Sugar and Juice-FEASTING, Saturday - May 30th, 2009

SUGAR - If you have a virus or you are very sick, then taking all fruit and the vegetables high in sugar out of your juice feast is important.

However, a carrot is much less than a snickers bar...so have the carrot. :)

There are certain vegetables that have more sugar than others: the top two are carrots and beats.

I like to use GREEN apples a lot when juicing. They are lower in sugar than red apples and they are tasty. Pineapple is very high is sugar - so we will use a minimal amount...

The darker green leafy veggies are the more alkaline. We are going to help your body to be more alkaline this week. The opposite of alkaline is acidic. In acidic bodies, the body naturally stores and holds onto fat.

We will have a greener drink in the morning, a more fruity one in the afternoon and taper off to a less fruity one at night.

Remember, this is a juice FEAST.

You want to drink at least ONE GALLON of juice a day. That is FOUR QUARTS
I like to use mason jars for storage. Generally, you don't want a quart-sized mason jar half-full. This will allow the juice to oxidize and this will kill off enzymes and we want to preserve those and drink them!

During my 33 day Juice-FEAST - I generally drank 4 quarts daily, water and 1-2 Kombuchas. I used THREE recipes a day to make the juice and that is what I will post for you this week. BTW, I am doing it too! :)

OK - here come the recipes.

Fire off questions to me as you review this information because this will help everyone participating!