7lbs in 7 Days Super Juice Diet

7lbs in 7 Days Super Juice Diet Jason Vale ???? HarperCollins Copyright (#u250b3fed-a8a7-515d-939d-1a973772dabd) The contents of this book should be used as a general guideline only. Nothing in this book should be taken as medical advice or diagnosis, and you should always consult with a qualified medical practitioner before starting any weight-loss programme, or if you have any concerns about your health. The author and the publishers do not accept any responsibility for any loss or harm that may occur from your use or misuse of this book or your failure to seek appropriate medical advice. Thorsons An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd. 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk) First published as 7lbs in 7 Days: Super Juice Diet by HarperThorsons 2006 Also published as 7lbs in 7 Days: The Juice Master Diet This edition published 2012 ? Jason Vale 2006, 2012 Cover layout design ? 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(#ulink_2d8bca72-a31e-5d58-88ff-ba1ac0dba5d4) 7 lbs in 7 Days: What People Say (#ulink_b15ff0d5-0bbe-5c2d-87c2-9b578cb15825) The Rules (#ulink_45a345bd-1acc-5a5b-8353-98f7a943c8de) 1 Totally Juiced in Just 7 Days! (#litres_trial_promo) 2 Super-fast World (#litres_trial_promo) 3 ?But It?s Never Healthy to Lose Weight Fast? (#litres_trial_promo) 4 The Goldfish Bowl (#litres_trial_promo) 5 Where Will They Get Their Nutrients? (#litres_trial_promo) 6 Won?t You Gain Weight in the Long Run? (#litres_trial_promo) 7 The David Blaine Diet (#litres_trial_promo) 8 CBBS (Can?t Be Bothered Syndrome!) (#litres_trial_promo) 9 No More Excuses! (#litres_trial_promo) 10 The Easy Way (#litres_trial_promo) 11 TV (Total Vegetable) (#litres_trial_promo) 12 All Will Be Smooth ? if the Prep Is Right! (#litres_trial_promo) 13 The Juice Master?s 7 lbs in 7 Days Super Juice Pack (#litres_trial_promo) 14 All the Juicy Stuff You Will Need for the Program (#litres_trial_promo) Phase 1: 7 lbs in 7 Days (#litres_trial_promo) Days 1?7 (#litres_trial_promo) Your Juicy Journal (#litres_trial_promo) Your Juicy Recipes! (#litres_trial_promo) Phase 2: Turbo-Charge The Plan (#litres_trial_promo) The Turbo-Charge Principles (#litres_trial_promo) Phase 3: The Juicy Lifestyle (#litres_trial_promo) Juicy Recipes for Life (#litres_trial_promo) About the Author (#litres_trial_promo) More Juicy Help (#litres_trial_promo) The Power of a Coach (#litres_trial_promo) Your 10 Steps to Quick and Easy Juicing (#litres_trial_promo) How to Set Up Your Home Juice Bar (#litres_trial_promo) Which Juicer? (#litres_trial_promo) Which Blender/Smoothie Maker? (#litres_trial_promo) Super Foods (#litres_trial_promo) Q & A (#litres_trial_promo) Juice Master Info (#litres_trial_promo) About the Publisher Introduction: Juicing Changed My Life! (#ulink_77688556-2b90-5273-93d0-8081442bf523) Juicing has changed my life beyond all recognition. I know it?s a clich? when people say this or that changed their life, but I can say with total confidence that without juicing my life would be radically different from what it is today. Before I got into juicing I used to smoke 40?60 cigarettes a day; I liked my drink (as they say); I was more than partial to the odd bit of junk(ie) food, and, as a result, I was also fat. On top of that I had severe asthma to the point where I had to use both the blue and brown inhalers and was having 10?16 puffs a day on them. I also developed eczema, mild acne, bad hay fever, and very, very severe psoriasis. In short, I wasn?t exactly in the best of health and my energy levels were often right through the floor. I am now in the fortunate position of being free from smoking, drinking, and junk food. My asthma has vanished, my eczema and acne have gone, my psoriasis has cleared by over 95%, and I am no longer overweight. In fact, on the health front I?m one happy camper! I am now also lucky to be able to help people who find themselves in a similar position to the one I was in. Since the launch of my first book, Slim for Life: Freedom from the Diet Trap, I have been blessed with tens of thousands of letters and e-mails from all over the world from people who have made incredible changes to their health and lives. My previous book, Turbo-Charge Your Life in 14 Days, exceeded all expectations when it reached number three on Amazon.co.uk (http://www.Amazon.co.uk) (Harry Potter took the first two spots). It was written about in virtually every magazine as well as being discussed on TV and radio to the extent that several radio hosts followed the program themselves and reported on their progress to the listeners. The success of that book led to some of the most amazing letters about life-changing experiences I have ever had?from people who not only lost an amazing amount of weight but, more importantly, who found that their lives had changed for good, and not just for the two weeks. They had set out to do a quick 14-day plan to lose some weight and get a little healthier, only to find that their eating habits and lifestyle changed for good. This was exactly what I had in mind with the 7 lbs in 7 Days program, but the impact this book has had throughout the world has taken everyone by surprise. It hit the number one slot of all books on Amazon.co.uk and even knocked The Da Vinci Code off the top spot. It has been translated into many languages and it was even reported that Sarah Jessica Parker, Drew Barrymore, and Jennifer Aniston have all done what is now being called the ?Juice Master Diet.? I have no idea if they actually did the plan, but many celebrities have known about the weight-loss and health power of freshly extracted juice for years. The ?Juice Master Diet? has been talked about on television and radio in many parts of the world and even many in the medical profession now recommend the program. In January each year tens of thousands of people from all over the world do the ?Juice Master Diet? at exactly the same time in what is called the ?World?s Biggest Juice Detox.? We all jump on social networking sites and people share their incredible transformations. You simply won?t believe how stupidly good you will look and feel in such a short time. I realize you should under-promise and over-deliver, but there are now well over a million copies of this book out in the world, and I have personally read and seen the truly breathtaking results. This is why I have 100% confidence in the program, both as a healthy rapid weight loss tool and, perhaps more importantly, as a health program. It?s also why I am excited that it has finally come to the good ole US of A. The UK now has the undesirable title of being the ?Fattest Nation in Europe,? but here in the US you are now one of the world leaders in this subject. Not only is obesity a major issue here, but I have never seen so many commercials for so many medical drugs on TV as here in the States. Americans now take so many drugs for so many ?different? illnesses, including obesity, that if you picked up the average Joe walking down the street and shook him he would rattle! This simply cannot be right and cannot be the way for 21st-century living. Diets Don?t Work?Do They? I realize that the title