Global Juice Feast Day Fourteen!

I Love Celery!!
Juice Feast Day 14

The Daily Juice Journal:

DAVID:

MORNING WATER: 1 quart water with lemon, 1 TBS MSM with 1 capsule Vitalzym

JUICE # 1 : 9:30 AM 1 QUART GVJ with romaine, spinach, kale, parsley, celery, cucumber, apple, tomato, basil, cilantro, and carrot.

JUICE #2: 11:50 1 QUART orange and grapefruit with 1 TBS Chlorella, 1 TBS bee pollen, and 1 TBS hemp oil

JUICE # 3:00: 1 QUART GVJ (same as above) with 1 TBS Chlorella

JUICE # 4: 6:00 1 QUART orange, grapefruit, and lime with 1 TBS bee pollen and 2 TBS Vitamineral Green.

JUICE #5: 7:30 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

TOTAL JUICE: 5 QUARTS

Detox helpers: morning enema, skin brushing, hot/cool shower, tongue scraping, rebounding

Exercise: 10 minutes rebounding

KATRINA:

MORNING WATER: 1 quart water with lemon, 1 TBS MSM with 1 capsule Vitalzym

JUICE # 1 : 9:30 AM 1 QUART GVJ with romaine, spinach, kale, parsley, celery, cucumber, apple, tomato, basil, cilantro, and carrot.

JUICE #2: 11:00 1 QUART GVJ (same as above) with 1 TBS hemp oil and ¼ tsp kelp.

JUICE #3: 1:30 1 QUART orange, grapefruit, and lime with 1 TBS bee pollen

JUICE # 4: 3:00: 1 PINT watermelon and lemon with 1 TBS Chlorella.

JUICE #5: 4:30: 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

JUICE #6: 6:30 1 QUART orange, grapefruit, and lime.

TOTAL JUICE: 5.5 QUARTS

Detox helpers: Morning enema, skin brushing, hot/cool shower, tongue scraping, rebounding, yoga

Exercise: 20 minutes rebounding, 20 minutes yoga

Rainoshek’s Daily Tips:

We spoke about ginger the other day, and mentioned that it is good for nausea. Nausea is a common thing to feel as we detox, especially if we are toxic.

Another reason for nausea can be that our digestion is weak or if we are low in HCL (stomach acid) For more excellent information on the importance of stomach acid, please check out Green For Life by Victoria Boutenko. Basically, HCL is essential for health. Without it, nutritional deficiencies inevitably develop leading to disease because we don’t have the stomach acid to break down the cell walls of the foods we eat, which is necessary for exposing the nutrition inside. The natural level of HCL decreases as we age, especially after age 40. Also, overeating, especially over consumption of fats and proteins, wears out the parietal cells of the stomach that secret HCL.

Juice Feasting is an excellent means to reversing this, through re-hydration and re-supplying the body with organic sodium (celery,) which will re-line your stomach walls, making it able to re-create strong HCL!!

You may want to try supplementing with digestive enzymes and HCL while your digestive system gains back its strength!

If you feel that low HCL is not the cause behind your nausea, and that it is detox, try using ginger tea, which will cause the stomach to flush, and then follow it with some peppermint tea, which is soothing to the stomach!! Licorice tea also works to sooth an unpleasant stomach. Also try keeping your juices fairly simple.

Your Questions:

What do you think is a safe amount of time/days for a first time Feaster?
~Sheryl

We Say:

Hello Sheryl,

Great question, and unfortunately one that does not have a blanket answer. So, get ready for a looong answer!!

Each and every one of us is so very different, and so will have different health challenges, different emotional states, and different day to day situations and the need/readiness to Juice Feast for different lengths of time. We recommend that people learn as much as they can about the technology of Juice Feasting and cleansing, work with their health professional, and then choose for them selves a time that they feel is appropriate. We know people who have never, ever fasted or Feasted, have eaten SAD, and can move right into a 92 Day Juice Feast. Others like to do shorter Juice Feasts to begin with. Still others choose to add more juice into their daily diet and take it from there. It is really up to you!!

This is from the Juice Feasting FAQ section of our website:

Q: How long should I Juice Feast? I see lots of programs for 7, 14, or 21 day fasts and cleanses. Why so long? And how do I know when I am finished with the Feast and should break it?

A: Excellent questions. First, it is important to recognize that the health challenges that you are transforming have probably taken years to develop. Hering's Law of Cure states that we heal in the reverse order in which we took on our challenges. That means that the older the challenge, the longer you will need to Juice Feast in order to experience significant or complete healing. On balance, we go back in time 120 days for every day we Juice Feast for programs over 30 days, so you can get some idea by determining how long you have had your challenge.

There are a lot of 7-21 day programs out there, and anyone who tells you that you can completely push the reset button on your physiology in 21 days probably also has a bridge made out of broccoli that they can sell you.

The reason that we have created a 92-Day Program is thanks to John Rose's discovery of two things:

1. Most people need more than 7-21 days to heal their health challenges.

2. Most people can heal their health challenges, provided that they place their body in a cleansing physiology long enough with the right food and lifestyle ingredients added in.

3. You can accomplish this with time and food and lifestyle ingredients by drinking fresh juices for 60-92 days.

We feel that to give you anything less than this information would be to just suggest half-measures when you are looking to heal yourself as completely as possible.

YOU ARE THE BOSS
That being said, you may not be looking to transform every last health challenge you have, or may find that juicing for even 30 days is enough for you because you already eat the best diet possible (a live plant-based diet). Don't feel like you need to go for 92 Days just because the Program is that length. You need to assess for yourself how long is appropriate based on your own understanding of Juice Feasting and history with cleansing, your current level of health, how much you weigh, and how long you have had your health challenges.

Let's look at weight as an indicator of your time need. You will lose about 1/4 lb a day on a Juice Feast - more at the beginning, less per day as you go along. This will be determined based on your age, activity level, and whether you are drinking enough juice. People who drink more juice actually return to a healthy physiology and weight than people who drink less juice than they need. Why? Because your metabolism will slow if you drink less than you require for maintenance. The Feaster drinking all the food they need for the day will experience an increase in their metabolism, and thus return to a healthy weight and physiology more efficiently.

If you are Juicing down to your ideal weight, then here is how to calculate that: Give yourself 100 lbs for the first 5 feet of height. For every inch over 5 feet, you can add 5 lbs. So, a person who is 5 foot 7 inches is looking at a ballpark ideal weight of 135, or 100 lbs for the first 5 feet and 35 lbs (7x5=35) for the seven inches.

I would like to add this beautiful and wise blog post from the juicy Hanlie about the choice to Juice Feast:

I love juice feasting! It is transforming my life from the inside out. I would like to see every person on the planet Juice Feasting, healing their bodies and wounded spirits, stabilizing their weight and experiencing the abundant energy and vitality that juice feasting brings.

