What Is Juice Fasting?

Fasting means to abstain from certain types of food or drink. Juice fasting is a particular type of fasting during which a person consumes only fruit and or vegetable juices. A good masticating or wheatgrass juicer is an excellent appliance to use to create varied home made juices for a fast. Fasting provides many healthy physical benefits including:

■Detoxification

■Weight loss

■Increased energy

■Lowered blood pressure and cholesterol, and

■An improved immune system

A juice fast is an excellent way to achieve the above physical benefits. Most people know that fruits and vegetables are loaded with various antioxidants and phytonutrients including vitamins C, E, beta carotene and other enzymes. A concentrated juice fast will provide an ample supply of antioxidants that will bind to toxins, free radicals and oxidized cells and carry these internal poisons out of your body. In particular fasting with vegetable juice is a great way to cleanse your internal organs, tissues and cells.

Juice is obviously highly and easily digestible. The carbohydrates in juice are digested rapidly and require only a small amount of digestive energy, leaving you feeling refreshed and not sluggish. Without solid food, your body will look for other sources of fuel including excess glucose and fat cells, ultimately reducing body weight.

Organic fruits and vegetables are best to use when juice fasting as these foods are grown without the use of pesticides or other chemicals. Great foods to juice for a healthy, cleansing fast include: beets, carrots, celery, cucumber, collard greens, garlic, ginger, grapefruit, lemon, lime, sprouts, wheatgrass, kale, parsley, lettuce and apples.

Some people like to include some fiber in their home made juice, like psyllium or flax, to maintain good waste removal. Psyllium is not absorbed by the body, increases in volume when mixed with water, and thus can help aid intestine cleansing.

By: Juicers Compare