of this book?7 lbs in 7 days?may have lured many people into looking for some kind of ?quick fix,? but I know that if you read the book and follow all of the instructions, it will be a catalyst to a lifelong change. I have already been rapped for using the word ?diet? on the front cover of this book, but that?s the publisher?not me! I did argue my case over and over again: after all, the first chapter in my first book, Slim for Life, is all about why diets don?t work, but here I am with a book that contains a title with the word ?diet? in it. I suppose that in order to get your message to the people who need it most you sometimes have to compromise along the way, and the title of this book is one of those compromises. Having said that, after thinking about it, and after seeing the long-term results from all over the world, I believe it has only done good. Because of the title the real message has reached people who would perhaps otherwise never have been touched by it. The way I look at it is this: if this book gets to those people who are ?serial dieters,? then that?s just great. I know from personal experience that jumping from one diet to another is not a bundle of fun, and if I can do anything to break anyone?s diet merry-go-round then I will?no matter what method is required (well, within reason!). My aim is for this to be the last book with the word ?diet? on the cover that they will ever feel the need to buy. And throughout the book you will discover that I never once refer to the 7 lbs in 7 Days program as a ?diet?; I always use the words ?plan? or ?program.? If you are a serial dieter yourself and you feel that you have been misled into thinking this is a 7-day ?diet? and that you will do it and then be able to go back to your old way of eating and drinking, then I make no apologies. I?m up for the challenge. All you need to do is open your mind, read the book, and do the program. I can guarantee you won?t be able to give up your new juicy lifestyle after the seven days. Yes, you?ll eat again?you cannot live on juice alone, and who on earth would want to??but you will not have the same mental urges to go back to your old lifestyle. What blows people away the most is how their cravings completely change toward the end of the 7 days. Far from yearning for refined sugar and refined fat foods, the only thing on your mind will be big salads, fresh vegetables, and lean proteins. Hard to believe now, but I?ve been doing this for many years and I have seen hundreds of thousands of people do the plan and find that their cravings for junk just disappear. At the end of just 7 days you will be juiced on both a physical and mental level. Although the program is entitled 7 lbs in 7 Days, it is not designed solely for people who are overweight. In fact, the program is one of the best body-cleansing programs on the market today?the ultimate 7-day super detox, if you will. Even if you have no weight to lose I would strongly suggest for the sake of your health and energy levels that you jump on the program as soon as possible. The only time I would say not to do it is if you are too thin. Being underweight is a much harder condition to treat than being overweight. You would never think, ?I?d rather have a skinny problem than a fat problem? if only you knew the reality. I Cannot Make You Thin?but I Can Make You Slim This program is based on nature?s principles, and if you are already a decent weight, don?t panic, you won?t get ?skinny? doing this. I know some people want to get skinny, but this program hasn?t been designed to turn anyone anorexic or juicorexic (if indeed that is a term!). You can make yourself ?thin? by eating three candy bars, smoking twenty cigarettes, and drinking four vodka and Diet Cokes every day. Yes, it?s true. If that?s all you consumed you would lose weight and become ?thin,? but as you can imagine, a chocolate, cigarettes, booze, and Diet Coke diet would not be a healthy one. Just remember, most heroin addicts are also ?thin?! What I?m talking about here is finding a good healthy system that will enable you to kick-start a healthy eating lifestyle, give yourself a quick super detox, help with a particular illness, or, for those of you who are overweight (which is the majority), to lose 7 lbs in 7 days in a healthy way. Since this book was first published I have been searching for ways to make the program even easier to follow. That is why there is now a phone app, a DVD, a color-coded wall planner, and even a full delivery system of the program directly to your door (yes, how cool is that!). It?s also why, in this fully updated edition, I have decided to include my handy color-coded wall planner for the 7-day program. This planner has been available to buy separately for a few years and has been an invaluable tool for thousands of people. It contains all the recipes and is fully color-coded by the time and method you require. It?s a very helpful tool and means that once you have read the book, you no longer need to refer to it to see what you need to do. But please do not make the mistake of just taking out the wall planner, downloading the shopping list from the site, and getting on with the plan. If you do there is a good chance that you will fail?you have been warned! I?m being neither defeatist nor negative, simply realistic?based on my many years of experience. It?s essential that you read the book first! I?ll soon repeat this point in ?The Rules??and for good reason. If you are not armed with the right frame of mind and a complete understanding of why you are juicing rather than just how to do it, you will most likely fail. You have been warned?and soon you?ll be warned again! The letters, calls, e-mails and even video diaries still continue to flood into juicy HQ. When I first wrote the book, I knew from my own experience and from that of others whom I have helped over the years that the results would be good, but even I wasn?t quite prepared for just how good. Nor was I quite ready for the often moving, uplifting, and life-changing messages from people who not only have read the whole book and completed the program to the letter but have also fully understood the message: fully understood why the program was designed and how it is a catalyst to a permanent slim, trim, healthy body and mind and not just a one-time, drop-a-few pounds ?diet.? I sincerely hope this book achieves for you what it has for so many people around the world. I also hope that the following small selection of testimonials that I?ve picked out inspires you to make a point of reading the book and following the program instead of simply talking about ?doing it one day.? After all: ?The Road of ?One Day? Leadsto a Town Called ?Never?? May the Juice Be with You Jason Vale 7 lbs in 7 Days: What People Say (#ulink_258c921c-b5b4-5610-b407-4948addb49c5) You can have all the scientific data on juicing, and all of the info about what vitamins and minerals are in them, but what really juices people is hard proof. If you are anything like me, you?d like to hear that you are not about to waste your time and energy on something that doesn?t get results. You don?t want to ?hope? it will make a difference?you