What is Super Juicing?
Super juicing, or also called juice
feasting, is the practice of consuming or "feasting" on large quantities
of juice from fresh, raw, organic
fruits and vegetables over a period of time to cleanse and detox the body.
This can either involve making straight green juice or concocting your own rainbow of juice blends, choosing from the plethora of tree ripened fruits and veggies.
The nutritious, colorful super liquid that results from pressing these whole juicy foods through a juicer
can offer a tasty way to take a break from solid foods and facilitate the body to do what it does best - clean and heal itself!
Consuming only juice
for a period of time frees up the digestive system. This allows it to
focus on cleansing actions that carry out toxins as well as remove any
backup of waste material that can overload the colon and the liver.
This is especially the case for longer periods of juice fasting, but even just a one day juice fast can work wonders, allowing the cells to do some internal house cleaning!
Benefits of Juicing
Achieving Your Natural Body Weight
Many people experience the feeling of being completely
satisfied drinking only living juice for many days in a row. The reason for this is
because the
body is receiving a concentrated amount of liquid nutrients that give
you a feeling of fullness. In addition, you are being nutritionally satisfied with
an abundance of vitamins and minerals.
This is why juicing for weight loss
can be an effective and fast way to retain your "natural body weight"
because, after an initial cleansing period, you feel full and nourished
when you drink a quart or less of juice.
Moreover, the juice fasting process helps to reset the taste buds so simple whole
foods start to taste good again. This helps to eliminate cravings for
unhealthy foods and breaks the cycle of bad eating habits that can lead
to weight gain issues.
Detoxification Process and Digestive Vacation
Raw fresh juice is pure, concentrated, living liquid food, minus the
fiber content and offers a mini vacation for your digestive tract.
Juices give the digestive system
a chance to rest, providing cleansing actions necessary to carry out
unwanted pollutants that clog the body and affect nutrient absorption
levels.
Many toxic residues can remain trapped in the body for years
causing
disease and numerous health problems. Super juicing and fasting gives
the body a chance to release these harmful poisons that may be affecting
your energy levels and overall health in ways you may not realize.
We
highly recommend juice fasting for anyone wanting to "push the reset
button" to clear and purify the body of any toxic residue left behind
from the:
- leaching of plastic residues
- heavy metal toxicity
- pollutants in our atmosphere
- pesticide and herbicide sprays
- effects of prescription drugs or other medications
- water contamination
Top Super Juicing Benefits
1) Alkalizes the Body - balances colon pH and enhances mental alertness.
2) Eliminates Toxins - through the process of diffusion, carries toxic waste out of the body.
3) Boosts Immune Reponse - through cleansing actions and powerful antioxidant-rich nutrients.
4) Energizing to System - super charges the cells with high quality mineral-rich liquid.
5) Contains Structured Water - allows for increased hydration on a deep level.
6) Good for Weight Loss - reduces excess weight and the fat that stores toxic waste material.
7) Replenishes Enzyme Activity - enzymes from juices help to efficiently break down excess waste material trapped in the intestinal tract.
8) Good for Weight Gain - helps to cleanse the body and allows for greater nutrient and protein assimilation for building muscle mass.
How to Start Juicing
Gentle Juice Cleansing
Try some of our juice cleansing alternatives that offer different dietary combinations to go along with your daily juicing regime.
An easy way to begin is to start juicing your own raw, organic
vegetables for the first meal/drink of the day. Just by integrating
fresh living juices into your daily regime, you will add potent
nutrition and minerals that your body needs to cleanse and rebuild depleted cells.
After you get accustom to juicing, you might want to try a short
or long juice fast to promote deeper cleansing of the colon and liver.
Depending on your unique situation, sometimes pure water fasting might be appropriate after a period of juice only fasting.
How to Make Your Juices
The process of juicing is achieved by pressing vegetables and fruits
through a juicer. There are many types of juicers out there.
Some are fast and easy to use, juicing whole apples and carrots, while
others press the juices slowly to extract more liquid and reduce the
rate of oxidation.
