Has anyone gone on a Juice Fast?

i love my juicer too - beats the horrible liquids found in the grocer posing as ' juice'.

Dieting, detoxing, etc. with juice fasting is still a fad way to "get healthy" and "lose weight". Fads don't work. Buck up. Lose weight by calorie deficit and exercise.


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Yeah, fasting has been a fad, for, oh, 4000 years or so..... Fads don't work after all. Calorie in Calorie out is a pretty big fad too, yet people seem to love it still.

Not only that but you have to supplement your diet with fiber because you will not get an adequate amount of fiber from the juice.

Do your research before you jump on the "Juice Fast Wagon". I personally prefer to eat my foods.

I posted this topic to hear from people who have knowlege towards this subject matter.

Fiber was a concern of mine as well. I am also concerned about no protein. I thought protein was very important for your body.

Don't listen to misinformed ideas about protein and fiber. Vegetable juices can be full of protein (especially broccoli) and soluble fiber. Think 5-10 g protein and 5-20 g fiber per cup if you choose wisely. The only thing left in the pulp is insoluble fiber. If you are really concerned about this, you can blend instead of juice. I tried a 3 day fast to cure insatiable sugar cravings (though even vegetable juices have ample sugar). It did work in the short term, though one cookie weeks later and I was off the wagon. So I sort of concluded that fasts were not beneficial. However, I do think adding fresh vegetable juices to a healthy diet can be beneficial, as you are consuming more vitamins in that juice than can normally be eaten in whole food. That may not be necessary if you aren't vitamin deficient, though I can add that I have far more energy when I drink vegetable juice regularly.

I generally support sporadic, planned, short term fasts. I don't believe any of the talk about "toxins."

Dieting, detoxing, etc. with juice fasting is still a fad way to "get healthy" and "lose weight". Fads don't work. Buck up. Lose weight by calorie deficit and exercise.


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I am losing weight right now by my calorie deficit and exercise!
I am not looking for a fast and unhealthy way to lose more weight, I am done with FAD DIETS! They do not work, you lose the weight and usually gain it back and then some once it is over. I am looking into juicing as a healthy way to cleanse your body and was hoping to find others out there whom have done it so that they could share their experience, but thanks for your comment.

You did see the comment I made on "detoxing" in the post? Your body cleanses itself. If you're juicing because it's easier for you to drink your fruit than eat it, then that would be a legitimate reason for doing it.

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IMHO, I hink juice fasting is bad for you. I will not fast. Fasting early in my life started me on this cycle of not eating for three days and then going on binges because I was starving. Just sayin'

I have high cholesterol and I am hoping this will help me bring my levels down. I want to be medicine free; I hear taking Lipitor long term is not a good thing!

Thanks for sharing!

Eating less saturated fat is the usual advice then.

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how do u like your ninja? pros cons? thinking of buying one!

I think that whole smoothies with the raw fibers are so much healthier for long term use. And if you are going to do a cleanse, you really need one that hits all of the areas of cleaning you out internally. Mitochondria are the part of your cells responsible for utilizing energy. Their actions are connected to all your metabolic functions. Hence, it is very important to keep them in optimum condition. As your body becomes exposed to toxins, pollutants and chemicals, free radicals emerge, damaging your cells and disrupting your mitochondrion’s operations.

If this disruption continues, damage to the mitochondria can lead to:

Insulin resistance
Decreased threshold for exercise
Inability to utilize carbs and fats for energy production
Accelerated aging process

I recommend a natural cleanse with the changing seasons throughout the year to reduce the toxins, Even if you are eating well, you are exposed to toxins, and that actually causes inflammation because you body stores more fat, to have more storage space for the increased toxins. Excess fat is known to be associated with disease, but now, researchers have confirmed that fat cells inside the abdomen are secreting molecules that increase inflammation. It’s the first evidence of a potential mechanistic link between abdominal fat and systemic inflammation. http://youtu.be/1ajOe8TgQEM

Its a refeshing way to re-synch your body mind connection. And maintain health and weight.
There are juice cleanse retreats that make it easier or juice cleanses that can be ordered and delivered to make it easy to do at home. I made some of Joe Crosses juices during the filming of Fat Sick...