want to be certain. The bottom line is Does It Work? The answer, as you will read from this small sample of testimonials, shows a resounding YES?It Does! It?s worth pointing out to any skeptics that the following testimonials are 100% genuine and unsolicited. The letters and e-mails, which the following are taken from, are available for all to see. I have received thousands of testimonials over the short years this book has been out, and this is just a very small sample of what people are saying. I understand the urge to jump forward with a book of this nature and not bother to read such testimonials, but I have added them for a reason. Please make a point of reading each one, as there is nothing more inspirational than knowing 100% that this will work for you and there is nothing more inspiring than real people getting remarkable results. I sincerely hope you read this little book, follow the program, and reap the truly incredible rewards. ?I have just completed your 7 lbs in 7 Days plan and want to say how amazed I am at the results?I lost 15 lbs (7 kg)! I?m still in absolute shock. I wasn?t severely overweight?I was 157 lbs (71 kg) and am now 142 lbs (64 kg). This has now completely inspired me and I have followed up with Turbo-Charge Your Life in 14 Days. Since the birth of my second child I have been eating the wrong foods?chocolate, bread, sweets?to combat severe exhaustion! And I have found it impossible to lose the weight, but not anymore! Last night was a joy when I managed to get back into my ?skinny? jeans! C.? ?Hi, I would just like to say ?thank you? ? I found it easy doing juicing for 7 days and I lost 8.2 lbs (3.7 kg)! I started on April 29 and now at my weigh-in this morning, June 21 (nearly 8 weeks later), I weigh 149.2 lbs (67.7), i.e. 26.8 lbs (12.2 kg) lighter than when I first started with juicing and your plan! I have also lost 5.5% of my body fat and my BMI is down by 4.5. I am writing this to you because I thought it may be used to encourage other 70+ -year-olds to do something about their diet. Thanks again, J.? ?Hi Jason, before I started the 7 lbs in 7 Days program I weighed 120 lbs (54 kg). Now I weigh 112 lbs (51 kg) and I have stayed at that weight for the last five months. It?s great to know that I never have to diet again. I enjoyed the delicious juices so much while doing the program that I now replace either my breakfast or lunch with a juice. I also start my day around 6:30 a.m. on my mini-trampoline and I have increased my walking. What I find now is I don?t eat cookies or cakes anymore. I have no desire to put something negative into my body. I don?t feel hungry between meals anymore. I have so much energy and I feel so alive and positive. I feel so light, not full of garbage anymore. Before I started juicing I used to feel so tired and it was an effort to do most things. But those days are gone. Sorry if I have gone on a bit. Anyway thanks again for everything ? take care and thank you a thousand times!? ?Hi, I am 57 and have had 6 children (including twins). I am a ballet teacher, and after my first 4 children I was 133 lbs (60 kg). Since having the twins 25 years ago I have not been under 168 lbs (76 kg). I have tried every diet going but never managed to get under the 168 lb mark. THEN ? a few weeks ago my daughter introduced me to your juicing plan. Well ? I have completed the 7 days ? and lost an AMAZING 11 lbs (5 kg)! I couldn?t believe it when I weighed myself, moved the scales and weighed myself again THREE TIMES, then went next door and borrowed my neighbor?s scales ? and then realized ? IT WAS TRUE! I am now on day 3 of the Turbo-Charge in 14 Days plan and following the book ? I started this plan at 178 lbs (81 kg) and really want to stick with it until I get to my proper weight, but I would like to get to under 154 lbs (70 kg) before I go to Italy in 2 weeks. I am now 167 lbs (76 kg)! ? Many thanks.? ?I am absolutely over the moon, I just can?t believe it. I knew I?d lost weight but I?d never dreamt it possible that I could lose an overwhelming 9.6 lbs (4.4 kg) in just 7 days. It?s amazing! Thank you so very much.? ?I?m amazed, I have not only lost 8.2 lbs (3.7 kg) on the 7-day super juice program, I have also lost 2 in (5 cm) from my waist and hips! On top of that, I also did the Turbo plan and lost a further 8.5 lbs (3.9 kg). The thing that surprised me most was that I never felt uncomfortably hungry and to my further amazement I could only manage an average of three juices a day. I thought I?d easily not only have all five, but would be wanting much more. Although I missed my cup of decaf tea on the program, I was surprised to see that although I could have one after the program, I didn?t want to!? ?The best side effect is the way you feel. I never thought that changing your diet could have such a profound effect on your mental state. I guess you really are what you eat?thank you. X? ?To have lost over 9 lbs (4 kg) in just 7 days is so rewarding and is such a huge incentive for anyone looking to try this plan. In this day and age we all want to see instant results?we want it NOW! And with this plan you can get it!? ?This program has been an absolute win, win, win. I?ve spent less time and money on shopping?it?s just so simple as there?s no deliberating on what to buy, or scanning packets for calorie content, or calculating points values, or assessing GI indexes?its just so simple and it works. It really, really works! Thank you.? ?I just feel so fantastic?I feel lighter mentally and physically and I?m full of energy. I didn?t think it possible to lose so much weight without being hungry and at the same time know you?re giving your body everything it needs in terms of nutrition.? I have literally thousands of these, all ranging from incredible weight loss to dramatic positive health changes, and they pile in every day. I hope you will also be adding your own letter one day with your incredible transformation. In order to make that happen, all you have to do is follow ? The Rules (#ulink_d5aa1c96-0680-5020-9b6e-e5502d9b1271) I would like to make something clear before we start. As the testimonials suggest, what you are about to read has the power not only to reshape your body but also, as a follow-on effect, the ability to reshape many aspects of your life. In order to make this program work to its maximum potential there are a few ground rules that I need to cover. Please note that these rules are essential for the success of the program. ? Read the entire book in the order it was written. ? Follow the 7-day program to the letter. ? Read at least four pages of the book a day to keep up momentum. ? Let Your Mind Be Free. ? Follow the Rules! RULE 1: Read the Entire Book in the Order It Was Written The first rule is one that I lay down in all of my books. My books are specifically intended to be read in the order they were written?not as a ?flip through? or ?dip in? type of book?and they have been designed to be read in their entirety. It is incredible the number of people who buy books of this nature and either don?t read them at all or just ?flip through? the pages. This book will only be effective if you read it in the order it has been