Ever juice fasted?

I just watched Interview with a Vampire. I'm Creole so now I'm just waiting to get bitten & be healthy & live forever.

omg this was just too good. +10

I loved that film! I thought it was great and really informative, but I have never done a juice fast. I have a physically demanding job (working in an ABA program from children with autism and behavioral issues) so my concern is that I wouldn't have enough energy. I've just tried to incorporate fresh juice into my diet - although I don't do it as frequently as I should. I just prefer to not have all that added sugar or the additives that companies put in their juice to preserve shelf life. I have PCOS so as a general rule I try to avoid a lot (but not all!) of that kind of stuff.

However, my husband did a five day juice cleanse back in April. He most likely has non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (doctor's best guess based on an ultrasound and blood tests) and had cleaned up his diet between the diagnosis last October and Easter. We typically host Easter so we ended up with a lot of desserts and poor eating choices. He ended up feeling extremely unwell and sick. He decided to do a juice cleanse to give his organs a break. He didn't make his own juice, but ordered it from Pressed Juicery. He felt amazing afterwards and has lost 43 pounds over the last 10 months. He only did the cleanse once, but has considered doing it again - usually after he's made some terrible food choices that make him physically ill.

Lately, he's been making daily breakfast smoothies for both of us and juicing sometimes - mostly cabbage lately which isn't as bad as it sounds, and I've been adding a wider range of veggies to our salads. He's learned a bit about moderation leading up to and during the cleanse. He's also getting better at self control and mostly is doing anything he can to avoid feeling like absolute crap.

I'd love to juice veggies more frequently, but as someone else said the juicer is a pain in the butt to clean.

The Williams-Sonoma website has some great juice recipes and so does the Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead website.

Sorry if this is long!

I did juice fast, many times and for long periods of time. I was inspired by Fat Sick and Nearly Dead. I felt great, not hungry and lots of energy. It helped me loose 40 lbs.

The hardest parts were cleaning the juicer and the price of produce.

After I stopped, I started slipping into my old ways and I put the weight back on, all in all though I'll swear by juicing.

gee I wonder why?