Methods 1: Before fasting
1, set the target. Experienced fasting people can practice this fasting method for up to three weeks, but if this is your first time, I suggest you start with a small goal that is easy to handle, such as three days. Fasting will be difficult both physically and psychologically, so it may be easier to start on a small scale. Instead of hesitating in the middle of a long-term fasting, it is better to successfully complete a short-term fasting first. To complete the three-day fasting of fruit and vegetable juice, you actually need to follow the five-day plan. One more day is to let the body get used to fasting, and then the other day is to give up fasting slowly.
If this is your first fasting, it may help to persuade a friend to go with you. You can encourage each other, and a little competition will not make you tempted to surrender easily!
2. Go grocery shopping. You will need a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, maybe more than you realize. It is important to buy pesticide-free organic agricultural products, because the complete concept of fruit and vegetable juice fasting is to expel toxins from the body, not to introduce more. Store fresh oranges, lemons, limes, tomatoes, spinach, cabbage, celery, carrots, cucumbers, apples, grapes, blueberries, beets, garlic and ginger.
If possible, you should also buy some high-quality natural spring water packaged in food-grade plastic or glass bottles. You will drink a lot of water during fasting.
3. Buy a good juicer. When fasting fruit and vegetable juice, it is very important to have a juicer with good performance, because it can get the most juice from fruits and vegetables, saving you time and energy in preparation and cleaning. Make sure that your juicer has at least 700 watts, so that you can easily handle any fresh produce you throw in. You should also look for a juicer with only a few assembly and disassembly parts, because it can make the juicing process faster. Buying a new juicer is not a small expense, but the investment is worthwhile, especially if you plan to incorporate regular fruit and vegetable juice fasting into your lifestyle. The price of common juicer ranges from 100 to 700 yuan, and a good juicer even costs thousands of dollars, but it has stable performance and high quality, and should last for 15 to 20 years.
When fasting fruit and vegetable juice, the blender cannot replace the juicer. If you use a blender, the final product is not juice, but smoothies. Milkshakes still contain fiber from fruits and vegetables. Although fiber is good for the body, it should not be taken during fasting. Otherwise, your body will spend too much energy to digest fiber instead of detoxifying.
4. Decide when to fast. It is important to arrange time when fasting fruit and vegetable juice. You will need to make sure that you have enough time to prepare juice in the morning, and you don't need to do any physical work for the next 3 to 5 days, especially if you are fasting for the first time. Many people who fast for the first time will make plans for the weekend, from Friday to Sunday, when they can stay at home for a long time. After fasting, many fasting people report feeling headache and weakness (although some people claim to be more energetic than usual), and you may need to take a nap to maintain your strength.
You should also realize that fruit and vegetable juice fasting stimulates the body to detoxify, and your body needs to excrete waste frequently. Therefore, it is best to stay near the toilet during fasting.
5. Be prepared for fasting. You need to prepare your body one day in advance, and then seriously start a three-day fruit and vegetable juice fasting. You can only eat fruits and vegetables raw the day before. If you like, you can only drink juice at brunch to adapt to fasting, and then eat solid food at dinner, such as salad or other raw fruits and vegetables. Some fasting people also suggest using laxatives (natural laxatives) or enemas to clean up the body system before starting fasting, but this step is optional.
Method 2: During fasting
1, make a lot of freshly squeezed juice every morning. If you have a lot of time in the morning, you can make your own juice all day at once, which obviously saves energy. You can put the juice in the refrigerator and take it out when you want to drink it. Alternatively, you can put each juice ingredient in a separate sealed plastic bag and take it out when you want to juice it. Try different combinations of fruits and vegetables, and you may get a delicious and unique mixed drink. Think carefully about which flavors can match well, so drinking fruit and vegetable juice is a chore full of fun rather than boring.
When fasting fruit and vegetable juice, try to keep the ratio of juice to vegetable juice at 20: 80. Fruit juice contains a lot of indigestible sugar, so maybe you can drink fruit juice in the morning and vegetable juice for lunch and dinner.
You can try to drink as much fruit and vegetable juice as possible all day. Fasting with fruit and vegetable juice doesn't mean starving you. Your body needs vitamins and nutrients in fruit and vegetable juices to maintain physical strength and detoxify. So there is no limit to how much fruit and vegetable juice you should drink a day. Drink fruit and vegetable juice whenever you feel hungry or thirsty. Drink at least four servings of fruit and vegetable juice every day. If you lose weight on an empty stomach, don't limit the intake of fruit and vegetable juice. Your body loses a lot of heat because of fasting. Limiting the intake of fruits and vegetable juices will only put your body into survival mode and try to maintain any excess weight. So please insist on drinking at least 4 cups of fruit and vegetable juice every day.
3. Drink plenty of water. It is very important to keep your body hydrated when detoxifying fruit and vegetable juice, because water can help detoxify and replenish water after detoxification. Drinking water can also suppress hunger. Every cup of fruit and vegetable juice should have at least 473 ml of water. You can dilute the fruit and vegetable juice with 50% water, or drink the fruit and vegetable juice before drinking water. Drink more water between drinks of fruit juice. Drinking herbal tea is also a good way to replenish water. Try to drink only caffeine-free green products.
