Any type of carrot juice cleanse that you do is going to be good for you to see me to keep that in mind however there are certain vegetables that tend to work synergistically much better with this particular vegetable than others. If the type of cleansing that you’re going to do is going to be in the form of juicing or juice fasting, I advise mixing the juice with other types of veggie juices. One of the best juices that can be used with carrot cleansing is beet juice. Beet juice is rich in iron and other minerals intends to work and hand in hand with carrot juice to increase the overall potency of not only itself but the carrot juice as well. Another fantastic juice to add is either a cucumber juice or celery juice as these are gentle on the body but pack a nutritional punch that helps to support the carrots,cleansing, and over all total cleanse.

One of the biggest benefits of getting enough carrots in your diet is the high levels of beta carotene which in turn become vitamin A within the body. If you don’t get enough fiber in your diet and juicing is just not practical you can blend carrots in a blender along with other produce to get not only the benefits of the nutrients inside the carrot but all that beneficial fiber as well. That fiber is going to help keep your digestive system running in peak performance and allow your body to remove all the excess waste from your body.

Let’s first discuss a carrot juice cleanse using only carrot juice. While I’m all for having cups of whole carrot juice each and every day I do not believe that doing a carrot juice cleanse where all you drink his carrot juice and water is healthy for you. This is not only because of the fact that the body needs a variety of different nutrients from a variety of different produce but also because of the high levels of beta carotene which is then converted to vitamin A. Carrots are so rich in vitamin A or beta carotene that drinking too much of this juice all the time every day during a cleanse could lead to vitamin toxicity which is a real threat and is very common amongst people who are cleansing for the first time or simply are ignorant of vitamin toxicity’s existence. This does not however mean that I believe that carrot juice can’t be used in conjunction with other juices on a regular basis.

In fact, a carrot juice cleanse done alongside other fruit juices and vegetable juices can be one of the best means of detoxing the body. My personal favorite is to drink a mixture of carrot juice, beet juice, cucumber juice, and celery juice. When a glass of juice is divided into equal parts among these various vegetables and taken on a regular basis during a juice cleanse this could be one of the most effective and potent detoxifying beverages that you can drink. As always, I recommend if you are going to juice do so with organic and properly washed and cared for produce don’t skip good hygienic procedures as you’re concentrating not only vitamins and minerals but possibly pesticides and chemicals as well so be careful.

Basically what I recommend that people do is that the day before they cleanse and particularly the night before they cleanse I recommend that people do not eat heavily and that most of their food should be raw and organic and should not be processed or cooked. This is to help prepare the body for the next three days or you will not be in any solid food and you’ll only be drinking juice and water. The first thing that needs to be done is the person doing the cleanse needs to purchase a bottle of natural oral liquid laxative, I use and often recommend buying oral solution magnesium citrate, you can find a bottle of this at any drugstore like CVS, Walgreens, and Rite Aid to name a few. The bottle is usually 10 to 12 ounces and is generally in a glass bottle, I recommend putting it in the fridge and cooling it just like you would a beverage so that it goes down easier. You drink the whole bottle the night before you start your cleanse and throughout the night and into the next day your bowel movements should be mostly liquid and this is a good thing as it exactly what you want to see and that means your colon is removing all the excess waste.

Instead of using an entire article or post for each individual day I’ll simply sum up how to juice fast for total cleanse throughout the three days as what you do doesn’t change really very much. If you have a juicer I recommend juicing over buying bottled juice as this kind of juice has more enzymes in and it’s also a lot healthier for you as a result. If you don’t have or can’t acquire a juicer I recommend buying only organic whole juices, no juice blends or anything from concentrate, just the straight stuff with no extra ingredients except for the juice itself and that’s it. You can generally consume any type of fruit juice that you want but there are specific vegetable juices that you must take each day, these four include carrot juice, cucumber juice, beet juice, and celery juice. Be sure to get an equal amount of each juice regardless of the serving within each day and drink these for all three days. Along with the fruit juice and vegetable juice you must continue to drink a large amount of purified filtered water I recommend at least 2 to 3 liters for women in 3 to 4 for men possibly more during cleanse by about an extra liter or so for both genders.

You will be hungry, you may even feel ill, your breath may get worse and your body odor may start to worsen as well, this is to be expected and is a sign that you were starting to release the toxins naturally from your body, stick with it. At the end of the three days you can eat again but do so with small portions and only with raw and organic foods nothing processed or cooked do this for the next 3 to 7 days as well. Then you can gradually go back to at least some of the foods that you ate before, but if you want to maintain the results you’re going to want to stick to a healthy and natural diet.

The liver releases crucial digestive secretions that help facilitate food digestion in addition to cleaning the blood as well. Toxins, pollution, pesticides, and contaminated soil and water are inhaled or taken in regular day to day activity. People’s exposure to these elements is also made worse by the use of steroid use, certain medications, any smoking, and the overconsumption of liquor, and processed foods. Many do not have access to adequate fresh drinking water either. With the support of the healthy liver, people naturally flush the metabolic waste substances and toxins made from the metabolic processes our bodies normally go through. Our livers also have a huge impact on our hormonal system, it helps to modulate and balance our bodily hormone activity levels to ensure proper neurological function. With the processed meals, and nutrient deficient goods people eat these days, plus the external pollution of the air we breathe and the water we drink, our liver has to work harder these days to cleanse our bodies maintain normal metabolic activity.

