Juice Fasting

I love the film "Fat Sick and Nearly Dead" I mean Phil's story really touched me. I watch it over and over. I have been doing reboots (not continuous) ever since I saw that film and I feel amazing it actually caused me to get rid of my sugar cravings completely, I had a major sweet tooth before my first reboot, now -- I can walk away from the birthday and wedding cakes that keep coming my way. I only juice fast/feast for a week, then I go back to a plant based diet. Also you can try green smoothies -- delicious. Good luck.

Fasts are pointless. Soon as you return to eating solid food you will regain any weight lost.

not entirely true. theyre still eating fruits and vegetables it's just in juice form. they're getting the proper nurtients and they are getting calories. if we were to eat only fruits and vegetables in their original form for an entire 60 days you would still lose the weight. its the same thing just in juice form. to the OP im totally thinking about doing this to detox my body and jumpstart my weight loss again!

So you think that if you ate nothing but fruit for 60 days you wouldn't regain weight once you add grains, meat, dairy, etc. back into your diet? Well try it and report back to us with your success story.

Fasts are pointless. Soon as you return to eating solid food you will regain any weight lost.

not entirely true. theyre still eating fruits and vegetables it's just in juice form. they're getting the proper nurtients and they are getting calories. if we were to eat only fruits and vegetables in their original form for an entire 60 days you would still lose the weight. its the same thing just in juice form. to the OP im totally thinking about doing this to detox my body and jumpstart my weight loss again!

So you think that if you ate nothing but fruit for 60 days you wouldn't regain weight once you add grains, meat, dairy, etc. back into your diet? Well try it and report back to us with your success story.

You go and watch Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead and you can see two ALIVE and kicking individuals that have lost 100's of lbs together and they are doing fabulously.

They fasted for 60days, then started introducing whole veggies and fruits back, and then meat and grains and while they added the other foods back, they were exercising. This is like NOT like the HGC hoopla. This is ALL natural and it's awesome what the micronutrients do for your body. So in no way is this a "Fast for 60 days and then go back to eating the crap that you did before you started fasting" diet. It's a total and complete life style change.

So, maybe you need to do a bit of research before you totally discount this. I am in no way a fad dieter, I am choosing to live a healthy life and juicing is A_W_E_S_O_M_E!!!

Fasts are pointless. Soon as you return to eating solid food you will regain any weight lost.

not entirely true. theyre still eating fruits and vegetables it's just in juice form. they're getting the proper nurtients and they are getting calories. if we were to eat only fruits and vegetables in their original form for an entire 60 days you would still lose the weight. its the same thing just in juice form. to the OP im totally thinking about doing this to detox my body and jumpstart my weight loss again!

So you think that if you ate nothing but fruit for 60 days you wouldn't regain weight once you add grains, meat, dairy, etc. back into your diet? Well try it and report back to us with your success story.

You go and watch Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead and you can see two ALIVE and kicking individuals that have lost 100's of lbs together and they are doing fabulously.

They fasted for 60days, then started introducing whole veggies and fruits back, and then meat and grains and while they added the other foods back, they were exercising. This is like NOT like the HGC hoopla. This is ALL natural and it's awesome what the micronutrients do for your body. So in no way is this a "Fast for 60 days and then go back to eating the crap that you did before you started fasting" diet. It's a total and complete life style change.

So, maybe you need to do a bit of research before you totally discount this. I am in no way a fad dieter, I am choosing to live a healthy life and juicing is A_W_E_S_O_M_E!!!

If it's not something you plan to do long term then it is a fad. Nobody can live off of juicing/fasting long term. They could've started eating healthy and exercising from the beginning and had the same results. But hey, if people want to suffer on a fast to lose weight when they could merely switch to a healthy and satisfying diet to begin with, to each their own. *shrug* [sidebar: I do recognize that many people fast for spiritual reasons - no disrespect to you all].

There is ZERO suffering. The only thing that can be considered "suffering" is when your body detoxes from the lack of crap that is has consumed and what it is used to. Once you get passed that 3 or so day mark...You feel amazing.

And if they were eating right and exercising from the beginning...they wouldn't have been "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead"....

You have the total and wrong perception of what is really going on. I can't make you understand....that is up to you to do if you want to.

One was a truck driver, so his choices of food were poor. The other started out active and in shape playing sports, then got older and lazier and was eating poorly. They both got sick, one found the other and helped them start juicing.

I can say the same thing...if I was eating right to begin with I wouldn't be on this type of a site...But my parents weren't good roll models. I would just eat what ever I wanted and a lot of it. I was skinny (but wasn't healthy) until I had my children...So now I have to retrain my whole brain and eating style.