Yet, I have been hesitant to encourage people to juice feast. My reasons are two-fold. I want to “protect” the concept of juice feasting, and I want to protect the individual.

Juice feasting is not a diet. It’s an aspect of a philosophy about health and nutrition. In order for you to get value out of juice feasting, you need to understand, and embrace the following truths:

* animal flesh is bad for your health and you don’t need it
* dairy is bad for your health and you don’t need it
* sugar is a drug and bad for your health
* caffeine, in all its forms, is a drug and bad for your health
* alcohol and nicotine are drugs and bad for your health
* food additives are bad for your health
* articial sweeteners are bad for your health
* processed, refined food is bad for your health
* your body is designed to function on a wide variety of raw, unprocessed plant foods
* the key to weight loss is not counting calories, but balancing the endocrine system which controls all bodily functions
* when fed optimally, the body is able to heal itself from any just about anything - degenerative diseases, auto-immune diseases, obesity, niggly complaints, etc
* medicine, prescription or OTC, cause problems in your body and cannot heal you - they only suppress symptoms

You need to ”take the red pill” (it’s all natural!) and realize that food manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, the medical profession, the fast food industry, the diet industry, and the media do not have your best interest at heart - it’s all about making money! They want to keep you sick and alive. That’s when they make money out of you. Not when you’re healthy and not when you’re dead.

Unless you are clear about the above, I believe that juice feasting is not for you. If all you want to accomplish out of juice feasting is shedding a large amount of weight in a short period of time, I urge you not to do it. Yes you will lose weight! Yes, you will detoxify! But unless you live the above principles after your juice feast, the pounds will pile back on, and they’ll bring a whole lot of new friends with them. Eating unhealthy food after a juice feast is like throwing mud at a bride dressed in virginal white silk.

Juice feasting takes commitment. If you work, you have to get up about 90 minutes earlier in the morning to make all your juice for the day, skin brush, have an enema, etc. You will be criticized. You will go through periods of very low energy levels and physical discomfort. You may have intense emotional issues that you will have to deal with because you cannot medicate them with food, drugs or alcohol.

Juice Feasting is about removing toxins from the body and healing. I’ll say it again: IT IS NOT A DIET! I would hate for people to try it, give up and add it to a list of The 20 Craziest Diets In The World, alongside KimKims, and ingesting parasites! This just creates more problems for the serious Juice Feasters, who then have to defend themselves against their well-meaning and concerned friends, family and colleagues. Furthermore, I’m afraid that your self-respect will take another knock if you “fail” at juice feasting. Unless you buy into the concept completely, failure is unfortunately the likely outcome.

Of course, I’m the first one to admit that Juice Feasting is a life changing experience and you will learn a lot. Your attitude to food will change. It is not about deprivation, it’s about nature’s abundance, connecting to the earth and your body.

In an upcoming post, I will give you some tips on preparing for a juice feast, should you still be interested in doing one, point you at some resources, and share some other ways of implementing healthier food into your life (i.e. green smoothies, etc).
~Hanlie

Thank you Hanlie!!

Another Question:

Quick question; I picked up some snow peas yesterday and I *almost* put them in my juice this morning until it dawned on me that these were borderline legumes... What do you think? Can I stick these in my green juice or not? :) Thanks! :) Hugs!!
~Ben

We Say:

Hi Ben,

According to Heinerman’s Encyclopedia of Healing Juices, pea juice is a go. He says “when shopping for fresh peas the color is most important, and that color is green. Look for glossy, bright green, smooth-skinned pods.” Pea juice is very good for clearing up blood clots, alleviating symptoms of celiac disease (pea juice helps to mend the fingerlike projections called villi and the absorptive cells lining the small intestine, which have been damaged by gluten), and with irritable bowel syndrome (for this it is best to warm the pea juice (but you don’t want to do this on your Juice Feast!), and add a pinch of powdered cardamom and ground ginger root!!)

So, there you have it, enjoy your pea juice!!

Another Question:

I have yet another question. Ever since the day I watched the video where David drank the juice which Katrina made - with tomatoes and basil and garlic, etc.. the 'soup' juice, I have been making it EVERY DAY... and drinking like 2 liters of it each time... enjoying EVERY single drop of it... And today I realised that not only I stopped craving sweets - juices and honey, but I started to crave basil!!! Why basil? If we crave what our body needs... what is it in basil that my body would need? ... I googled basil - and found it is high in vitamin K, and has anti-inflamatory and anti bacterial properties. That's all quite general - and parsley has those properties as well... but it is basil that I crave... why? Thank you.

We Say:

What a wonderful thing to crave!! You were right to do some research, and our guess would be that the properties in Basil are addressing some condition of your body. You are most likely craving Basil over parsley due to its taste, I LOVE basil too!

Heinerman’s Encyclopedia of Healing Herbs and Spices also says that basil is an excellent nightcap for restlessness and migraines, can be used to promote more milk in nursing mothers, and is good for counteracting yeast infections. It may be that you have a candida overgrowth and this is why your body is requesting basil.

Another Question:

Hey you two,
Hope it is sunshiney inside and out for you today.
I have not had Psoriasis ON MY KNEES since 15 yrs ago, though I have had it consistently on the back of my head since 16 yrs old (21 yrs- hope this makes it go; Ontario Ben is my fearless virtual friend!).
So, during this feast it reappeared on my knees and my lovely actual friend Stephanie (with a rash now) here with me in LA, wondered if maybe that means bowel elimination ain't working so perfectly, that toxins are pushing through the skin. Or is this the right exit plan for my disease maybe?
Any thoughts?
Gratefully (and doing pretty super!),
Mish

We Say:

Hello Mish!

Excellent question. We were watching an amazing talk by David Wolfe last night that you will want to check out. What he says about detox is that it is like stirring up the mud in the pond, and before stuff is detoxed, things are going to look and feel pretty muddy! This would be our guess about your re-appearing psoriasis. Because you are giving your body a chance to cleanse, old stuff is coming up from the depths, and you are experiencing a worsening of symptoms before things clear. This is perfectly normal.

Please, please do watch this nanobacteria video by David Wolfe, (there are 7 parts, make sure you watch them all!) as he has very good information on psoriasis and things we can be doing about it. In short, every health challenge we have in our bodies is anchored into our bodies through nanobacteria, aka calcium deposits, aka “coral reefs.” There are four essential things we can do to eliminate these coral reefs, and therefore eliminate the “houses” of our illness (he mentioned that psoriasis is “anchored” near the skin by these nanobacteria, and then causes the skin inflammation) 1. MSM, breaks down calcium deposits 2. DMSO 3. The Zapper 4. Zeolites. Sorry if I didn’t get all this information just right, please do check out his video, I am just trying to give a general over view of what I remember. Very exciting stuff! I know that Ben has been trying out The Zapper, we will have to ask him what his experience has been, Ben?
Beyond that, keep up with your enemas, avoid night shades, try using MSM topically (you can mix MSM powder in with some aloe vera gelly or with coconut oil and use it like a salve), and drink your juice!!! The muddy waters will settle!!

