My-Beautiful-Muslim-Life: Juice Fasting - Using fresh Fruit & Vegetable Juices for a great inner body detox/cleanse & to lose some weight!

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Juice Fasting - Using fresh Fruit & Vegetable Juices for a great inner body detox/cleanse & to lose some weight!

As Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh!

Insha Allah this finds you in the best of health and Iman.
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Juice Fasting is a great way to detox/cleanse the inner body/organs and lose some weight! Results are different for everybody. Many doctors prescribe Juice Fasting for their patients. I personally love Juice Fasting because no chemicals are involved. Fresh Fruits & Vegetables provide so many vitamins & nutrients that are quickly absorbed into your body.

If you don't have a good quality juicer nor can afford one, you can use a blender to make smoothies (juices & fiber enriched pulp). You can make juice by the glass or you can do what I do and make enough for the entire day and switch out recipes each day or you can make more than one recipe and keep them in your fridge for some variety. Typically, juices will be good for 3 or 4 days as long as they stay cold in your fridge. Make sure you shake the juices well because the pulp & juice will start to separate. If the juices are too concentrated/strong for your taste, you can dilute them by adding some water.

There are different time lengths for fasts. Some do a weekend fast, some do 7 days, 14 days, 21 days or more! Some people even do a month! I know of some people who did an initial 45 day Juice Fast to really clean out the inner body then kept themselves on a regular schedule of shorter fasts a couple times a year! Many doctors say that doing a Juice Fast atleast a couple of times a year is beneficial for keeping the inner body on track!

On a Juice Fast, you can drink as much juice as you like! Make sure you are drinking plenty of water too

These are some great websites that have TONS of information on the subject including tips, questions, testimonials, resources & great tasting recipes! These are just 3 website but there are plenty more if you do a web search for JUICE FAST RECIPES! You can also create your own recipes using any fruits and vegetables according to what you like!

http://www.healthrecipes.com/juice_fasting.htm

Morning Sunshine Smoothie

2 large oranges
1 red grapefruit
6 frozen strawberries
1/2 banana

Squeeze the juice from the oranges and grapefruit.
Put the juice in a blender and blend with the strawberries and banana.

Watermelon Dream Juice

2 cups cubed watermelon, cold
2 cups cubed cantaloupe, cold
1 inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled

Pass the ingredients through a juicer.

Strawberry Thirst Quencher Smoothie

1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1 cup orange juice
2 tsp. fresh squeezed lemon juice

Put ingredients in a blender.

Carrot Cleanser Juice

4 large carrots
1 stalk of celery
1 apple
handful spinach
juice from 1/2 lemon (optional)

Pass the ingredients through a blender

http://www.juicefasting.org/juice.htm

FRUIT JUICE RECIPES

Lemon~Lime Ginger Ale
(Serves 1)

1 apple, cored and sliced
1/4 lemon
1/2 inch fresh ginger (less if you find the taste too strong)
1/2 lime
handful of grapes
sparkling mineral water
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Remove the grapes from the stem. Juice the apple and ginger together, then juice the rest of the fruit. Pour the juice in a large glass and fill to the top with sparkling water and serve with ice.

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Gingered Apple Cider
(Serves 1)

1 inch piece ginger
3 apples or 1 cup apple cider

Process through a juicer and serve.

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Peach~Pear~Apple Juice
(Serves 1)

2 peaches, remove seed
1 apple, cored and sliced
1 pear, sliced

Process through a juicer and serve.

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Fruit Punch
(Serves 1)

6 strawberries, fresh or thawed from frozen
1 apple, cored and sliced
1/2 orange, peeled and sectioned

Process the fruit in a juicer and serve.

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Fruit Nectar
1 orange, peeled and sectioned
1/2 cup raspberries, fresh or thawed from frozen
1 nectarine, pitted and sliced

Process the fruit in a juicer and serve.

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Sparkling Tropical Fruit
(Serves 1)

1 kiwi, peeled
1/2 mango, peeled and sliced
1 orange, peeled and sectioned
sparkling mineral water

Process the fruit in a juicer.
Pour the juice in a large glass and fill to the
top with sparkling water and serve.

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Blueberry~Cherry Juice
(Serves 1)

handful of cherries, pitted
3/4 cup blueberries
1 apple, cored and sliced

Process the fruit in a juicer and serve.

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More Fruit Juice Recipe Ideas ...

