How to start a juice cleanse?

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Okay if I knew everyone was going to be a ****ing *kitten* about this, I wouldn't have asked.

Welcome to MFP. Most of these people have so much food industry propaganda ingrained in their minds, they just simply don't know anything else. Anything they know little or nothing about, they pretend they are experts, and will tell you to avoid.

If you want to do a juice fast, go ahead. The most important things to remember, are use fresh juice. Nothing from a bottle. And plan your POST fast diet! That is the most important part! If you go back to eating crap food, you will be doing yourself no favors.

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I'm not certain what you mean by cleanse...but we have a Ninja juicer which you can get on Amazon for $99.00. This blender can actually make almond milk out of almonds. (I've never tried it, but someone on Amazon did.)

The trick to juicing on your own is to search the net for some good recipes. I've made the mistakes of just stuffing raw spinach, etc., in there an ending up with undrinkable slug.

My favorite juicer recipe is one 16 oz can of organic pumpkin, 4 cups of almond milk, cinnamon and Stevia. Incredibly filling without making you feel overstuffed.

Another favorite device I like is the Hamilton Beach steamer (the two tier which is about 30 bucks on Amazon.) Can put two layers of raw veggies (e.g., carrots on the bottom closer to the steam) and cauliflower on the top (since they steam more fully more quickly), and make some tasty steamed veggies if you toss on some spices (I like oregano.)

Now, every now and then when I feel that I just need to take a break, I'm very stressed and I know I'm going to make very bad choices or I just need to reboot, I'll do a 3 day program of the stuff I described above....it just seems to get me out of a bad pattern or get me started on a good one.

Woowwww….. OK people are jerks.

While I agree, a hard-core cleanse where all you drink is juice is not necessary…. I juice frequently, and often sub my breakfast for some green juice. It makes your body more alkaline, and hence makes you feel better / has SOME detoxifying affects.

…I'm still appalled at how a$$holish people are to you. oy vey.

I have the Omega nutrition center 8006… on sale right now for $300. Now before all you haters say to pay pal you the money cuz it's not worth it… I will say do your research. If you're not gonna be hard core about juicing, you can go pick up a centrifugal juicer for like 40-60$. But I bought this bad boy, because not only does it have an auger that extracts more juice (thus more economical and less waste in the long run) but it also converts to grind grain, and make nut butters (without all the preservatives!!! PLUS!)

Honestly I'm in love with my juicer, and I often make green juice in the morning consisting of: 4 big leaves of kale, 2 stalks of celery, 1/3 a cucumber, 1 green apple, 1/2 a lemon, and 1/3 inch of peeled ginger - you can play with it and omit the ginger or lemon if you don't like them. Then I add ground flax seed and ice to the finished product, and viola!!! It's AMAZING. If you're not used to drinking veggie juice, I might ease in with an orange-carrot blend… or just add a lot of apples to your first few batches.

Juicing is great for you, and an easy way to get alkaline and veggies in your diet. Just remember you aren't getting the fiber and volume…. so you may feel hungry again in 2 hours. For this reason, I will say again…. think about it before you do a full up juice cleanse. There's no way I can go on just juice like this for more than 1/2 a day without a headache and feeling woozy. It's a great substitute to a healthy diet!

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To find out how our current knowledge of the existence and functioning of the liver and kidneys is just propaganda.

No need to deprive your system of nutrients for three days.

Fresh juice has a lot more nutrients than a lot of food people are eating these days.

It's vitamin-filled sugar water.

Eat fruit and vegetables. Get fiber. Eat some protein, too, while you're at it.

Hey! A balanced diet!

Oh goody. Another juice cleanse post.

Don't we have these every other day or so?

OP, eat less, exercise more and you will not need to cleanse. Actually, you never need to cleanse. Now if you LIKE the taste of these juices and you're drinking them because they are yummy, then by all means, drink them.

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JUICE IT!