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This article is essentially a condensed version of my core total cleanse routine and guide which you can also find on my site as well if you want a more comprehensive and detailed guide. This is meant for those of you who need something a bit more general or simply would prefer a more compact version of my prior total cleanse routine. What this says is essentially how to juice fast for total cleanse, juice fasting is by far the most effective, quickest, and natural way to really clean out your colon and help detox your body in the process. Always consult a doctor or other healthcare professional before doing any cleansing routine or cleansing products.
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.
Our kidneys are part of the endocrine and urinary bodily systems. These dual organs perform some very vital functions within the body, some of which are, to cleanse the blood, produce hormones and regulate the urinary system. The means through which the kidneys filter toxins and chemicals out of our body is by separating toxic and potentially hazardous chemicals from our bloodstream our body then produces more urine that flushes away waste product from our bodies. Our kidneys also help to maintain a proper balance of chemicals and help to ensure that our body is in proper balance in terms of electrolytes and water as well.
Generally, a kidney cleanse is a program that more often than not involves drinking plentiful amounts of various liquids like water and juice within a healthy diet. Sometimes simply improving your diet and taking in more water be enough to cleanse your kidneys, but more often than not in today’s modern world with the level of processed foods, pollutants, and toxins that we taken every day, a total cleanse for the kidneys is usually needed. One really effective method is simply by juice fasting, this involves fasting and avoiding eating solid food for lease 3 to 7 days while only drinking juice and water. Sometimes however as we get older we might start to accumulate what are known as kidney stones and we might have to add even more ingredients to our kidney cleanse to make it effective. One of these added ingredients are in the form of any sort of herbal supplementation. If you do these cleanses regularly every single day it is very possible that you can completely dissolve all kidney stones within three weeks time.
There all sorts of herbs that can easily dissolve kidney stones and kidney crystals. Some of the herbs you can use include ginger, parsley, marshmallow root, hydrangea, gravel root, and goldenrod herb. If you are going to include roots and herbs with your tea or juices make sure they are fresh and organic not powders. I also recommend taking a natural form of vitamin B6 and magnesium to help prevent oxalate stones from developing. If you are going to drink tea, and I do recommend drinking it because it is quite healthy, please avoid drinking regular tea because it more often than not contains too much oxalate acid to be used alongside with cleansing products. I recommend drinking white tea, this is the least processed form of tea, and as such it contains the highest level of antioxidants and is likely to be the best for your kidneys, this tea also contains the least amount of caffeine so it’s great for those who are sensitive to caffeine. Just keep in mind though, if you don’t have any kidney stones or any serious kidney problems and you’re simply trying to maintain or make some small improvements, generally just increasing the water that you drink every day will be enough to do this. Just make sure the water that you drink is pure and it’s filtered.
In my opinion, next to the mighty carrot the beet root is one of the most potent, and important veggie juices to have regularly, let alone during a total cleanse. When people are performing a body cleanse detox or juice fasting they often have severe iron deficiencies and as such, a beet
juice detox would be a great solution because simply eating healthy foods isn’t always enough, and beet juice allows for a very beneficial dose of much needed iron into the blood. This wonderful little root contains phosphorus, sodium, magnesium, calcium, iron, and potassium, vitamins A and C, niacin, biotin, and folic acid which is fantastic for pregnant moms as it could lower the risk of diseases such as spina bifida and other neural tube defects that can be found in newborn’s.
Beet root also has something which is great in the detoxifying process which is called glycine betaine which is a chemical compound discovered first in the sugar beets in the 19th century. This chemical is known to act as a stimulating agent for liver cells (the most important organ in your body’s ability to detox. It also protects the bile ducts and liver in general. Coronary and cerebral arterial diseases have been shown to be greatly reduced and sometimes prevented by this compound by recent studies.
Along with carrot juice these two juices together make a potent combination for liver health, and if taken daily together or with other juices can make the detox process much more efficient as your liver is in much better condition to help do the cleansing! You wouldn’t want to use run down and broken tools to fix something, neither would you want a run down, overworked, and diseased liver to do your bodily cleansing. A Healthy liver equals a longer life and VASTLY more efficient total cleanse.
