Preparing for my first juice fast
After watching Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead last night, my 13 year old son declared that he wanted to try a ten day juice fast just to see what Phil and Joe from that documentary experienced...and whether or not he can do it. It was so cool to watch how touched and impacted he was in watching how dramatically the life of "Phil" changed in such a short period of time....the impact good nutrition can really make in someone's life who truly wants help. Caleb typically likes his comfort zone -- and his food...solid food, especially meat and cheese so I was quite surprised at his reaction. I also believe, however, that God stirs us in different ways and at different things for a reason. Part of me is a little uncomfortable with it but overall I feel a peace about it and trust God to guide us through it. I truly believe that he has the potential to learn so much through the process, and, with freshly juiced fruit and veggies, he will be receiving tremendous nutrition.....it might even open him up to trying a greater diversity of raw foods and veggies in the future.
In support, and because I've wanted to juice fast for a while now, I am going to join him and his twin sister is going to Daniel Fast during that time as well. There may be a rough few days but I believe we will all be in a much stronger, clearer mind, body, and spirit by the time school begins.
There are many components to a healthy juice fast and I want to be sure we are prepared...juice fasting -- a form of detoxifying the body -- requires a short period of supporting the liver for detox followed by another short period of liver support diet.
Here are a few great resources on the subject -- I am just at the beginning learning stages of all this but I plan to record our progress, results, and things learned here for future reference.
Books:
Toxic Relief by Dr. Don Colbert
Fasting Made Easy by Dr. Don Colbert
Websites:
www.jointhereboot.com
This is a great resource for information, support, recipes, plans, and more! You can watch the movie Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead free here, too. This is the best juicing site I have found so far. I believe you can even communicate with live nutritionists.
www.drcolbert.com
Dr. Colbert is one of the leading physicians in the health and nutrition field. My whole journey began after watching a week's worth of his broadcasts on the Believers Voice of Victory and the information I learned that week was the one thing I had been missing from all the other times in my life I had tried to lose weight or become healthy. This site is packed full of books, articles, health tips, excellent (I believe the very best) supplements, live support from nutritionists, a health library, and so much more.
In support, and because I've wanted to juice fast for a while now, I am going to join him and his twin sister is going to Daniel Fast during that time as well. There may be a rough few days but I believe we will all be in a much stronger, clearer mind, body, and spirit by the time school begins.
There are many components to a healthy juice fast and I want to be sure we are prepared...juice fasting -- a form of detoxifying the body -- requires a short period of supporting the liver for detox followed by another short period of liver support diet.
Here are a few great resources on the subject -- I am just at the beginning learning stages of all this but I plan to record our progress, results, and things learned here for future reference.
Books:
Toxic Relief by Dr. Don Colbert
Fasting Made Easy by Dr. Don Colbert
Websites:
www.jointhereboot.com
This is a great resource for information, support, recipes, plans, and more! You can watch the movie Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead free here, too. This is the best juicing site I have found so far. I believe you can even communicate with live nutritionists.
www.drcolbert.com
Dr. Colbert is one of the leading physicians in the health and nutrition field. My whole journey began after watching a week's worth of his broadcasts on the Believers Voice of Victory and the information I learned that week was the one thing I had been missing from all the other times in my life I had tried to lose weight or become healthy. This site is packed full of books, articles, health tips, excellent (I believe the very best) supplements, live support from nutritionists, a health library, and so much more.
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