An Adventure in Juice Feasting-Elimination
Editor’s Note: Drinking too much water can be fatal. Too much water can lead to brain swelling, cessation of breathing and ultimately death. Always consult a physician before embarking on any sort of diet, including juice feasting.
Wow! Day 55 of my juice feast and I have been living with headaches, insomnia, stomach ache, acne, canker sores, irritability and a bit more unpleasant symptoms. Ahh, the joys of detoxing!
To be fair, I haven’t experienced all that at once. I have a little here, a little there. Just enough to make me feel not so hot on some days but not enough for me to call it quits. Believe it or not, I am actually enjoying taking a hiatus from solids. I drink plenty of juices to keep my tummy and taste buds satisfied.
My energy level is still through the roof and with the exceptions of few days of being emotionally psychotic, I feel really great. My goal has always been to “clean house” and everything I go through isn’t any different than if I was eating solid foods.
Juice feasting is an excellent way to give your digestive system a rest and to remove waste matter from the colon. I want to share a few of the things that aid my feast in the elimination process.
Drink extra water. I drink at least 3-4 quarts of pure water per day in addition to my 3-4 quarts of fresh juices. Water flushes the toxins from your system.
Bentonite Shake. Bentonite clay and psyllium husks absorbs the poisons off the walls of the intestines and allow it to come loose and be excreted from your body. It isn’t the most tasty shake, but it’s very effective for elimination.
Exercise is especially helpful if your mood isn’t the best. There’s nothing like getting the endorphins going. Yoga and rebounding are excellent choices.
Take an enema. Sometimes, toxins haven’t fully exited the body and could be re-assimilating through the wall of your colon. It is recommended to get at least one colon hydrotherapy session during a juice feast.
Daily dry skin brushing removes the top layer of dead skin and lets the clean new layer come to the surface, thus ridding the body of toxic waste material. It feels like getting a massage and leaves your skin dewy soft and smooth.
On your dry skin, use a long handled brush with natural bristles and gently brush in circular motions. Start at your feet and work upwards, brushing the legs, then buttocks, then on to the chest and stomach, back and arms. Never brush your face.
Thinking about juice feasting but don’t want to venture alone? You won’t have to. In March, Juicefeasting.com will host Global Juice Feast 2008. You can feast for a week, 30, 60 or the full 92 days. It’s up to you. Happy Juice Feasting!
Juicefeasting.com offers detailed explanations on the program, tips, personal stories, inspiration and consultants to help get you started and maintain the feast. For more information on juice feasting, visit JuiceFeasting.com.
My next progress report will run Feb. 7. You can keep track of my daily progress during this juice feast at Inspiration:Life.
Bentonite Shake
16-20 oz of pure water
1 tablespoon Psyllium Husk
1 tablespoon Bentonite Clay
1 Pour water in a mason jar. Add Psyllium and Bentonite Clay.
2 Place lid on the jar and shake.
3 Drink immediately. Chase with a quart of water.
Hi Terilynn, (nice name btw)
I have also done the bentonite shake cleanse and I must say you gotta have a lot of fortitude. It did make me feel like I had a flu. . . which is why I tell people to start out more slowly with changing their diet, using herbal cleansers and oxygenators. Most people lead such busy lives they can’t afford to get voluntarily sick in order to cleanse and detox their bodies. I have more info at my site on choosing a cleansing method. Good luck to you!