Remember, red colored veggies are typically good for the blood and that’s the channel through which so many of these toxins travel, and beets are some of the deepest pigments of red you can find in a veggie. This is so much so, it often stains the skin when cut open so you know this wonderful vegetable is chock full of nutrients and enzymes. If this isn’t enough reason to include beets in your regular juicing and body detoxification routine consider this last fact. During some early research in Hungary, Heinerman is reporting that Alexander Ferenczi, M.D., observed beets aiding cancer patients and he also performed studies that gave indications that beets could help animals fight various cancers as well. So next time you juice be sure to include some beet root in your beverage, your liver will thank you.
Before I begin the guide I must let you know that should you decide to perform this detox cleanse during the process of the actual juice fasting you will experience some possible side effects. Some of these are headaches, tiredness, hypoglycemia, constipation, acne, increased body odor, and bad breath. These are signs that the cleanse is working and your body is being allowed to naturally release and expel toxins from your body through your skin, breath, and waste. Often people will complain of light headedness and the general sense of feeling ill, generally the worse it is- the more your body needed to have a total cleanse in the first place.
Step #1: The day before you start your juice fast be sure to keep your meals light and healthy mostly veggies and grains if possible. Do not eat late so as to give your body an easier time passing what waste you have inside your colon.
Step #2: At some point before the juice fast you need to purchase a natural and gentle Laxative this is KEY to facilitating and removing much of the waste. My recommendation is Oral Solution Magnesium Citrate Cherry; this is one of the gentlest laxatives you can by and therefore is gentle on your body but still accomplishes the task of removing waste. You can purchase this at a drugstore like CVS for 2 dollars typically. At some point in the evening before you go to bed you should consume the whole bottle (it’s 10oz) you’ll be going to the toilet frequently so prepare to go during the night and waking up having to use the bathroom.
It may not be attractive to talk or think about but you need to know that when your defecating it should be liquid essentially coming out and it will sound as if you are urinating but your obviously not. This process should last through the evening/night and into the morning whereas sometime in the morning to early noontime you should be slowing down if it does not that’s ok too, everyone is different and some have much more to get rid of then others.
Step #3: During the late evening and into the morning and noon hours of your first day of fasting and detoxing you should start to drink lots of water and various veggie and fruit juices which I will detail in greater depth in the next article about Day 1. Please be sure if you do have a juicer to juice your veggies and fruits instead of buying bottled. If you cannot get or do not have a juicer yet please try and buy organic and whole juices-not from concentrate from your local health food store if possible.
The body is clogged with a lot of buildup in the colon from years of poor diet with high fats, sugar, and a lack of fiber. This is common knowledge now but despite knowing this when people try to get the most out of there supplements and health foods they often feel let down by the results even after regular and steady intake. The reason for this is the blockage in the colon mentioned earlier, this often prevents and weakens the body’s ability to maximize nutrient absorption from your food and often makes the best supplements nearly useless.
Naturally we can conclude then that removing this blockage will remove this impediment and should allow for the various health foods and products to truly go to work and start the process to provide a total cleanse for the body.
Many forms of a naturopathy treatment are available to you and I will describe many of them in detail in future articles. The gentlest form of Cleansing is a food based diet where you simply consuming mostly high fiber grains, vegetables, and mostly water with light amounts of veggie and fruit juice. The most Extreme is simply fasting completely and only consuming water, I would never recommend this because your body is not getting any nutrients whatsoever and can be very harmful to the body. The most commonly used method and one I personally live by is the Juicing Fast or Cleanse. This involves consuming many liters of water a day along with Pure and Whole Fruit juices and Vegetable juices. As a result, your body is not taxing itself and is able to expel fecal matter blocking your colon but still allow for all the nutrients you need to survive and ultimately make the natural detox much more effective.
When someone is just starting this for the first time the fasting should only be for three days. Anything beyond this and you should consult a Physician first. There are people who should not try juice fasting. Pregnant or Nursing women should not try a juice fast or cleanse. People should not attempt a juice fast either before or after surgery. People with chronic conditions should only do so under medical supervision. Juice fasting can reduce blood proteins and change the way prescription drugs react with the body and therefore should consult a medical professional skilled in detoxification before trying a juice fast and should never reduce or modify their medications on their own.
