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JUICY CLEANE 2015: DAY THREE (THE END)

We’re done! The three days went by really fast and I think I have solved the issue of my skin rash (whichwas the goal of this whole cleanse in the first place). I THINK it’s because ever since I started eating high carb (around a year ago) I ate WAY more fruit. I’m talkin’ like 8 bananas in my smoothies, 5 mangoes as a snack… ya’ll know what my diet has looked like in the past year or so. Just look on my Instagram. Now, I have never listened to those folks who are like, “You need to restrict fruit, it has too much sugar!” I have just scoffed at them and kept eating my watermelon – the whole thing. But maybe it’s time I listened.

At the same time I upped my fruit intake hugely, I started getting this flaky red skin around my nose. I haven’t correlated the two until I did this cleanse and some of you gave me feedback that I might have the rash because I am eating too much sugar (in the form of fruit). Apparently, in general, the good bacteria in our guts feed on complex carbs like beans and vegetables while the bad bacteria feed on simple sugars like sweet fruits and processed junk (correct me if I am wrong though). Fruit is awesome, but it seems like if I eat huge amounts of it, it just puts my gut flora outta wack. I have been eating less fruit in the past two days and I already see an improvement. I’m also eating probiotics like almond yogurt and sauerkraut to help things along. We’ll see if this really is the solution or if it’s just a coincidence, and I will keep you informed. This might end up meaning a big change in my diet. Let me know your thoughts on this! I know MANY people can do this high fruit thing (1 litre+ fresh squeezed OJ for fun) and I was loving it! But maybe it isn’t working for me. I want to note that I can still eat – and thoroughly enjoy eating – a high carb low fat vegan diet, just not high fruit. Anyways, recipes for the last day of the cleanse are below. Much love.

Menu:

Green juice #1

Green juice #2

Baked yams with sauerkraut, tahini + chickpeas

Throughout the day:

1 gallon water with 1/4 cup lemon juice or apple cider vinegar

GREEN JUICE #1:

2 big bunches spinach
5 small apples
1 cucumber
1/2 bunch celery
1 lemon
1 tablespoon chunk peeled ginger

Juice it all and drink it up.

GREEN JUICE #2:

I went to my face raw vegan cafe downtown with a friend and we got green juice there, so just make your own fave recipe.

BAKED YAMS:

Use this recipe, then add sauerkraut and chickpeas!

DAY ONE

DAY TWO

June 5, 2015 0 comment

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JUICY CLEANSE 2015: DAY TWO

written by Emily von Euw

Another day, another juice.

Today went pretty well. My skin is looking really good, and since the aim of this whole cleanse is to heal this weird rash around my nose and rebalance my gut flora, I’m happy about that. I am so glad I don’t care about being strict with “cleanses” anymore. I remember a few years ago when I did a 10-day juice fast (you can find it on my blog) and I was crazy restrictive. I think a motivation for doing that juice fast had remnants of my disordered eating from the past, but this time there’s none of that. I am not doing this to lose weight or any other sh*tty reason that doesn’t matter. I am doing it to feel good.

When you aren’t in the “I-am-on-a-juice-fast-so-eating-a-few-organic-strawberries-will-ruin-everything” mindset, cleansing is hella fun! Jack and I are drinking juices all day and then having veggie broth for dinner. but throughout the day I’m also enjoying other foods like almond yogurt, chia seed pudding, fresh fruit and banana ice cream. Plus we add seaweed and garlic chunks to the vegetable broth we have in the evening so it seriously hits the SPOT after a day of cold/coolish eating. If you’re doing this cleanse with us, or even trying some of the recipes, or honestly have anything to say – let me know in the comment section! 🙂 Until tomorrow; *HUG*.

Menu:

– GREENYLICIOUS APPLE JUICE

– PURPLE JUICE with FENNEL + ORANGE

– ALMOND YOGURT with CHIA PUDDING

– VEGETABLE BROTH with MISO, GARLIC + NORI

Throughout the day:

– 1 gallon water with 1/4 cup lemon juice or apple cider vinegar

GREENYLICIOUS APPLE JUICE

Serves one

1 big bunch kale

5 small apples

1/2 bunch celery

1 cucumber

2 tablespoon chunk peeled ginger

Juice it. Drink it. Mmm.

PURPLE JUICE with FENNEL + ORANGE

Serves one

1/2 small head purple cabbage

1 small fennel bulb

3 oranges

You know what to do.

ALMOND YOGURT with CHIA PUDDING

Serves one

1 cup unpasteurized almond yogurt

2/3 cup water

1 heaping tablespoon chia seeds

1 cup sliced strawberries

Throw the chia seeds into the water and let them puff up for about an hour. Add to the yogurt along with the strawberries and enjoy! Use a natural sweetener if you want.

VEGETABLE BROTH with MISO, GARLIC + NORI

Serves one

1 litre vegetable broth (low salt, organic ingredients)

2 peeled, minced garlic cloves

5 nori sheets, torn up

1 tablespoon unpasteurized miso paste

Simmer the broth then add everything and eat.