Here is some info about rebooting (aka juicing fast): Taken from http://jointhereboot.com/reboot-program/some-simple-facts-to-consider/

Some Simple Facts to Consider
National nutrition guidelines recommend that Americans eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Currently only 23% of Americans eat the recommended servings.*

In 2007, 35% of Americans reported eating only 1-2 servings of fruits and vegetables each day.**

Simple Fact:
We all need to eat more fruits and vegetables.

Complex foods can be grouped into two major categories: foods that are high in macronutrients and foods that are high in micronutrients. Macronutrients are elements like carbohydrates, proteins, and fats that we need, but should not consume in excess. Micronutrients include all vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients. These are found in abundance in all plant-based foods, including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds, beans, spices, herbs, and teas.

Simple Fact:
There are 170 phytonutrients in just one orange. To date, there are thousands of micronutrient phytonutrients that have been identified in plants, such as carotenes, antioxidants, and flavonoids. Often we hear that the vitamin C in an orange is responsible for its immune-boosting properties, but there are actually over 170 known phytonutrients in just one orange. The power of fruits and vegetables is bigger than we know.

A healthy diet full of micronutrients, coupled with physical activity, not smoking, and maintaining a healthy weight, reduces risk for cardiovascular disease, strokes, diabetes, certain types of cancers, mental illness, metabolic syndrome, and helps us live longer lives. A micronutrient-rich lifestyle can also reduce the severity of these conditions in those who already have developed them, meaning less medication and less side effects.

Simple Fact:
Men and women who ate between five and six servings of fruits and vegetables per day had a 26% lower risk of stroke than those who ate less than three servings per day.***

Simple Fact:
High consumption of cruciferous vegetables, dark green leafy vegetables, citrus fruits, and other vitamin C-rich fruits and vegetables (tomatoes, bell peppers) were associated with the lowest risk of stroke.****

Simple Fact:
Diabetes is on the rise in the United States for both adults and children/adolescents. Almost 24 million Americans have diabetes, and at least 57 million over the age of 20 have pre-diabetes. Adults with diabetes have between two and four times the risk of death from heart disease than someone without diabetes. *****

Simple Fact:
A European study found that participants who followed the healthy lifestyle described above had a 93% lower risk of developing diabetes.******

When eating fruits and vegetables that our bodies have seen for thousands of years, the digestive/immune response is milder than the response to eating heavily processed foods.

Simple Fact:
Being constantly challenged by “foreign” processed foods will wear out the immune system over time, making us more vulnerable to disease and infection as we age.

*Reeves MJ, Rafferty AP. Healthy Lifestyle Characteristics Among Adults in the United States, 2000. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165:854-857s

**CDC, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

***He, FJ, Nowson, CA, MacGregor, GA. Fruit and vegetable consumption and stroke: meta-analysis of cohort studies. Lancet 2006;367:320.

****Joshipura, KJ, Hu, RB, Manson, JE, et al. Fruit and vegetable intake in relation to risk of ischemic stroke. JAMA 1999;282:1233.

*****Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National diabetes fact sheet: general information and national estimates on diabetes in the United States, 2007. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008.

******Ford ES, Bergmann MM, Kroger J, Schienkiewitz A, Weikert C, Boeing H. Healthy Living Is the Best Revenge. Findings From the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition–Potsdam Study. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(15):1355-1362

I'm confused. It seems that the info posted above is telling me that we need to eat more fruits and vegetables. Was there ever any argument about that?

Aren't we all here to learn to eat better and develop healthy habits? I just advocate developing healthy and sustainable eating habits for the long term to increase the chances of keeping the weight off for good. Instead of juicing an orange why not just eat one? Ah well, I guess some things are not for me to understand.

I have never eaten a beet in my life (though I have tried a bite here and there)...why? I don't like the texture of a beet. I have never eaten kale in my life (though I have tried a bite here and there) ...why? I don't like the texture....So I am missing out on certain nutrients that those veggies provide.

Imagine juicing - a beet, 2-3carrots, 1 red apple, 1 green apple, a bunch of kale, 3 leaves of bok choy, 2 cucumbers, cherries, 2 oranges and blueberries...all of that in 1 glass (or 2-3 as that's a big juice) and you drink that twice a day. There is no way that I would actually eat that many veggies in a day. The amount of micronutrients that I am consuming is astronomical. And I am getting that all in one sitting.

Could I eat all that...maybe. Would I eat all that...nope.

Fruits and veggies are great in their natural state. Most people cover their veggies in something, cheese, sauce, ranch...something. Fruit is mixed with whipped cream or yogurt. Juicing them gets the micronutrients into my system much faster.