Why Should I Do A Juice Cleanse?

Let’s get real. We live in a dirty world. From the pollutants in the air we breathe to the chemicals in the food and water we consume, our bodies are full of toxins. This buildup of toxins is what causes many of us to feel exhausted and depleted. We need coffee just to get us through the day. Many people consume a diet high in processed foods, along with tea, coffee and alcohol. This causes a buildup of acids and metabolic waste products in the body, which can result in inflammation. This acidic state of the body can be neutralized by drinking raw juices. It truly is our birthright to feel amazing and juicing is a key component.

Just like our cars need oil changes, our bodies need a break to rid itself of toxins to help it run more efficiently. This is not a juice fast. It’s a nutritional cleanse. The purpose is to nourish your body, not deprive you. On this cleanse, you’ll be saturating your body will all the vitamins, minerals and enzymes your body is craving. Cleanses are great ways to alkalize the body and are super effective in helping the body detoxify itself. Cleansing is recommended for many common illnesses and ailments as it gives the body the rest it needs to recover.

 

What Can I Expect?

Depending on the length of the cleanse and the state of your body, you will experience different results. A three-day Cleanse helps the body rid itself of old built up matter and cleanses the blood. A five-day Cleanse starts the process of rebuilding and healing the immune system. A ten-day Cleanse will take care of problems before they arise and fight off degenerative diseases. Amazing huh? I dare you to find a pill that can do that.

Keep in mind, depending on your toxicity, you will most likely experience detox symptoms. This is actually a good sign.

You will get 5 raw juices and one raw almond milk per day. Two of them will be green juices. Each one will be labeled with numbers 1-6. This will indicate the order you drink them in.

Green Juice	Revitalizing Red	Spicy Lemonade	Homemade Almond Milk	Watermelon Lime
Cucumber	Carrot	Organic, Grade A Maple Syrup	Raw Almonds	Or
Celery	Beet	Cayenne Pepper	Agave	Pineapple Mint
Kale	Red Apple	Lemon	Cinnamon	(as available)
Spinach		Reverse Osmosis Water	Nutmeg
Green Apple			Madagascar Vanilla Bean
Lemon
Ginger

Can’t I Just Go Buy Juice From The Grocery Store?

Sure, but they won’t have nearly the same affect. All juices in the store are heated and pasteurized, thus killing off any enzymes and nutrients. Remember how important raw foods are? Because they are all reconstituted, they also contain much more sugar.

All my juices are made using a $2500 hydraulic press. Yes, it makes a huge difference. By using the hydraulic press, five times the nutrients are extracted. These raw juiced fruits and vegetables are loaded with easy-to-absorb vitamins, minerals and plant enzymes. Plus, unlike commercial juicers (which slightly heat the juice) the juices maintain these vitamins and nutrients for several days! Happy Dance!!

What Are The Benefits?

From my own personal experience and professional studies at Institute For Integrative Nutrition, I truly believe that you are what you eat and that beauty comes from the inside out. When you put live, vibrant, organic foods in your body, you will feel yourself expressing these qualities in your day-to-day life. That’s the beauty of food energetics. When you nourish the twenty-six thousand billion cells of the body with whole, nutritious and organic juices, you can’t help but feel AMAZING!! You’re literally putting liquid life into your body

Some Of The Many Benefits Include:

- Boosts immune system	- Alleviates allergies	- Improves thyroid function
- Promotes normalized weight	- Elevates Mood	- Promotes normalized blood pressure
- Promotes clear skin	- Increases energy	- Increases fertility
-Encourages physical rejuvenation	- Alleviates symptoms of PMS	- Suppresses Fibromyalgia symptoms
- Provides rest for the digestive organs	- Reverses signs of aging	- Combats viruses

Is It Organic?

I use 100% natural, whole, unprocessed, and locally sourced (when possible) organic ingredients from farms that practice sustainable agriculture. This is extremely important to me. I am committed to using the freshest produce and we strive to use only organic produce whenever possible. I’m in touch with several local produce stands that are in direct contact with the farmers.

Can I do this if I’m breastfeeding or pregnant? 

