Sunday, January 1, 2012

Day 6 Juice Fast

I lost another lb, that’s 13 lbs in 5 days!
Since it's the new year it's time to reflect on my past health – I was raised on the SAD (standard American diet). During the last 10 years, I've made a lot of healthy choices. I've been eating healthier, I lost 50 lbs, I've been drinking green smoothies, alkaline water and eating a raw vegan diet on & off. Then in 2010, I had a stroke. In 2011, I had a heart attack with 2 stents put in heart artery. I told my doctors that I would do everything they told me, as long as I still have quality of life. I don't want to just live and not be able to function. I was on so many medications, that caused so many side effects that I couldn’t get out of bed most days. I gained 25 lbs in a few months from insulin and that can't be good for my condition! I decided, I had enough, so went cold turkey off all my medications. I went back to 100% raw vegan, were I had the most success.  In 6 weeks, I shocked my doctors with normal numbers of blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol. Then 2 months later, my numbers started to rise for no reason! I was still eating raw! Drinking 100% all green smoothies! (no fruit) I got discouraged and slipped back to SAD last month. then, I found a statement from Dr. Cousens (Simply Raw-Reversing Diabetes in 30 days) stating if your numbers don’t come down, you need to detox!
So, here I am! I'm really nervous because this is the time of year I almost died twice. But, I am a fighter, and if the Lord wants to take me this year, he’ll have to take me kicking and screaming!
2012 New Year’s Resolution – Take back my health! Normal weight- normal blood sugar - normal blood pressure - normal cholesterol - no medications! Juice until it is done!
Today I had 40 oz lemon water, 20 oz detox tea, and 1 tbs silica, 1 scoop zeolite in 16 oz water. I juiced celery, carrots, spinach, kale, parsley and cilantro. No fruits, and still tasted good. I wanted to experiment with no fruit to see if my blood sugar would go lower. It did! So, greens work faster, but fruit taste better and still do the job.

 Vitals: Time        Weight   Blood Pressure  Pulse   Blood Sugar
           10:00 am    206.4    136/90                 79        270
           12:40 pm                    136/96                 78        187


Tip:
I don't know if all juicers can do this, but I started to re-juice my pulp. I get twice the yield! I have a samson single gear masticating juicer. Is anyone else doing this?