written. Flipping through this book will not give you the results you are looking for. Luckily the vast majority of people do read the book and do succeed. I believe this is partly because it?s extremely easy to read. Most people read the whole book within a day, with some people taking just a couple of hours. Time is precious these days and many people don?t have a vast amount of it to spend reading, especially if they want results ? fast! I am fully aware too that some of you will feel that you are in a race against time now (perhaps you have a wedding, a party, or a date coming up) and you want to skip the reading and just do the program. However, the ?preplan? is extremely important and the wise saying of ?less haste more speed? is never more apt than here. Clearly you can just jump ahead. After all, you can attempt to cross a road away from a designated crossing zone during rush hour, blindfolded, and with your legs tied together. But the chances of your getting to the other side in one piece would be a good deal smaller than if you crossed without your legs tied and without the blindfold at a crosswalk. Equally, this program can be done without any mental preparation, but the chances of true success are next to none. These few rules are here for a reason. You have been warned! RULE 2: Follow the 7-Day Program to the Letter! If you follow Rule 1, Rule 2 will follow naturally. To reiterate, the program will be MUCH easier if you follow Rule 1 before you jump into the program. RULE 3: Read at Least 4 Pages of the Book Each Day to Keep up Momentum Momentum is without question the key. This rule is just as important as the other two. How many times have you started something?a book, a language course, an exercise program, a change of eating program?only to find that other things soon got in the way and you never finished it? By following the rule of reading at least four pages a day, come what may, you will achieve something that over 90% of people who buy books of this nature fail to achieve. You will actually finish the book you have bought. What a concept! RULE 4: Let Your Mind Be Free An open or, as I like to say, free mind is of paramount importance when reading this book. We tend to carry so much baggage in our heads that we are rarely free to accept new information, new opportunities, new ideas. We tend to have an extremely entrenched view of what is correct on many subjects?none more so than on the subject of health and nutrition?and we tend to believe that what we know is absolute fact. The chances of this being the only book you have read on the subject of health/diet and nutrition are very slight, not to mention the numerous TV shows you have probably watched. It is likely you will have accumulated a great deal of information that you now regard as fact, and if you read anything in this book that contradicts this information, you may find it easy to dismiss it. All I ask you is that you allow your mind to be free?especially when it comes to my style of writing. My style isn?t for everyone. We are all different and the old saying ?You can please all of the people some of the time but you cannot please all of the people all of the time? is particularly appropriate here. Not all of you reading this book will like the way I put things, my attempts at humor, my mild swearing at times, or my constant repetition of key points. However, everything I write is here for a reason. And, trust me; there is no way I would ever want to write more than is absolutely necessary. The repetition of key points is vital in order to get the essential message beyond your consciousness into your subconsciousness. Although this may ?jar? with you at times and you may feel it unnecessary, please allow your mind to be open to this approach. Fortunately, most people like my no-nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is, chatty approach and find my books incredibly easy and often funny to read. This is a conscious and deliberate approach on my part as it makes completing Rule 1?Read the Entire Book in the Order It Was Written?so much easier to achieve. The most common comment I get from people who write to me or approach me in the streets is ?It?s the only book I?ve ever read from cover to cover since I left school.? You will soon see that I?m not here to win any literary awards. It?s just that I have a message and a plan that will get you really juiced. RULE 5: Follow the Rules This would appear self-evident and could even be seen as somewhat patronizing, but you?d be amazed at just how many people decide to do something their way?despite whatever the rules or instructions suggest! If someone were to give you precise instructions for you to able to get from where you are to where you want to be on a road journey, you would be unlikely to take a left when the instructions clearly state right. Equally, if you decide to skip any of the rules or instructions on the program you will, in all likelihood, end up in a completely different place from where you want to be on the slim/health/energy front. If that happens then shouts of ?It didn?t work? will rear their ugly heads. IT does work; IT will give you the results you arelooking for ? but only if you do IT. It is very seldom that ?IT? fails us?rather, we fail IT. Very rarely does IT not work for us?rather we don?t work for IT. Follow the rules, follow the instructions, and you can be 100% sure that IT will work for you. Those Were the Rules? On with the Program ?Life shrinks orexpands in proportionto one?s courage? Ana?s Nin Are You Ready toEXPANDYour World?Let?s begin ? 1 Totally Juiced in Just 7 Days! (#ulink_9df06cbb-646d-5683-905f-8e1405db46d4) The following program?if you do it to the letter?will give you startling results on the health and weight-loss front in just 168 hours. Not only will you drop an average of 7 lbs in just 7 days, but more importantly than that, you will do so in an extremely healthy way and your energy levels will really go through the roof. Not only will you lose the weight, but also?provided you have followed the Rules?you will be in the right mind-set to be able to keep the weight off permanently. Put simply, the results that people are getting on this unique program are being described as nothing short of remarkable. This isn?t simply rhetoric, wishful thinking, or ?hyping it up?; it is precisely what happens to people who complete the 7-day super juice program. The testimonials at the start are just a sample of the sort of life-expanding, body-shrinking results people are achieving. Yes, people do get slimmer on this program, with most people dropping much more than 7 lbs in the week. However, because they are doing this using the power of the finest and most nutritious liquid fuel on the planet?bar none?and because this book deals with the mental side as well as the physical, they also experience many other incredible changes to how they look and feel. I have seen almost every common ailment improve, or in some cases, completely disappear with the help of this program. At my juice retreats, I have seen people arrive with lifelong health problems and leave without them?in just 7 days. I have seen cholesterol levels