Juice Fasting

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Juice Fasting - Juice Fasting for Quick Weight Loss, Healing & Detoxification - Purify Your Mind, Body & Spirit ...

Greetings and welcome to the juice fasting page. Here I'm going to give an introduction to this discipline and talk a little about my own fasting path, the benefits, the detox symptoms and ... for good measure ... I'll throw in some tips at the end to help begginers. Then we'll move on to fruit/vegetable detoxificationand the juicing process. The juice fasting series concludes with juice recipes which gives you fruit and vegetable mixtures that can help you get started right away.

This is the longest page of the juice fasting series. But take your time and read it. There's a lof of information that will help you. I made a lot of mistakes in my journey. I want to pass on TO YOU what I have learned in hopes that you too will experience the health beneifts I did. I'm not talking about anything mystical here either. I'm talking about weight loss and health improvement attained through commitment, desire and determination. I can babble for a thousand pages. Ultimately, IT IS UP TO YOU to put it into practice. So, whatever your excuses have been in the past - THROW THEM AWAY!It is time for you to lose weight and get healthy once and for all. Life is too short. You deserve it!

The point of these articles is to get you moving to DO IT. If you read these pages and do NOTHING, then nothing will happen. I'm sure you've heard it before: IF NOTHING HAPPENS, NOTHING HAPPENS. Why are you here? Is it because you are looking for ways to lose weight and improve the quality of your life? If so, then I tell you that juice fasting can help you acomplish both! Whatever your health/weight situation may be, there IS hope! But, again, you have to go FROM THINKING ABOUT IT TO ACTUALLY DOING IT. Hopefully through these chats we can motivate you into action. The potential is huge.

Weight Loss

Fasting with fruits and vegetables will help you lose weight fast. During the first seven days of juice fasting one can easily lose anywhere between 10-to-40 pounds. While a lot of that initial weight loss will be water weight, it is weight loss nonetheless. One heck of a good start. After seven days the weight loss gravitates from half-a-pound to one pound per day, depending on the level of activity and quantity of juice you drink (we'll talk more about this in a little while).

A 30-day juice fast can help one to lose 25-to-40 pounds. But there are some who lose much more. I have known people who do a 30-day juice fast and lose 60 pounds. One man I know juice fasted for 60 days and lost 110 pounds! The numbers will fluctuate depending on how your body is made. If you stick to the half-a-pound to one-pound-per-day figure, you will not be disappointed. Anything additional to that will be a bonus.

Detox Cleansing

Juice fasting also cleanses your body/digestive system of disease-causing toxins. Furthermore, the nutrients in fruits and vegetables have the capacity to boost your immune system and help your body fight disease - in many cases relieving and even curing illness. You have absolutely nothing to lose but a LOT of health and vitality to gain. Millions can attest to this... and the numbers are growing every day. With the increasing cost of healthcare and medications - and with the surge in air, water and food-based toxins -, more and more people are looking for natural ways to prevent and treat disease. Juice fasting is, by far, one of the best ways to get started.

This process, however, does require some work. You will need to purchase the fruits and vegetables, wash, peel and prepare them for juicing - AND you will need to have agood juicer. The cleaning process can also be a little tedious since the pulp in fruits and veggies can make one heck of a mess. Are you willing to do that? Believe me, these are VERY minor inconveniences compared to the amazing health and quick weight loss benefits juice fasting ALWAYS gives.

Juice Fasting Definition

Juice fasting, in a nutshell, is the substitution of solid food in favor of raw fruits and/or vegetables liquefied by hand or in a juicer. It is basically a liquid diet carried out for as little as 24 hours to as long as 100 days and beyond, depending on the purpose for which it is being done. I have heard of juice fasts going on for as long as a year for the healing of chronic ilness, although the people DID add these soy protein powder andliquid multivitamin supplements.

Juice fasting can also be done on a "per meal" basis. In other words, instead of having lunch a certain day, you prepare a glass of juice and substitute it for the meal. Once a week, twice weekly ... intermittent fasting by jucing three days a week and eating for four - these are all alternatives at your disposal. Whatever your schedule and availability, there is a juice fasting program that you can implement. There really are NO excuses. Whatever one is able to start with is fine. Even fasting one day per month is better than nothing.

Slow Down & Rejuvenate

In this fast-paced world in which we live, it is increasingly difficult to decelerate in order to learn, practice and carry out new ways to improve our lives. Fasting has been overlooked in the past even though it has the seed-promise of physical, mental and emotional health. In recent years, however, studieshave emerged which give it increased credibility. It has been found that abstaining from food for a given amount of time can actually improve overall health and wellbeing, as well as have marked anti-aging and life extension effects.

