Hi Jon, Last night in my sleep I found myself reviewing my day and realized that in my post to you I may have sounded like I am an advocate of "juice fasting," when I really am not. Anyway, here are a few paragraphs excerpted from an article I wrote a while back, on juicing. Love, Liza [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I generally recommend that people eat whole foods, rather than fractionated parts of foods (such as juices) whenever possible. The complex biochemistry of the body is designed to make the best use of the synergistic balance of all the nutrients as they exist in the whole food. There remain many questions about whether isolated, highly concentrated "doses" of any single nutrient (such as in juices, supplements, or protein drinks) are potentially more harmful than beneficial. Nonetheless, there are circumstances under which juices might be helpful on a temporary basis. For instance, because of the impairment of the intestinal wall, individuals who suffer from "leaky gut" syndrome may only be able to utilize minimal levels of nutrients through the normal process of digestion. For these people, juices may be the best source of usable nutrition. Juice "fasting" is sometimes recommended as a therapy for various ailments. The term "fast" is really a misnomer in this case, since the body physiology is profoundly different when food is taken in any form, than when on an actual fast (the complete abstinence from food). Juicing might be more aptly referred to as one form of an elimination diet, and might be useful as a more mild detoxification method when an individual either cannot afford to take the time off for an aggressive healing fast, or when for some other reason a true fast is contraindicated. However for the reasons mentioned above, such a diet should only be done on a temporary basis, with a specific therapeutic purpose.