1 cup strawberries
2 med. apples
1 tsp. lemon juice

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1/2 red grapefruit
1 med. orange
2 handfuls cranberries

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1 pear
1 peach
1 apple

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1 orange
1 mango
1 apple

VEGETABLE JUICE RECIPES

Cucumber~Celery Cooler

1 apple, sliced
4 medium carrots, greens removed
1 stalk celery
1/2 lemon, peeled (optional)
1/4 medium cucumber, peeled

Process the ingredients in a juicer and serve.

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Garden Salad
1 apple
3 medium carrots, greens removed
1/2 green pepper, sweet
4 leaves romaine lettuce
1/2 lemon, peeled (optional)
1 tomato

Process the ingredients in a juicer and serve.

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Calcium Drink
1/2 cup fresh broccoli pieces
1 apple
3 medium carrots, greens removed
small handful fresh parsley
1/2 lemon, peeled (optional)

Process the ingredients in a juicer and serve.

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Sweet Potato Carrot Juice
2 medium carrots, greens removed
1 celery stalk
1 small sweet potato
1 apple
1/2 lemon, peeled (optional)

Process the ingredients in a juicer and serve.

http://www.freedomyou.com/fasting_book/juice%20recipes.htm

Jogger’s Paradise

3 oranges
2 hard pears
1 small yam

Flying Orange

2 pears
3 pink grapefruit
1 sweet potato

Taste of Heaven

2 carrots
1 sweet potato
2 apples
thin slice of Spanish onion
pinch dulse powder

Athlete’s Super Fuel

1/2 watermelon
1 lemon
5 oranges
1 can frozen pineapple concentrate

Fantastic Fertility

3 hard pears
1 cantaloupe
1 sweet potato

Citrus Slurp

1 grapefruit
1 orange

The Hyper House Cleaner

2 yams
1 beet
1 slice Spanish onion
2 lemons
1 celery
slice of ginger

Pineapple Piper

1 pineapple
1 sweet potato
4 oranges

Race Runner

1 lemon
2 radish
1 beet
1 slice Spanish onion
2 sweet potato
1 celery
2 Tbs. cider vinegar

A sweet and zingy flavor. Choose raw cider vinegar with mother present. A great detoxifier.

Red Ice

1 beet
1 sweet potato
2 apples
1 lemon
1 tomato
thin slice of Spanish onion
1 garlic clove
1/2 can of frozen apple concentrate

The Pain Remover

1 lemon
1 orange
3 hard pears
3 apples

The Brain Stimulator

1 oranges
1 hard pears
1 yam
1 grapefruit
1 apple

Super Duper Spicy Tomato

3 ripe tomatoes
1/2 green or red pepper
1 celery stock
1 apple
1 Tbs. Good Tasting Yeast
1/2 tsp. onion powder
1/2 Tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. Worcestershire
pinch of freshly ground black pepper
3 drops Louisiana Hot Sauce (optional for the real man)

Fabulous Fennel

1 fennel bulb
1/2 beet with greens
2 apples

Garlic Breath Delight

2 tomatoes
2 apples
1 clove of garlic
sprig of parsley

Garlic reduces blood pressure, helps with the problem of blood clotting, lowering the LDL which increases bad cholesterol. Garlic boosts the immune system and encourages the recovery of heart attack victims. Garlic contains allicin which inhibits bacterial growth and fungus, helping with yeast over-growths, and useful in treating candida. Garlic increases the flow of digestive enzymes and encourages detoxification through the skin. The addition of parsley helps in combating the unpleasant odor of garlic. This juice is worth losing a few friends over.

The Cancer Killer

1 beet
1 carrot
1 celery stick
1/2 potato
1 radish

Apple-berry Better Bladder

2 apples
1 1/4 cups of cranberries

The Niagara Falls Cleanser

1 wedge watermelon
1/2 lb. red grapes

Watermelon rind has chlorophyll, vitamin A, protein, potassium, zinc, iodine, nucleic acids and enzymes which aid digestion. Ninety-five percent of the nutritional content in watermelon is in the rind. Because watermelon is a great diuretic, your kidneys and bladder will experience a honeymoon of youthful health.

If you are short on money, watermelon juice is the ticket. You can add just about anything to watermelon juice, so again, we encourage you to have some fun.

Tom's Favorite

one cantaloupe
5 ice cubes
2 Tbs. of Sucanat
dash of cinnamon

Juice the cantaloupe and blend with Sucanat, cinnamon and ice cubes.

http://www.justcleansing.com/juice.htm

Vegetable Super Juice

Ingredients:
1 whole cucumber
4 sticks of celery
2-4 handfuls of spinach
8 lettuce leaves
Optional boosters: parsley and fresh alfalfa sprouts
Water