The ancients knew this ... and the modern world is catching on! I have a feeling that juice fasting and water fasting will continue to increase in popularity during the 21st century. Considering the billions of dollars that are spent annually in skin care, anti-aging and weight loss, it is important for you to realize that simply adopting a juice fasting lifestyle can help you to accomplish ALL of these benefits. In my opinion, fasting is definitely one of the cheapest and fastest ways to get there. Even if you are a skeptic; stick around! You may, after some further reading, decide to give it a shot.

Physical, Mental & Spiritual Healing

As we have mentioned in other parts of this site, almost all disease originates in the digestive tract. There are many holistic medicine enthusiasts and practitioners who would easily say the correct word is ALL ...period. The danger is greater for persons who are more than twenty pounds overweight and who eat poorly. Those who suffer from the heartbreaking cycle of binging eating disorder are especially vulverable. Juice fasting, whether with fruits, vegetables or a combination of both, is a powerhouse of healing and can notably improve these life-crippling conditions.

Juice fasting has the potential to heal the entire being: body, mind and spirit. When the body is detoxified, the mind becomes sharper. It is not uncommon for persons that juice regularly to report that they function better, think more clearly, have more energy and no longer are pressed-down by ongoing depression and anxiety. If you have been stricken by these types of paralyzing emotional foes, juice fasting can definitely help. When the mind is clearer, a person is able to focus his or her physical and mental resources with greater efficiency. The result is deeper wisdom and discernment. A person can often come to live in a "higher plane" of awareness just by being able to think more clearly.

When toxins are eliminated from the body through juice fasting or water fasting, the blood that flows through our veins is much cleaner and more powerful which, in turn, energizes the mind. It is truly amazing. I have seen people crippled by depression make dramtic recoveries through fasting. It is definitely a powerful start to the recovery process. None of us were born or came into this world to live our lives in obesity, toxicity, misery and depression, don't you think?

Lessons from a Cancer Patient

One of the biggest lessons in juice fasting I received was from a friend who was diagnosed with cancer and was fighting for her life. This amazing lady was the first to ever tell me that,Fasting gives your digestive system the opportunity of a lifetime - to rest and flourish again.

This precious friend inspired me through her strength-of-will and courage as she embarked in a prolonged period of juice fasting to fight the dreaded cancer. Chemotherapy was not treating her well. She knew there had to be an alternative. She devoured traditional and holistic medicine books, eventually arriving at a resource in which persons with chronic diseases said they had found relief and even healing through fasting.

She immediately began a weekly program of 24-hour juice fasting for several months. She would return to normal eating the following day, and fast again for one-day the same day the following week. Being very wise, she added more days later under her doctor's supervision until she actually carried an uninterrupted juice fast for 60 days. During the process, I could see her health and wellness coming back. She literally went from a bedridden dying person to one who could get up, cook and even walk her dog.

As the months went by, the color started coming back to her face until, two years later, she beat cancer altogether. She did this with both juice fasting AND chemotherapy. Still, towards the end of her treatment, the chemotherapy sessions were reduced because she was doing so much better. It was truly a miracle. What is the moral of this story? Simply this: JUICE FASTING HAS THE POWER TO HEAL DISEASE; THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! But please, let me emphasize that BY NO MEANS are we saying anyone should abandon medical treatment.

Juice fasting IN ADDITION to whatever else has been prescribed is the safest and most responsible way to go with any illness, especially one as deadly as cancer. Many do find, however, that after some time of fasting they are able to reduce and even eliminate harsher treatments. But that decision should be made by a physician in the light of test results. In short, there is a lot of hope. Whether you are ill, or simply wish to lose weight and get healthier, juice fasting is a powerful way to do it.

Tired & Sick

During the time my sick friend started fasting, I recall being physically and emotionally drained myself. My body was beat-up pretty bad from poor eating habits, a hormonal imbalance, lots of stress and difficult family/financial situations. It was bad. I had a hard time concentrating and started to have periods of insomnia. I was in deep emotional turmoil and my joints were stiff and achy. All told, I was exhausted and sick. Impressed by the miraculous results my friend got, I decided to learn more about the benefits of juice fasting. I made up my mind to start doing a juice fast at least once a week, increasing the number of days as my body grew accustomed. Little did I know that I was about to embark in the journey of a lifetime, much of which culminates in the pages you are now reading.

