Hey Everyone, I have not done a fast ever before in my life. So this brings me here to ask some questions. I was looking at doing a vegetable fast with some fruit mixed in once in awhile. I am wondering should i stick to one type of juice for the duration of my fast. Or can i mix it up with different types of juices each day. I would like to know what fasts have worked for you guys. Also, i know this might be a dumb question but, while a person is fasting, there is virtually no fiber intake to give the body a rest from digesting food, so i was curious to how the body expells of the fecal matter in the intestines when there is no fiber to help move it along. Sorry I got a little too personal, but i had to ask. Any advice on some ingrediants i could add. I heard Cayenne pepper was important, i know that is an ingredient in the master cleanse. Thanks everyone.
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The nice thing about juice feasting is….variety. Juice what you have on hand and mix it up a bit so you don’t get bored. You can go mono fruits & veges or make it a V-8. If this is your first time, you will probably want to start with fruit juicing and work your way to veges. If you start with veges, which can be a little bitter, you might not want to do it again.
Also fruit juicing has a laxative effect so don’t worry about the fiber moving things….you won’t need it.
Thanks for all your imput, also i was wondering how long some of the fasts that you all did. Did you just listen to your body and decide that ok i’m done, or did you have a set time frame. Thanks
Try a 1 day water fast. Just remember to drink lots of water, especially when you become hungry. If it goes OK, start doing them once a week. After a few months of that, possibly start thinking about longer fasts.
I did a 7 day juice fast before I went raw to clean things out.
for your first time, i think juicing would provide a gentler, more pleasant fasting experience. the juice will help keep you from feeling hungry, plus it is supposed to help carry away toxins.
If you are concerned about keeping your bowels moving, i would use a product called oxymag. it is a great colon cleanse/bowel mover, and you will avoid a lot of detox symptoms by flushing released toxins out of the bowel. however, i recently did a 27 day juice fast without any products/fiber, and i didn’t have any problems. everyone is different though.
i agree with james on the 3 day thing. i usually don’t even feel like i’ve entered fasting mode until the 3rd day.
good luck!
Thanks everyone, i have been doing a juice/water fast for the past three days. I did cheat a tiny bit by having about 10 cherry tomatos today, and i also had one apple the day before. I am new to fasting so i just ate that little amount. I am not too upset with my self, but i know i screwed up a tad. I think i will go for one more day of fasting tomorrow (real fasting no food whatsoever) and than ease in to eating food slowly. Thanks
If you just need something to eat but don’t want to break your fast, watermelon is as close to juice as you can get and it won’t slow down the detox process at all. Don’t eat a lot of it just enough to get you through the bump in the road.