Personal Journal:

A reader asked if we have been accessing the Oprah and Eckhart conversations. YES!! We watched one before bed last night, and we are so excited by the implications of Tolle on Oprah.com. It really denotes a positive shift, and I think we are in for some good times!! Please do meander on over to Oprah.com and take advantage of this wonderful event.

The Rainoshek roles have been reversed today, with me feeling good again, and David feeling not so hot.

I am feeling really fluid and strong today, sending my body lots of love. I think it can be really easy to get caught up in the cleanse, in a way that takes you out of how amazing, wonderful, and strong your body is RIGHT NOW because you are thinking of all the things you want to see shifting and different. I am trying to remember to love my body just as it is, and tell it that I trust its wisdom to hold me in just the right ways.

HMmmmmmm, that feels good! My legs are so wonderful at taking me beautiful places, so strong, I have always been able to carry children around for hours on my hips, run joyfully through the woods and fields, ride my bike FAST, hike for hours, and they are just right for me!! Dear thighs and dear butt, I love you just the way you are!!

What part of YOU needs a love letter today?

When you think about the fact that our bodies are on average 70% water, and then think about water responding with beautiful, crystalline structures to words of love, how well your body will respond to thoughts of love!!

I have had direct experience with this and my thighs…all throughout my late teens, and into my late 20’s I had feelings of dislike and disgust towards my beautiful, strong legs. I am 6’1, so they are big enough to support me, yet I always felt that they should be different. In my mid 20’s they really began to show the effect of all these bad thoughts, and started to get pouchy, fat, and cellulite ridden. I believe that because I was thinking evil thoughts towards them, I also started eating in a way that would not be loving, and so they reacted in kind, of course! Then, I started to shift my thoughts. I learned about Masaru Emoto’s Hidden Messages in Water, and immediately made the connection between my thoughts and my body. Sure enough, when I began to send more love to my legs, I stated to eat more like I loved them, I started to use them as though I loved them, and once again they have responded! I am still making up for about ten years of not very nice thoughts, but they are getting there!!

The other wonderful piece of the puzzle is that when love is present, all is beautiful as it is!!

Water flows from high in the mountains.
Water runs deep in the Earth.
Miraculously, water comes to us,
and sustains all life.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Enjoy your evening dear beautiful reader!!

Katrina and David

Global Juice Feast Day Thirteen!!

I Love Limes!!
Juice Feast Day 13

The Daily Juice Journal:

DAVID:

MORNING WATER: 1 quart water with lemon, 1 TBS MSM with 1 capsule Vitalzym

JUICE # 1 : 9:30 AM 1 QUART GVJ with romaine, spinach, kale, parsley, celery, cucumber, ginger, and carrot.

JUICE #2: 11:50 1 QUART orange and grapefruit with 1 TBS Chlorella, 1 TBS bee pollen, and 1 TBS hemp oil

JUICE # 3: 1:00: 1 QUART GVJ (same as above) with 1 TBS Chlorella

JUICE # 4: 3:00 1 QUART Watermelon and lemon with 1 TBS Vitamineral Green, 1 TBS bee pollen, and 1 TBS Chlorella

JUICE #5: 4:30 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

JUICE # 6: 6:30 1 PINT orange, pineapple and lime with 1 TBS MSM

TOTAL JUICE: 5.5 QUARTS

Detox helpers: morning enema, skin brushing, hot/cool shower, tongue scraping

Exercise: 30 minute walk

KATRINA:

MORNING WATER: 1 quart water with lemon, 1 TBS MSM with 1 capsule Vitalzym

JUICE # 1 : 9:30 AM 1 QUART GVJ with romaine, spinach, kale, parsley, celery, cucumber, ginger and carrot.

JUICE #2: 12:00 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

JUICE #3: 1:30 1 QUART watermelon and lemon

JUICE # 4: 3:30: 1 QUART GVJ (same as above) with 1 TBS Chlorella and ¼ tsp kelp.

JUICE #5: 4:30: 1 QUART orange and grapefruit with 2 TBS bee pollen

JUICE #6: 5:30 1 PINT tomato, basil, cilantro, lime and garlic

JUICE # 7: 6:30: 1 PINT orange, pineapple and lime with 1 TBS MSM.

TOTAL JUICE: 6 QUARTS

Detox helpers: Morning enema, skin brushing, hot/cool shower, tongue scraping, walking, sunbathing

Exercise: 30 minute walk

Rainoshek’s Daily Tips:

WOW, have you tried orange, pineapple and lime juice yet? If not, please do, you will be one happy juicer! Pucker up darling!

I used about 12 oranges, 1 small pineapple, and 4 limes for an amazingly yummy pucker yum yum.

Personal Journal

Another day of the down swing, breath in, breath out, wave rolls in, wave rolls out. My husband, on the other hand, remains constant and steady. I was fantastically hungry again all day, despite drinking 6 quarts of juice. I finished A New Earth, and am just about ready to re-read the whole thing all over again I love it so much.

I will be more eloquent tomorrow, for now I leave you with wishes of abundance and good health!!

In love!

Katrina and David

Global Juice Feast Day Twelve!

I Love Ginger!
Juice Feast Day 12

The Daily Juice Journal:

DAVID:

MORNING WATER: 1 quart water with lemon, 1 TBS MSM with 1 capsule Vitalzym

JUICE # 1 : 9:30 AM 1 QUART GVJ with romaine, spinach, kale, parsley, celery, cucumber, GINGER, carrot, and apple.

JUICE #2: 11:50 1 QUART orange and grapefruit with 1 TBS Chlorella, 1 TBS bee pollen, and 1 TBS hemp oil

JUICE # 3: 1:00: 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

JUICE # 4: 2:00 1 PINT orange and grapefruit with 1 TBS Chlorella

JUICE #5: 4:00 1 PINT pineapple, cherry and orange

JUICE # 6: 7:30 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

TOTAL JUICE: 5 QUARTS

Detox helpers: morning enema, skin brushing, hot/cool shower, tongue scraping

Exercise: 30 minutes resistance training “I pumped some BIG iron today!”

KATRINA:

MORNING WATER: 1 quart water with lemon, 1 TBS MSM with 1 capsule Vitalzym

JUICE # 1 : 9:30 AM 1 QUART GVJ with romaine, spinach, kale, parsley, celery, cucumber, GINGER, carrot, and apple. WOWZERS this was quite possible the most gingery juice we have ever made! Craving the zing right now!

