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Jordan
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Juice or solids? - 30/08/2007 23:21
Hi,
When I use food I have been only putting pure juice (Juicer) or solid fruits and veggies into my body since February 2007. Sometimes I eat chocolate (cocoa) for fun but not often. I also used nuts for a while but don't want them anymore. My thought is that when eating; pure juice would be the best. Q? If done this way would the stomach still be used? Or would the liquid sort of bypass through the stomach straight into the lower gut? Also using just the pure liquid I would feel you can take in more high quality per quantity of food substance then could be normally taken in via solid food chewed. Comments?
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David
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Re:Juice or solids? - 11/09/2007 17:06
Hi,
This is really a very interesting topic, and I look forward to receiving more posts on this subject.
Personally I have started to fast on water during the day and fruit and vegetable juices evenings. If I drink the juices very slowly i.e. with a teaspoon the results are very satisfying, and I don't experience the usual hunger pangs associated with evening 'tummy' idleness. This practice still requires some discipline, but not as much as if I were to drink juice throughout the day or carry out irregular short 2-3 day water fasts.
I am still experimenting with this liquid diet, as I am looking for a health system which I can carry out for long periods successfully. The alternative would be a two day a week water fast.
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The Fast Doctor
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Re:Juice or solids? - 21/10/2007 13:58
Yes the stomach is still used.. bear in mind that even fruit juice contains protein and protein needs acid digenstion. Juices spend about half an hour in the stomach where the proteases (enzymes digesting protein) work on it, before it can move to the small intestine. True, pancretic juices secreted into the intestine does continue protein digestion, so theoretically you can live without the stomach.. as proven by so many people on "PPI" drugs (Proton pump inhibitors) where the stomach is effectively neutralized.
The only drawback to a juice diet is psychological: Most people need a form of "oral satisfaction" by chewing or sucking.. that's one big reason why some adults, not having been properly satisfied with breast feeding as babies, find it necessary to continue sucking on something (eg. smoking) as adults.
Bear in mind food is mostly juice by the time it reaches the stomach.. so by juicing everything you mostly just give the mouth a continuous holiday. If you have adequate maturity and internal security not to be dependant on the act of physical oral gratification, then you don't need to smoke.. or chew!
Our ancestors (and the baboons often visiting the place where I live) tend(ed) to chew and eat all day long, in order to supply all the necessary nutrients from food. Pre-juicing with a machine squeezes this effort into a few minutes, freeing up your day to....live!
André
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