Juice fasting is very much like eating raw vegetables that you are putting in the juice anyway. So why trouble yourself with juice fasting and why is it such an big part of the Hippocrates Health lifestyle?

The biggest difference between juice fasting and eating raw vegetables is not the nutrients. They are very alike except that you are decreasing a small portion of fiber when you create the juice. As long as you are juicing and  not blending ~ making it with a juicer and not a blender} and you drink it within 15 minutes, you are getting all the digestive enzymes, vitamins and minerals that you would have gotten if you were eating.

So why juice ? The biggest reason it is such an important part of the Hippocrates Health lifestyle is that you are letting your digestion take a much needed break.

The digestive process is by far the most energy intensive process performed by your body. By juice fasting weekly as I do, you let your body take a break from the digestion — and this is important — while taking in the nourishment your body requires.

If you are fighting an illness , you don’t want to do a complete water fast and deprive yourself of nourishment when you need it. This way your body is getting all but a little fiber.

The fasting juice recipes I use all use the growing sprouts I have ready to go. I use sunflower or pea green sprouts (50%) and then use other green vegetables to make it taste better. The best tasting is organic cucumbers, but I also use organic celery and spring greens and dilute with filtered water.

The primary nutrition is in the sprouts so the other part is mainly to get the green drink to taste good. I don’t add fruit (as I’ve seen many do in smoothies) because this creates poor digestion as fruit and greens do not combine well.