What Juices and How Much Should You Drink During A Juice Fast?

Embarking On A Juice Fast:
What Juices And How Much
Should You Drink
During A Juice Fast?

When you juice fast, naturally you have to make a conscious effort to drink enough beverages throughout the day. How much is enough?

For meal times (breakfast, lunch and dinner), drink between 8 and 12 oz (250 ml to 350 ml) each time in place of a meal. In between meals, continue to drink juices alternating with pure drinking water. It is fine if you keep going to the toilet (bathroom) as this allows your body to flush out the unwanted wastes from your body.

Vary the types of juices you drink throughout the day so that you receive a wide range of nutrients your body needs. But tend to take more vegetable juices than fruit juices.

Water: Always drink pure drinking water at room temperature or warm. Never drink cold water when juice fasting, to avoid troubling your digestive system. It is important while juice fasting to drink plenty of water on top of the juices, to avoid dehydration. However, do not overdo it. When your urine is clear, you know you're on the right track.

Fruit juices: Drink only fresh fruit juices. Avoid canned juices that are sold on the shelves -- those are loaded with harmful sugar, additives and preservatives. Some common fruits that you can use during a juice fast: apple, cantaloupe, carrot, cranberries, grapefruit, grapes, guava, orange, pear, strawberries, watermelon. Even though citrus fruits tastes acidic, when consumed they do not make the stomach acidic. Remember to rinse your mouth after drinking juice to avoid teeth decay. Keep a spare toothbrush handy in the kitchen for a brushing after a drink.

Vegetable juices: Fresh vegetable juices may be difficult to extract if you're using a centrifugal juicer, but a gear juicer will give you a very high yield. Choose what's suitable for your type of juicer: beetroot, bittermelon, broccoli, celery, cucumber, garlic, ginger root, kale, onion, parsley, spinach, watercress, wheatgrass.

Vegetable broth: Boil a simple vegetable broth with these vegetables�cabbage, onions, tomatoes, celery, green peppers, or any other vegetable you desire. Cut these up and put them in a pot with water, bring to boil for about 10 minutes, reduce heat and simmer till vegetables turn soft. Do not put seasoning or oil when juice fasting so that you do not awaken the digestive system. Drink only the broth.

Herbal teas: Store up on caffeine-free herbal teas to be sipped between "meals". Peppermint and chamomile teas are excellent in reducing the feeling of bloatedness. Oolong tea is good for those who wants to lose weight. Rooibos and green tea are excellent sources of anti-oxidant.

Others: You can get creative and add other liquids to your juice fasting. Some examples are liquid chlorophyll, or mix spirulina/chlorella powder into your juice/water and drink. If available, you may also boil Chinese or Korean ginseng that helps filter toxins from your system.

The reason that you should not add any pulp into your beverages is to prevent your digestive system working. This will keep your body burning the low-grade stored fat, so that you will not feel hungry. Any protein or fat or pulp taken when you're juice fasting will cause your digestion to restart, causing you to feel hunger pangs. And it takes about three days before your hunger pangs stop, during which you may feel some discomfort.

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