JUICE #2: 11:50 1 QUART orange and grapefruit with 1 TBS MSM

JUICE #3: 1:30 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

JUICE # 4: 2:30: 1 PINT orange and grapefruit

JUICE #5: 4:00 1 PINT pineapple, cherry, and orange

JUICE # 6: 6:30: 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

TOTAL JUICE: 5 QUARTS

Detox helpers: Morning enema, skin brushing, hot/cool shower, tongue scraping, rebounding, yoga

Exercise: 10 minutes rebounding, 30 minutes yoga

Rainoshek’s Daily Tips:

Have you been adding ginger to your Juice Feast? In your juices? As a fresh, hot ginger tea? After my teary afternoon yesterday, I made a HUGE pot of really strong ginger tea, with lemon and honey, got cozy in a hoodie and curled up with my new friend Anastasia, and got really warm and sweated it out. It created such a warm, soft glow in my chest, and I felt like I burned off a cold rather than an emotional low. Felt very cleansing. Here is what Phyllis Balch says about ginger in Prescription for Herbal Healing:

Ginger is the most widely available and widely used herbal remedy on the planet. Billions of people use ginger daily as a food and medicine (and as a juice!!)

For 2,500 years, ginger has played an important role in Asian medicine. It has traditionally been used to promote cleansing of the body through perspiration, to calm nausea, and to stimulate the appetite. In the Indian ayurvedic and Persian unani tibb systems of medicine, ginger is commonly used for the treatment of arthritis.

Ginger is an inexpensive, effective, and nearly universally available remedy for inflammation and pain. In China, ginger has been put to the novel use of helping to turn breech babies by giving the mother ginger teas before delivery.

Benefits of ginger for health conditions include the following;
Allergies and asthma, arthritis, bursitis, fibrocystic breasts, lymphedema, and pain, atherosclerosis and high cholesterol, cancer, indigestion, morning sickness, motion sickness, nausea, and vomiting, colds, influenza and strep throat, parasitic infection, and seizure disorders.

One of ginger’s best-known uses is quelling queasy stomach and nausea. Remember this if you are feeling nauseated on your Juice Feast! Have some ginger tea, or add ginger to your juice! My favorite way to make ginger tea is to boil some water, then steep some chopped ginger for 10-15 minutes, and then add lemon juice and honey to taste.

Personal Journal:

When we get out of the glass bottles of our ego,
and when we escape like squirrels turning in the
cages of our personality
and get into the forests again,
we shall shiver with cold and fright
but things will happen to us
so that we don’t know ourselves.

Cool, unlying life will rush in,
and passion will make our bodies taut with power,
we shall stamp our feet with new power
and old things will fall down,
we shall laugh, and institutions will curl up like
burnt paper.
~D.H. Lawrence


Oh the joys of a new day! The joys of ginger, causing The Great Sweat It Out!! I did over do it on the ginger in our GVJ this morning though, oh the burn!! That is the risk you run when you make all of your GVJ in one big batch as we do.

We had so much fun trying out the new juicers that are visiting our Juice Feasting kitchen right now. What a blessing to have access to such things and give them the full check over, see how they work, just how they can pump out the juice!! We were most impressed with the centrifugal juicer, the Breville Juice Fountain, and realized that we had been wasting a lot of citrus with our ancient Juiceman Juicer that bit the dust yesterday. Thank goodness it broke!! We were able to make the same amount of citrus juice with the Breville in about half the time, and got about 25% more juice out of the produce!! It is also much quieter. I don’t how the new model of the Juiceman compares, but I can say without a doubt, our compost pile will be drier now, and our oranges will go further!! (You have to be Juice Feasting to understand! LOL!)

We received an order from Healthforce Nutritionals today: some more Vitamineral Green, a bottle of Earth, Internal Parasite Formula (in preparation for Day 60!), and a bottle of Spirulina, YUM! We were also given a nice bag of GINGER by our dear friends who started Juice Feasting with us on the 1st, but after a week decided that now is not the time and so had lots of ginger left over for those of us who are carrying on with the Feast!! We say, a week is wonderful!!

Thank you to all who wrote with love today! I am absolutely amazed at how many of us women are on the same moon cycle in this Juice Feasting/blogging community! We must all be from the same planet or something.

After visiting with Anastasia, I had dreams of talking to carrots!!, and elephants!!, and the elephant was my friend and gave me a huge hug with her trunk, she smiled and laughed!! She said, "I am so glad you eat plants too!"

See you tomorrow,

With love,

David and Katrina Rainoshek

Global Juice Feast Day Eleven!

I Love Lettuce!!
Juice Feast Day 11

The Daily Juice Journal:

DAVID:

MORNING WATER: 1 quart water with lemon, 1 TBS MSM with 1 capsule Vitalzym

JUICE # 1 : 9:30 AM 1 QUART GVJ with romaine, spinach, kale, parsley, celery, cucumber, ginger, carrot, and cilantro.

JUICE #2: 11:00 1 QUART orange and grapefruit with 1 TBS Chlorella, 1 TBS Vitamineral Green, and 1 TBS hemp oil

JUICE # 3: 1:00: 1 PINT GVJ (same as above)

JUICE # 4: 5:00 1 QUART grapefruit with 1 TBS Chlorella

JUICE #5: 6:30 1 PINT GVJ (same as above)

JUICE # 6: 7:30 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

TOTAL JUICE: 5 QUARTS

Detox helpers: morning enema, skin brushing, hot/cool shower, tongue scraping, sunbathing, walking

Exercise: 30 minute walk

KATRINA:

MORNING WATER: 1 quart water with lemon, 1 TBS MSM with 1 capsule Vitalzym

JUICE # 1 : 9:30 AM 1 QUART GVJ with romaine, spinach, kale, parsley, celery, cucumber, ginger, carrot, and cilantro.

JUICE #2: 10:00 1 PINT grapefruit

JUICE #3: 11:30 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

JUICE # 4: 1:00: 1 QUART orange and grapefruit

JUICE #5: 2:30 1 QUART GVJ (same as above) with 1 TBS spirulina

JUICE # 6: 3:30: 1 PINT orange and pineapple

JUICE #7: 5:30: 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

TOTAL JUICE: 6 QUARTS

Detox helpers: Morning enema x 2, skin brushing, hot/cool shower, tongue scraping, rebounding, sunbathing, walking

Exercise: 10 minutes rebounding, 30 minutes walking

Rainoshek’s Daily Tips:

You are in the ebb and flow of life! Read this beautiful snippet from the blog of Carrie:

Our thoughts, the universe, the ocean, our bodies - all subject and privilege to the magnificent process of spanda (pulsation), a rhythmic contraction and expansion that gives dynamism to this life, gives us something to push and pull against.

The experience of feasting bares this cycle to its bones, leaving no question as to the mechanism of the action. Who doesn't feel the rollercoaster of emotions that are sometimes coaxed, and sometimes explode from their being (well, I'll speak for myself, that's always safer). I certainly did - high one day, low the next.