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30 day juice fast and the best part of the fast was resetting my food impulses, dropping cafeine, and getting tons more green vegetables in my system.I did lose 15 pounds on the fast and went on to lose 25 more. the juice fast is really more of a reboot...getting your systemcand your cravings in line so you want healthy foods... when you stray and go to pizza land it's attest way to get back on track.pp

Okay, I am sitting here reading all of these posts and I just have to put my two cents in. I did a 21 day juice fast and I lost 50lbs. I gained 10 back (refilling my bowel + a couple of lbs of fat) and that was 6 MONTHS AGO! You can definitely lose weight and keep it off with a juice fast. The question of what toxins are being released has come up and there have been some snobby replies, so let me tell you exactly what you are doing on a juice fast...
You juice raw fruits and vegetables which takes the micro nutrient juices out of the fruits and veggies. When you drink the juice you are streamlining your body with fresh, quality nutrients from 100% raw and natural sources. You let your bowel have a rest from digestion and it will clean itself out of all of the waste that has been clinging to the walls of your bowel and colon. In the meantime, your body if flushing out toxins! Yes, it does happen through the liver and kidneys but you also clean out every single cell in your body. When you eat processed food, it is exactly that: processed. Preservatives and chemicals are added to the convenience foods that we eat every day to make them last longer when they are sitting on your shelf at the store or in your home. These chemicals and preservatives are absorbed into our bodies with the "nutrients" from the processed food that we eat and in turn, they are absorbed into the cells of our bodies. When you are juice fasting the pure, un-treated, natural nutrients gets absorbed into your cells and it cleanses them of the toxins and chemicals that they have been storing. It still processes out through the liver and kidneys and if you do a long enough fast (recommended 60 days) you give your body a chance to not only clean out it's cells, but to rewire your taste buds and eating habits. You will no longer crave a double cheeseburger and fries, instead you will want a spinach salad and maybe an orange for dessert! Yes, it is hard at first, but that is because you have been stuffing your body full of addicting junk for years, and it is going to protest.
You will get headaches, feel fatigued and have hunger pangs for 3-7 days, but you will not fell weak, light headed, shaky, have blurred vision or any other of the TRUE symptoms of hunger because your body is still receiving all of the nutrition that it needs! If you don't believe me, then just think logically about how it is that our ancestors survived without processed foods (they still preserved meats with dehydration and salt) : they ate fruits and vegetables foraged from the earth. It is healthy, natural, and it makes you feel like a million bucks. You get a steady flow of energy, happiness and an honest sense of well being because you body is balanced and functioning the way that it should be.
I gained a lot of weight with my pregnancy and I am still working on losing the rest of it, as a matter of fact I am on another juice fast right now and I feel FANTASTIC.

Okay, I am sitting here reading all of these posts and I just have to put my two cents in. I did a 21 day juice fast and I lost 50lbs. I gained 10 back (refilling my bowel + a couple of lbs of fat) and that was 6 MONTHS AGO! You can definitely lose weight and keep it off with a juice fast. The question of what toxins are being released has come up and there have been some snobby replies, so let me tell you exactly what you are doing on a juice fast...
You juice raw fruits and vegetables which takes the micro nutrient juices out of the fruits and veggies. When you drink the juice you are streamlining your body with fresh, quality nutrients from 100% raw and natural sources. You let your bowel have a rest from digestion and it will clean itself out of all of the waste that has been clinging to the walls of your bowel and colon. In the meantime, your body if flushing out toxins! Yes, it does happen through the liver and kidneys but you also clean out every single cell in your body. When you eat processed food, it is exactly that: processed. Preservatives and chemicals are added to the convenience foods that we eat every day to make them last longer when they are sitting on your shelf at the store or in your home. These chemicals and preservatives are absorbed into our bodies with the "nutrients" from the processed food that we eat and in turn, they are absorbed into the cells of our bodies. When you are juice fasting the pure, un-treated, natural nutrients gets absorbed into your cells and it cleanses them of the toxins and chemicals that they have been storing. It still processes out through the liver and kidneys and if you do a long enough fast (recommended 60 days) you give your body a chance to not only clean out it's cells, but to rewire your taste buds and eating habits. You will no longer crave a double cheeseburger and fries, instead you will want a spinach salad and maybe an orange for dessert! Yes, it is hard at first, but that is because you have been stuffing your body full of addicting junk for years, and it is going to protest.
You will get headaches, feel fatigued and have hunger pangs for 3-7 days, but you will not fell weak, light headed, shaky, have blurred vision or any other of the TRUE symptoms of hunger because your body is still receiving all of the nutrition that it needs! If you don't believe me, then just think logically about how it is that our ancestors survived without processed foods (they still preserved meats with dehydration and salt) : they ate fruits and vegetables foraged from the earth. It is healthy, natural, and it makes you feel like a million bucks. You get a steady flow of energy, happiness and an honest sense of well being because you body is balanced and functioning the way that it should be.
I gained a lot of weight with my pregnancy and I am still working on losing the rest of it, as a matter of fact I am on another juice fast right now and I feel FANTASTIC.

What a load of unsubstantiated codswallop.