change from 312 mg/dL to 195 mg/dL in that short time with no drug therapy whatsoever. I have seen asthma improve to the extent that someone even reduced their medication by 80% ? in just 7 days! I have seen irritable bowel syndrome symptoms vanish, Crohn?s disease symptoms subside?you name it, I?ve seen it. I?ve even seen someone show up for my juice retreat not able to move their fingers because of arthritis in their knuckles become ?pain free??again within just 7 days. There was even one woman who needed special assistance on the plane on the way over who, just 7 days later, was bouncing on a mini-trampoline and said, ?I think I?d better cancel the special assistance for the way home.? I know that sounds like Sunday-morning-televangelist-hallelujah-praise-the-Lord type of stuff, but it happened. I have seen skin glow, energy go through the roof, cravings for junk disappear, and, of course, what for some will be the most important aspect: some utterly ridiculous weight-loss results?and I do mean ridiculous. I remember receiving one e-mail where a guy dropped 18 lbs (8 kg) in one week?IN A WEEK! The average drop was 7 lbs (3 kg) for women and 10 lbs (4.5 kg) for men. The vast majority of these people not only kept the initial weight off, but went on to achieve their ideal body weight because juicing became a way of life. I remember getting a message from Lord Harris of Peckham, England, no less (it?s not every day you get an e-mail from a lord) who had read the book and dropped 42 lbs (19 kg) in just 3 months. His cholesterol also went from the ?danger of getting heart disease? zone to ?perfect? during that time. Another person read the book and within 3 months of juicing her endometriosis, which she had suffered from for 8 years and had tried several medical treatments, vanished! In fact, I have seen many people taking all kinds of medication who come off them completely by using this juice-only program. I could go on and on as I have thousands of stories from people who have done my one-week fresh juice program. Clearly I am not suggesting this is a ?cure all? or even a ?cure anything,? but I do know this: We should never underestimate the power of the body to heal itself when given the right nutrients and opportunity to do so. Toxicity and Deficiency The two biggest causes of all disease are ?toxicity? and ?deficiency.? This unique program removes the toxicity (junky foods and drinks) coming in and addresses any nutrient deficiency. However, for most people doing this program getting amazing health will simply come about as a side-effect of their real desired outcome?a flat stomach! Let?s Be Politically Correct ?Or Maybe Not! When we cut through all the politically correct nonsense as to why most people ever go on a program of this nature, the hard truth is it comes down to two basic human desires: 1 We want to look damn good. 2 We want to feel damn good. That?s it! Yes, we can all say, ?I?m doing this because I want to be healthy, I don?t want to die young, and I want to be a good role model for my kids??all of which may very well be true. But the bottom line is that the vast majority of us jump on a program like this because we want to look sexy, feel vibrant and alive and, if we are being brutally honest, YES, damn it, we also want that flat stomach! Not only do we want it, almost crave it, but, as is the way of our super-fast 21st-century world, we want to look and feel amazing in the fastest possible time?in other words, RIGHT NOW! I know this is not the ?done thing? to say and, yes, we all should aim for ?steady weight loss,? but if we cut through all the bull, we all want amazing results on the slim-and-trim front and we want those results NOW! Quick-Fix Dangers ? but Not on This Program The danger with the ?I want to see my stomach muscles before tomorrow morning? type of approach to weight loss and looking good is that it usually involves a drastic unhealthy system that will, in the long run, cause the body?s metabolism to slow down so much that it will inevitably cause you to gain more weight when you eventually start eating normally again. In 1983, diet ?guru? Geoffrey Cannon wrote a book titled Dieting Makes You Fat. This is based on the theory that when your body is starved of all food and nutrients it goes into famine mode. And when the body is in famine mode, guess what it needs to hang on to most of all for its source of energy? Yep?FAT! Not only that but he also stated that the more that people go on a strict ?where?s my food gone? type of diet, the more their bodies will protect the stores of fat, thus making it more difficult to lose weight the next time. In 1986, a study carried out on a group of rats showed that by the time they had gone through their second diet, the weight loss was half what it had been the first time?and the weight was put back on three times as fast! This is why I?m very excited to bring you this program and why it?s been so, so successful and why it continues to be. Not only has it been carefully designed to nourish your body completely on a cellular level?meaning you will not be starving yourself?but I have also added the right psychology for success and a plan for the following weeks. This is to make sure you introduce the right foods gradually, so as not to shock your system, and I have also included a ?guideline for life? plan that will allow your body to continue to lose weight (if required) and, more importantly, not put it back on. No Brainer This is where most ?lose a few pounds? programs fall flat on their faces. They usually consist of a 7-, 14-, or 21-day super plan that is based on an unsound nutritional program, no mental preparation whatsoever (which I feel is the key above all else), and nowhere to go afterward. It tends to be a case of ?You?ve done your seven days [or whatever], now go back to eating the same crap as you were before,? which makes very little sense. It is this approach that creates the whole diet merry-go-round. The problem is not so much that people start to eat normally again after a detox/slim/health program, but more the problem lies in what their idea of ?normal? is! This is what bugs me about some dieticians and doctors. They group all ?diets? together as one and say, ?Once a person starts eating normally again after a ?crash diet? they will regain the weight they?ve lost?and much more on top.? But surely the problem arises with the use of the word ?normally.? Wasn?t it their ?normal? diet that made people who go on diets fat to start with? Surely that means that unless these people change their idea of what ?normal? is they will always gain weight again?not because of the ?diet? but because they go back to their ?normal? amount and ?normal? kind of food. I have received thousands of e-mails from people from all over the world who have not only lost the initial 7 lbs but, because the book and the program in it helped change their mind-set, have gone on to lose all of their excess weight because the program became a lifestyle for them. In other words, they managed to change what their idea of ?normal? was. Because they read the book, understood the message, and did the entire plan, they now eat ?normally? all