It's Day 10, yayyyy:-). Though I feel a bit guilty because I haven't been 100% faithful to the juice feast, but I still feel like I've made a ton of progress. I feel healthier, my mood is improved, my perspective has shifted. I see that there are sunny days ahead and I believe that my body will continue to heal. Green juices and fresh fruit juices are seriously the best medication you can hope to find. Although I believe that medication does have it's role in certain situations, it can not heal the cells and tissues from the inside out as this liquid nutrition.
If you are still not clear as to why Margaret and I are addicted to juices, let me give you a little overview of the power of fresh pressed juices:
Benefits of Raw Juices
1. Freshly pressed vegi juices are like soap to your cells. You wouldn’t go a day without a shower or bath (we hope :p), so start to think about your juices in the same way. Fresh squeezed juice is alkaline, the waste in our cells and tissues are acidic, therefore the negatively charged juicy soap magnetizes the positively charged waste and sweeps it up and out of the cells.Juicy Soap = - charged = alkaline = happy :-)
Gross waste = + charged = acidic = sad :-(
Juicy soap - gross waste = happy cells :-)
2. The other benefit of juicing is digestive rest. When the body has to use up so much of its energy to digest breakfast and lunch, it is not able to work on more important tasks such as repairing damaged cells and keeping the body systems in balance. Your body will be so excited to soak up the nutrient-rich, energy-filled juices without the tedious task of breaking down fiber that you will soon understand the awesomeness of fresh vegi juice:-).
3. Juices are chock-full of incredible antioxidants and phytonutrients. You would have to eat a ridiculous amount of produce in order to get the same amount of good stuff that juice will give you. Like that weird pillow-talk girl (http://youtu.be/JZQsJq-dxU8) says, "It's like an intravenous shot in the arm...BOOM,"...without the twitchy side-effects ;-).
Okay, so here's my Day 10 Juice:
Sorry for my poor quality photographs, obviously, I am not a photographer. Can you see my pretty ballerina painting in the background? I've dragged that poor ballerina with me everytime I've moved. It was probably $20, but it just makes me all mushy inside for some reason...
I ate this juice with a spoon because it was was still slightly frozen, I mushed it up with a fork and it is kinda like granita.
Strawberry Sunshine Cocktail:
2 cups strawberries1 cucumber
1 orange
That's it. Easy as pie (but much lighter). Garnish with a lemon and pretend you're in Cabo. With a nice person. Do not go to Cabo with an asshole (this may have happened to me).
So thanks again Margareta for being my inspiration and motivator. You deserve a huge hug and I'm also really excited about the circumstances beyond your control that you may have eluded to in your last post. I love that you honour what is right for your body and you are able to be flexible and change direction when life throws you a curveball (a really cool one).
xo
Erin