This where doing a simple core liver cleanse can really come in handy, and help  give your liver the opportunity to do cleanse the rest of the body, after all what good is a tool if it’s not working properly right? The good news is a core liver cleanse is devoid of any fancy ingredients or elaborate concoctions. While I advise looking at different cleansing products out there to see if any suit your needs, you can also do some simple liver cleanses at home too. What I advise is juicing a couple glasses of beet juice, celery juice, cucumber juice, and carrot juice and drinking it through the day. These all work synergistically to help remove excess water and waste plus they deliver vital nutrients that support the liver too, and give it the opportunity and fuel it needs to regenerate so it can work for you again the way it should. Drink plenty of pure filtered water too, i advise around 2-3 liters for women (depending on weight and size) and about 3-4 for men (same size rules apply).

I recommend not eating much solid food, and should you do so, keep it raw, and whole, no man made foods, do that along with regular juicing, then about 3-7 days into the core liver cleanse you should notice a huge difference in how you feel. You may feel a bit sick during this process but that’s totally normal because your body is finally eliminating all those nasty built up toxins, so keep it up and see it through your body will thank you.

Carrot juice is also extremely high in beta-carotene, and this particular nutrient is widely known as a cancer fighting element. Beta-carotene is a substance found in plants that is turned into vitamin A which is why it’s known as the “eye vegetable” as vitamin A is needed for eye health. It specifically does a few things such macular degeneration prevention via the aging process and poor health; it also prevents drying of the eyes as well as the skin. This wonderful vitamin is also known for helping to maintain colon health and heal and prevent urinary tract infections, it also strengthens the battle against a bacterial infection.

Vitamin A might additionally be a great help in preventing particular types of cancers. There are other symptoms and drawback to not getting enough of this vital nutrient found abundantly in carrot and carrot juices, some of these symptoms include: poor overall growth, dry skin, night blindness, and xerophthalmia or more commonly known as dry eye, which is a very common symptom. The vitamin A that is contained in high concentrations in freshly juiced carrots is extremely vital for women who are or may be becoming pregnant. These women need to strengthen and keep the health of their own body as it is, in addition to the new child growing inside them, so getting extra and bioavailable nutrition through juicing can be a great means of doing this, and carrot juice is gentle and healthy for both you and your baby. But for those who just need to help clean out there systems, a carrot juice liver cleanse will be a great way to start a weight loss plan or incorporate to an overall larger cleansing regimen, as this kind of juicing cleanse will provide the needed nutrients to your lover to then allow your liver to do the bulk of the real detoxing for you.

Because bigger stools dilute the toxins being removed through the waste more efficiently, which in turn also reduces the actual physical exposure time in the colon, bigger stools also push  against the colon walls to facilitate peristaltic action. So generally, larger stools are better for you and carrot juice will soften help to serve that purpose naturally. I recommend people drink carrot juice two to three times a day for constipation relief, once in the morning, sometime during the day, preferably with a midday meal, and once before going to sleep. Juicing and drinking fresh carrot juice will give you much more superior results then using canned juice because of the active enzymes which die during the pasteurization process for bottled juices. If you want to you can drink more carrot juice if you like, these guidelines are just a minimum.

The additional nutritional benefits are numerous as carrots naturally contain lots of vitamins and minerals – C, B, E, D, K, sodium, carotene, and potassium. All these additional nutrients help to improve your overall bodily function which in turn allows your body to remove fecal matter more effectively. As you increase your intake of carrot juice, you might find you will feel a little sick or nauseated. This is normal, because when carrot juice enters your digestive system it will stir up toxic areas in that system. These feelings will pass as you begin to flush the toxins from your body so its nothing to be overly concerned about.

Now let me Elaborate why I recommended the juices I did. These are not frivolous choices given without care- they were selected for a reason and for optimum cleansing. Let’s start with…..

Beet juice: The beet juice is considered as one of the best vegetable juices for detox cleansing. It is a rich source of natural sugar. It contains sodium, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, sulfur, chlorine, iodine, iron, copper, and vitamin B1, B2, C and P. This juice is rich in easily digestible carbohydrates, but the calorie content is low. The protein factors or amino acids are good in both quality and quantity. Beets also have great healing qualities as well, and have therapeutic value. They have properties to clean the kidneys and gall bladder (which help detox the body). Being rich in alkaline elements, potassium, calcium, magnesium and iron, they are useful in combating acidosis and aid the natural processes of elimination.

Cucumber Juice: Cucumber is well known for its healing and diuretic properties. It’s a great source of Copper, Chlorine, Folate (folic acid), Magnesium, Vitamins B6, K, & C, Potassium, Panthothemic acid, Phosphorus, Thiamin, and Sulfur. Cucumber peel itself is rich in vitamin A as well (hence making your own juice is more potent). Cucumber juice has a tendency to increase its own potency and the potency of other veggie juices when mixed so not only does it act as a diuretic because its 90% water but it also increases the strength of the other veggie juice. (Did I mention it’s great for the skin?

Carrot Juice: Carrot juice is the most powerful veggie juice there is next to wheat grass, and thankfully is one of the most plentiful even bottled for those of you without access to a juicer. Carrot juice is one of the richest sources of vitamin A that can be used in the daily diet. It also ranks high as a source of the other anti aging vitamins, especially those of the B complex. Its mineral content is equally rich, and includes calcium, copper, magnesium, potassium, sodium, phosphorus, chlorine, sulfur, and iron. The vitamin A content of carrot juice helps to strengthen the eyes and is essential in keeping healthy condition the mucous membranes which line all the cavities of the body, as well as strengthening the bones teeth and tissues of the body among its many other benefits.

The next article will be on how to conduct your final day of fasting and beyond.