The Juice Detox Diet 3-Book Collection. Jason Vale

Phases 2 and 3 of the program.

      Clearly not everyone will continue with the Juicy Lifestyle; I’m a realist, and many will simply use the 7-day program as a quick, “Oh, no, I have to look good for the wedding/party/date/holiday/boy/girl/whatever—and I have to do it fast!” But that’s OK. The worst thing that will happen is that you will give your body a super cleanse, lose some weight, feel good, and get healthier—and what’s wrong with that? What’s wrong with someone who usually eats a diet full of crap drinking some powerful liquid fuel for a week and giving their body a much-needed rest?

      Equally, many people will use this system specifically as a “super health clean”—almost like putting their body in for service once every three months. In fact, going on this program once every season is one of the best things you can ever do for your health and even your longevity—and again this isn’t hearsay.

       Twice the Life

      Dr. Roy Walford has written five books on the subject of immunology and aging. Based on his numerous long-term experiments, he is convinced that the human lifespan should be 120 years and we should arrive there virtually free of disease. There are a few cultures around the world, such as the Hunzacut tribe, who do in fact live that long, thus perhaps semi-proving Dr. Walford’s point. However, what interested me in particular was his work on mice. The normal lifespan of mice is about two years, yet Dr. Walford’s mice live an average of twice that long. How does he achieve this amazing feat? All he does is give the mice their normal food for five days of the week and then just water for the remaining two days. In other words, he simply rests their digestive systems for 48 hours every week and the mice live TWICE as long.

      Now clearly I am not suggesting you will live twice as long if you do this juice program, but I am suggesting that you can have twice the life while you are here.

      When you stop burdening your body with energy-zapping, life-depleting “foods” and drinks, it not only has a huge impact on the actual length of time you will live, but more importantly, when your system is clean, your mind is clearer and your spirits are higher; all of this will lead to your wanting to experience more of what life has to offer and so in turn having more of a life. And I’m not suggesting that by doing this program once or even four times a year you will slow down the aging process either. In fact, while I’m on this subject I want to get this off my chest:

       You Cannot Slow Downthe Aging Process

      Yes, there are creams and lotions that claim they can slow down the process and, yes, on the surface you can appear younger, but that doesn’t mean you actually are! Appearances can be deceiving, and just because you are looking good on the outside because of a few face-tightening creams, the surgeon’s knife, or bathing in asses’ milk, it doesn’t mean for one second that your internal organs are as young as your external self looks.

      Equally, there are no foods on the planet that can help slow down the aging process. All you naturopaths out there reading this may well be shouting at the book in the strong belief that there are indeed many foods provided by nature that will slow down the aging process. However, it’s only us humans and the animals that we feed who seem to die at such differing ages. We are also the only creatures on the planet whose regular diet essentially consists of denatured food and we are also the only ones on the planet who overburden their digestive system on a regular basis and who consume God knows how much alcohol a week.

      Caffeine, nicotine, refined sugars and fats, stress, drugs, and a defeatist frame of mind have all been linked to speeding up the aging process. But when you stop doing one, a few, or all of these things you don’t slow down the aging process—you just stop speeding it up. There is a big difference between the two.

      So it’s not that the raw power of freshly extracted fruits and vegetables plus a few super food supplements in this program will help slow down the aging process; it’s just that the rate at which you age will be slower than it would have been had you been eating and drinking junk.

       We Are Not Living LongerWe Are Surviving Longer

      Many doctors and dieticians argue that historically we are now living longer than ever, but the reality is we are surviving longer, not living longer. There is a massive difference between just getting through the day and then collapsing in a heap in front of the TV, and truly living. There are many people in their 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s who may well be alive in the sense that their heart is still ticking, but who actually stopped truly living long ago. Hang on! What am I talking about here? I know many people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who stopped living years ago, let alone people in their 60s or 70s. I know people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who aren’t just feeling fat, lethargic, and depressed, but who actually feel old!

       “If you think you are old you are right,if you don’t think you are oldyou are also right”

       “How Old Would You Be, If You Didn’t Know How Old You Are?” Leroy (Satchel) Paige

      Life breeds life, and if you are constantly stressing your digestive system with too many of the wrong sorts of foods and drinks there is no question you will feel, and therefore be, older than you are. There is also no question that the physical side effects of a bad diet and no exercise, such as being overweight and lacking in energy, can often shatter your courage and lower your spirits. And low spirits age someone quicker than anything else.

      This is why I have specifically devised this plan with fast, healthy results in mind. As I mentioned, like it or not, we all want instant gratification, and I know that cleaning out the system with nature’s super juices and seeing startling results in super-fast time can lift someone’s spirits like almost nothing else and thus give them a zest for life again. Yes, a sign of affection from the people we love should be enough to make our day, and clearly it can help a great deal, but if we are being honest, for many people there’s nothing quite like the feeling of fitting into those jeans to lift the spirits!

      This is why I love the fact that with this program there is such a difference on the weight and energy levels in super-fast time. The letters, e-mails, and video diaries I have received from those who have done the program have shown not only a great difference in body aesthetics, but more importantly in spirit. It is spirit that keeps us alive; it is spirit that drives us; it is spirit that makes us want to get out of bed and live as opposed to survive; and it is spirit that makes us want to better ourselves and our lives and enrich the people around us.

      This is why very, very few people simply do the 7-day program and then go back to their old lifestyles. Most people who do the program are so juiced by the end of the 7 days that they continue and do the Phase 2 Turbo-Charge and Phase 3 Juicy Lifestyle plans. The average weight loss on the 7-day juice plan is about 8 lbs (4 kg), but combined with the 2-week Turbo-Charge Plan the average weight loss in the 21 days is an amazing 18 lbs (8 kg)!

      However, despite the fact we are in an obesity epidemic and despite all of what I’ve said, I can still hear some people shouting …

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       “But It’s Never Healthy to Lose Weight Fast”

      Well, when I say I can still hear people saying, “But it’s never healthy to lose weight fast,” I meant many doctors and dieticians. When talking to dieticians, nutritionists, and doctors about this 7-day juice program, I was continually hit by the same old rhetoric:

       “Yes, the person may lose 7 lbs in 7 days, but some of that will be water and maybe even tissue; it won’t all be fat.”

      This may well be true, to some extent—although not in every case—but if it gets us into that little black dress, or gets our six-pack showing, what the hell do we care! OK, so now I am being facetious. Yes, we do care and, yes, we do want to lose fat