Fruits & Vegetables

When juice fasting, one consumes lots of fruits and vegetables in liquid form. So I went to the supermarket and bought my favorite ones, including apples, pears, cantaloupe, grapes, grapefruit, oranges and cabbage, collards, lettuce, wheat grass and watercress. This is a standard recipe with lots of nutritional potency that I always recommend. It is truly a detox and disease-killing powerhouse. I learned that the body needs one pound of uncooked vegetables per 50 pounds of weight.

Juicing makes this possible to achieve. Assimulation of nutrients is faster since the body does not have to separate the fiber. And above all, juice fasting gives the body very important nutrients called enzymes. Enzymes are essential for digestion and food absorption. They protect our cells from being damaged by the many toxins in food, air and water. Enzymes also produce energy and body tissue. Juice fasting is a raw food diet at its very finest. For a discussion on raw food diets, visit fruit fasting when you have a chance. Fruit fasting is another type of system that I used where one goes for 7-to-21 days eating only apples, pears and bananas.

Juice fasting really saved my life. It induced a real positive change in me - physically and mentally. The enzymes nourished me back to health and strengthened my embattled immune system. I was feeling better than ever and even looked younger. And it can do the same for you too!

Side Effects

Depending on how overweight and toxic you are, fasting side effects may include; skin eruptions and boils, dizziness and headaches. You may have bad breath, a metallic taste in your mouth and very strong body odor. Nausea, fever, weakness, irritability, diarrhea, vomiting, white paste-like film in the tongue, headaches and dizziness are all symptoms related to fasting and detoxification. Consult your physician before you start, even if you plan to only practice juice fasting once a week. People with serious health conditions, ulcers, diabetes hypoglycemia, liver and kidney diseases must not fast without direct and constant supervision by a qualified health care professional.

If you have not had a physical exam in some time, this is the time to do so, along with basic panel blood work. Those taking prescription medications, as well as women who are either pregnant or nursing, are encouraged to talk to their doctors BEFOREstarting any type of fasting program. This is not a speed race nor are we trying to break any world records. So DO IT, but be patient.

General Tips

The best way to prepare for juice fasting is to taper-off sugar, starches and greasy foods ONE WEEK before starting. Eat less. Don't overstuff yourself with food thinking that you are storing up to feel less hungry. You are not a bear going into hibernation. That is a no, no. It will not work. It will make you miserable later. Drink AT THE VERY LEAST half-a-gallon of water daily during this pre-fast period. Stay close to a toilet -especially if you NEVER have been much of a water drinker. Cut out steaks, pastries and anything with a high sugar or fat content. If you can eat mostly salads, steamed vegetables and lean poultry/fish for 7 days prior to fasting, the discomfort will be notably less. This is a golden nugget that I strongly advice you to follow.

During the fast, prepare juices made up of a COMBINATION raw vegetables and uncooked fruits, organic if your budget permits. If not, don't worry about it. Regular supermarket fruits and vegetables will do just fine. But I recommend that you combine them. Some people drink juice only from fruits. In my experience, this is not optimal because many fruits contain lots of sugar which can spike cravings and have an adverse effect on blood-sugar levels. Besides, vegetables have tons of nutrients that I don't want you to miss out on. So use BOTH juice and vegetables! If you shy away from veggies because you don't like their taste: GET OVER IT! Trust me: even if at first you don't like them, liquefied veggies will grow on you.

Of course, make sure you remove pits, tough fruit skins and, logically, citrus peels. I would be careful with grapefruit and citrus foods, unless you are specifically doing the Master Cleanser lemonade diet. You CAN use lemons and oranges ... but do it sparingly. Citrus fruits are very acidic and this may cause you intestinal discomfort.

I highly encourage you to add organic wheatgrass to the juice. Wheat grass is part of the cereal family which includes barley, oat and rye grass. It neutralizes acid production and contains large amounts of chlorophyll, very similar to the hemoglobin in your blood. Wheat grass helps to reduce food cravings. The grass can be bought fresh or in powder form. The organic type linked above is the one I prefer. I recommend you take 2 Oz. a day of wheat grass mixed with your juice.