4. Do some relaxing exercise. Doing some exercise every day during fasting can divert your attention from any hunger symptoms and help stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis. Walking outdoors or doing simple yoga exercises is good for you, but avoid any more strenuous activities to avoid feeling weak.
5. Clean up the waste in the body system. Many people can defecate naturally, but you can use enema once a day to help this process, preferably in the morning. This can help remove any toxins accumulated in the large intestine. Adding some freshly squeezed lemon juice and a little honey (sweet) to warm water and drinking a cup immediately after getting up every morning has also been proved to promote defecation.
6. Continue to fast for the remaining two days. Drink as much fruit and vegetable juice and water as possible according to the same schedule. If there is a shortage of fresh agricultural products, you can also buy more. You should also continue to try different recipes to make your fruit and vegetable juice diverse and interesting.
7. Stay firm. No matter how enthusiastic you are at first, you will certainly face the temptation and test of willpower in these three days. You will be more sensitive to taste, and solid food seems to call you to eat. Stay firm and remember why you decided to detoxify in the first place-you want to expel toxins accumulated in your body for many years. After that, you will feel better physically and mentally and enjoy the sense of accomplishment of successfully completing your first fasting. Some people like to fast and claim to be full of strength instead of being exhausted. I hope you are one of these lucky people!
Try activities that can relax and restore physical strength to divert attention, such as meditation, reading, stretching and manual work. You don't have to plan the whole day around the meal time, you will be able to spare more time.
Method 3: After fasting
1, take a day to let your body slowly quit fasting. This day is similar to the day before you started fasting. You only eat salads and fruits. Adhere to a small amount of food, so as not to burden the stomach and digestive system.
2. Gradually return to a normal diet. After the adaptation period, you can gradually return to normal diet, first introducing eggs, dairy products, whole grains, cereals and beef. Should avoid eating processed food, so as not to destroy the effect of detoxification. Eating pizza or other processed food immediately after fasting is not a good idea, it may make you feel uncomfortable.
3. Consider fasting fruit and vegetable juice once a week for 24 hours. Fasting once a week can help you maintain your previous detoxification level. It's simple. You can divide 24 hours into two days. Eat dinner early one night, drink only fruit and vegetable juice at brunch the next day, and don't eat solid food at night.
4, the next fasting can be tried for a long time. Once you have successfully fasted for three days, you can detoxify regularly for a longer time, perhaps for seven days. If you like, it can even be fourteen days. Although such a long time sounds daunting, many experienced fasting people claim that the longer they don't eat solid food, the easier it is to fast. When your body realizes all the nutrients it gets from fruit and vegetable juices, it will train itself not to feel hungry. But, be careful. During a long fasting period, your body will start to excrete toxins through your skin and lungs, so you may notice that you are emitting some unpleasant smells.
If you don't eat for a long time, you may add protein and iron supplements to fruit and vegetable juice to give you more energy and avoid anemia. These supplements can be bought at health food stores.
Method 4: Specific fruit and vegetable juice recipes
1, morning grapefruit juice. Squeeze half a peeled grapefruit, 15 seedless red/green grapes and 285g blueberries into delicious juice to start your day.
2. Promote the digestion of morning juice. Squeezing two Australian green apples, 1 peeled orange, 1 root cucumber, 4 washed cabbage leaves and 1/4 lemons will definitely wake up your digestive system.
3. Drink beet juice for lunch. Drink half a beet, half a cucumber and five carrots for juice, which will make you full of energy at noon.
4. Italian tomato juice. Squeeze 2 tomatoes, 1 or 2 cloves of peeled garlic, 1/4 peeled lemons and a few nine-layer pagoda leaves to drink. It tastes like bread.
5. Green energy at dinner. Squeeze 4 washed cabbage leaves, 337g spinach, 2 apples, 2 celery stalks, half a cucumber, 1 carrot and 2.5cm ginger slices, and you will get a drink rich in vitamins and nutrients.
6, fruit and vegetable juice at dusk. Juice 1 beet (sliced), 1 carrot, 1 cucumber, 4 cabbage leaves, 1 green apple, 1/4 peeled lemon and 1/4 peeled lime.
Tip: When eating again, supporters of fasting suggest chewing food carefully to make it easier to digest.
If there are no organic agricultural products, fasting suggests peeling fruits and vegetables, or washing them with a cleaner that does not produce toxins. Usually, health food stores sell fruit and vegetable cleaners.
If you are interested in more difficult but effective fasting methods, you can try fasting with water.
Warning: Every time you stop eating, be sure to consult your doctor and let him monitor your situation. Fasting during pregnancy is not recommended. People with terminal cancer, diabetes, heart disease and tuberculosis should not be without food. In the case of mental illness, hypotension and peptic ulcer, you should not stop eating. Especially for patients with liver cancer or pancreatic cancer, fasting is strictly prohibited. Some of the diseases mentioned above can be improved by fasting, but they must be carried out under the supervision of doctors. In this case, if there are any dangers or complications, they can receive treatment immediately.
The common temporary side effects of fruit and vegetable juice fasting method are headache, fatigue, hypoglycemia, constipation, acne, aggravated body odor, bad breath and so on.