Our personal favorite is the
Green Star juicer and is the one we recommend for getting the
most phyto-nutrients out of your juice. It even juices wheatgrass and is especially great for juicing green leafy vegetables (hence the name).
Juicing Without a Juicer
If you don't happen to have a juicer, and don't want to buy one, there
is another alternative using a blender and nut milk bag. This involves
blending your chopped raw veggies and fruits and pouring the mix through
a bag or fine mesh strainer to filter out the fibrous material, so you
end up with just juice.
Juicing Recipes
Juicing can not only be a fun and easy way to provide extra
vitamins, minerals and enzymes, but there are many juice recipe
combination's that also taste amazing!
Here are some basic juicing recipes to get you started making your own
fresh, raw, organic rainbow of juice blends that will add vibrancy and color your life, inside and out!
Blast through mucus and congestion with the famous lemon ginger green juice blast or try our tasty beet juice recipe.
You can stir in the chlorophyll
rich algaes with your juice for a great way to increase the removal
heavy metals from the body. This may include chlorella, blue green algae or marine phytoplankton.
Super Juicing Wild Edible Greens and Sprouts
Don't forget... you can also add
wild edible greens,
like purslane, miners lettuce or chickweed as well as sprouts to your juicing concoctions. This is a great way to add some wild nutrition to your diet in addition to spice and flavor.
Juice Fasting Programs and Centers
It is important to always seek the advice of your medical doctor,
before deciding to do any kind of cleansing program, especially if you
have major health issues.
There are a number of juice fasting
centers around the world that can help facilitate your fasting journey,
some of which are specifically designed to provide a supportive,
nurturing environment for the healing of chronic diseases and serious
illness.
These are our top 3 favorites, but there are many others.
1) Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center
Tree of Life offers a variety of different self improvement retreats
and green juice fasting programs. Gabriel Cousins, founder of the
center, is author of the book "There Is A Cure For Diabetes" and has done extensive research in this field, offering specific programs for reversing diabetes naturally. More here
2) True North Health Center
The center provides medical supervised fasting for all conditions and
states of health with a trained team of doctors who specialize in water-only fasting. They offer medical and
chiropractic services, psychotherapy and
counseling, massage and body work. They are VERY affordable and committed to making health available
to all with great prices and room rates. More here.
3) Hippocrates Health Institute
The Hippocrates Health
Institute has been the preeminent leader in the
field of natural and complementary health care and education since
1956. The Hippocrates Life Change Program is a renowned residential
program
that runs weekly every Sunday through Saturday throughout the year. The
entire program is three weeks; however one can stay for as
little as one week. More here.
“Fasting is the greatest remedy, the physician within.” Paracelsus
Historical Use of Fasting
The "miracle" of fasting has been proven throughout history to be an effective way to promote physical, mental and spiritual rejuvenation.
When the great city of Alexandria, Egypt was the educational center of the world, people had to fast for 40 days before they could enter and study with the masters of that time.
Jesus fasted for 40 days, and his disciples also took long fasts.
"All of history’s great spiritual teachers have had great confidence in the power of fasting, not only to improve the physical body, but to promote a keener spiritual understanding of the divine power that is above us and within us. Your mental power increases! Prove it to yourself. See how much sharper and more alert your mind becomes after a fast." P Bragg
The "miracle" of fasting has been proven throughout history to be an effective way to promote physical, mental and spiritual rejuvenation.
When the great city of Alexandria, Egypt was the educational center of the world, people had to fast for 40 days before they could enter and study with the masters of that time.
Jesus fasted for 40 days, and his disciples also took long fasts.
"All of history’s great spiritual teachers have had great confidence in the power of fasting, not only to improve the physical body, but to promote a keener spiritual understanding of the divine power that is above us and within us. Your mental power increases! Prove it to yourself. See how much sharper and more alert your mind becomes after a fast." P Bragg
Enjoy a fun, colorful and delicious way to
achieve a "natural energy high" that will make you feel Alive, Renewed,
Clear and Happy!
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