On Monday of this week I started a juice fast based on a documentary I recently watched called Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead. I put an invitation out to my Life Essentials team members and to all of my patients to join me in a 10-day juice fast to help “reboot” our lives. No matter where you are at in your health journey, juicing has incredible health benefits for absolutely every one of us.

Here are just some of the many documented nutritional benefits of juicing:

• Boosts the number of fruit/vegetable servings you can ingest in a day
• Breaks the cycle of unhealthy eating
• Retrains your brain to crave fruits and vegetables
• Manages your weight
• Promotes a lifestyle that will lower risk for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, macular degeneration, cognitive decline and mental illness including depression
• Promotes longevity
• Decreases aches and pains in joints and muscles
• Improves your immunity
• Promotes increased energy levels
• Promotes healthy skin, nails and hair
• Gains greater access to digestive enzymes locked away in whole produce through juicing

And here are some “simple facts” you may not be aware of, as listed on the Reboot Your Life website:

Simple Fact #1:

Complex foods can be grouped into two major categories: foods that are high in macronutrients and foods that are high in micronutrients. Macronutrients are elements like carbohydrates, proteins, and fats that we need, but should not consume in excess. Micronutrients include all vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients. These are found in abundance in all plant-based foods, including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds, beans, spices, herbs, and teas.

Simple Fact #2:

There are 170 phytonutrients in just one orange. To date, there are thousands of micronutrient phytonutrients that have been identified in plants, such as carotenes, antioxidants, and flavonoids. Often we hear that the vitamin C in an orange is responsible for its immune-boosting properties, but there are actually over 170 known phytonutrients in just one orange. The power of fruits and vegetables is bigger than we know.

Simple Fact #3:

A healthy diet full of micronutrients, coupled with physical activity, not smoking, and maintaining a healthy weight, reduces risk for cardiovascular disease, strokes, diabetes, certain types of cancers, mental illness, metabolic syndrome, and helps us live longer lives. A micronutrient-rich lifestyle can also reduce the severity of these conditions in those who already have developed them, meaning less medication and less side effects.

Simple Fact #4:

When eating fruits and vegetables that our bodies have seen for thousands of years, the digestive/immune response is milder than the response to eating heavily processed foods. Being constantly challenged by “foreign” processed foods will wear out the immune system over time, making us more vulnerable to disease and infection as we age.

Meet Joe Cross:  100 lbs overweight and loaded up on medications for a debilitating autoimmune disease.  After doing everything that conventional medicine had to offer, Joe turned to his only option left…. to get his body to heal itself without drugs.  Through his journey, Joe lost over 100 lbs., got off all his meds, and discovered the joy of true health and healing with one simple principle: eating GOD-made fruits and vegetables through juicing.

Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired?  Do you want to eliminate your chronic disease?  Are you ready to be in the best shape of your life?  Give your body the chance to heal itself!

For More Information See:

Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead – A Joe Cross Film

Nutritional Benefits of the Fruits & Vegetables You Eat

Reboot Your Life Juice Recipes

Reboot Programs and Menu Plans

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