As a supplement to your current diet, yes. Alone? No. You actually need to add a LOT more calories and protein than you normally consume while breastfeeding. The body is looking for all the calories it can find so your child can grow! The problem with any type of Cleanse while pregnant or breastfeeding is that you release a substantial amount of toxins back into your system, which is what your baby relies on for nourishment. That said, adding the juices to your regular diet while breastfeeding and/or pregnant will give you the added nourishment your body so desperately needs during that time.

Can I cleanse while taking antibiotics? 

A cleanse is actually the perfect partner for your antibiotics. While antibiotics fight off harmful bacteria they also deplete the body’s supply of healthy bacteria. This cleanse is packed with nutrients that will help your body fight off the bad and replenish the good bacteria. An extended cleanse will even help strengthen your immune system to prevent illness in the future.

Won’t this slow my metabolism? 

That depends. If your metabolism is fast right now, chances are it will slow a little, as you are not taking in as much energy. It will bounce right back though. This also depends on your body - everyone is different. On the other hand, if you have a slow metabolism, clearing out toxins opens up channels so your body functions more efficiently!

How many calories in each level? 

Ugh, I hate talking calories, because they are all so different, but here ya go :) There are roughly 1100 calories in the cleanse. Keep in mind that counting calories with raw foods and juice is not equivalent to the calories you count on a traditional diet of cooked and/or processed foods. Nothing is wasted here, as the body knows how to assimilate all the calories in raw live foods, whereas a regular diet of 2,000 calories for example, might only have about 1200 useable calories and the rest is “wasted” or stored as fat. Please try to move away from calorie-oriented thinking. Pretty please?

Where do I get my protein? 

There are MANY sources of protein other than that which comes from animals. Our society is so focused on protein. Did you know we really only need about 25-35 grams of protein a day? What you may not realize is that your body needs much less protein that you may think. You’ll receive protein from the green juice and the almond milk. While the almond milk is a more obvious source of protein, don't forget the protein content in living plant foods. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein and amino acids are in everything.

Should I continue to take my medications? My Vitamins? B-12? 

I’m not a doctor so I’m going to recommend talking with your doctor before starting a cleanse. If you are questioning it at all, you should stay on your medications. As far as vitamins, that’s your call. You are consuming about 20 lbs. of freshly pressed fruits and vegetables every day, which means that this is now essentially your “multi-vitamin.” The only vitamin that you might want to add is B-12. (A nutrient found mainly in animal protein)

How much weight will I lose? Will I gain it back?  

First calories and now weight? You’re killing me Smalls! Remember, this is a nutritional cleanse designed to give your digestive system a rest and therefore allow your body to eliminate toxins. If you do lose weight, and that was something you were looking for while cleansing, then that’s just a happy side effect. I truly encourage you to focus on how you want your body to feel and not how you want your body to look. Basically, if you have weight to lose, you will lose it. If you don’t, you won’t. Enough said. Hopefully, if weight control is your goal, this cleanse will put you on a path towards healthier habits. I know I am always more mindful of what I put in my body after a good nourishing cleanse. If weight loss is your goal, I recommend doing a cleanse breaking session with me to get your goals and priorities in order.

How often should I cleanse?

This is up to you. I recommend 4-5 times a year with the change of seasons and after the holidays!

Is there anyone who shouldn’t cleanse?

If you’re diabetic or on blood thinners you probably shouldn’t do a cleanse.

I’m super inspired to cleanse but want more information!! Is there a video I can watch?

My FAVORITE documentary about juicing is: Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. If this doesn’t inspire you, I don’t know what will! AMAZING!!

This All Sounds Great! I’m ready to go!! How Much?

All cleansers will start on a Sunday or Monday. You choose! Your juices can be picked up (or delivered for an extra $10) in three day increments. You will receive five raw, organic juices/cleansing mixtures and one homemade almond milk. The juice cleanse is $50 a day.

