Re: Would you juice fast if you thought you had cancer?

In response to the individual who said it doesn't make sense to drink juice because cancer patients need calories:

One has to rely on simple math in this case. Your statement addresses the need for patients to absorb nutrients in a state that doesn't allow them to because of ill health. Then I ask, " What sense does it make to ingest foods with even less nutrients?"

Patients need more than calories. Take for example a Snickers bar, 260 calories I believe, and no nutrients. Several glasses of carrot juice, same calories, tremendous nutrients. While this is an extreme example, think about any case where an ill patient is only able to utilize say 10 percent of any food's calories, arbitrary number. If they are ingesting the nutrient of a candy bar or a soy based meal or even meat and vegetables, there is 10 percent of those nutrients combined with calories versus the 10 percent of fresh juice nutrients.

While it is true, some people's systems are so toxic they cannot immediately handle the intensity of the purity of raw juices, compromises can be made by either using less juice or watering down the juice itself. A raw food/juice diet can cause cravings, but the calories are still there, there is nothing lacking. As we used to say in chemistry class, " A calorie is a calorie."

Health isn't alway about a 'full' feeling.

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