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Summary: I went from size 22 to size 12!
Review: Dr. Airola has given superb step-by-step instructions for successful juice fasting. I use this book as my juicing manual, each time I juice fast I consult this book. Formerly a size 22, I now wear a size 12 and am almost in a size 10. Keeping my sights on my ultimate weight and health goals, and following Dr. Airola's very clear instructions have made this sickly, over-weight, tired mother of 4 small children into an energetic, healthy mother who enjoys every new day. I highly recommend this book to everyone who is searching for a "new body" to spend the rest of your life enjoying.
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Summary: Good introduction, not complete enough
Review: I appreciated it ; but it was not complete enough formy taste. Still, it can answer to much of your questions about Juice Fasting.
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Summary: This book is the most worn-looking on my book shelf.
Review: I bought my first copy of this fabulous book 20 years ago. Since then I have purchased dozens for friends and shared mine with many people. As a RN, I was very skeptical about the saftey of fasting and bought the first copy to be able to discredit the information with my medical knowledge. I became intreged and tried my first fast, knowing the author was wrong and that by the second day I would collapse to the floor with weakness. Instead, it was the first of many fasts, each making me feel fantastic, ultra energetic and just happy & healthy. There really are no words to describe that "whole" feeling.
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Summary: Return of the living dead
Review: I bought this book and a Champion Juicer in 1975. I fasted first time for 17 days, then for 21 days and fasted off and on again until about ten years ago. Now I'm 55 years old and weigh in at 191 pounds, heavier than I've ever been in my entire life (120-130 pounds is normal). I recently had a stroke and am unhealthy from a no-exercise, computer lifestyle. An out-of-control eating fanatic, I'm feeling tired and old...I'm sick of it. I'm starting a juice fast again immediately, using this book, the same Champion juicer and the knowlege that juice fasting works. I will use juice fasting and healthy eating for the rest of my life...a slim, healthy and long one I hope. The alternative is a life of obesity, continual deterioration, ill health and early death. I know I've been there. Better later than never. Three cheers for Dr. Airola!
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Summary: Healthy Way to Fast
Review: I bought this book initially because I wanted to do a cleanse. I believe we consume so much toxics daily through pesticides on apple skin, cucumbers and other foods. We take in so much anti-biotics that are given to animals, whose meat we consume. My past annual cleansing routine was not really helping me as I felt sluggish and hungry throughout the fast. I bought this book and followed the principles. I think it is important to understand the basic principles of fasting well and how fasting actually helps you in purifying your body. With this aspect clearly presented to me by the book, I set out to do my fasting - 1 week. I lost 2kg and I feel healthier. I am still committed to a yearly fast and I will use this book for a guide again.
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Summary: Healthy Way to Fast
Review: I bought this book initially because I wanted to do a cleanse. I believe we consume so much toxics daily through pesticides on apple skin, cucumbers and other foods. We take in so much anti-biotics that are given to animals, whose meat we consume. My past annual cleansing routine was not really helping me as I felt sluggish and hungry throughout the fast. I bought this book and followed the principles. I think it is important to understand the basic principles of fasting well and how fasting actually helps you in purifying your body. With this aspect clearly presented to me by the book, I set out to do my fasting - 1 week. I lost 2kg and I feel healthier. I am still committed to a yearly fast and I will use this book for a guide again.
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Summary: easy-reading but inaccurate
Review: I enjoyed it and read it with pleasure, but I was amazed by some innacuracies and positions.
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Summary: Feel Better Fast!
Review: I first read this book eighteen years ago and have juice fasted once or twice a year ever since. I'm still slim, healthy and feel young! It's a simple, straight-forward, how-to book that dispels most of the myths surrounding juice fasting and provides everything you need to know to juice fast safely at home. It really works!
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Summary: This book can save your life.
Review: I first read this book in 1979. At that time, in my late 20's, I was more than 50 lbs. overweight, had periodic severe asthma, increasing frequency of severe colds and flu, and was suffering from depression. My first juice fast was 30 days. It is not possible to describe in writing the positive changes that took place in every aspect of my life, physically, mentally and spiritually. I have done extended fasts (1 - 4 wks), many times since then. Dr. Airola's advice is not "dated," as some readers suggest. It is "classic" and "timeless," because fasting is literally the oldest known health practice in recorded history. Jesus Christ both practiced and recommended fasting to his followers as the ultimate spiritual and physical cure. (Recall, that prior to beginning his ministry, he went into the wilderness for 40 days to fast and pray.) Oddly, most animals have much better instincts than "modern" man - when they are sick or injured, they refuse to eat in order to conserve internal energy in order to allow healing. One other thing is very obvious from reading the few negative reviews of this book - in every case, these are people who did not have either the desire or the will to put it to the test. It is much easier to criticize something you know nothing about. Common sense should tell us that drugs and surgery are not the answer to problems created by a modern lifestyle which has brought upon us many "civilized" diseases - cancer, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, mental disorders, schizophrenia - to name just a few. There are few books that literally have the power to save a person's life, but, this is truly one of them.
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Summary: A must read for anyone embarking on a healthy lifestyle.
Review: I first read this book in January 1999. After reading it, I began a 14 day juice fast and lost quite a bit of weight. During the month of February and March I did a series of shorter fasts (5 days and 4 days). I finally got rid of 20+ pounds. I have found that fasting as a lifestyle gets easier with each fast. With this book, I am in control of my body's health. I have read other books on fasting, but this one is the best!
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