The belly filling and emptying of juice, to say nothing of a newfound depth of appreciation for the palpable rhythms of the colon... There is no end to the respiration, no fixed or finished point, just a continuing conversation. On a larger scale, the time of feasting served as a contraction for me, a binding to specific parameters for a closely defined purpose, and now I find myself in the expansion again (as one always must), and the universe is asking me what my new parameters are. Left to their own devices, they could go anywhere, they are for sale, vulnerable to the nearest, loudest, most clever advertisers. This is why I have spent years in passionate search for a nutritional education, a paradigm that serves my intellect and emotional capacity as much as it does my body, so that I can navigate with informed choice through the clamor of competing philosophies, at peace with my being. I have a deep trust in the choices my body makes, and I feel this was only strengthened, and the integrity solidified, in the course of Juice Feasting.

~Carrie

Personal Journal:

This morning started off strong, rolling quickly off the other side of things as the day progressed. According to Dr. Richard Anderson, “The day prior to a healing crisis we usually feel terrific. Apparently, the body uses that energy to release something, for the crisis usually occurs after we hit the peak of energy; the next day is usually the day it begins.” I feel as though this has been happening for me, with emotional healing.

I have felt weepy all afternoon, my ego fighting to gain some ground over my blossoming bliss with thoughts such as “I shouldn’t do this Juice Feast, I don’t want anything to change, I was happy just the way I was, I actually was a lot happier even when I was overweight and at odds with the life I was living, at least then I was safe, I really should just run away from all this, I don’t want to loose any weight, I want to be slow and weighed down, this is too much to handle!!” and on and on it went.

Despite all that I tried to do, nothing would console these thoughts but to cry, and let them out. I am aware of this as a wonderful thing, I am aware of my ego, or pain body as Eckhart Tolle says, popping up and saying “don’t forget me” and in so recognizing it I am allowing it to fade. I tried, out of habit, all afternoon, to struggle against these thoughts that of course are not my genuine wishes, but found in the end that I had to accept them as part of myself, as part of my past, and love them just the way they are, and then decide that they no longer serve me. Allowing them to move away from standing between me and my source. Fluff, puff, blow the house down!!

It is just about that time of month for me, and so I am sure this is part of the picture, making me so hungry all day! I was a juice guzzler all day!

I finally had a chance to dive into Anastasia last night, and what a wonderful world I feel my eyes have been opened to! This has happened to me over and over, ever since I went raw, that I am presented with a new way of thinking, new possibilities, beautiful new concepts and paradigms, beginning with the greatest paradigm shift of all: that I could live on raw food! Once you begin the expansion of your being, it seems there is no end, o joyous discovery!

We had a loss in the family this morning: David’s well used Juiceman juicer finally passed away, a significant piece of its lid breaking off and rendering it useless right in the middle of a grapefruit juice marathon. Not a peep of complaint from David, these things happen for a reason, and this case our first experience of supernatural aid came knocking at the door! She came bearing flowers, beautiful blue ones, hyacinth with a sweet scent, she called them nose candy for we who are in juice land. We shared our broken juicer story and she said, "oh well we have three in our house, why don’t you come and choose one!" Of course. So we ended up borrowing a Green Star and a Breville Juice Fountain, and our kitchen is once again fully equipped to make juice for the Juice Feast! Thank you dear fairy sweet Michella, we love you!

May all your dreams be sweet and juicy!!

With love,

David and Katrina

Global Juice Feast Day Ten

I Love Baby Cherries!
I Love Cherries!!
Juice Feast Day 10

The Daily Juice Journal:

DAVID:

MORNING WATER: 1 quart water with lemon, 1 TBS MSM

JUICE # 1 : 9:30 AM 1 QUART GVJ with romaine, spinach, kale, parsley, celery, cucumber, ginger, apple, carrot, yam, and cilantro.

JUICE #2: 10:00 8 oz pineapple juice

JUICE # 3: 11:30: 1 QUART orange, grapefruit, and lemon with 1 TBS Chlorella, and 1 TBS bee pollen.

JUICE # 4: 1:30 1 PINT orange, grapefruit, and lemon with 1 TBS Chlorella and 1 TBS hemp oil.

JUICE #5: 3:30 1 PINT watermelemonaide with 1 TBS Vitamineral Green

JUICE # 6: 5:45 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

JUICE #7: 6:30: 1 PINT watermelon, cherry, and blueberry

TOTAL JUICE: 4.75 QUARTS

Detox helpers: morning enema, skin brushing, hot/cool shower, tongue scraping, sunbathing

Exercise: 20 minutes resistance training.

KATRINA:

MORNING WATER: 1 quart water with lemon, 1 TBS MSM with 1 capsule Vitalzym

JUICE # 1 : 9:300 AM 1 QUART GVJ with romaine, spinach, kale, parsley, celery, cucumber, ginger, apple, carrot, yam, and cilantro.

JUICE #2: 8oz pineapple juice

JUICE # 3: 11:30: 1 QUART GVJ (same as above) with 1 TBS hemp oil, 1 TBS Spirulina, and ¼ tsp kelp (YUMMY!!) I am still REALLY loving spirulina in my juice!

JUICE #4: 12:30 1 QUART orange, grapefruit, and lemon

JUICE # 5: 1:30: 1 PINT orange, grapefruit, and lemon with 1 TBS Chlorella

JUICE #6: 4:00: 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

JUICE # 7: 6:30: 1 PINT watermelon, cherry, and blueberry

TOTAL JUICE: 5.25 QUARTS

Detox helpers: Morning enema, skin brushing, hot/cool shower, tongue scraping, rebounding, yoga, sunbathing

Exercise: 30 minutes rebounding, 10 minutes yoga, 10 minutes weights

Rainoshek’s Daily Tips:

Waking up this morning, I see the blue sky
I join my hands in thanks for the many wonders of life;
For having twenty-four brand new hours.
The sun is rising on the forest
And so is my awareness.

I walk across the field of sunflowers.
Tens of thousands of flowers waving at me;
My awareness is like the sunflower;
My hands are sowing the seeds for the next harvest.
My ear is hearing the sound of the rising tide on the magnificent sky.
I see clouds approaching with joy from many directions.
I can see the fragrant lotus ponds of my homeland;
I can see coconut trees along the rivers;
I can see rice fields stretch their shoulders
Laughing at the sun and the rain.

Mother Earth gives me coriander, basilicum, and celery.
Tomorrow, the hills and mountains of the country will be green again.
Tomorrow, the buds of life will grow quickly;
The folk poetry will be as sweet as the songs of the children.
The whole family of humans will sing together with me in my work.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Your Questions:

Hi there Katrina and David,
As you no doubt know, fats and toxins are pumped into the gut in bile by the liver, and carried with dietary fibre out of the body. My question is, if there is very little fibre (as with juicing) does that fatty toxic bile just get re-circulated back to the liver, and on again to the small intestine (over and over etc etc) ? Obviously this would put a lot of strain on the liver, especially during weight loss when a lot of fat is shifting out of the body. When you have time, would you mind telling me you thoughts on this.
Very much appreciated,
Lisa
PS: I'm very much enjoying the JF so far xxx

We Say:

Hello Lisa!