As far as the actual portions of juice, I normally drink anywhere between 32 to 64 oz daily divided in 8 and 9-ounce portions. I drink five times a day, but you can drink more if you still feel hungry. I will go out on a limb and actually tell you to go ahead and drink as much as you want. If the hunger gets overwhelming, take a large swig of water. While I am fasting I normally drink up to one gallon of water per day - in addition to the actual juice. Visit Disease Resistant Superfoods.Com when you have a chance. It is an amazing resource for learning about vital nutrients and antioxidants. Moreover, Acai Natural Pain Free Health explores how adding some rare fruits to your diet can reduce inflammation and pain, improve recovery time after athletic activity and provide powerful nutrition.

Take it Slowly & Breathe

Bad nutrition, pollution, free radicals, stress, difficult life situations, etc - all produce toxic deposits in the blood stream. Nevertheless: There is hope. Move forward. You can cleanse through juice fasting and add many healthy years to your life. And do not forget to breathe, as breathing calms down hunger pains, detox symptoms and the volatile emotions that often surface while one is fasting.Check out the amazing bookFree Your Breath, Free Your Life for more on this crucial, life-giving topic. Ok: Let's go to Fruit-Vegetable Detoxification and continue our juice fast discussion.

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Skinny Girl Diet

Rules: * Eat as much fruit and vegetables as you want, without counting them as calories.

* Work out at least 30 minutes, 5x a week.

* any extra calories going over the limit MUST be burned off in cardio

Collection of juice fasting recipes

WARNING : Juice fasting may not be for everyone, if you start to feel unwell stop immediately. Consider seeing a doctor before you start a juice fast if you suffer from illness and DO NOT fast if you are pregnant or a child. Other then that there are many benefits from juice fasting, but just be careful.

Morning Sunshine Smoothie

• 2 large oranges
• 1 red grapefruit
• 6 frozen strawberries
• 1/2 banana

Squeeze the juice from the oranges and grapefruit. Put the juice in a blender and blend with the strawberries and banana.

Watermelon Dream Juice

• 2 cups cubed watermelon, cold
• 2 cups cubed cantaloupe, cold
• 1 inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled

Pass the ingredients through a juicer.

Strawberry Thirst Quencher Smoothie

• 1/2 cup frozen strawberries
• 1 cup orange juice
• 2 tsp. fresh squeezed lemon juice

Put ingredients in a blender.

Carrot Cleanser Juice

• 4 large carrots
• 1 stalk of celery
• 1 apple
• handful spinach
• juice from 1/2 lemon (optional)

Pass the ingredients through a blender.

(http://healthrecipes.com/juice_fasting.htm)

Jogger’s Paradise

3 oranges
2 hard pears
1 small yam

Here is a muscle-blasting, power-pushing juice recipe for joggers. Clean blood, clean muscles, and enzyme-rich, nutrient-packed, fuel make for intense aerobic activity. Try this juice out on a five-mile jog. Add a little crushed ice and let your taste buds sing. Sip slowly.

Flying Orange

2 pears
3 pink grapefruit
1 sweet potato

A delicious alcohol free party pleaser that will blow both socks off. Ask the host if you can take your juicer to the party. Enjoy an enzyme high without a nasty hangover.

Taste of Heaven

2 carrots
1 sweet potato
2 apples
thin slice of Spanish onion
pinch dulse powder

He renews our youth—to run and not grow weary. The Lord renews our strength so that we will mount up on wings like eagles. It’s time to let go and let God. To trust, and have hope. He is with you and will never forsake you. And joy shall flow from your heart, like a child.

Athlete’s Super Fuel

1/2 watermelon
1 lemon
5 oranges
1 can frozen pineapple concentrate

So you're just entered the iron man contest. Fixed and resolute, driven and focused, yet child-like and joyful. Strong, yet dependent on God.

Fantastic Fertility

3 hard pears
1 cantaloupe
1 sweet potato

A delightful surprise to both men and women is the increased vitality. Juicing cleanses all the organs nutritious juices. God created sex to be enjoyed, giving fulfillment to the sacred bond of marriage.

Citrus Slurp

1 grapefruit
1 orange

Citrus juice made from a hand citrus juicer and a centrifugal force juice extractor can be quite different. The electric juice extractor produces a thick frothy juice, which is more tart. The quality and the nutritional value of the two are similar so it is only a matter of preference. This is an awesome wake-up and is healthier than coffee. It may take a little more time to make, but you will gain time because of the sharp mind that you will have in whatever you do.

The Hyper House Cleaner

2 yams
1 beet
1 slice Spanish onion
2 lemons
1 celery
slice of ginger

So you're ready to clean house, To cut a trail through the kid's bedroom. Get ready for an aerobic house-cleaning workout.

