[.ca] Juice Fasting and Detoxification: Use the Healing Power ... (ISBN 1878736655)

Easy to read and concise how to for fasting.........:
This is an easy to read book on how to fast for your health: mind, body, and spirit. The author does not try to convience you that this is the ultimate in health but educates you on the benefits of fasting, why it should be practiced, and how to go about it. The book touches on the different types of fasting, the duration of fasting, how to start, and importantly how to come off of a fast. There are several different kinds of fasting but what suprised me was the benefits of fasting during short periods of time: 24 to 36 hours. I had several misconceptions of fasting: that it was a long period of complete deprevation, I was wrong. The book outlines the benefits of short term and long term fasting and the effects of detoxifying the body with fasting. Other topics discussed is fasting for weightloss and the nutritional balance of certain juices during fasting. If you are new to the fasting concept and practice this is a great book to start.

BIZARRE book!:
Ok, in the beginning of the book there's some picture of a idol looking guy with cartoon angles flying around him - each with a word on it - one saying "Heavenly Father" on top. FREAKY! Next, there's a quote from Jesus from "Essene Gospel Of Peace"? Waaay too cultish or off-shoot religion sounding to me (one of the chapters is titled Spiritual Fasting). And the guy who wrote the book calls himself "Sproutman". I haven't found a shred of proof to back up any of his claims nor any studies or detailed explanations. Let me quote the book on page 18: "Basically, there are two lengths of fasts, short and long". Doesn't seem to be much detail to the book. Next, the whole section about how colonics and enimas can be FUN. No... I'm not kidding! The whole section "Try it, You'll Like It!" isn't enough to convince me but, even better, there's even a section on "Exotic Enimas". Plus, there's a lot of research out there that says it's not good for you. Even Stanley Burroughs agrees in his book "The Master Cleanser" and says if you want to clean yourself out, drink water with ocean salt instead. The only thing I saw redeeming in this weird book with angels all over it was a section in the back called "HOW TO BUY A JUICER" that's 9 pages long. Sorry to say... wouldn't recommend it.

A big disappointment.:
I really wanted to like this book. I was so excited when I ordered it, thinking I was getting a step-by-step juice fasting manual with, most importantly (to me, anywaay) abundant juicing recipes. It was pretty much the opposite. Lots and lots of semi-interesting information about stuff I didn't need to know, and hardly ANY recipes and little instructions on how to do a fast. This book is currently collecting dust on my shelf. Now, I get my fasting and detox advice from Dr. Elson Haas' books - Staying Health With Nutrition, The Detox Diet.

Excellent book, covers the topics very well:
I'm new to fasting, and this book answered virtually all of my questions. He covers the aspects I am interested in - from the motivation to fast, how long to fast, water and juice fasting, a section I really enjoyed on detoxification, the psychology of fasting, and how to come off the fast. As an extra bonus, the book also discusses how to buy a juicing machine (I didn't know there are four different types!) and concludes with several pages of additional resources, including web sites and other organizations that can provide additional information. The text is well written, easy to follow, and I found it a joy to read. There is a lot more to fasting than just not eating. This book gives me the ideas and means to do an effective fast, and for that I am very grateful.

A FUN PLAN:
While I can see some of the points made by other reviewers I enjoyed the book, although admittedly I have not implemented much of it, as I'm on a different diet. But I like the way Meyerwitz laid out the principles and I think he's a solid writer, which cannot be said for all of the health gurus. I also enjoyed the fact that unlike other health related books the author didn't get weighed down with all sorts of intricate drawings and charts, and presented things in a cut & dry, straight forward manner.