a common motivating force is weight loss. we’ve discovered that many people find a juice cleanse fascinating from a weight loss vantage point. juicing is actually the perfect weight control and weight loss paradigm provided that you have realistic goals. the two reasons you must lose weight regardless of all other possible variables are: (1) during a cleanse you’re leaving out cooked and processed foods; and (2) you’re in a calorie deficit.
our most popular cleanse is now the basic 6 juice per day cleanse. most people do 4 or 5 days. this is a short term cleanse relative to what most of our clients achieve. seven to fifteen days is worth considering for deeper cellular cleansing and easy to achieve.
bare in mind, it’s not the juice alone that is performing mystical or magical work. it’s the simple fact that during that period you are leaving out processed foods, bad food combinations, overeating, etc. when we do this, the body is allowed to do what it is designed to do: heal. this is simple biology and chemistry — nothing that a doctor could deny. on a raw juice or raw food cleanse one the body’s first healing response is to shed weight it doesn’t need. (this is completely unscientific and based solely on observing several thousand people do cleanses. there’s more to it). on a cleanse you’re in a calorie deficit. a day or two into a cleanse your body becomes far more efficient at using the calories you’re taking in. as time goes on in a cleanse you’ll feel like you need less while feeling like you have more energy.
with the typical modern diet you need more food because you’re getting less of the basic nutrients. therefore, we typically consume far more calories just to get through the day. we’re always hungry and we need more and more stimulation from our food. the payback for this type of lifestyle is that we are gaining weight and aging ourselves faster than what is natural.
if you are concerned with feeling low energy, it is a possibility. to a toxic body raw juice is a superfood. it is low calorie and nutrient dense. however, there are emotional factors that are connected to your regular eating habits. most diets are highly stimulating. this is not positive stimulation. it’s stimulation that is causing more wear and tear on the organs. but we are addicted to it. so without it we can feel low energy, depressed, and/or anxious. these are temporary physical feelings that come and go during a cleanse and pass as your body gets more and more efficient. there are vital forces, including electrical forces, that exist in raw (non-pasteurized) juices and foods. but without abstaining from processed foods and lifestyle mistakes you can drink green juice all day long and still be in poor health.
to us the solution is simple. however, because there are emotional and pyschological components involved with our eating habits it’s difficult to achieve success and make changes too quickly.
we feel that the reason juice fasting is gaining popularity is because no matter what your motivation for starting is, if you stick with a fast long enough you’ll achieve positive results on more than one level.