JUICE CLEANSE 2105: DAY 01

May 29, 2015 0 comment

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JUICE CLEANSE 2015: DAY ONE

written by Emily von Euw

My babes! I got some news! Jack (my lover) and I are doing a juice cleanse for around 3 days, or whenever we feel like stopping. We started yesterday. Neither of us are too strict so we’re also consuming raw fresh fruit if we feel like it, veggie broth with seaweed, chia seeds and banana ice cream. The point of this cleanse is to refresh our digestive systems. More on this below. I will be posting all the recipes we consume so you can join in! I’d love it if you did because it’s more fun to share experiences like this than doing it alone, and I know a lot of you are into juice cleansing. So if you do wanna join, I encourage you to post your comments below, or on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to let the rest of us know how you’re doing.I want to reiterate: this isn’t a very strict cleanse, I want you to transform it into whatever YOU need. Whether that be simply adding these recipes into your daily diet, trying one or two, or doing the whole thing with me and Jack. I’m not into calorie counting, restriction, or focusing on numbers. I AM into feeling good and having an optimally functioning bod. Which brings me to the question: WHY AM I DOING THIS?Firstly, Jack is doing it with me because he’s the best, and also because before we starting sharing our lives together he did not have the healthiest lifestyle. He wants to clear out the junk that is probably still sitting in his gut. Now for me: lately for the past few months I have not been digesting food as well as I first did when I went vegan. I also have developed this weird red, itchy rash type thing around my nose. It gets flaky too. Ugh. I didn’t understand for a long time why it was appearing because I eat about as healthy as I can imagine a person can and simply by being vegan I don’t eat any of the foods that can cause skin problems. It’s not THAT noticeable when I use apple cider vinegar as a toner and coconut oil as a moisturizer, but it’s still there and it has been buggin’ me like CRAZY. I’ve self-diagnosed that it’s perioral dermatitis with the help of the internet, which is a bacterial overgrowth that shows itself on the skin, usually around the nose and mouth. Virtually all the info on the web says you should just go to the doctor and put this nasty cream on it. The holistic crowd says use ACV and coco oil. But both these answers are not adequate for me; they don’t recognize that this bacterial overgrowth is a SYMPTOM of something that’s wrong inside the body. But hey, that’s western medicine for you.

I’ve decided that my gut is not is ideal shape. My poops should be better, my skin should be FINE, and I shouldn’t feel as bloated as I often do. Plus, I’ve been getting headaches all week. I wanna reset my digestive system by giving it a break from the enormous amounts of solid food I usually eat. So I’m doing this cleanse. I wanna give my body a ton of easy-to-absorb nutrition in mostly veggie juices, along with herbal antibiotics (to kill the bad bacteria) like garlic and ACV, and probiotics (to feed the good guys) like sauerkraut, miso and almond yogurt. If this doesn’t work, I’m gonna go see my doc. I need to get my blood checked anyways, just to make sure all is well in my veins. We should ALL be doing be doing this on the reg, in my opinion.

So there you have it. We will see if this cleanse gives me what I am looking for. If not, I’ll probably feel great by the end of it anyways. Here’s some things to remember if you’re joining us:

CONSUME ENOUGH CALORIES!
Focus on juices based around vegetables and greens.
Supplement with other stuff if you like. Examples: veggie broth, chia pudding and whole fruit, probiotics like unpasteurized miso, sauerkraut and non-dairy yogurt.
Drink butt-loads of water to keep everything moving.
Do what ya feel; if this cleanse makes you hate the world, you should probably just stop it and make a big salad. Or if you feel like you need to make more or less of the recipes to feel satisfied, do it!

Done. Menu and recipes for yesterday are below!

Menu:

GREEN JUICE with GARLIC + GINGER
MANGOES
BEET JUICE with CELERY + ORANGES
VEGGE BROTH with SEAWEED
BANANA ICE CREAM with CHIA SEEDS

And throughout the day:
1 gallon of water, usually mixed in with apple cider vinegar or lemon juice

GREEN JUICE with GARLIC + GINGER
Serves one1 big bunch kale
3 peeled garlic cloves
1 tablespoon chunk peeled ginger
8 small apples
1 cucumber Juice it all up and drink it all down.

We went on a bike ride and then ate chopped mangoes in the sun.

MANGOES
Serves one

5 small mangoes, sliced

Eat!

BEET JUICE with CELERY + ORANGES

Serves one

4 beets
8 small oranges
2 peeled garlic cloves
1 bunch celery Juice it. Drank it.///
For dinner we had vegetable broth with nori sheets. It hit the spot.

VEGGIE BROTH with SEAWEED
Serves one

1 litre vegetable broth, low in salt and made with organic ingredients
5 sheets nori, ripped up
1 peeled garlic clove, minced

Simmer the vegetable broth on low heat and add the seaweed. Add the garlic when you take the broth off the heat. Enjoy.

BANANA ICE CREAM with CHIA SEEDS

Serves one4 frozen bananas
Water, if needed
1 tablespoon almond butter (optional)
1 tablespoons chia seeds

Blend the bananas into soft serve ice cream in a blender or food processor, adding some water if you need to. Sprinkle on chia seeds and almond butter. Mmm.

May 22, 2015 0 comment