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| only one food (raw apples, for example, or carrot juice or raw grapes) for several days. This approach is guaranteed to produce cleansing reactions, so be prepared to deal with unpleasant symptoms. In most people who have completed the pre-cleanse phase and whose pH tests show good alkaline reserves, these reactions pass within two to three days and the result is dramatically improved health. |
| One-day-a-week fast. In Inner Cleansing, Carlson Wade described several one-day juice fasts, such as a lemon juice fast (the juice of six to eight lemons in a gallon of water, sipped throughout the day, with additional water as desired) repeated once a week to relieve allergies. In Tissue Cleansing through Bowel Management, Bernard Jensen recommended consuming nothing but fresh juice or raw fruit one day per week while resting, which he considered as important as going without food. Because the usual diet is resumed the next day, interrupting detoxification, this program minimizes cleansing reactions. |
| Four-day (or longer) fruit or juice fast. A four-day mono-diet juice fast, such as Jensen's watermelon flush (nothing but watermelon and water for four to five days) or Johanna Brandt's grape cure (nothing but grapes and grape juice) stimulates the kidneys and colon to eliminate toxins. In his classic book Live Food Juices, published in 1957 and now in its 39th printing, H.E. Kirschner, M.D., presented fascinating photographs and case studies of children, adults and even family dogs who were cured of fatal illnesses by raw carrot juice and other raw fruit and |
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