juice/smoothie/raw food/shabbat

[bluedog]

hello and happy holidays,

just one quick question: if juices, smoothies and raw food amount to the same caloric total, are they equal methods for weight loss? i've read about people doing juice fasts, and was wondering whether this is a quicker (not to mention less time consuming) means, and if so, whether it was because the daily calorie intake was severely reduced.

also, for those who attend shabbat dinners, what to do when you're invited out and there's literally nothing raw at the host's, and you can't bring anything?

thanks!

[Aleesha Sattva]

eat before you go... and just drink water at the dinner.

and as for caloric needs and weight release. any fast will bring weight release. whether that's fasting from cooked food or fasting from fibre... ;) it's more about gifting your body a rest (fasting from fibre) than calories.