JUICE FASTS

 Understanding Juice Fasts

Let’s get rid of daunting feelings and mixed emotions one might have when considering a fast shall we?

Juice cleanses are not a silver bullet to any ailments, but just like any supplements to a good diet, it is meant to support, not substitute. A truly balanced, colorful diet free of processed foods, pesticides, and toxins is truly the ticket to feeling better. When you consider consuming REAL food and taking action steps towards making it a priority, much can change, and by much, we mean, everything.

Below, we break down WHY fasting from solid foods will reset and introduce a new depth to how you once understood the amazing body and its ability to heal when we pay close attention to what we put in it.

Let’s get clear.

There’s a lot of information out there about how “fast” (or do a cleanse), so we want to give you a few clarifying thoughts about the process, what it is and what it isn’t. We can all agree that our bodies are all different, known as “bio-individuality”, in short, we're all unique in our biological makeup and requirements. We all have our own nutritional and health needs, routines, sensitivities, practices, preferences, and of course, we’re all at different places when it comes to our season of life.

Our busy schedules and environment can make it very difficult to maintain a healthy balance when it comes to managing our energy throughout the day, at work, and at home. Did you know that around 70% of your energy is spent on digesting your food every day?

What happens to our body when we fast?

When consuming, organic, cold-pressed juice from whole fruits and veggies rather than eating them, you give your digestive system a much-needed break. The valuable micronutrients in a well-crafted juice, are able to flood the body and get valuable nutrition absorbed at a much higher level as the stomach is not busy working hard (digesting, breaking down foods, etc…)

This break from solid foods gives our body the opportunity to heal itself and flush out toxins and other unwanted waste lingering around. Yes! Our body has the power to heal itself! Our gut specifically is a wondrous machine but if we are constantly taxing our body by feeding it processed foods because we’ve chosen convenience and speed, we are limiting its incredible potential to perform, our bodies are incredibly resilient and complex, always working, even when we’re asleep. When you decide to pause, apply a bit of focus, intentionality, time, and patience and allow your body to break from doing what it’s been doing for months, even years on end, something incredible can start to happen… The reset button is pushed, and when flooded with good nutrition, quickly, our good cells arm back up, they get healthy again and begin to outnumber the bad ones, holding back potential sickness and disease that might otherwise take over.

Not all fasts are created equal.

You may have done a fast in the past with juices delivered at your door, the kind that has that 30-45 day shelf life unopened, and 7 once open. Or maybe you gave the ole “all-celery-juice-fat-busting” cleanse a try and after day 3 you were ready to ban celery from your grocery list forever. Neither one of those are “bad”, but they are missing critical components, they have not served you fully. If you want the most out of a fast, it needs to be done with purpose and specifics. Ideally, you want to fast with raw, organic, clean ingredients (organic fruit & veg) that have been juiced and left unpasteurized (not heated or treated, you want as many of the valuable live enzymes and micronutrients to be left alive!) You’ll also need a game plan and commitment with yourself to see it through. Having friends and family know you’re on attempting a fast is always good for support and accountability.

Though please hear us clearly, the goal shouldn’t be to lose X-amount of weight, although more often than not it’s a bonus and welcomed by-product of fasting. We’re not going for surface-level changes you can see, but rather something you can FEEL.

Why 100% organic, cold-press juices outperform other options.

For one, fasts conducted with such juices are much more nutritionally dense, they have live enzymes and micronutrients in them ready to bring your cells back to action. When you consume juice made from “less handled”, pesticide and chemical-free, organic, produce, you’re already ahead of the curve, you’re not contributing to adding toxins in your body that may come from consuming conventionally-grown foods. When soluble fiber is removed, your body is ready to absorb nutrients quickly, without the gut having to do much work, your cells are rejuvenated, your body receives an incredible boost in vitamins and minerals you may have been lacking — namely our leafy greens! “Hey! But don’t you need fiber and protein?” Of course, you do, but during a fast/cleanse, there’s enough in the juice to serve its purpose. Fiber and protein are actually present in juice, but as you fast, that’s not what you’re after in the immediate moment. Many start to worry about being deficient in such and such when they decide to do a fast, isn’t that silly?

Digging deeper.

Many can’t help but draw from the spiritual aspect that occurs during a fast, regardless of religion or beliefs. This phenomenon comes from the time of focus or re-directed energy that allows your mind to sharpen in result to what’s happening to your body, mood, mind, and emotions when healing occurs. It’s often a time of clarity and deeper reflection, it’s a slower pace, it’s the needed rest you may have been looking for.