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This is your brain on juice!

Written on March 6th 2008 by my Friend who underwent the juice fast with me.
-Trevahr


"Living off juice for a week has been an interesting experience. Today is day 5 and I’ve noticed a radical change in my body. I wake up early in the morning feeling perfectly balanced in that I could either decide to stay in bed and take a nap or go hit the cardio equipment. When I walk through my house I feel weightless and I experience a gliding sensation. My skin feels firm and healthy, my attitude is always positive or optimistic and it has not been difficult for me to resist food.

Resisting food is something worth talking about when it comes to a juice cleanse or fast. I had the preconceived notion that I would get very hungry by day 2 and seeing food would be a torture. As it turns out, I have no real need to eat food and seeing others enjoying their meals is a different experience for me now. I’ve realized the difference between wanting to eat, needing to eat, and how superficial cravings can get blown out of proportion. I noticed how not having a food became a feeling of loss rather than an appreciation of the food and after a couple days of not eating anything I really began to value all the aspects of the good foods that are out there. Now when I smell something delicious I truly enjoy it. I smell its aroma and the smell triggers taste and beautiful images of the dish come in to me and it’s such a full experience that I need nothing more. I drink my water and juice to give my body what it wants and my mind gets what it wants when I take in all that food should be.

While I was exercising at the gym before the juice cleanse I would feel heavy and sluggish, like I had to work through a lot of crap before my body began to fit into the routine of exercising. Now I notice that the moment I begin my session I’m feeling much cleaner and energetic than I would on my best day at the gym. The energy I burn moves out of me freely and does not have to work through a thick fog that I now understand I was experiencing before as sluggishness. Working out to get into the “zone” is not an issue really as I feel like I’m always there now. It’s a clean place of focus.

I would recommend this cleanse to anyone wanting to get in touch with his or her body on a deeper level. It redefines what health feels like and crystallizes the difference between what your mind thinks you want and what your body truly needs. "

Derek G. of Oceanside

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