How to do a 3 Day Juice Fast

Americans eat way too much fat, way too much sugar, and way too much protein. In fact, Americans simply eat too much of everything. The way out of this dilemma is so easy that we usually miss it: consider occasionally fasting. Here is a simple 3 Day Juice fast, great for detox, weight loss, and general refocusing. Enjoy!

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Juicer
• Vegetables
• Fruit
• Strong Will

1. Three days before your fast, try and eat less protein and more vegetable. Consider replacing lunch and dinner with salads. This will help shrink your stomach and make fasting easier. Now while the steps are divided into meals, if you get hungry in between you can have -more juice! Part of the fast means drinking as much juice as possible. I've listed some other organic juices on other articles, feel free and mix-n-match.

2. Breakfast Juice.
   Carrot juice is very high in pro-vitamin A or carotene and is completely nontoxic -so you can drink as much carrot juice as possible. Here is my favorite recipe for Carrot Peach Juice. If you don't like peaches just substitute the fruit that you do like.
   Carrot Peach Juice
   6 Fresh Carrots
   2 Peaches
   Peaches are rather fuzzy on the outside, and therefor we recommend that you peel the skin off of them before you begin juicing. Obviously you be deseeding the peaches as well. Place the all ingredients in your juicer. Enjoy!

3. Lunch Juice
   Pineapple is a great source of Vitamin B1 and Vitamin C. Once again if your not crazy about apricots substitute another fruit.
   Pineapple Apricot Juice
   Ingredients:
   1 Whole Pineapple
   6 Apricots
   Serving Size:
   Produces 2 Servings
   Instructions:
   Juice one whole pineapple without the outer skin, and 6 ripe apricots. Apricots have lots of beta carotene for your body.

4. Celery is high in magnesium, iron and chlorophyll, which is an excellent blood builder and is one of the richest sources of organic sodium. It mixes well with tomatoes and lettuce juices.
   Celery/ Wheatgrass Juice
   1 shot wheatgrass
   2 sticks celery
   Handful of parsley
   Put all ingredients into a juice one at a time. Enjoy!

Tips & Warnings

• Be creative you can't go wrong as long as your using just vegetables and fruit
• Changes in your digestive system are normal during a fast, but you know your body best so if you feel unusually uncomfortable stop your fast.
• The three days following your fast eat light, it will make the transition back to eating easier.

[newbeginnings08]

on 9/3/2008 I've been a vegan for 9 years, I believe that I can
do this with ease. Thanks for the great info.
Rock on!

[AnthonyJ33]

on 8/30/2008 Great info. I've never done a fast, but I think I could swing it by following this article. I don't know if I have the willpower though.

[nrt6687]

on 8/6/2008 This is great...most people have no idea how to do a juice fast, but you plan it out perfectly.

[vikki9]

on 8/2/2008 Excellent plan and well-written article. To your health!

[ActorAndHost]

on 6/20/2008 I've been thinking a lot about fasting to detox. Good info. Thanks girl!