Pineapple Piper

1 pineapple
1 sweet potato
4 oranges

As far as taste this has to be one of my favorites. Even the most skeptical taster will be won over by this sweet treat.

Race Runner

1 lemon
2 radish
1 beet
1 slice Spanish onion
2 sweet potato
1 celery
2 Tbs. cider vinegar

A sweet and zingy flavor. Choose raw cider vinegar with mother present. A great detoxifier.

Red Ice

1 beet
1 sweet potato
2 apples
1 lemon
1 tomato
thin slice of Spanish onion
1 garlic clove
1/2 can of frozen apple concentrate

Crush ice or blend with water till slush. Add juice and get ready to chill out. Cool down those forces of frustration. Be at peace in the storm. This drink is made to refresh your cells like the Spirit is made to refresh your soul. Sit back and consider your blessings. Look at what is with in. You are kind, loving, encouraging, full of hope and at peace. A sign that God is at work within.

The Pain Remover

1 lemon
1 orange
3 hard pears
3 apples

Bruises, aches and sprains can be irritated by a toxic bloodstream and a high-protein diet. But a low-protein, natural diet, lessens irritation and reduces inflammation. Not only does this juice taste delightful, it assists in the healing process. Adam and Eve never woke up stiff with arthritis. Perfect food sustaining perfect bodies. It is our heritage to be healthy and pain free.

The Brain Stimulator

1 oranges
1 hard pears
1 yam
1 grapefruit
1 apple

Scientists have determined that we use only 10 percent of the brain. Living on coffee and donuts reduces that percentage to 2 percent. Here is a juice to stimulate all of that unused percentage back into activity. For this juice to be effective, you need a five-day juice fast to clear the coffee, donut and junk food residues out of the bloodstream. Once clear, this wide-spectrum, nutrient-rich juice will stir the brain into super-activity. Better memory, sharper thinking and good study techniques are the tools for great marks. No more morning brain fog. Now you can leap out of bed to study while brushing your teeth and preparing for the day.

Super Duper Spicy Tomato

3 ripe tomatoes
1/2 green or red pepper
1 celery stock
1 apple
1 Tbs. Good Tasting Yeast
1/2 tsp. onion powder
1/2 Tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. Worcestershire
pinch of freshly ground black pepper
3 drops Louisiana Hot Sauce (optional for the real man)

Do you enjoy bungi jumping? How about sky diving? If you have an adventurous personality, then this is the perfect juice for you. When you are fasting, drinking this juice may make you feel like you have just eaten a large pizza. If you are on a cleansing fast, eliminate the good tasting yeast.

Fabulous Fennel

1 fennel bulb
1/2 beet with greens
2 apples

If you enjoy the taste of licorice, you will love fennel. This unusual vegetable looks like fat celery with feathers. Fennel helps your eyes to increase in sensitivity, overcoming night blindness. Some have found fennel juice good for relieving migraine headaches.

Garlic Breath Delight

2 tomatoes
2 apples
1 clove of garlic
sprig of parsley

This bacteria buster means business. Garlic reduces blood pressure, helps with the problem of blood clotting, lowering the LDL which increases bad cholesterol. Garlic boosts the immune system and encourages the recovery of heart attack victims. Garlic contains allicin which inhibits bacterial growth and fungus, helping with yeast over-growths, and useful in treating candida. Garlic increases the flow of digestive enzymes and encourages detoxification through the skin. The addition of parsley helps in combating the unpleasant odor of garlic. This juice is worth losing a few friends over.

The Cancer Killer

1 beet
1 carrot
1 celery stick
1/2 potato
1 radish

Rudolf Breuss's, anticancer mixture has helped thousands of suffering people. This juice blend, during fasting, exerts a death blow on cancer. This was attested by over 24,000 patients who wrote him describing relief from their diseases. His patients were given small amounts of this juice over 42 days. A tea composed of nettle, St. John's wart, marigold, artemisi and monarda was also given. By "starving out" the cancer, Rudolf Breuss reported a 96% success rate for the thousands of patients he treated over 30 years of practice. (Rudolf Breuss died in 1989 at 93 years of age.)

Its composition is: 55% beet root, 20% celery root, 20% carrot, 3% potato, 2% radish.

