Detox and cell renewal are the rallying cries of the era of wellness. And for good reason. The truth is that in today's world, all of us need renewal. By making the decision for detox and self-renewal, you are really deciding to help your body do the job it has always been designed to do. Committing to a three-day fast may feel like a radical decision right now, especially if you've never done anything like this before, but there is really nothing very radical about it. You are simply taking advantage of your body's natural drive toward wellness. All you will be doing is giving the process a little assistance for a few days. And that's where fasting comes in.
There are all kinds of ways to fast. The only fast I ever recommend is a juice fast, supplemented with natural springwater and mineral broths. My juice fast is not about starvation; it's about cleaning out and replenishing. The fast is very gentle and healing. I really believe that raw juice is the nectar of life. Juice is a live food, carrying vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and enzymes to your body quickly and efficiently.
Yet as far as your digestive system is concerned, raw juice is almost an "invisible" food since it requires virtually no digestion! Nutrients are absorbed and utilized with minimal work, giving your digestive system a chance to get a solid rest without making your body suffer from any kind of deprivation. What could be more perfect. Let's slow down for a second and take a closer look at everything that your body gets when you are giving it only juice:
There's a very good reason that rejuvenation has become such a buzzword in our culture. The concept is not just a clever marketing ploy, it is a reflection of our vital needs. We have all this dead stuff inside of us that we are holding on to. Dead cells, denatured thoughts, and dried-up emotions. The details about how skin cells regenerate has created a billion-dollar beauty business. Right now, if you walk through the skin-care section of any department store, you're going to be told to exfoliate and slough off all those dead skin cells. I think that's a great idea. But what about you, at your core?
The cells inside your body are where you need to start your regeneration and rejuvenation process. Raw juice will help you do this. The fast I'll be teaching you starts in the morning with fruit juice. Fruit juices are really effective when it comes to cleansing and scrubbing deep inside the body. Fruit juices are a beautiful, powerful wash, taking away your personal dreck. They also bring the natural sweetness of life into each morning, reminding us how beautiful it is to be on this earth.
In the afternoon of each fasting day, we'll change over to vegetable juices to help rebuild. At the deepest levels of the body you'll be creating new life by building new cells, the building blocks of human life, and your vegetable juices will be an instrumental part of that. Both fruit and vegetable juices tend to make the body somewhat alkaline. An alkaline system discourages the growth of harmful bacteria, as well as many other unwelcome guests. With fewer intruders to fight, the body is free to concentrate its energies on rebuilding. It's a one-two combination that has no equal.
Fasting with fruit and vegetable juice helps you cleanse, rebuild, and introduce balance into your life. Emotionally and spiritually, drinking fresh juice inspires a lovely feeling for the richness of life. Go to a farm stand or a farmer's market and watch people's eyes as they look at the glorious freshly picked fruit and vegetables.
Farm stands and markets connect you to the vitality of fresh foods, a connection that is often dulled or lost in the typical supermarket experience. Juice-fasting has the same effect. It's like living at a fabulous fresh farm stand for three days.
I have people who come to me with "emotional hangovers." Typically they're breaking up a relationship and grieving; nothing in their life feels right, nothing tastes right, and either they don't want to eat anything, or they find themselves eating everything. Fresh juices make all the difference. Juices become the sweetness in life again for them, bringing new aliveness and new hope.
If a glass of orange juice in the morning is your typical juice experience, you're in for a big surprise. There's an amazing world of fresh juices and juice combinations out there that are absolutely stunning, occasionally startling, and almost always deeply satisfying.
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