Fat, Sick, And Nearly Dead

In the movie the extended fasts were done with medical supervision.

1. No
2. Weight loss is not the ultimate goal. health is. Or should be.
3. People who don't eat alot of food usually lose weight.
4. We have teeth for a reason.
5. The digestive system will cleanse itself with real food and time between meals and/or fasting. There's no such thing as a cleanse.
6. Take something from it and move on. It's a movie. Entertainment
7. What will you learn or what skill or lifestyle change will you make by doing a week or two of something extreme? Nothing.
8. Um yea, no.

I watched it and it motivated me to juice but my will power at this point won't allow me to do it. But my uncle juiced for 60 days and lost 60lbs. He is going to do this every 6 months I believe. And after those 60 days of juicing and going back to regular foods he did not gain all his weight back. He has now started his 60 days over again. I wish I could do it. I'm thinking of doing a week of smoothies and water next week. Not sure how it'll play out tho bein as tho I need solid food.

I'm all for having more micronutrients in your diet and properly giving your body the nutrients it needs. If you enjoy adding juices to your diet go for it!

That being said I think juicing for your entire source of calories/needs is stupid.

If you are doing it for weight loss... Even more stupid. Unless you want to lose a **** ton of muscle. Be miserable. And not ever feel satisfied.

Additionally, whose to say that had either of those people simply changed their diet to begin with they wouldn't have had the same results?

Yup I watched it after I got my omega 8003 juicer. I want to start a juice fast after all the February holidays I celebrate are over. I started adding a juice every other day or so and I feel super healthy!! My skin has started to glow. Even if you can't stick to a fast I recommend a juicer it is so awesome. Make sure to juice lots of green veggies.

Look up juicing on instagram there are real people on there who have made huge transformations with juice fasting and would blow away any argument about not getting nutrients and ill health-- these people look amazing and have a newfound and amazing vitality. That was my biggest inspiration to start juicing.

Juicing is perfectly fine and it's not a true fast as you're eating vegetables much like a Vegan. If you feel you're not getting enough protein, you can always add in protein powder or whatever else you feel like you might be lacking. It's your blender, do what you want with it.

1. No
2. Weight loss is not the ultimate goal. health is. Or should be.
3. People who don't eat alot of food usually lose weight.
4. We have teeth for a reason.
5. The digestive system will cleanse itself with real food and time between meals and/or fasting. There's no such thing as a cleanse.
6. Take something from it and move on. It's a movie. Entertainment
7. What will you learn or what skill or lifestyle change will you make by doing a week or two of something extreme? Nothing.
8. Um yea, no.

^ This!!!^

I just watched that documentary earlier this week, as well as a few others that were available on netflix. It got me interested in juicing, but more as a supplement to my diet, rather than fasting. It made me curious how juicing your own fruits and veg compare to buying something like V8, if that is comparable at all. I would prefer to just incorporate more veg into my diet whole, rather than drink them. It seems more enjoyable to chew, I think. But it looks like a good way to get the veg into your diet relatively easily, not taking cost into consideration. That documentary pointed out that juicing could cost something like 14-28 dollars a day, depending on if you buy organic or not. It is pretty expensive.

There is protein and calcium in veggies, especially when they are juiced because juicing uses high quantities, not that I know anything at all about this thread. I have a juicer in my pantry but I do t think it has been used for fifteen years.

There is plenty of calcium in some veggies but there is not a significant amount of protein and the small amount of protein that is present does not have a complete amino acid profile needed to sustain muscle mass (not to mention life!) in humans

Not true, a widely believed but long disproven myth.

http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-204_162-10004624-8.html

.....says the man to the BS of biochemistry lol CBS is hardly a reputable source of scientific information. (This is ultimately what is wrong with the fitness industry today. People believing things that they read from unreliable sources).The only thing I can think of that they could be referring to are complementary proteins; however, if you don't eat the veggies whose proteins complement one another you still will not get all of the essential amino acids. Meat, dairy and a select few others (soy, quinoa, and buckwheat) are the only protein sources which contain all 8 of the essential amino acids IN ONE FOOD ITEM. Also, even if you ate a metric butt-ton of fruits and veggies each day, you still wouldn't get the amount of protein necessary for tissue repair if you are exercising vigorously. Even if you were a sedentary individual the protein yield from the aforementioned diet is subpar.

1. No
2. Weight loss is not the ultimate goal. health is. Or should be.
3. People who don't eat alot of food usually lose weight.
4. We have teeth for a reason.
5. The digestive system will cleanse itself with real food and time between meals and/or fasting. There's no such thing as a cleanse.
6. Take something from it and move on. It's a movie. Entertainment
7. What will you learn or what skill or lifestyle change will you make by doing a week or two of something extreme? Nothing.
8. Um yea, no.

Thought-provoking and helpuf. Thanks!

I saw that and it was kind of inspiring. I bought a juicer, and I haven't even tried it.

I did the Master Cleanse a number of years ago - 10 days. It made my heartbeat feel irregular toward the end. I think I dropped 8 pounds in that 10 days, and it took me maybe a month to gain it back.

Tried it, wouldn't do it again...worst weekend of my life, never felt so ill....headache like you wouldn't believe.

I would much rather lose weight this way, slow and steady but healthy!!!!!

my husband and i have been juicing in addition to our daily meals. we juice about 5 times a week. we have felt more energized since starting. juicing enables you to get all the nutrients from fruits and veg without having to eat all of them. hubby and i juice like 5 servings of veg and fruit each in addition to the 2/3 servings we eat each day. it's a great supplement to a healthy diet.

a lot of people will write juicing off as a fad because of 'fat, sick, and nearly dead'. that's complete crap. google jack lalane and you'll see people have been juicing for health since the 1930s, when jack opened up his first health club - complete with a juice bar. juicing is not a fad diet, although the idea of juice fasting is a more recent idea. i would not recommend fasting without a doctor's permission.

the idea of juicing is that it is all the vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients that are in the fruit/veg. because the fiber is removed, all those nutrients get absorbed right into your body and your digestive system does not have to work to digest anything. that's why i think it makes sense to supplement a healthy diet with juicing, but i can't imagine just juicing for more than a couple of days. a lot of people talk about doing a juice fast as a cleanse or detox. this idea comes from the whole digestive system not working to digest thing - instead of your digestive tract working to digest all that food, it can clean itself out. i haven't found any proof of this.