We are so glad you are enjoying your Juice Feast!

No, the fatty toxic bile will not be re-circulating around and around. If it did, we would not see the healing that we see with Juice Feasting. It all gets flushed out the bowel! The juices you are drinking and the enemas will all help to flush it out.

Here is my little daily story about enemas (sorry everyone) that I hope will illustrate how stuff is flushed out. This morning I did two enemas, just to see what would happen, and low and behold, MORE stuff came out! I was amazed! I even had quite a large BM before I began, then did my enema. After it was all released, I felt a little nauseated, and thought, why don’t I try a second one? I could feel that there was still stuff waiting to come out. The second one I did, it was actually more difficult to take all the water in, which surprised me because I had already had a BM and done a full enema. There really was more in there to come out! There is no way all of that was from the juices I have been drinking!

Another Question:

Hey guys! Thanks for all the videos and responses you guys post. I was wondering, what spices, if any, are allowed for the juices? So far I’ve had some cinnamon, and tonight I added a little turmeric to my veggie juice and it made it a lot lot better. Of course the cleansing comes first in this! So, if any, which ones could we play with?
~Linda

We Say:

Hello Linda

Ultimately this one is up to you and please do what feels right for your Juice Feast. Spices do have many healing properties to them, and are quite powerful! A great book for more information on spices is Heinerman’s Encyclopedia of Healing Spices. That being said, we don’t tend to encourage the use of many spices with our Juice Feasting students, apart from the use of cayenne! Our reason for adding in cayenne is due to its amazing healing properties and cleansing powers. According to Heinerman, cayenne works to quickly halt bleeding, relives rheumatoid arthritis, prevents blood clots and strokes, heals ulcers, burns away body fat, knocks out cold and flu miseries, brings down blood sugar levels, lowers cholesterol and reduces risk of heart disease, gets rid of cluster headaches, keeps your toes warm (by sprinkling it in your socks!), increases color brilliance of your body’s own electromagnetic energy aura, can be used in salve for sprains and bruises, is good for sore throats, decreases pain due to shingles, trigeminal neuralgia, and diabetic neuropathy, and possibly prevents lung disease.

We do encourage the use of fresh herbs, such as ginger, garlic, basil, parsley, cilantro, rosemary, lemongrass, and others. If you are really wanting to use spices, see if you can get them fresh, rather than dried and powdered. We have found most dried spices to cause imbalances and often lead to cravings for eating solid foods. Although they will not halt your cleansing, eating solids will!

Angela Stokes recently wrote up a blog about spices, and here is a bit from her:

“Spices tend to be powdered forms of certain plants, in concentrations you would not easily come across in nature. Spices are made by powdering down a large amount of some bark, root, or other plant matter. You might even have a spice blend. The concentrated intensity of the spice can throw the body a bit out of balance, as you are getting a much bigger ‘hit’ of this food than you’d naturally be able to get hold of if you were just foraging things to eat in the wild. This can distort taste buds, block your ability to sense when you’ve eaten enough and so encourage eating in excess.”

So, if you do choose to use spices, keep them to a minimum, and enjoy your Juice!!

Personal Journal:

WOW! What a beautiful day it was here in Patagonia! I feel so blessed to live where the sun shines so much. It was warm, the wind was light, and the sun was bright! We were groaning over Ben’s slide show of what Ottawa looks like right now, and I have to say, as much as I love that part of the world (I was born in Ottawa!), I am so happy to have daffodils, blooming rosemary and yellow flowering vines outside my door in March rather than a blizzard. I was actually feeling just a bit nostalgic for Montreal while Skyping with a good friend there yesterday…until the snowy reality check!! Don’t worry though all of you in colder climes, your smiles are making the world a cozier place, I can feel it from here!

We had a lovely chat with Angela Stokes yesterday afternoon, which will be included in Day 9’s video. She is truly a gift to all of us, I love her spark and wisdom, such a light heart and deep soul you can feel it even through Skype!! Want to get re-inspired on your Juice Feast? Watch Day 9’s video with Angela! She used the metaphor of the body as a dirty sponge…and on a Juice Feast that sponge gets wrung out really, really tight, all the dirty water pushed out. Then, as the sponge fills up again, it soaks up beautiful, clean water. I feel like that is happening at a rapid rate for me with my emotions, I feel as though they are getting squeezed out of my cells, the dark corners of my brain, the deep closets of my sub-consciousness, and in is flowing beautiful, clear, radiant light. Oh, I feel so GOOD today!!

It was a produce abundance day for us today. Our order arrived at Red Mountain, so off we went to fill the back of Pegasus with boxes of gorgeous, organic JUICE FOOD!! This was the first time that David had bought in bulk for a Juice Feast, and he was very thrilled with the results “there was no going into the grocery store, filling up a cart (or two), emptying your cart at the till, putting everything back in the cart, emptying the cart into the truck, driving home, and emptying the truck. It was just put the boxes in the truck, drive home, put the boxes in the fridge!” If you are Juice Feasting on your own, the best things to buy in bulk are cucumbers, celery, carrots, citrus, and apples. These last longer than leafy greens, and often you can get them by the half case.

But oh what a joy! To have cases of produce! Here is what we got today:

1 case of oranges
1 case of grapefruit
1 case of celery (will probably last us 2 weeks)
1 case of cucumbers (will probably last us 2 weeks)
1 case of spinach
1 case of kale
1 case of romaine lettuce
½ case of parsley
25lbs carrots
3 pineapples
10 big tomatoes
3 bunches of basil
3 bunches cilantro
3 big heads of ginger
1 bunch chard (it was all they had!)
2 bags of cherries

For our first ten days of Juice Feasting, we ended up going shopping three times!! Lets hope that this improves now that we are casing it, as much as I love the Red Mountain folks, I would much rather be bouncing in the sunshine than going to the grocery store.

I have been having really wild dreams the past five nights or so, and feel such an amazing amount of movement and emotional healing going on in my sleep. I have been having long, dramatic and heart felt visits with people from my past, people who have died, people I am no longer in touch with. All people who have had a profound effect in my life…coming and having loving visits with me in my sleep. Essentially, I am healing my relationships with my memories.

I am truly excited to be on DAY 10!! When we look back on the last 10 days of the Juice Feast, it feels like a month! So much has happened, just as though we were traveling and every new thing and moment stands out. It really is a journey, bringing one into the moment, expanding time. Tomorrow will be a personal crossing of a thresh-hold for me, as I move into what will be my longest time living on liquids. Just the idea of sustaining oneself on juice turns me on so much, that to really realize that I am, right now, is a complete whack on the side of the head!! Wonderfully so. I never, ever thought before just a year ago that I could function so beautifully on just juice. I love expanding my beliefs!! I really feel that my previous 10 Day Juice Feast prepared me for this juicy journey. I really felt then that I was just gaining my stride with juicing on Day 10, but we had to break out of it due to work and travel. Now, I feel I am gaining my stride, and ready to keep on dancing!