 

3 Day Juice Cleanse    $150

5 Day Juice Cleanse   $250

7 Day Juice Cleanse    $350

10 Day Juice Cleanse    $500

Juice Cleanse Additions

Juice breaking strategy session aimed to guide you in breaking your cleanse and staying on track You’ll receive one sixty minute one-on-one session with me that includes: * Goal setting * Menu planning * Metabolic testing to determine what foods your body runs best on   $60

Break Your Cleanse “Meal” Take the guess work out of breaking your cleanse. Two raw organic juices and a huge organic vegetable salad (4-5 servings) with homemade lemon/garlic vinaigrette to help you break your cleanse. All raw. All organic.     $30

Cleansing Tips and Tools * A how to guide with the tips and tools needed for a successful cleanse. * Detox Tea, Psyllium Husk (intestinal cleanser) and Apple Cider Vinegar Water     $25

The first time I was introduced to juice cleanses was in Santa Rosa California in 2009. I met my dad at True North Health Clinic with the agenda of getting him healthy! Run by holistic medical doctors, True North is everything I envisioned the perfect health care system would encompass; whole foods, exercise rooms, health lectures and daily support from like-minded people around you. I swear I heard a choir singing “Hallelujah” the second I walked in.

Although I was there to support my dad, along the way, something shifted in me.  I was on anti-depressants at the time and using coffee and other stimulants to keep me awake and functioning. I even struggled with acne. As someone who never had acne as a teenager, this was frustrating! Although my weight was a healthy 130 lbs, I didn’t feel good and I was tired of relying on stimulants just to feel normal.

My dad stayed at True North for forty some odd days, lost over 50 lbs and more importantly, all of his blood work and vital signs were like that of a twenty-year-old. He had reversed years of damage. I met one women there who had cured her stage four breast cancer. Another gentleman cured his leukemia and arthritis. There were people there who had cured their diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure. The life-changing stories were endless and if I hadn’t heard them myself, I would be skeptical.

Although I was only there for seven days, it was life changing.  I ended up doing a four day raw juice cleanse and eating a raw and vegan diet the other three days. In that short time, I was able to get off my anti-depressants and ditch the coffee. I went back to my husband and daughters with a renewed sense of peace and purpose. My mind was as clear as my skin. My energy was through the roof without coffee! I felt grateful, grounded and inspired. My eating disorder was not triggered AT ALL during this time either. It was like cleansing my body and offering it the best food energetically available shifted my obsession from weight to health. All this from changing what I put in my body? Could what we put into our bodies really affect us so deeply? 

The answer is YES!!

Fruits, vegetables, beans and seeds in their raw form (not pasteurized or heat treated) contain micronutrients or essential vitamins and minerals. As a whole, these are the nutrients that Americans are most deficient in. When you do a juice cleanse, you are not only flooding your body with these nutrients, you’re also detoxing all the junk stored throughout your body. Years of damage begins to repair itself. That’s the beauty of our bodies. They truly do know how to heal themselves when given the proper nutrients.

Juicing and sticking to whole raw foods has stuck with me over the years. So much so that I credit a huge part of my recovery to nourishing my body instead of pumping it full of processed food like I was fed in treatment. Maybe recovery is more about food than the “experts” care to acknowledge. I was told the damage I had done to my body was irreversible. The medical world underestimated me, and my body’s amazing ability to heal itself. My journey towards health has been nothing short of a miracle.

Re-inspired by the documentary, Fat Sick and Nearly Dead, I started a five day cleanse yesterday. The first day went pretty well. The second day is always the hardest for me since I detox the most. I have a little bit of a headache right now actually.  I will keep you updated on my experience so you can decide if this is something that might be a good fit for you! My favorite part is coming off the cleanse and realizing my taste buds have completely transformed. A slice of pizza sounds yucky and a big spinach salad sounds like heaven on earth! Eating becomes a mindful practice because you realize you don’t need to live to eat, but rather eat to live.

Because my life is so busy, I won’t have time to blog every day, but if you would like to follow my fellow cleansing rockstar Jenny, head on over to her site Healthy Crush. She’s currently on a ten day cleanse.

Starting in February, I will be offering organic, raw juice cleanses and detox packages for the Boise area. I will have different packages and options available to tailor to both expert and novice cleansers. I want everyone to be able to experience the mind-altering joy of health! My juices will be made using the Norwalk juicer; a hydraulic press that has up to 5 times more minerals and vitamins than conventionally squeezed juices. Your body will be thanking you!

Contact me and let me know if you’re interested! The first cleanse will be in February and I will be taking about eight cleansers a week. I already have four spots filled. Two of those spots are a husband a wife! I LOVE it!

Let’s Get Juiced!

Rachel