Juice fasting is very similar to eating raw vegetables that you are putting in the juice anyway. So why trouble yourself with juice fasting and why is it such an big part of the Hippocrates Health lifestyle?

The biggest difference between juice fasting and eating raw vegetables is not the nutrients. They are basically the same except that you are decreasing a small portion of fiber when you make the juice. As long as you are juicing and  not blending ~ making it with a juicer and not a blender} and you drink it within 15 minutes, you are getting all the digestive enzymes, vitamins and minerals that you would get if you were eating.

So why juice ? The primary reason it is such an important part of the Hippocrates Health lifestyle is that you are giving your digestion a much required break.

The digestive process is by far the most energy intensive process performed by your body. By juice fasting weekly as I do, you give your body a break from the digestion — and this is important — while taking in the nourishment your body needs .

If you are fighting an illness , you do not want to do a complete water fast and deprive yourself of nutrients when you need them . This way you are getting all but some fiber.

The fasting juice recipes I use all center around the growing sprouts I have ready to go. I use sunflower or pea green sprouts (50%) and then use other green vegetables to improve the taste . The best tasting is organic cucumbers, but I also use organic celery and spring greens and dilute with filtered water.

The primary nourishment is in the sprouts so the other part is mainly to get the green drink to taste good. I don’t add fruit (as I’ve seen many do in smoothies) because this creates digestion problems as fruit and greens do not combine well.

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