When I feel that little ominous scratchiness in my throat...
I'll go on a boxed apple juice fast for two days.
Apple juice only, as much as I want, whenever I want it.
Many years ago I had a Visiting Teaching Companion
whose father was a homeopath.
Her children used to come Visiting Teaching with us.
This one morning her son wanted something to eat.
She said, "No, only apple juice for you now."
I later asked her why only apple juice for now...
She explained that whenever they were heading for illness
they'd go on for two days drinking only apple juice.
I thought I'd try it too. It works for me...
I've wondered about other juices...
I haven't found any others that work like plain apple juice.
I sometimes add a tablespoon of barley juice powder.
(Thank you Mary Ann Shearer "The Natural Way.")
(I used to use Barley Life.
I could buy it easily not far from me here in Gauteng.
When I was in KZN I couldn't find it.
I found Barley Grass powder at Dischem.
It doesn't mix as easily as Barley Life,
nor taste as pleasant as Barley Life,
and I adjusted quite easily and enjoy the same benefit.
It's also less expensive.
When I got home I found this container of Barley Life in my cupboard.
I'm using it up after sifting and pressing it through the sieve to return it
from it's lumpy state back into powder.)
And I also drink water when I'm apple juice fasting.
I'll drink good clean water whenever I want it.
I'll also be sure to rinse my mouth out with water after drinking apple juice,
just to clear my teeth of any acid effect of the apple juice.
(I've tried the apple juice fasting when I'm well. I can't do it.
I remember going to the Doctor for something else when I was apple-juice-fasting.
He looked into my throat and said it was inflamed.
I didn't feel ill. I knew I was "under the weather" but, I didn't feel any pain or incapacity.
My lungs feel extra clear, my breathing better than normal.
My joints are completely functional and free of pain.
I don't usually have any more than a degree sometimes of stiffness.)
After two days or so I choose this fruit salad to eat for breakfast, on an empty stomach.
And then nothing else to eat for an hour or so.
This gives my body the chance to utilize as much as possible from the fruit
for repairing the imbalances in my body as soon as possible.
Then I might have my breakfast smoothie for mid-morning.
(Separate post.)
Or just more boxed apple juice. As much as I want.
Then a lettuce, cucumber and tomato salad with a boiled or baked potato for lunch.
Boxed apple juice mid afternoon.
This fruit salad is bursting with healthy vitamins and anti-oxidants
in my opinion and my experience over many years.
(When I was a Boy Scout Cub leader, more than 30 years ago,
I remember explaining to those 8 - 12 year olds about basic nutrition.
Protein for building strength in the body
Starches for fuel, energy for the body
Vitamins and minerals for repair of the body.
And... when your car is being repaired, it isn't being built or running...)
My fruit salad recipe...
Cubed fresh papaya,
a quartered and sliced strawberry,
10 or so blueberries,
5 or so red or black seedless grapes cut in half,
boxed mango juice
and half a banana - sliced.
Delicious!
I might do this for 10 days or so until my body
feels thoroughly cleansed and healthy again.
I haven't been really ill for years.
Last time was when we were in England in 2003 when SARS was virulent.
I wonder if we didn't contract it there...
We were both really soberingly ill then.
And so there I've recorded this...
Partly so that if I can't speak for myself any more one day,
Someone caring for me can read this and know what my body is accustomed to.
What my body has become accustomed to...
And also partly, so that it may be of some use to someone, sometime, somewhere.
I believe we are nudged to what will be useful to us.
I believe when we're searching for what "fits" for us, we recognise it when we come across it.