Strong cravings to eat have been coming and going, and each time they pass I feel as though I have gone deeper into my true presence. I imagine I am very, very large, huge, like the universe, and that the craving is just a tiny, tiny speck in the vastness of it all. When we come face to face with the things that challenge us, we can use them to dive deeper into the wholeness that we are!! Then, they don’t seem such a challenge any longer.

Just made another crazy watermelon juice, this time with cherries and blueberries. Can I call it Watermelon Cherry Dream? Cause it seems like a dream to me.

See you tomorrow on Day 11!!

With peaceful steps,

David and Katrina Rainoshek

Global Juice Feast Day Nine

I LOVE Oranges!! (I really do, I am mad for them right now!)
Juice Feast Day 9

The Daily Juice Journal:

DAVID:

MORNING WATER: 1 quart water with lemon, 1 TBS MSM with 1 capsule Vitalzym

JUICE # 1 : 9:00 AM 1 QUART GVJ with romaine, spinach, kale, parsley, celery, cucumber, ginger, apple, carrot, yam, and cilantro.

JUICE # 2: 11:30: 1 QUART orange, blood orange, grapefruit, lemon and pineapple with 1 TBS Chlorella, and 1 TBS bee pollen.

JUICE # 3: 1:30 1 PINT orange, blood orange, grapefruit, lemon and pineapple with 1 TBS Chlorella.

JUICE #4: 3:30 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

JUICE # 5: 6:45 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

JUICE #6: 8:00 1 PINT Watermelemonaide with watermelon, lemon, and orange. I should perhaps take this moment to explain that David has been testing his Fasting Blood Sugar while we have been juicing, and it is still beautifully low!! This despite sometimes drinking fruit juice late at night (due to very busy days, so much to do!) and he also has had no trouble sleeping. Please try not to drink your juice this late!!

TOTAL JUICE: 5 QUARTS

Detox helpers: morning enema, skin brushing, hot/cool shower, tongue scraping

Exercise: 20 minutes resistance training.

KATRINA:

MORNING WATER: 1 quart water with lemon, 1 TBS MSM with 1 capsule Vitalzym

JUICE # 1 : 9:00 AM 1 QUART GVJ with romaine, spinach, kale, parsley, celery, cucumber, ginger, apple, carrot, yam, and cilantro.

JUICE # 2: 10:30: 1 QUART GVJ (same as above) with 1 TBS hemp oil, 1 TBS Spirulina, and ¼ tsp kelp (YUMMY!!) I am really loving spirulina in my juice!

JUICE #3: 12:30 1 QUART orange, blood orange, grapefruit, lemon and pineapple

JUICE # 4: 1:30: 1 PINT orange, blood orange, grapefruit, lemon and pineapple

16 oz water with 1TBS Vitamineral Green

JUICE #5: 4:00: 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

JUICE # 6: 6:45: 1 PINT Watermelemonaide with watermelon, lemon, and orange

TOTAL JUICE: 5 QUARTS

Detox helpers: Morning enema, skin brushing, hot/cool shower, tongue scraping, rebounding, yoga

Exercise: 20 minutes rebounding, 30 minutes yoga

Rainoshek’s Daily Tips:

Have you tried Watermelemonaide yet? If not, try it!! I just made some with ½ a big watermelon, two big lemons, and three oranges. Yummy nectar.

Watermelon juice is the most alkaline of any fruit or vegetable! Because of this, it can help overcome acidic conditions of the body. It is rich in protein, A,B, and C vitamins, enzymes and chlorophyll, and easily digested by most people- even those with poor digestive systems. Watermelon juice help to eliminate uric acid and dissolve accumulated deposits from a poor diet, making it ideal for those with arthritis, gout, and Uremic poisoning, which are all caused by an excess accumulation of uric acid. Watermelon juice flushes a lot of acid from the system and renews the blood. When this happens, the skin starts looking and feeling better! If you feel that watermelon juice is too sweet for you, you can dilute it with water.

Your Questions:

I have been doing the enemas every morning and they always make me feel better, but yesterday I couldn't get the water to go in. I tried twice but before I did the enema I had a bowel movement. Last night I ordered the intestinal movement formula online. Then today, I tried to do the enema and had the same thing happen, it was in, but no water entered me. I tried 3 times and it was as if there was something in the way. Today my eliminations were small, minute and marble-like but only one at each sitting. I don''t know what to do in the meantime while I wait for the intestinal movement formula. Should I try a colonic? This is day 5 for me and I hope to do at least 30 days but I'm thinking I have years and years of literal crap inside me and the enema is not getting it out. Any suggestions?

We Say:

You are most likely right about fecal matter blocking the water from entering. I have had a similar experience when my bowel was full and not emptying on its own after traveling in the truck all day. I just waited and waited for a little water to go in, and then I had to release RIGHT AWAY. Then, I tried again and it all flowed in nicely. There are a few things that you can try to move it out:

1. cascara sagrada: start with 1 capsule in the morning and see if this works to get things moving. If nothing happens by the evening, take a second one. This should get things flowing for you by the next morning, and you should naturally have a BM. Follow it up with your morning enema.
2. You could definitely go for a colonic. If your hunch is that you are releasing lots of old waste matter, a colonic will help to speed up the process. You can also try doing more than one enema! I have heard of people who, while healing from cancer using live foods and juices, do up to four enemas in a row while they were healing their health challenge.
3. Vitamin C will also cause your bowel to move. Try starting with 500 mg, and have about 1,500 mg through out the day. You can’t hurt yourself with too much Vitamin C, it will just give you the runs, which in your case will be wonderful!
4. Spinach-apple juice! Try this baby to get things out!
5. Be sure that you are drinking enough water and to remain well hydrated. I know it can feel like we are drinking loads of liquids with all of our juices, but the body uses a lot of water while it is detoxing to flush toxins out. A good rule of thumb is if you are peeing every hour, you are probably drinking enough (right now I think I am going every half hour!!)

Another possibility is that you are tensing up if you are feeling stressed. I doubt that this is the case for you, as you have been doing them for several days now, but for others reading: Make sure that you are nice and relaxed, and in the “flow” of enema. Think about the healing you are getting from your enemas, and this will help you to enjoy them rather than dread them!

Personal Journal:

Phew! Did I really just write about enemas again? Sorry about that, but they really are so very important, and we keep getting questions, so there you have it.

Lets see, the days are all melting together in my mind right now. I gave David a hair cut this afternoon, outside in the sunshine. I always love cutting his hair, having never cut anyone's hair before...there is such a sweet level of trust in this hair cutting. The first time I was set to cut it, I questioned his trust in me, making sure he knew that I did not know how to cut hair, and that it might turn out to be a cosmetic disaster. His reply was purely David, "I don't mind what it looks like, what matters to me is that it is my love that cut it." So, if his hair looks kind of funny on Day 9, you can relax, he doesn't mind!

