We did the juice fast for 5 days. It should have been 7 according to the book but we had to be off the fast by the weekend. The diet for the first three days after the fast is just as important as the fast itself. Going from a juice fast to a regular diet can cause gallstones and every a need for surgery.
We both feel better than we have in a long time. Since February 28th when we started the detox plan, I lost 9 pounds and Harry lost 14. Since January 3, Harry and I have lost 21 pounds each. Our blood pressure readings are remarkable. Mine was 117/69 last night. My skin looks better than it has in years! We found the pollen counts for the area were off the charts yesterday and we did not enough have a sniffle. Normally I would be suffering from flu like symptoms from the allergies.
We also had a couple of negative reactions. Toward the end of the detox, I was pulling my hair out by the handfuls. Harry did not notice if he was having the problem but he has very short hair. I noticed my memory was extremely faulty. I simply could not remember the names or words of things. I was taking Huperzine which is supposed to aid memory. I stopped during the juice fast part of the detox. We were also suffering from low back pain.
I believe these problems were related to the lack of B vitamins. B vitamins are natural in liver, wheat, brewer’s yeast, eggs, and meats. Some B can be found in milk. All of these items were off the menu during the detox. We added some brewer’s yeast to our morning banana juice for four days of the juice fast. Brewer’s yeast and liver are the ONLY two foods in America that provide all of the essential B vitamins! Even supplements can't do that. My hair loss has already slowed and my memory has already improved. Our back pains are gone.
What's next?
Now that we experienced the detox, we have no interest in a lot of the foods we used to eat. Pictures of fast food actually disgust me now. I used to be a Paula Deen wannabe and had to have butter on everything. I have not used butter for over a month and I don't really miss it. I used to put a splash of cream in my cream soups. I found that I can use cauliflower or potatoes in the soup to make it creamy. I made asparagus soup from a 1/2 pounds of asparagus. one potato, 1/4 onion and a handful of parsley. I added smoked paprika and liquefied it in the blender to make a very satisfying soup. It was about 120 calories and tasted like 500.
I missed my cheese, but we were eating cheese 2 and 3 times a day. I missed my eggs, but that was another habit of mine because they were so easy to fix. These items are no longer off our menu but we will eat cheese sparingly and limit our eggs to maybe 6 a week.
We are going to continue eating as though we were on the first three weeks of the fast, but with a little modification. We will allow ourselves to have animal protein two or three times a week. We can have cheese and eggs, but sparingly. We both agreed that we really liked that morning banana smoothie with the brewers yeast, protein and lecithin. Harry said it satisfied him through lunch. Our fruits and veggies are mostly raw, but for the evening meals I like to steam them in my tagine. Since I over bought the seeds for sprouts, I will continue to grow sprouts and wheatgrass and add them to our salads every day.
Now, I am going to concentrate on adding fermented foods to our diet. For the most part, America is the only country that does not have naturally fermented foods. We have a few available now in health food stores, like my Nama Shoyu, but for the mainstay diet everything is pasteurized. That is another word for dead!
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