the time. When you do that, you keep the weight off. It?s only when you eat abnormally that you will become obese. It will come as no surprise that I?m not into the ?get slim quick? approach, and anyone who has read my first book, Slim For Life: Freedom from the Food Trap, or the best-selling The Juice Master: Turbo-Charge Your Life in 14 Days will know this already. I?m into lifestyle change, mind change, a change that lasts?no quick fixes to the detriment of future weight and health. However, I?m also aware that people want to see results ? FAST! And I?m also aware that sometimes quick results can create unbelievable momentum for people?momentum that can lead to amazing future success on the health and fitness front. The Price Is Right In 2005 I was asked if I would put together a nutrition plan for a very famous model in the UK, Katie Price. She is otherwise widely known as ?Jordan,? and in the US this could get confusing because Jordan here is a basketball legend, not a glamour model! Katie had never been near a juice extractor in her life and was living on a diet consisting of nothing but takeout and fast food such as pizza and McDonald?s. Katie had been pretty lucky on the weight front most of her life. Despite her awful diet and no exercise, her system managed to keep her slim?even springing back to its flat-stomach self immediately after the birth of her first child, Harvey. However, despite what people may think, Katie wasn?t so fortunate after her second child. She needed a cesarean and even after the baby was born she still had 28 lbs (13 kg) to lose! Contrary to popular rumor, Katie did not have a tummy tuck, and from what I now know of her she never would. Like most women who have recently given birth she had weight to lose, and like most she wanted to lose it in super-fast time. Her main reason for wanting to lose the weight fast?in addition to her work as a model?was her impending wedding. Katie, like most brides to be, wanted to look amazing for her wedding day, and even though she had 3 months to lose the weight she wanted some results fast. I devised a specific 6-week juicing/eating plan and explained that as it was new to her it would take a short time to get used to juicing. I also explained that it would take time to lose the weight but asked her to be patient and her body would do what it needed to do. Asking Katie to be patient is like asking Jim Carrey to keep still! She is a woman who wants results in the fastest possible time and the initial plan wasn?t producing changes quick enough for her. At this stage people often do one of two things. They either go back to what they were eating before?which clearly doesn?t help their cause?or they do something incredibly drastic like living on nothing but water and doing 4 hours of exercise a day, which is again far from good and far from being in the same ballpark as healthy. This is when I suggested she go on nothing but specially designed juices and smoothies for 7 days. I explained that the average person loses 7 lbs on the program, that it is extremely healthy, but that it requires a great deal of preparation and a certain mind-set in order to achieve it. But I didn?t realize at the time who I was dealing with. Katie is perhaps the most determined person I have ever met and if she says she?s going to do something she will do it whatever it takes to make sure it gets done. I would say Katie kept to the program 90?95% of the time and saw some great results at the end of that week. More importantly, she then knew that there was indeed something to this juicing lark as she wasn?t anywhere near as hungry as she thought she would be and often not hungry at all. This, along with the dramatic weight loss, gave her the momentum to continue to Phases 2 (#litres_trial_promo) and 3 (#litres_trial_promo) of the program. (These phases are included in this program to make sure the change sticks.) Katie not only lost the weight she wanted to lose but, much more than that, she has kept it off. At the time of writing this book, some 7 months after she finished her juice plan with me, Katie is weighing in at an average of 112 lbs (51 kg). This would be way too thin for some, but for Katie?s height and frame it?s a perfectly healthy weight. The point I want to make is that having juice as part of her daily diet is not a diet to her; it is now a lifestyle, and without it the chances are she would still be on a diet consisting largely of takeout. As she says: ?This is the first time I have ever stuck to any sort ofdiet plan ? I love the juices and I don?t feel hungry.? This is why I make no apologies for this perfectly healthy, amazing results, super juice plan. If it juices people to initiate lifelong changes and embark on a healthier lifestyle, then I?m all for it. I have told Katie?s story because her body, health, and weight are often in the media, especially in the UK. But nearly all of the most amazing juicy stories are from ?regular? people. Not Such a Regular Guy I remember a guy at one of my ?Weekend Retreats? who arrived very skeptical, left very skeptical and?if it weren?t for the rapid results he achieved after doing a specially devised ?8-day challenge? when he left the weekend?probably would have remained skeptical ? and fat! This man was about 250 lbs (113 kg) when I met him; he is now just over 170 lbs (77 kg)! That?s a massive, massive change. It?s the difference of being able to walk without a constant chafing on your inner thighs; it?s the difference of being able to run and play; it?s the difference of being able to go into a store and buy whatever clothes you like; it?s the difference of being able to get into a swimsuit without the constant paranoia that everyone and their mother is looking at and judging you. This man is happier than ever, more passionate about life than he has been in years, has much more energy?and he looks good! This is the power of what juice can do and the power of seeing good results in a short space of time; it can boost you into major life change and inspire you to continue. Coincidentally, as I write updates for this US version of the book, a letter has just come into me. A woman completed the 7 lbs in 7 Days juice program one year ago and has just written in to say that a year later she has lost 98 lbs (44 kg) and 8 dress sizes and has found herself a ?toy boy??her words! You cannot even start to imagine how this woman?s life has changed in every single area. This is not a quick fix; it?s a catalyst to lifelong change, as long as if you understand it and do it right. This is why it worked for Katie Price, the guy you just read about, and the now hundreds of thousands who found that good, fast results on the juice program have enabled them to have faith in juicing and continue to do it, and now they have a very juicy lifestyle. And it is why it can work for you. It?s all well and good telling people to ?be patient? when they change what they eat and that ?the body will drop the weight when it is ready,? but that is hardly going to help you fit into that little black dress or tuck into those jeans in time to party! Yes, I?m being slightly facetious, but no matter how much we try to cover it up or ignore it, the fact is that this is no longer a world where patience prevails. Whether we like it or not, the instant gratification society has taken over in what can only be described as a ? 