Apple-berry Better Bladder

2 apples
1 1/4 cups of cranberries

Cranberry juice is a powerful healing tonic, filled with quinine which changes to hippuric acid in the liver. Hippuric acid is able to assist in the removal of purines, uric acid, urea and toxic build-up in the prostate gland, testicles, kidneys and bladder. An excellent preventative juice for North American men who are battling the increased risk of prostate cancer. It is a wonderful defense against yeast infections for women. Cut apples into wedges, seeds and all.

The Niagara Falls Cleanser

1 wedge watermelon
1/2 lb. red grapes

Watermelon rind has chlorophyll, vitamin A, protein, potassium, zinc, iodine, nucleic acids and enzymes which aid digestion. Ninety-five percent of the nutritional content in watermelon is in the rind. The seeds may be a little noisy but are harmless to the juicer.

You may be curious about the name. When you put a sloppy wet piece of watermelon in the juicer it comes out like Niagara Falls. Because watermelon is a great diuretic, your kidneys and bladder will experience a honeymoon of youthful health.

If you are short on money, watermelon juice is the ticket. You can add just about anything to watermelon juice, so again, we encourage you to have some fun.

Tom's Favorite

one cantaloupe
5 ice cubes
2 Tbs. of Sucanat
dash of cinnamon

Juice the cantaloupe and blend with Sucanat, cinnamon and ice cubes.

This juice recipe has become our favorite drink. Stunningly refreshing and full of flavor. Has more than 15,000 I.U. of vitamin A and over three times the vitamin C content of an apple. It also contains myoinositol, a lipid which helps with anxiety, insomnia and in battling hardening of the arteries. It also contains the greatest amount of digestive enzymes. Melons are recommended by the American Cancer Society as powerful agents in the fight against intestinal and skin cancer. Cantaloupe contains approximately 100 calories, yet it is dense in nutrients. This makes melon a perfect food for healing and weight loss. Delicious, filling and low in calories.

(http://www.freedomyou.com/fasting_book/juice%20recipes.htm)

Recipe 1: Vegetable Juice Combo

2 Swiss chard leaves

1/2 beetroot

2 or 3 sprigs of watercress

3 carrots

1 celery stalk

Wash with filtered or distilled water, cut and put in juicer.

Recipe 2: Carrot-Apple Juice

2-3 Green Apples

1 carrot

Fresh basil leaves

Wash with filtered or distilled water, cut and put in juicer.

Recipe 3: Carrot-Vegetable Juice

A handful of dandelion leaves

1 kale leaf

4 carrots

Fresh mint, basil or coriander leaves

Wash with filtered or distilled water, cut and put in juicer.

Recipe 4: Peach Juice

2 or 3 peaches

Wash with filtered or distilled water, cut and put in juicer.

(http://worldvillage.com/juice-fasting-recipes-for-your-detox-diet)

Juice Fasting Recipe #1: Apple and Celery
Blend two apples that are seeded with 2 stalks of celery in a juicer. Add ¼ of a lemon and some ice for your apple-celery juice.

Juice Fasting Recipe #2: Vegetable Juice
Wash two Swiss chard leaves, 1/2 beetroot, 3 sprigs of watercress, 3 carrots and 1 celery stalk in filtered water. Cut the vegetables and put it in a juicer for the vegetable juice combo.

Juice Fasting Recipe #3: Papaya Juice
Add one papaya, which is peeled and the seeds removed with ¼ inch of sliced and peeled fresh ginger and the juice of 1 lime wedge. Blend this mixture for extracting a healthy papaya juice.

Juice Fasting Recipe #4: Cherry-Grape Juice
One cup of cherries and a bunch of grapes and 1 lemon wedge with outer colored part removed is put in a juicer and blended to extract the cherry-grape juice.

Juice Fasting Recipe #5: Tomato Juice
Blend a mix of two medium sized tomatoes with ½ red bell pepper. Add small amounts of onion or garlic cloves and one piece of carrot or one stalk of celery.

Juice Fasting Recipe #6: Beet Juice
Put one beet and two stalks of celery with 2 kale leaves in a juicer and mix. You can also add in one piece of carrot if you like.

Juice Fasting Recipe #7: Peach Juice
Put two to three peaches, which have been washed and cut into a juicer and blend to get a yummy peach juice.

It should be remembered that while juice fasting is a great way to detoxify your body , it does have its side effects. There are many imminent problems such as headache, fatigue, skin odor, and skin eruptions associated with a juice diet. However, remember that these are temporary lasting from a couple of days to 2 weeks and are signs that the healing process is taking place within your body. While fasting juice recipes allow you to lose a pound every day safely and effectively while supercharging your energy and building strength unlike the other weight loss programs. So incorporate these juice fasting recipes for removing the harmful toxins that have been weighing you down and restoring your natural vitality!

