The Feast: Basics

Thanks to the inspirational blogging of Angela Stokes, David and Katrina Rainoshek, and Courtney Pool, I've decided to spend the first third of the coming year engrossed in what seems to be an amazing process....the JUICE FEAST.

In a nutshell, for up to 92 days (92 being the number of known elements present in the human body) one feasts (not FASTS!) on a gallon or more of fresh vegetable and fruit juices every day, in combination with a number of natural healing approaches like dry skin brushing, low-impact exercise, etc. During this time, the energy that your body would typically expend on digesting whatever you consume during the day is diverted from digestion, since you are consuming high-nutrient, fresh, liquid juice that zips right through the digestive tract without the slowness and indigestion associated with the typical nutrient and fiber deficient American diet. That diverted energy is then freed up to attend to matters of healing in your body that it wouldn't normally have paid any attention to. As far as I am concerned, this includes brain and mood healing, as well as the obvious benefits to the digestive system, skin, and overall vitality.

It is my hope that this nutrient-dense juice will help me overcome some known deficiencies in my body, like a lack of magnesium and essential amino and fatty acids. I believe it may help cure my rampant insomnia (I can't remember what it was like to sleep well through the night and wake up refreshed...it's been so long!). Dropping a few extra pounds of toxic fat put on by years of drinking alcohol and eating foods devoid of life energy would certainly help my physical health as well as my mental outlook (such weight loss is virtually inevitable on a plan such as the Juice Feast). Lastly, I am at a point in my life where living much, MUCH more lightly on the earth (and I already am quite conscientious about it) is calling to me. Juice feasting is, in my opinion, a first step towards simplicity in food awareness, relationships, and necessity that could greatly benefit a recovering anorexic like myself.