Cuadra Morena - Detox juicing: 3-day, 7-day, and 14-day cleanses for your health and well-being

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Internet addresses and telephone numbers given in this book were accurate at the time it went to press. DEDICATION A mi abue, por nutrir nuestras vidas con su amor y dulzura. INTRODUCTION T he body is the most sophisticated machine we know. We would be fooling ourselves if we thought we could ever entirely understand it, let alone try to outsmart it. So where did the funny idea that we should help something as wise as the body work properly come from? When we talk about detox diets or cleanses this question is the most obvious one to come up. After all, why would anyone need to clean their body on the inside when its supposed to do it on its own? Its fair to assume that our bodies were designed to breeze us through life without much intervention on our part.

But the truth is that, despite the perfect design of each and every one of our cells, at some point, while we were busy being absorbed in our crazy lifestyles, things got a tiny bit complicated. If you are living the most orderly life, eat only natural foods, use chemical-free cleaners and beauty products, take no medications, drink purified water, buy organic clothes and organic materials for your home, and live somewhere in the middle of the woods, where the air you breathe is still miraculously clean, and where there are no Wi-Fi and no cell phone signals piercing your body 24/7... Congratulations! You are an ace at taking care of your most precious possession: your body. But how realistic is this? Most peoples lives dont have much in common with nature anymore. In the past few decades alone, tens of thousands of new chemicals and contaminants have been introduced into our everyday lives. There literally is no place to hide from them anymore, as much as we may try.

Our food, the air we breathe, the materials we use, the TV we watch... Even the negative feelings we all seem to thrive on these days, like stress, fear, and anger, create toxins in the body and mind. The unworldly amount of toxins we have to deal with every day put a huge burden on our system. Our body, faithful as ever, tries to keep up. But sooner or later it stays behind with homework. Over time, the body starts storing the toxins it cant get rid of and our detoxifying organs become sluggish from overexertion.

The more toxic your lifestyle, the more your body will be ticking like a time bomb, waiting for the last straw to manifest all kinds of discomforts and disease that have been accumulating for a long time in all its secret corners. The good news is theres a way out of this growing problem. Once you address this issue and start taking adequate measures to help your body protect itself more efficiently from this toxic overload, you can reclaim your health and enjoy the well-being youve always dreamt of (or at least get closer to it). Just take a look at animals in the wild, and you will get a glimpse at the natural way in which the body heals and replenishes. When animals get sick, they dont go to the vet (unless you take them), and they certainly dont start popping pills, one after the other. What do they do instead? They sleep a lot, and they stop eating solid foods for a day or two.

Thats all they need to feel shiny and new again. Healers, doctors, and sages from different cultures throughout history have known this, and thats why bland or liquid diets, or full-blown fasts, are part of many ancient traditions, such as Ayurveda. Giving your body and your digestion an opportunity to rest and repair not only is considered the most effective natural medicine once youre already sick, but also is seen as basic body maintenance that should be practiced regularly to ensure its well-being. Even if youre convinced that your body can deal with the toxic overload of modern life, pampering it by giving it a little rest, and by boosting its immunity with the super nutrition juices provide cant hurt, right? Believing that chronic health problems and premature aging are a natural part of life that cant be avoided is sad and inaccurate. You are the captain of your ship and with the right information in your hands, and lots of determination, you can take it in whichever direction you see fit. Your extraordinary body is just waiting for you to step up to the plate, and treat it the way it deserves.

Once you do, it will respond beautifully. This book will teach you some simple ways in which you can reverse the damage, unleash your inner power, and guide your whole being to lasting health and well-being. OUR STORY MORENA E M y first contact with the world of juicing came at such a young age that it now seems like it was destined to become a main pillar in my life. When I was just a kid transitioning into adolescence, my mother would make apple, carrot, and beet juice in the afternoons in her square, bright red juicer. I was a curious kid, so the psychedelic-looking liquid that came out of this strange machine didnt leave me any other choice but to try it. At the time, I wasnt naturally inclined to eat raw vegetables.

I definitely wasnt the one reaching for the salad bowl placed in the middle of the table at lunch. Even though I became a vegetarian when I was four, for skinny ol me the fun of eating came from carbs, dairy, and especially sugar! Fruits were okay, and so were cooked vegetables depending on what they were accompanied by. Eating crunchy raw veggies, however, was out of the question, as this practice appeared extremely unexciting to my senses. Nobody was more surprised than me when, from one day to the next, I found myself consuming more raw veggies than a rabbit. My love affair with juicing and a healthy lifestyle had begun. This was the early nineties and juicing was not the big, sexy trend it is today.

Certainly not in Peru, where I grew up. One could say my mom was ahead of her time in the wellness area compared to her peers, and I was lucky to be born into her experimental juice-loving nest. The moment she saw my interest in her evening potions, she encouraged me to try them and explained the benefits of drinking them on a regular basis, or even just once in a while. I dont know if I immediately liked them because of their sweetness, because of how intuitively attracted I was to a healthier way of eating, or because I wanted to be like her. Whatever it was, I was hooked. Ive come a long way since then in my juicing adventures.