(http://www.buzzle.com/articles/juice-fasting-recipes.html)

There are heaps of recipes out there, here are just a few sample one, I have not yet tried any as I don't have a blender or juicer but I shall buy one next time I get paid.

New websites

So heres an idea for everyone willing to try, juice fastinghttp://healthrecipes.com/juice_fasting.htm apparently you can lose 30 - 40 lbs (13-18 kgs) in about 30 days.

Also a blog im currently addicted to is http://thinsins.tumblr.com

Books

Here are some books about EDs, people with them and people with loved ones with Eds.

I have researched them and marked the ED and whether the books are fiction or non-fiction, I haven't read any though so don't blame me if any of the points are wrong

The list is color coded so you can just scroll down to find stuff (Ana) (Mia) (Non-fiction) (Fiction)

Angel Mommy: A Story of a Bulimic Mother by Linda Krikorian (Mia)
A Dance of Sisters by Tracey Porter
A Little Stranger by Candia McWilliam
California Diaries #8, Maggie: By Ann M. Martin (Ana) (Fiction)
Diary of an anorexic girl: By Morgan Menzie (Ana) (Fiction)
Eli's Wings: By Elizabeth Best (Ana)
Girls under pressure by Jacqueline Wilson (dieting) (Fiction)
Hunger Point: A Novel by Jillian Medoff (Ana) (Fiction)
I am an artichoke by Lucy Frank (Ana) (Fiction)
Keeping the moon by Sarah Dessen (Fiction)
Kim: Empty Inside: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager by Beatrice Sparks (Mia) (Ana) (Fiction)
Leaving Jetty Road by Rebecca Burton (Ana) (Fiction)
Life in the fat lane by Cherie Bennett (Fiction)
Life-Size by Jenefer Shute (Ana) (Fiction)
Mates, dates, and chocolate cheats by Cathy Hopkins (Pretty much a wanna) (Fiction)
More than you can chew by Marnelle Tokio (Ana) (Fiction)
My Sister's Bones by Cathi Hanauer (Ana) (Fiction)
Perfect by Natasha Friend (Mia) (Fiction)
Sarah Eile by Aled Islwyn (Ana) (Fiction)
Second Star to the Right by Deborah Hautzig (Ana) (Fiction)
Skin by Adrienne Maria Vrettos (Ana) (Fiction)
Skinny by Ibi Kaslik (Ana) (Fiction)
Staying fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher (sounds really good, its about 2 friends who became friends because one was fat and one was a burn victim so they both had 'ugly' features he becomes athletic and trys to stay fat to keep a similarity with her) (Fiction)
Stick Figure by Lori Gottlieb (Ana) (Non-fiction, with a bit of Fiction)
Target by Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson (Ana) (Fiction)
That's What Friends Are for: A Novel by Joni Hilton (Ana) (Fiction)
The Best Little Girl in the World by Steven Levenkron (Ana) (Fiction)
The Bigger Book of Lydia by Margaret Willey (Ana) (Fiction)
The grooming of Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Fiction)
The Happy Room by Catherine Palmer (Ana) (Fiction)
The Hanged Man by Francesca Lia Block (Ana) (Fiction)
The Passion of Alice by Stephanie Grant (Ana) (Fiction)
To die for: By Carol Lee (Ana) (Non-fiction)
Wasted : A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia by Marya Hornbacher (Ana and Mia) (Non-fiction)
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (Ana) (Fiction)

there is more here (http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2140.YA_Eating_Disorder_Fiction)

Bronte's Story: By Bronte Cullis ~ This is actually a quite famous story, and very good also, though a main bit of it is foccased on her recovery. You can visit the Bronte Foundation Website by clicking here: http://www.thebrontefoundation.com
A Journey Shared: By Jan Cullis ~ This is the book written by Bronte's mum.

