Juice Feast-Day 28

Nail Health

Your fingernails can tell you a lot about your health, and Dang!, I'm happy to say that my nails have never looked healthier and they are growing like gangbusters!

Before this feast, I kept my nails short. As a writer, I found that it was easier to type that way. Yeah...right. The truth is, growing them out would have been impossible. My nails were usually either too brittle, or they would peel too much to maintain any sort of respectable length.

I also had Lunulae issues. Lunulae are the little half-moon shaped white spots that appear at the base of your nail bed. According to Eastern Medical Philosophies, the desirable number of lunulae is 8. You don't want them on your pinky nails. Their appearance there could point circulation or digestive problems. Less than 8 lunulae is also a bad sign. This can signal any number of health issues, including, poor circulation, anemia, fatigue, lack of exercise, heart disease, nervous system imbalances, numbness, protein deficiency, Vitamin A deficiency or low life "chi" (life force). It can also mean that I'm forgetting to slow down and breathe:)

Before starting my juice feast, I lacked lunulae on ALL but my thumbnails. After 4 weeks on this juice feast, tiny white slivers of lunulae are have started to appear on all but my pinky fingers. Yippee for me and my Chi!!!
Analyze the health of your finger nails here.

I'm Cuckoo for Coconut Oil!

I'm getting a little tired of flax oil, so I added a new food to my feast today-raw, untreated, virgin coconut oil. Oh, my! Deeee Vine! The health and nutritional benefits that can be derived from consuming coconut oil have been recognized around the world for centuries. Waaaaaay too many to list here, so if you like, read more about the health benefits of coconut oil here. Coconut oil solidifies at room temperature and melts at 76 degrees F, so I wasn't sure how to take it. After reading up on it, I found out that it is yummy enough to take by the tablespoon solid (every 3-4 days if your juice feasting), or you can dissolve it in warm water and drink it like a tea/broth (so far, I can only vouch for this-deee lish!) Either way, it's a nice change of flavors and a great way to get your oil.

Juice Diary-Day 28

(today's juices & supplements)

32 oz water + 3 MSM+ 2 cascara sagrada+2 oz orange juice
32 oz water
8 oz watermelon/blueberry
32 oz water
54 oz green juice (spinach, celery, cucumber, zucchini, green bell pepper, carrot, assorted sweet pepper, garlic, jalapeno).
8 oz warm water + 1 Tbsp coconut oil
32 oz water
36 oz watermelon/strawberry


Total juice =106 oz (0.83 gallons)
Total water = 96 oz (0.75 gallons)

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Sleep & dreams: 9 hrs. Another dream about making amends with past wrongs.

Exercise: Nope.

Sauna: Nope

Energy: Great energy all day.

Physical observations: My skin blows my mind right now. It's so soft, firm, and beautiful that I've had to take a few double takes when glancing in the mirror. I look SOOOOOO much younger! I woke up to a pink tongue this morning. I'm not sure whether or not my white detox stripe will come back or not, but I have a sense that I'm leaving some of the major physical detox behind-especially now that I've shed that disgusting mucoid plaque. As I noted above, the lunulae are starting to show up in my nail beds again :)

I did wake up with some pain on my right side again. Not sure if this is old appendix stuff or gas. I took an enema straight away this morning, and it passed pretty quickly after that. I've thought about doing a liver/gallbladder flush while on my feast, but I'm sort of taking a wait-and-see approach. I'm also thinking about switching my dog over to raw. While I'm looking into it, I'm tossing some fresh fruit and veggies bites into his bowl while preparing juice. He LOVES it, but then labs love EVERYTHING!