How much Juice?

[alien]

G'Day Shelley!

Recently (due to having a few choccies at Xmas) I have had to go back to juices (celery, carrot, apple) twice daily and some Basmati rice for meals until I clean out the nasty stuff I have eaten. After a few days I am getting back to normal, however, I want to know how long can one drink fruit/vege juices as meals without compromising their health. I am interested for future reference in the case of an illness etc? I am told you can live of juices (if they have veges in it) for quite some time (maybe weeks?).

[shelley]

You can live off of veggie juices a long long time, and if you make Kichadi (or antoher rice + bean dish) rather than just rice, you can live off that practically for the rest of your life, especially if you use chicken broth to cook it with.

The only thing missing from this type of diet that's really risky is Vitamin B12, which is tough to get from only vegetarian sources, which is my main complaint against vegan diets. The consequences of B12 deficiency are major, including Alzheimers and other forms of dementia, and if you don't have mental health you don't have any kind of health.

This type of diet is also low in fats, which gets dangerous once you've used up your reserves, and makes it more difficult for your body to deal with exposure to petroleum-based chemicals, smog and pesticides. So keep that in mind. Some of your drinks should have avocado, or just eat an avocado and consider taking in some butter with your carrot juice, or the beta-carotene won't convert into Vit A.

But overall, so long as your body weight and energry are good, you can stay on this diet. Be sure to add ginger to your veggie juices every now and again, that will really chase the chocolate out of the liver!

[alien]

THANX Shelley!

For Candida people (such as myself) should butter be replaced with Flax Seed Oil or Virgin Olive Oil?

[shelley]

Butter has dairy sugars in it unless it is clarified. You can find clarified butter in Asian-Indian stores and health food stores, it's called Ghee and is a truly wonderful oil.

Flax is questionable- small amounts are okay, it's best if it's mixed with other oils because nut, seed and veggie oils tend to be thyroid inhibitors. I never had a problem with it but then I take thyroid hormone. Udo's Choice has a good blend of oils. I use that in place of butter on my hot cereal. After 3 months of a total candida diet, I started eating hot cereals and really responded well to the brown rice farina and the 7 grain from Bob's Red Mill. Just cook it up and serve it with rice milk, flax seed and cinamon. Yum!

Olive, coconut are the best oils. Lard would be okay except in the US they feed pigs soy and corn, so the lard is contaminated by those. Grapeseed has a very clean taste. Sesame seed oil has been in use for centuries in India and the Middle East. Asia tends to use the toasted sesame version.

Fish oils are great if they are pure but you wouldn't want to COOK with them LOL!

[Troy McClure]

Just to say that in my experience butter contains a negligable amount of sugars. If you are eating it along with say veggies, then the total concentration of sugars is tiny.

Also butter is the highest food source of butyrate (1%), which is an essential component of good intestinal health. Butyrate is made by good bacteria in the intestines, but may be lacking in those with dysbiosis.