Why am I Juice Feasting?

(1) Traditional cleanses all require a water or juice fast to initiate a cleansing reaction in the body.

(2) On a traditional cleanse, you take in so few calories that you feel weak and can't do much, especially in the way of normal work.

(3) Enter the juice feast - rather than limiting your intake of calories via juice, lift them entirely. if you only drink fresh juice, you have to drink enough to meet your caloric, protein, carb, fat requirements for the day, so you drink 4-6 quarts of fresh juice. You drink enough so you don't go hungry and meet your energy needs throughout the day.

(4) This slows the cleansing reaction, so you extend the length of the feast. Hence 30, 60, or 90 days. The increased caloric requirements technically allow you to extend it indefinitely, but you will lose weight on the feast, so you don't want to lose too much weight. People have stopped feasts prematurely due to too much weight loss. On the other hand, severely obese people have been on the feast for over 150 days.

(5) For P, it's a much easier way to take in an enormous amount of alkalizing nutrients. I plan to limit my intake of the acid forming juices, at least initially, and will reintroduce them depending on the progression of P. Several different CAM theories of P also place a heavy emphasis on toxins within the blood, so the cleansing reaction helps eliminate these toxins. For P, I also want to initiate the cleansing reaction to improve my overall health, and hopefully re-regulate my immune system.

(6) Time wise, it actually isn't that bad. It takes ~1/1.5 hr in the morning to make 4 quarts of fresh juice. When done in a 2HP+ blender (with nutmilk bag to juice) or a masticating juicer, the juices can last the whole day. This means you can drink the juices you made in the morning for lunch and dinner, saving you time and prep time for both of those meals. What it does is shift a lot of the time burden of eating and meals from midday and evening to the mornings. People with very flexible schedules actually find that it saves them time.