2 Super-fast World (#ulink_090f89ef-8457-56bf-b9e0-92507297ebab) We live in a world of fast cars, fast trains, fast planes, fast TV, fast games; we eat super fast, drink fast, speak fast, and of course?the big one?we have plenty of fast food. We also live in a world where change in technology happens in a nanosecond. Where we were once amazed that it is possible to communicate and send pictures over the Internet, nowadays if our computer doesn?t do what we want in two seconds flat, we?ll start swearing at the darned thing in no time. We live in a world where we want, and expect, super-fast results with everything?including weight loss and improved health. This is why if there is a safe, highly nutritious way that will enable people to see quick results, then I?m all for it. Especially when the likelihood is that they will then get so juiced and excited by what they see that they?ll continue with Phases 2 (#litres_trial_promo) and 3 (#litres_trial_promo) 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 (#litres_trial_promo) Turbo-Charge and Phase 3 (#litres_trial_promo) 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 ? 3 ?But It?s Never Healthy to Lose Weight Fast? (#ulink_b05406e0-8f26-529e-9acb-98c6a61c9eed) 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 and, yes, we don?t want our muscles to waste away and, yes, we want to be healthy, but hey, as I?ve mentioned, we also want to look good ? fast! They then go on: ? ? and a weight-loss fast of this nature can never be healthy and will inevitably result in the person becoming fatter in the long run.? Really? Well firstly, it?s not a fast. I hate it when I hear of people describing this plan as a ?juice fast.? It?s a contradiction in terms. You cannot be fasting while you are having freshly extracted juices. A fast is where a person drinks only water and takes in no nutrients from food whatsoever. Juicing furnishes the body with the finest, easiest to ingest nutrients on the planet, and juicing retains 95% of the nutrients in fruits and vegetables. Let me reiterate that: Juicing Retains 95% of theNutrients in Fruits and Vegetables And given that these highly charged macro- and micro -nutrients are often much more bio-available to your cells (meaning more of the nutrients will get to where they are needed), there is no way on earth that this program can be described as a fast. Secondly, it?s ironic that any program that feeds every cell in the body with precisely what it requires for optimum health could possibly be called unhealthy. I find it mind blowing when people tell me that this program is not only unhealthy but?wait for it?dangerous. Yes, DANGEROUS! I kid you not. This program has actually been described by a few uninformed doctors and dieticians?the very people who are meant to be in charge of our health and vitality?as dangerous. Now call me Mr. Are You Flipping Kidding Me, but how on earth can ridding yourself of junk food, caffeine, alcohol, and other crap from your diet and pouring in nature?s finest super foods for a week be described in any way, shape, or form as dangerous? This bothers me more than anything else. I feel like shouting out, ?LOOK, THESE PEOPLE WERE FAT AND ILL AND NEEDED HELP!? I feel like yelling, ?LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE?THEY?RE JUST ONE MORE DOUGHNUT AWAY FROM DIABETES, HEART DISEASE, A STROKE, EVEN CANCER!? Diabetes was relatively unheard of when I was growing up. Now we are in a situation where over 21.1 million people in the United States have diabetes?that?s a 600% increase from 1958. And this is just the people who know about it. It is estimated that at least 7 million more have diabetes but don?t know it. The United States has the highest rate of diabetes among developed countries, along with the highest rate of obesity. Globally, cases of diabetes have risen from 55 million in 1955 to 150 million in 2004, and are projected to grow to 300 million by 2025. In the US alone an estimated 79 million more people are at risk of becoming diabetic. This isn?t some slightly inconvenient disease either: type 2 diabetes (the most common) causes more amputations a year than even smoking-related diseases. Yes, amputations! On top of that, diabetes is directly responsible for many losing their sight. Diabetes can make you blind! Heart disease has now overtaken cancer as both the US and UK?s biggest killer and, like diabetes, very few cases are hereditary and nearly all cases are caused directly by what we eat and drink! Even the World Health Organization admits: 85% of Western Disease is Caused Directlyby What We Put into Our Mouths Given these facts, I just cannot understand why any doctor or dietician would be against anyone going from a diet of junk to some of nature?s pure super foods or why they might even consider it to be dangerous. You would think all doctors would love an approach to weight loss that only involved nature?s finest healing foods and didn?t involve a drug of some description. One reviewer, a well-known dietician who writes for a British national newspaper, went so far as to claim that the program is not only nutritionally questionable but also makes anyone who practices it hungry and unhappy. However, my research?which involves thousands of real people who have given their feedback on my juice program?suggests otherwise. Here are a couple of examples: ?I started at 199 lbs (90 kg) and weighed in a fantastic 189 lbs (86 kg)?an amazing 10 lbs (4 kg) loss in just 7 days. Brilliant, amazing, incredible! All those words and more. I cannot thank Jason enough for developing such an amazing plan. I have gone on to your next stages and have lost almost 28 lbs (13 kg) in 8 weeks. People are absolutely bowled over when I tell them and they can?t get enough information about how it all works. Two of my colleagues have already bought the book and lost 7 lbs (3 kg) and 10 lbs (4.5 kg) respectively. Sincere thanks, a verrrrry happy C.? ?C.? was 199 lbs (90 kg) in weight to start and within eight weeks of reading the book he was 28 lbs (13 kg) lighter. How on earth is that either dangerous or the sign of a man who is feeling miserable and can?t wait to eat crap again, given that he signed off ?thanks, a verrrrry happy? camper? Here?s another piece of correspondence that I hope doctors and dieticians read. It illustrates the power of rapid weight loss on one?s mind: ?This program is a lifesaver ? there?s simply no other way to describe it. I?m hooked and believe me, if I can do it, anyone can do it. The truth is when you get quick results, your motivation is skyrocketed and you can see a light at the end of what was once a very dark tunnel. I?ve lost as much weight in the first four days as I did in four weeks on my last ?diet,? where I felt deprived, discouraged, and frankly defeated. Thank you, thank you, thank you! D.? These are just two of thousands of examples of people who have either shed loads of weight and kept it off, or who have seen impressive results