Anyone know if it's a good or bad idea to fast while electrolytes are really imbalanced? Oooh, pick me, pick me! I do!! I do!! I found out I'm extremely low in potassium, sodium, and magnesium (part of the muscle cramping problem I've been having, no doubt). Incidentally also iron and Vit. D. I was originally planning to start a juice fast next week, but I've got a gazillion appointments scheduled, and I'm so messed up with the leg cramping that I can barely go out and get through a grocery store, I am kind of afraid to potentially make it worse. Yet I know the reason I'm so off is at least partly poor gut absorption, so in other words I probably need to fast. Chicken or the egg?
EASY! When we juice (especially with a quality juicer), the juicer separates virtually all the vital nutrients & enzymes ('electrolytes') from the pulp/fiber of the produce, leaving a nutrient/electrolyte rich solution that is more easily & readily assimilated than any other substance but water. The complex and energy-usurping process of separating these nutrients from the fiber of what we eat (and creating enzymes for the same) is almost totally avoided when juice-fasting, hence giving us more nutrients than we can possibly get from 'typical eating' and digestion, with the nutrients are rapidly and more completely assimilated.
AND the energy that would have been used for the long & tedious process of digestion is freed up to utilize those nutrients.
AND, when juicing we're able to easily ingest a fantastical volume of these nutrients (FAR more than we could EVER ingest by eating the produce itself, because we could never ingest that much produce).
Also Anja, check out the varying definitons of "electrolytes" below - particularly the one I've emphasized. When was the last time you did a full & thorough kidney cleanse & healing? It looks to me like I'd be doing a juice-fast and 10 day kidney cleanse asap if I were you! Also, I just did a google search on "kidneys, electrolytes" and pasted the top results at the very end.
Healthiest of blessings,
Unyquity
Definitions of electrolytes on the Web:
In chemistry, an electrolyte is any substance containing free ions that make the substance electrically conductive. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolytes
electrolyte - a solution that conducts electricity; "the proper amount and distribution of electrolytes in the body is essential for health" wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
electrolyte - a substance that, in solution or when molten, ionizes and conducts electricity; any of the various ions (such as sodium or chloride) that regulate the electric charge on cells and the flow of water across their membranes en.wiktionary.org/wiki/electrolyte
Electrolytes are a large category of substances dissolved in plasma. The balance of water and salt is critical to good health. ... www.bloodindex.net/Glossary.php
Chemicals in the body fluids that result from the breakdown of salts, including sodium, potassium, magnesium and chloride. The kidneys control the amount of electrolytes in the body. When the kidneys fail, electrolytes get out of balance, causing potentially serious health problems. ... www.radiochemistry.org/nuclearmedicine/dictionary/e.htm
Compounds (sodium, potassium, magnesium) which maintain the body's chemical balance. Ostomates must ensure they have adequate intake of these minerals through fluids and food. www.ostomycanada.ca/ostomy_information/terminology
Horses' sweat contains sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium and magnesium which, as a group, are called electrolytes. ... www.octra.on.ca/articles/glossary.html
Mar 16, 2009 ... The kidneys regulate fluid absorption and excretion and maintain a narrow range of electrolyte fluctuation. Normally, sodium and potassium ...
The kidneys control the amount of electrolytes in the body. When the kidneys fail, electrolytes get out of balance, causing potentially serious health ... kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/glossary/ - Cached - Similar
The primary function of the kidneys is to maintain the proper balance of water and minerals (including electrolytes) in the body. ...
www.merck.com/mmhe/sec11/ch141/ch141b.html - Cached - Similar
by JP Kokko - 1981 - Cited by 50 - Related articles
Nephron 18:212–219, 1977; Dunn MJ, Howe D: Prostaglandins lack a direct inhibitory action on electrolyte and water transport in the kidney and the ... www.nature.com › Journal home › Archive › Electrolytes
by G Giebisch - 1971 - Cited by 45 - Related articles Electrolyte transport in kidney tubule cells. By G. Giebisch, E. L. Boulpaep and G. Whittembury*. Department of Physiology, Yale University School of ...
www.jstor.org/stable/2417124
by A Kleinzeller - 1964 - Cited by 71 - Related articles
[PubMed]; BURG MB, ORLOFF J. Effect of strophanthidin on electrolyte content and PAH accumulation of rabbit kidney slices. Am J Physiol. ... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › Journal List › J Physiol › v.175(2); Dec 1964
by JC Atherton - 2006 - Related articles
The kidneys match renal excretion to intake of water and electrolytes to regulate the osmolality and volume of body fluids. ...
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Read about blood electrolytes (sodium, potassium, chloride, and bicorbonate) and the effects of electrolyte imbalances like kidney failure, ... www.medicinenet.com › home › electrolytes index - Cached - Similar
by G Giebisch - 1962 - Cited by 18 - Related articles KIDNEY, WATER AND ELECTROLYTES. 379 the pressor effect there occurred an ...... Heart, Kidney and Electrolytes (Progr. in Cardiovascular Diseases, 3, No. ...
arjournals.annualreviews.org/.../10.1146%2Fannurev.ph.24.030162.002041
No wonder it's JUICE-FASTING: The POWERFUL healing therapy!