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orange fasts?
Posted by:
Lizard
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Date: January 21, 2010 02:45PM Hello all,
I was reading on another forum about orange juice feasting. I feel like I need a good cleanse. I'm going to try tangelo's all day until dinner when I will have a dark green blended salad. So, I'm just curious if anyone has experience mono-ing oranges? And how'd it turn out  Happy Thursday all!Re: orange fasts?
Posted by:
Tamukha
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Date: January 21, 2010 03:30PM I mono-ate oranges for a few days a few years ago. My skin got really dry and then started to break out(excess Vitamin C can cause acne). Felt well-fueled otherwise. Caveat: I wasn't raw at the time, but I was vegan. Re: orange fasts?
Posted by:
eaglefly
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Date: January 21, 2010 04:10PM Never did an orange fast.
But I have done lemon water fasts. One FRESH squeezed lemon per liter of water. It must be fresh,not bottled lemon juice. I have read that lemons are one of the most cleansing fruits you can consume, They purportedly have a negative ion charge which attracts toxins and metals. Viinny Re: orange fasts?
Posted by:
plainlydressed
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Date: January 22, 2010 07:42PM With the winter season leaving us few summer fruits to choose from here in the northeast USA, my daily green smoothies consist of about 6 Whole Oranges (peeled), 2 Whole lemons (peeled), 1 Whole Grapefuit (peeled), 2-4 Bananas, & several cups of fresh Kale or Spinach Greens. I haven't noticed any ill side-effects from the extreme amount of acidic fruit. I prefer to use Grapes as the basis for my green smoothies, but they have been so horribly expensive lately that I can't afford to buy them right now, although I dearly miss them. I'm hoping that all the excess Vit C will be a big immune-booster to me during the cold/flu season. ***************************** "Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." —Thomas Jefferson Re: orange fasts?
Posted by:
eaglefly
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Date: January 22, 2010 09:46PM most fruits metabolize as alkaline in the body,no matter how acid they seem. Re: orange fasts?
Posted by:
Tamukha
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Date: January 22, 2010 10:20PM plainlydressed,
What volume of smoothie does that work out to? Re: orange fasts?
Posted by:
plainlydressed
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Date: January 22, 2010 11:27PM Well, now that I'm using the Vitamix, I can make the full 64 ounces with generally that amount with some variation, depending on the size of the fruit. Right now, I am able to get 2 full quarts for my daily smoothies out of one batch in the Vitamix 64oz carafe with a cup or so spare left over for hubby. With the VM, my concoction has generally come down to:
* 4-6 peeled Oranges * 1 peeled Grapefruit * 2 peeled Lemons * 4 peeled Bananas * 3 big handfuls of Fresh Kale (my fave) * Enough distilled water drizzled into the blender to fill it up to the tippy-top That general concoction usually makes up a batch of 64 ozs. ***************************** "Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." —Thomas Jefferson Re: orange fasts?
Posted by:
morgenjune
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Date: January 25, 2010 02:40AM Yum! That smoothie sounds amazing! I think the next time I go shopping I will have to make sure I got all of those ingredients nomnomnomnom...!  Re: orange fasts?
Posted by:
gorillawar
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Date: January 25, 2010 10:29AM I have done 4 days on nothing but fresh OJ and distilled water. I did well. Re: orange fasts?
Posted by:
davidzanemason
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Date: January 28, 2010 05:46PM I think a single citrus-type fast MIGHT give rise to acute detox in someone that is rather unhealthy internally. This might cause acne...breakouts...or any other of the type of reactions related to detox. This NOT the almighty orange's fault! ha! ha!
Any true health gauge must come from a series of small, regular-type cleanses....followed by an improved diet. It is my experience that those that are otherwise healthy......will benefit greatly by many 1-3 day citrus juice fasts over the course of 6 months. -Just my experience. -David Z. Mason WWW.RawFoodFarm.com Re: orange fasts?
Posted by:
greenlove
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Date: January 28, 2010 06:59PM Seems like there are pluses and minuses tot he orange cleanse, check out this site, it's a pretty interesting one on the subject:
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