The (Juice) Fast Show

Well, Day 6 is here and the juice fast begins. Hopefully the detox programme will have dealt with all of the usual side effects of fasting like the headaches, etc. and the weight loss will be just as dramatic.

So, what other side effects have been apparent?

Well, there has been a change in my energy levels.  I used to be able to function with very few hours sleep and although seemed always extremely tired, was like one of those Duracell batteries that kept on and on before having a quick sleep recharge and then off again. Every 2 or 3 weeks I needed a good rest but otherwise I'd just cope.  Now however, I have noticed that actually I don't get steadily tired at all and can just deal with everything until about 11:30pm when I all of a sudden become so tired I can't do anything so I have to go to bed.  It feels like a sudden stop as opposed to a gradual slow down, if that makes sense.

I'm sure I don't have to explain the differences in the digestive system and the subsequent toiletry effects when someone goes from being an alcohol drinking, sugar needy carnivore to what is essentially a protein free Vegan diet.  At the other end, one interesting thing is that when you chew, the food seems to give the front of your teeth a little bit of a clean - if that's the right word - which doesn't happen when you just drink juices and soups, so that my teeth both today and yesterday (fluid days only, no solids) feel unclean all the time.

Over the last 2 days I have also felt quite thirsty, much more so than usual.

Other than that, there hasn't yet been much bad to report and I have easily given up the whisky, beer, coke, chocolate, crisps, meat or whatever without any major withdrawal symptoms.

I will have to buy a new juicer though.  This one has been ok and does the job, but for some reason now doesn't line up properly when being assembled and will only work then the handle holding it together is held in place manually. However, this morning, as I was juicing carrots for the Carrot, apple and ginger juice I had for breakfast (yum!) the handle slipped, releasing the top cover and spraying a load of pulped carrot shavings around both me and the kitchen. Not good.

I'll leave you with a Pear Pie Juice, which doesn't look great admittedly but was actually gorgeous considering that it's predominantly Sweet Potato. It also had 2 pears (you can use peaches as well), an apple, a handful of blueberries and a dash of cinnamon.