Juice Fasting

It includes consumption of only raw fruit juice, vegetable juice and water (no solid food should be included). Fresh vegetables and fruits are considered as a very good source of vitamins and minerals which helps in the detoxification process

Points to ponder for juice fasting –
A week before starting juice diet try and avoid caffeine, sugar, alcohol, poultry, fish, eggs and processed flour products.

• Some vegetables and fruits which have excellent nutritional profile along with palatability in juice form include tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, cabbage, beet, zucchini squash, lettuce, celery, green vegetables, sprouts, apples, melons, grapes, pineapple and cranberry.
• Avoid juices of certain vegetables and fruits like potato, yam, citrus fruits, apricots, peaches, cherries, bananas and other with hard skin and seeds.
• Juices can be sipped through out the day.
• Drink 50-70 ounces of juice per day and also remember to drink at least 8-10 glasses of water per day along with the juices.
• Select a combination of fresh vegetables and fruits. Do not allow the juice to stand. Drink immediately as soon as it comes out from the juicer to ensure the intake of all the vitamins and raw food enzymes. Avoid consumption of canned or tinned fruit or vegetable juices.
• Juice fasting should not be done for long period of time as it may lead to nutritional deficiencies in the body. It should typically last for not more than one to three days.
• Grapefruit juice and pomegranate juice can be avoided during a juice fast, because they have certain components which tend to interact with certain drug component in the body.
• Break a juice fast gradually by eating semi-solid foods and then solid foods as per tolerance.