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FASTING means NOT eating

posted 11 years ago by luxerus
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Somebody should have told that to the guy. If you're juicing, then you're eating a liquid diet. Lots of bodybuilders have done it to lose weight, not with veggies but with whey protein and that kind of stuff. It still is NOT fasting.

I want more info about what he's eating, the number of calories for instance. I think at some point he refers to beans. Now if you're adding beans and what not to your vegetable/fruits juicing, it's called a low calorie vegetarian diet, not fasting!!!

[–] modman-2 11 years ago

According to wikipedia, "fasting is primarily the act of willingly abstaining from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time"

eating !=drinking.

so yes - it's not the same kind of fasting that Gandhi did but I think they were assuming that everybody would figure that out for themselves. I guess they were wrong.

[–] silvergloss 11 years ago

He calls it a "juice fast" meaning he only drinks juice and no solid foods for 60 days.

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[–] silvergloss 11 years ago

Wow. A bit of an extreme reaction.

[–] Raoh 11 years ago

Maybe you are right. But c'mon, in the movie he calls it a "fast", but obviously we can all see that he means a "juice fast".

[–] manco82 10 years ago

I'm sensing a lot of anger at Joe Cross from people who refuse to give up their burgers & fries for even a day.

[–] misterbfd 10 years ago

I juice my burgers and fries. It makes them much healthier.

[–] bpollen 10 years ago

In the health community, it's accepted that fasting means abstaining from solid foods. The body must have liquids. For true fasting, the liquid will be water. For those in the health community, it's often health juices.

[–] bogdan253 8 years ago

You guys are just saying it's ok to blend some meat, as long as you drink it it's still fasting.