

「教的」與「做的」要如何一致？尤其當我站在講台上，講述身體的邏輯脈絡時，雖沒人批評我的身材，自己卻常對鏡自省。

歷經了數年的深入斷食，那既是練習，也是探尋。外面的世界對身體全然陌生，而我則逐漸習慣從身體的立場看世界。

在多數人眼裡，斷食只是生理層面的行為；但我最大的收穫，是心理層面的轉化。每一次身處食物的誘惑環境，都在驗證自己的決心，也在聆聽身體的回應。

與此同時，我也展開肝膽淨化的練習。常覺得自己很幸運，先遇見了菌，再遇見斷食；先理解斷食，再認識肝膽淨化。

最慶幸的是，我長期待在斷食的環境中擔任講師。每一次備課，都讓我寫下更多突破性的體悟。

 

轉眼將近二十年，我從中年走向老年，卻意外發現自己的身體狀況反向年輕。

二十年前的我像個老頭，如今卻全無老態。享受著敬老福利，卻不具敬老外貌。我心裡明白，關鍵不只是斷食，而在於我依然保持著年輕的心態。

在課堂上講解「身體之道」，從食物的生命存廢談身體的承受與承擔。凡是願意深入實踐的人，都有機會理解：身體是一部精密而卓越的排毒機器。

就在我愈走愈深的那幾年，科學界正式公布「菌腦腸軸」的研究成果。不久，又有一波關於「睡眠」的研究問世，熱愛閱讀我每年都有茅舍頓開的驚喜。

身上的菌腦腸軸是否平衡，其實有兩個指標：排便與正念。兩者互相影響，既可能干擾，也能彼此提升。排便清除生理毒素，正念化解心理毒素。

若問我如何做到，我的答案始終如一：好好熟練斷食。如果不知道怎麼開始，就讓自己融入正向的斷食團隊。

 

前文提到我曾干擾孩子的成長，如今我也能從養生的角度，看清整個社會的干擾與障礙，那是一種集體的無明。

無知，不只是「不知道」，更是缺乏學習與改變的意願。我們身邊充斥著多管閒事的人，也有太多不認識路的嚮導。

看到男人的啤酒肚，我很有感觸，想衝動提醒「減餐」，但心中立刻有另一個聲音告訴我「別多管閒事」。

看到成年人臉上的斑點，我也想說提醒「那是熟食的印記」，卻又聽見另一個聲音提醒：「別給自己找麻煩」。

我也吃熟食，但我的臉上為何沒有那些痕跡？因為斷食淨化是我的日常，清理身體的垃圾是我生活的一部分。

年紀不小了，但我真切覺得自己還不到半百。身體乾淨，是一項了不起的成就；心靈年輕，更是我持續再生的祕密。

 

（我將會在非常年輕的時候死去……也許在七十歲，也許在八十歲，也許在九十歲，但那時的我，依然會很年輕。）

Because of Fasting, I Redefined Youth

More than ten years ago, a book completely awakened me — The Element.
It was the golden age of blogging, and I immediately wrote an article titled “Son, I’m Sorry.”
That was the first time I realized I had once been an obstacle on my son’s path in life.
For a long while, I lived in deep remorse and self-blame.

From that point on, I stopped commenting on my children’s choices.
Even when they decided to drop out of college or quit a good job,
I simply reminded them: “Whatever the outcome, it’s yours to bear.”
Not standing in the way of another person’s happiness became one of the greatest awakenings of my life.
When I later considered stepping into the field of fasting education,
I examined it with the same principle — making sure it was a kind of work that would never harm others.

I have always refused to lead teams through sales or profit-driven models,
because money inevitably distorts human relationships,
and once interest interferes, purity disappears.
To me, “taking good care of oneself” is the clearest motive and goal.
Those who have clarity of motive understand immediately;
those who have clarity of purpose naturally persist.
—

At fifty, I met Mr. Chen, a CEO who was deeply moved by how probiotics had healed his wife’s allergies.
After reading my book, he invited me to serve as a consultant for his company.
At that time, my own body was still burdened with toxins.

How could what I taught and what I practiced become one and the same?
Especially when I stood on the stage explaining the body’s logic and structure—
no one criticized my appearance, yet I was the one who couldn’t accept what I saw in the mirror.

I had gone through years of deep fasting — a process that was both a discipline and an exploration.
The external world was completely ignorant of the body,
but I was slowly learning to see the world from the body’s perspective.
In most people’s understanding, fasting is merely a physiological act.
But my greatest transformation was psychological:
each time I faced food and temptation, I tested my resolve and listened to my body’s voice.

At the same time, I began the practice of liver and gallbladder cleansing.
I often feel fortunate — that I met the microbes before fasting,
and that I experienced fasting before understanding detoxification.
Most of all, I am grateful to have lived within a fasting environment,
serving as an instructor, and through every lesson prepared,
writing down countless moments of awakening.
—

Nearly twenty years have passed.
I’ve gone from middle age to what people call old age,
yet somehow, my body has aged in reverse.

Twenty years ago, I looked like an old man.
Today, I show no trace of aging.
I enjoy the privileges of a senior citizen,
but carry none of the appearance that comes with it.
I know well that the key is not only fasting — it’s that my mind remains young.

In class, when I teach the Way of the Body,
I speak about how life and death in food mirror the body’s capacity to endure and to bear.
Anyone willing to practice deeply will come to see
that the human body is a precise and extraordinary detoxification system.

During these years of deep exploration,
science officially confirmed the microbiota–gut–brain axis —
and not long after, another wave of studies on sleep emerged.
As an avid reader, I encounter revelations each year that make me feel reborn.

Two indicators reveal whether your gut–brain axis is in balance:
bowel movements and mindfulness.
The two are intertwined — they can disturb each other, or elevate each other.
Defecation clears physical toxins; mindfulness dissolves mental toxins.
When people ask how to achieve this state,
my answer never changes: practice fasting well.
And if you don’t know where to start,
immerse yourself in a positive, supportive fasting community.
—

Earlier, I mentioned how I once interfered with my child’s growth.
Now, from the lens of health and self-care,
I can also see the ways our society obstructs growth —
it is a form of collective ignorance.

Ignorance is not merely not knowing;
it is the lack of willingness to learn and to change.
We are surrounded by people who meddle,
and guided by too many who have lost their way.

When I see a man with a beer belly,
I instinctively want to say, “Eat less.”
But another voice quickly reminds me, “Mind your own business.”
When I see dark spots on someone’s face,
I want to tell them, “That’s the mark of cooked food.”
Yet again, another voice whispers, “Don’t invite trouble.”

I eat cooked food too —
so why doesn’t my face carry those marks?
Because fasting and detoxification have become my daily rhythm.
Cleansing the body has become part of my way of living.

I may not be young in age,
but I truly feel as if I am not yet fifty.
A clean body is an extraordinary achievement;
a young mind — that is the secret to my continual rebirth.