It is late, we are a day behind on our videos (meaning Day 7 is still up for Day 9!), it has been a busy Sunday, and I am so ready for B-E-D!!

See you tomorrow,

With peaceful steps,

David and Katrina

Global Juice Feast Day Eight

I Love Cilantro!
Juice Feast Day 8

The Daily Juice Journal:

DAVID:

MORNING WATER: 1 quart water with lemon, 1 TBS MSM with 1 capsule Vitalzym

JUICE # 1 : 9:30 AM 1 QUART GVJ with romaine, spinach, kale, parsley, celery, cucumber, ginger, apple, blueberries, raspberries, and lemon.

JUICE # 2: 10:30: 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

JUICE # 3: 1:30 1 QUART orange, grapefruit and lemon with 2 TBS bee pollen and 1 TBS Chlorella and 1 TBS hemp oil (on its own)

JUICE #4: 3:30 1 PINT watermelon, blueberry, and raspberry

JUICE # 5: 6:00 1 PINT GVJ with tomatoes, basil, cilantro, parsley, spinach, cucumber, and garlic with a pinch of Himalayan crystal salt.

JUICE #6: 7:30 1 QUART GVJ same as the morning GVJ.

JUICE #7: 8:00 1 PINT orange, grapefruit, and lemon

TOTAL JUICE: 5.5 QUARTS

Detox helpers: morning enema, skin brushing, hot/cool shower, tongue scraping

Exercise: Day of rest and rebuilding.

KATRINA:

MORNING WATER: 1 quart water with lemon, 1 TBS MSM with 1 capsule Vitalzym

JUICE # 1 : 9:30 AM 1 QUART GVJ with romaine, spinach, kale, parsley, celery, cucumber, ginger, apple, blueberries, raspberries, and lemon.

JUICE # 2: 11:30: 1 QUART GVJ (same as above) with 1 TBS hemp oil, 1 TBS Spirulina, and ¼ tsp kelp (YUMMY!!)

JUICE # 3: 1:30 1 QUART orange, grapefruit and lemon with 2 TBS bee pollen

JUICE #4: 3:30 1 PINT watermelon, blueberry, and raspberry

JUICE # 5: 5:30 1 QUART GVJ (same as above)

JUICE #6: 6:00 1 PINT GVJ with tomatoes, basil, cilantro, parsley, spinach, cucumber, and garlic with a pinch of Himalayan crystal salt. WOW was this ever good, love love love this juice.

Detox helpers: Morning enema, skin brushing, hot/cool shower, tongue scraping.

Exercise: Rest day, we did go grocery shopping!!

NOTE: I changed the juice amounts from yesterday! We just couldn't really do that sweet juice at that time of day! I only had two swallows, and that was enough.

Rainoshek’s Daily Tips:

See how much variety in your greens you can get. David and I realized today, as we were reading Green For Life in preparation for our daily video, that we should really be getting in a greater variety of greens. So far we have focused on romaine, spinach, kale, and parsley with some Swiss chard, dandelion greens, cilantro, and basil. There is also arugula, beet greens, bok choy, carrot tops, collard greens, endive, mustard greens, fennel, mint, and dill to name a few.

Even better, see if you can learn about wild weeds in your area. I know that even here in the Arizona desert we have Lambsquarters, baby tumbleweeds (yes, they are tiny and green and succulent before they get big and brambly and brown) and amaranth (which is a grass, that turns into a grain as it seeds) If you haven’t yet seen it, check out Shazzie’s video on collecting wild weeds!

Your Questions:

Do you encourage nuts and bean sprouts during a feast? what about chia sprouts? What about nut and/or seed milks?

We Say:

Great question. We encourage you to not do any nuts, seeds, or their milks for the duration of your Juice Feast. This includes chia seeds.

Nuts and seeds will completely arrest the cleansing/healing that you would get out of a Juice Feast. They will also tend to constipate you, are mucus forming, acid forming and are not part of the Juice Feast. By all means enjoy these in the context of a maintanence cuisine after your Feast!!

You can juice bean sprouts if you like and add them to your GVJ, as with any other green, leafy sprouty sprouts.

Remember that this is a Juice Feast, and it consists of fresh, raw juices made from high water content leafy greens, fruits, and vegetables.

If you are doing a modified Juice Feast, you would be best off adding in some green smoothies, green soups, and low fat salads to your daily juices, rather than high fat items such as nuts, seeds, and avocados. Greens are building foods, and they build the healthiest body weight and won’t cause blood sugar imbalances the way that fats and sugars will. You will also experience deeper and faster cleansing if you leave out the nuts and seeds and other fats (aside from your 1 TBS of hemp oil per day for very important EFAs) Focus on the greens!

Personal Journal:

Two, four, six, eight, who do we appreciate!! Juice Feasting, Juice Feasting, Raw, Raw, Raw!!!

Here we are together on Day 8, it is so great! I seem to really be yo-yoing back and forth as to how I feel from day to day. I don’t know if it is because I am over-exercising on my high energy days or not, but I think that might be likely. I need to follow our own advise and only push myself to 80% The thing is, is that I feel like I am only going 50%!!! I have so much energy on my “on” days so far!! I guess I just need to honor the work that my body is doing right now, and leave some energy for cleaning and healing. As the day progressed, I felt better and better, by evening I feel wonderful.

We had our first broken quart of green juice go all over the floor this morning, it fell out of the fridge door when it was opened. The floor got a well deserved mopping. I also noticed, when tilting my head back to drink some juice, that the ceiling has a nice spattering of green on it!! That rambunctious Vitamix!

Did I tell about my earwax? Crazy stuff. We were sitting out in the sunshine yesterday, and David happened to catch a glace in my ears (which I really did just clean recently) and said “hold on, I need to clean your ears out.” He got SO much wax out of them, I have never, ever seen so much come out even when I haven’t cleaned my ears in ages! It was astounding because we really are regular ear cleaners around here. He actually pulled out a long string of wax with a pair of tweezers, and I could feel it moving out and it felt like such a relief! Now that is cleaning house!

I really haven’t had any detox symptoms yet on this Feast, apart from a coated tongue and fuzzy teeth, and low emotional moments that are vivid and STRONG!! This is wonderful. Don’t forget though, if you ARE experiencing detox, celebrate it! Your wonderful body is doing amazing work that is going to keep you strong and healthy for many vibrant years.

“A turnaround in our way of thinking is necessary if health is what we are really after. Health is not the absence of disease. Disease is the absence of health. Health is the presence of something.”
~Udo Erasmus

Can you feel that presence growing?

David and I just Skyped with the weekly Juice-Luck that my dad is holding up in Victoria, B.C. That was a blast. We are going to try and add in some footage of it in our daily video for Day 8, if we can figure out how to get it to transfer into our video editing software.

That is all for tonight dear juicies!!

With love and blessings,

David and Katrina Rain