Juice Fasting

Jazz It Up With Juice Fasting!

In very extreme fasting, no food or drink is ingested. However, today we see many types of fasts. You have a rather stringent one in the water fasts and the slightly more reasonable juice fasting.

What this really means is that you give your body a holiday from digesting solid food. Juices are really much easier for the body to handle so you free it from a focus on digestion to other duties and chores in the body.

What comes within the ambit of juice fasting?

Well, in the broad context, it includes juices of fruits and vegetables as well as herbal teas. What juice fasting basically seeks to achieve is to eliminate the toxins in the body so you feel fitter, lighter, healthier and more energetic.

Different people react differently to juice fasting. For some, it feels great almost immediately. For others, they might experience a slight headache or just a feeling of sickness. This usually signals the toxins in the body making their way out. The good news is that in a day or two, everything feels great.

One just needs to stick to it and see it through. It is worth giving the body a rest from its digestive responsibilities and leave it free to heal and restore the body. It really is so much easier for the body to process and absorb the nutrients in juices.

There are a few ground rules that you can follow. Do remember to treat your body to fresh juices. The live enzymes in them perk up the body and the packet variety with the preservatives and heat treatments just can’t compare. Remember that the days of fasting – whether 2, 3 or 5 – are the days when you need to take your fruits and vegetables in juice form. On other days, do take your fruits and vegetables in their natural form as well because your body needs the fiber in them.

Weight loss with juice fasting?

One great side effect is the fact that you lose weight. No, this is not water loss from your body – you’re drinking all those liquids, remember?

With the body breaking down the fat in the body and washing out the toxins, the weight goes down as well. The great thing is that it is not an unnatural weight loss, just a healthy one.

How often do you need to go on a juice fast to keep healthy?

Well, you could start off with one day and then go on to 3 or if you can, 5 days a month. Once you start feeling fit, a day a week is probably good enough maintenance. What will surprise you is the fact that you suddenly feel your mood lifting as well. One of the great side effects of good health is good humor. So if you find yourself humming a tune and waking with a lighter step, you know why!