Neg cals and laxatives

I got this of an ana buddy and its so helpful

A
applesapricots, artichokes, asparagus

B
beet greens, beets, blackberries, blueberries, broccoli(raw), Brussels sprouts, buffalo fish (cooked in no oils/fats/salts etc)

C
cabbage (raw or cooked in no oils/fats/salts etc), cantaloupe, carrots (raw), cauliflower (raw), celeriac, celery (raw), cherries, chervil, chicory, Chinese cabbage, chives, clams (boiled /w no salts, sauces, fats, etc.), cod, corn, crabs (natural cooking, never eat fish raw, exception of sushi), cranberries, cucumbers (raw), currants

D
Damson plum, dandelion, greens

E
eggplant, endive

F
flounder, frogs legs
G
garlic, grapefruit, grapes, green beans (raw or cooked /w no butter or salt)

H
honeydew, huckleberries

I
none yet

J
none yet

K
kale, kohlrabi, kumquats

L
leeks, lemons, lettuce (raw), limes, lobster, loganberries

M
mangoes, mushrooms (be careful eating these raw), muskmelons, mussels (also be careful if you decide to eat these raw, cook /w no butter, sauces, fats, etc), mustard greens

N
nectarines,
O
okra, onions, oranges, oysters (also be careful if you decide to eat these raw, cook /w no butter, sauces, fats, etc)

P
papaya, parsley, leaves, parsnips, peach, pears, peas (raw is better), peppers, pineapple, pomegranates, prunes, pumpkin

Q
quince (better than rice cal. wise)

R
radishes, raspberries, red cabbage, rhubarb, rutabagas

S
sauerkraut, scallions, sea bass (try not to eat too much raw seafood), shrimps, sorrel, spinach, squash, steaks, strawberries (not too many, a serving of about 5 or 6), string beans
T
tangerines, terrapin, tomato (RAW), turnips

U
none yet

V
none yet

W
watercress

X
none yet

Y
none yet

Z
none yet
also, purging/binging/using laxatives isnt really healthy. i mean, there are safe ways to do it.i try to. i mostly try to avoid binging/purging/laxatives all together, but this is a list of natural laxatives and such, tips on it, etc.

Foods - The following are foods that are natural laxatives. Not all of the foods listed help everyone. Every body is different. If you are allergic to any of the foods listed, then do not eat them:

* Almonds
* Aloe Vera
* Apples/Apple Juice
* Dried apricots
* Bananas
* Basil
* Beets
* Carob
* Celery
* Chicory
* Coconut
* Coffee
* Dandelion
* Dates
* Endive
* Fenugreek
* Figs
* Flaxseed
* Grapes
* Kale
* Liquorice
* Mangoes
* Mint
* Molasses
* Olive oil
* Orange juices
* Papayas
* Parsley
* Peaches/Apricots
* Pears
* Persimmons
* Pineapple
* Plums
* Prunes/Prune Juice
* Rhubarb
* Soybeans
* Tamarind
* Tea
* Tomato Juice
* Vanilla
* Walnuts
* Watercress
* Yams

Non-Foods - Other types of laxatives can be purchased over the counter in the form of OTC medication. These forms can be in powders, liquids, pills, capsules and tablets. Not all laxatives listed will work on everyone, and again if you are allergic to any ingredient in the laxative, please to not take it.
Bulk-producing agents cause the stool to be bulkier and to retain more water, as well as forming an emollient gel, making it easier for peristaltic action to move it along. They should be taken with plenty of water. Bulk-producing agents have the gentlest of effects among laxatives and can be taken just for maintaining regular bowel movements.

* Metamucil
* Citrucil
* Dietary fiber

Lubricating laxatives make the stool slippery and can also retard colonic absorption of water, softening the stool.

* Mineral oil (may decrease the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins and some minerals.)

Hydrating agents cause the intestines to hold more water within, softening the stool. There are two principal types, saline and hyperosmotic.

* Saline
* sodium phosphate (and variants)
* magnesium citrate,
* Milk of magnesia
* Epsom salt

Saline laxatives attract and retain water in the intestinal lumen, increasing intraluminal pressure and thus softening the stool. They will also cause the release of cholecystokinin, which stimulates the digestion of fat and protein. Saline laxatives may alter a patient's fluid and electrolyte balance.
Sulfate salts are considered the most potent. They can work anywhere from 10 minutes to 6 hours.
Stimulant Laxatives such as Ex-Lax and Senna can be dangerous under certain circumstances. Long term use can lead to 'cathartic colon'. Stimulant laxatives act on the intestinal mucosa, or nerve plexus; they also alter water and electrolyte secretion. They are the most severe among laxatives and should be used only in extreme conditions. Castor oil may be preferred when more complete evacuation is required. Castor oil can work in 2 - 6 hours. Bisacodyl suppository can start ot work anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour.
Be careful when using laxatives. Natural laxatives are the best way to go. If you are constipated for more than 5 days you should see your doctor.


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