quickly that have inspired them to continue. I have known people to lose over 100 lbs (45 kg) in weight after reading my book. As mentioned, Lord Harris of Peckham, no less, lost 42 lbs (19 kg) in just three months and dropped 117 points from his cholesterol after reading the book. Quick, healthy weight loss, along with the right frame of mind, inspires people to long-term good health and weight loss?IT IS NOT DANGEROUS! What is dangerous is not taking action, not changing your lifestyle, not changing your diet. What is dangerous, I feel, are the countless dieticians and doctors who constantly tell people it?s not healthy to lose more than 2 lbs (1 kg) a week because it?s apparently been scientifically backed up. I say ?apparently? because it?s nonsense?there is in fact no scientific evidence whatsoever to back this up. It?s a notion no more and no less, based on thin air. Even it were ?scientifically? backed up?which, in case you missed it, it isn?t?that alone hardly makes it fact. Let?s not forget it was also scientifically backed up that smoking helped relax you! Science isn?t always what it?s cracked up to be. If you weigh 200 lbs (90 kg) and you lose 2 lbs (1 kg) in a week, you don?t feel good. You don?t feel inspired to continue. You don?t feel fired up. More often than not, you will fail at your diet. It?s madness that when I?m on the shopping channel they?re not even allowed to show the front cover of this book in the UK and no doubt the same will apply in the US. Why not? Because dieticians and their kind have somehow convinced the watchdogs that losing 7 lbs in 7 days is dangerous. They have managed to do this while we have the most serious obesity crisis in history. The world has officially gone bonkers. What is also very dangerous, in my opinion, are the people in charge of advising us on health describing a program such as this as dangerous while handing out antiobesity drugs at the same time. These drugs, let?s not forget, often hit the front pages of newspapers due to the often horrific side effects. The day I read a front-page headline reporting new research that shows fruits and vegetables to be bad for us is the day I pack all this in and start agreeing with the ?if they?re ill give ?em a pill? culture. Until that day, I?ll follow Hippocrates? advice: ?Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.? This then is perhaps the biggest irony: some doctors say that it is dangerous to have a ?quick fix? attitude to weight loss and health, while that is precisely what they try to achieve with the drugs they hand out so liberally. After all, instant gratification is precisely what the medical drug culture is built on. For years most of the medical profession has handed out antibiotics like M&Ms for ailments such as flu?a virus against which antibiotics do nothing. Let?s not forget that since ?obesity? has been classified as a disease in its own right, the fight by drug companies to get their all-singing, all-dancing antifat pills on the market has been fierce. Big people are Big Business to the pharmaceutical industry, and it seems they will do anything to sell their wares to their customers. And their customers are not so much the obese patients themselves, but the thousands of doctors whom they have to persuade to prescribe their new wonder drug. Even if some dreadful side effect rears its ugly head during the development stages, it appears it is often explained away as ?incidental to the greater good of the drug.? It is only when people start getting problems like anal leakage?as was the case with the antifat drug Xenical?that questions are asked. It appears that antifat drugs that have been known to have even worse side effects than Xenical are OK when it?s the greater good that?s in question, but a program such as the one in this book gets hammered by the medical industry. And this is a program that relies purely on nature?s healing principles; one that does nothing to tax the liver and one that has no adverse side effects. I?m certainly not saying that medical drug intervention isn?t absolutely necessary at times, or that it never does any good, as clearly it does and many lives are saved as a result. I know this firsthand as I was badly asthmatic and needed my asthma pump up to sixteen times a day?trust me, that little blue inhaler was my lifesaver. However, why do they appear never to suggest that we should, as Hippocrates famously said, ?Let food be thy medicine and let thy medicine be food?? Why isn?t diet always the first thing to be suggested when it comes to any illness? When I changed my diet and started juicing, the first thing to change was my asthma. I went from being unable to survive without my Ventolin inhaler to not needing it at all. I haven?t had asthma since. Was this a coincidence? I don?t think so. I also lost weight, my energy levels increased, my nails got stronger, my eyes got brighter, and my severe psoriasis, which covered my body from head to foot, started to improve massively. These incredible health changes occurred with no pills, potions, drugs, or medical lotions. They occurred naturally, a concept, which is often lost on some parts of the medical and dietetic profession. Luckily, it is not lost on all in the medical profession and luckily things are changing. More and more are understanding that nature?s finest nutrient-packed liquid fuel contains something often way beyond any human or scientific understanding. More and more people in the medical profession are no longer relying on the ?evidence? produced by the pharmaceutical reps that bombard them with the latest drug that can cure obesity along with just about every common ailment. They are using common sense and starting to believe in the power of plant based foods and the body?s ability to naturally heal itself. Here is an e-mail that has just come in from a GP (also known as a family doctor) in the UK: ?Hi Jason, I just wanted to comment on the GP side of things. I?m a GP, for my sins, and have been following your programs for the last 2 months, prompted by a serious illness in January that left me unable to eat anything except juices and smoothies. I?ve lost over 28 lbs (13 kg) in that time and am now telling patients about it. It?s working for me whereas in the past other diets (rather than changes in lifestyle, as this is) have not ? I think this is something that is realistic and that people can do. I?ve never eaten as many fruits and vegetables in my life, and am enjoying it and also am full on it. My type 1 diabetes control is improving ? On a professional note, people far prefer to take a tablet (which is easy) than do something hard like totally change their lifestyle. I will continue to advocate you to patients and colleagues?I know I?m only one G.P. among thousands but every little helps I guess. Kate? ??? ???????? ?????. ??? ?????? ?? ?????. ????? ?? ??? ????, ??? ??? ????? ??? (https://www.litres.ru/jason-vale/7lbs-in-7-days-super-juice-diet/?lfrom=688855901) ? ???. ????? ???? ??? ??? ????? ??? Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, ? ??? ????? ????, ? ????? ?????, ? ??? ?? ?? ????, ??? PayPal, WebMoney, ???.???, QIWI ????, ????? ???? ?? ??? ???? ?? ????.