Juice fasting and the benefits

For some people, losing weight can be a tall order. When bodies have become accustomed to eating high-calorie, high-fat foods and sugary beverages, turning to nutritious alternatives like fruits – and juice fasting recipes derived from them, can be a bit difficult. There are weight-challenged individuals, though, who are determined to overcome a slow metabolism and take the path to wellness. They include the super foods as part of their daily meals, and gladly try out juice fasting recipes. In so doing, they supercharge their health, and experience rapid weight loss, too.

Generally, dieters and non-dieters alike may experience the benefits of fasting. After all, fruits can give a huge energy boost, in their raw state or as part of juice fasting recipes. The body can have its fill of naturally-occurring vitamins, minerals and plant phytochemicals found in fruits through some delightfully refreshing juice fasting recipes. From among numerous juice fasting recipes, one that packs a wallop is the carrot cleanser juice that combines large carrots (about four), a stalk of celery, some spinach, an apple, plus some lemon juice. The carrots provide the body the essential enzymes, vitamins and minerals, spinach & apple deliver powerful antioxidant properties, while celery contains vitamin C and compounds that can prevent damage from free radicals.

Other juice fasting recipes make use of lycopene-rich tomatoes and anthocyanidin-laden cranberries. When on a cleansing fast, three tomatoes may be combined with half a piece of red or green pepper, a pinch of freshly ground pepper, a few teaspoonfuls of onion powder and garlic powder, a celery stock, and an apple. To help eliminate toxic build-up in the kidneys & bladder, or prostate gland, two apples combined with 1 and one-fourth cups of cranberries can be a real healing tonic.