Juice/Smoothie Feast and Now Very Depressed

[blueberrypurple]

Hello Everyone!

I just did a 5 day juice/smoothie feast (first time) and finished as of yesterday although my diet continues on raw and with no nuts. I've had the usual stressors in my personal life, but as of yesterday I have been extremely depressed and can't stop crying. My face has also broken out even more than it was before the feast and I've had the purest food. All I've heard is people feeling and looking amazing (skin) after a feast.

What has just emotionally and skin wise happened to me? I can't stop crying and I am so low. : (

[Ucat]

You could try the Trauma Release Exercises, they are quite powerful (by David Berceli). Perhaps you are releasing old emotions stored in your cells and muscles.

Also, it could be an allergy/ food sensitivity to something you are eating now. You could try "the pulse test" to determine whether you are allergic. It is an easy, free method to use and Dr. Arthur Coca's book of the same name is available to download for free on the internet (Soil and Health Library).

Also, it could just be detox. As the toxins come out of your body they have to enter your bloodstream first, in which case they can cause reactions. There is a lot of research available on how what you eat affects your emotions, e.g.
- Dr. William Philpott: Brain Allergies: The Psychonutrient and Magnetic Connections
- Alexander Schauss: Diet, Crime and Delinquency

I hope you feel better soon! I would say if you can stand it, hang in there for a couple of days, make sure you help your body with detox by whatever means you choose, e.g. taking hot baths, enemas or colonics, dry brushing, drinking plenty of water, etc. You could take a high quality multivitamin supplement (made of compressed food, not chemicals) to make sure you are not deficient in something. If I would you I would just pamper myself for a couple of days, trying to do things that make you feel good (take time off work!) and see if I feel better in a couple of days. If not, then I would slow down the detox by eating something a little heavier, or maybe a little healthy cooked food here and there.

Your face breaking out is definitely a sign of detox. I just got the same now and I'm on my third week of juice fast.

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[Traceyraw]

I heard this yesterday. I had a similar experience after my juice fast. "Emotions are stored in the liver as the liver is detoxing and cleansing those old emotions are realesed. " It made sense in my case but now and feeling so much better. You might want to go a little slower on the detox until you are ready emotionaly. This is what I had to do. Keep juicing but you can either speed it up with water or slow it down with food. Hang in there.P.S. Greens helped me tremendously. "green juices"

[blueberrypurple]

Thank you for both your suggestions. Ucat, I will look up all the info in a bit.

I switched over to 80% raw 5-6 months ago with a very high fruit intake. I started breaking out again then and my doc says it's detoxing. Had a few setbacks and binged here and there. As of two months ago, I've been 90-95% raw, very high fruit/ow fat and no nuts unless when I fell off the wagon. Well since I binged last weekend, I decided to do a smoothie/juice feast for 5 days. I had tons of watermelon, cantaloup, orange, mango, papaya, charamoya - all juiced. I drank a lot of coconut water and herbal teas as well as took a bunch of herbs. I also juiced a lot of celery, carrots, cucumbers, ginger, apples, lemons, kale, chard. After the feast, I added more fat into my diet - avocado and flax crackers. I also started making smoothies with a superfood powder. I am not sure if I am allergic to any of these foods as I've had them before and all was fine. However, the cantaloup, papaya, mango and charamoya I don't have often and the superfoods powder I am new to.

I have been through a lot of trauma all my life and really do hope this reaction is caused by detox releasing the trauma from my cells as you mentioned. Or I hope it is just simply detox as I have a lot of toxins to release from the small intestine bacteria overgrowth I've been experiencing the past two years. I've been dry brushing and this morning forced myself to go for a walk. It was so beautiful out yet I felt dazed - like my body was there except I wasn't fully. It felt blurry, like I was looking through thick clear glass and some what floating at the same time.

Tracey, how long did it take for you to feel better? I stopped the feast as of Saturday, yet still am pretty much detoxing.

[blueberrypurple]

Ucat, have you generally had skin issues? Or is yours caused from detoxing? It is so strange. The skin on my body has always been so beautiful, super smooth and beautiful color. My face, I've had major issues with breaking out on and off and I mean painful breakouts. It cleared up after medication I had taken which I will never take again, then stating breaking out since transitioning to raw. It's broken out even more after feasting.

[Traceyraw]

It was a struggle everyday. about 21/2months. But I didn't stay raw I was such a mess. Now I am back on track. Feeling better everyday. Dates and bananas I believe slow down detox. I would slow it down but still stay raw. I regret my slip ups but I had no idea what was going on. Now I have a good grip. I have greens everyday. I also made seasame milk. Blended soaked seasame seeds with honey strain well and drink. It is so good.

The break out is supposed to be toxins moving out of your body. cucumbers are good for your complexion. Look at the beautiful skin of the high raw people it glows. I am sure yours will soon too.

[blueberrypurple]

Tracey, I am happy you are feeling better more and more each day. We all deserve to feel wonderful.

You are right, dates and bananas and anything fat do slow down detox. I've been having an avocado a day with some flax crackers since the feast. Bananas as well! I am not allowed to have nuts and that seasame milk sounds delicious. I've never made milk. How do you make it?

In regards to breaking out, my doctor has said the same. I don't see Dr. Morse until a month from now and will ask him then, but how do I know it's not a food allergy, or deficiency? Or maybe it's stress... ? I mean it makes total sense that it's detox as I've started about 5 different herbal formulas a few weeks ago. But what if it's these other things causing me to detox? A lot of people have complained about getting acne when they eat too many fruits. Is this a sensitivity or simply the body detoxing as fruits are the highest detoxing foods out there?

[Traceyraw]

I soak the raw seasame seeds for about 4hours. rinse add filtered water about 1-4 ratio.Honey or agave to your liking. Then blend and strain. I have to double strain it. It is really good. It lasts about 3 days refrigerated. The adrenal gland formula really gives me a lift. I have been taking it every 2 hours during the day since last Thursday. I will slow it down now. My stomach and bowel and heal all tea is waiting for me at home.

Stress is a killer for me too. I have been drinking Kava tea at night its really relaxing. I would try a few greens they are helping me with my energy.

[Mary Kay]

I can only speak for myself, but when doing raw juice fasts I have incorporated some fruits in the past. I now think that is too much sugar without the benefit of the fiber to slow it down. I also did cleanses to get rid of a microscopic parasite I had, but believe the sugar kept feeding it as well as candida.

I now believe in easing into a raw juice fast while easing out of fruit sugar. And listening to all the sweet fruit you were eating......I believe in going low/ no sugar for at least two weeks, while doing a juice fast/feast, then if you continue, to start adding in EFA's and beneficial fats.

Int he early stages of a cleanse, I agree, the depression may just a detox reaction, but later on, could be a lack of good fats.

Some thoughts. Best of luck,

Mary Kay

[Ucat]

Ucat, have you generally had skin issues? Or is yours caused from detoxing?

Mine is definitely from detoxing, I don't normally get spots unless if I eat a lot of junk. So as I've been juice fasting, the spots are from detox and I get other symptoms as well, like a coated tongue, cold-like symptoms, etc. I have been doing a lot of 'trauma release exercises' and that definitely helps, but emotionally I feel really good on the juice fast, better than normal. But it is probably partly because this time it feels easy for me. In the past, when I was eating 100% raw for a long time I started getting irritable and a bit miserable. I think I was pushing myself too hard and not having time to enjoy what I was doing.

You can easily test if yours is from detox by eating gradually less cleansing food and seeing if it clears up; e.g. go from smoothies to fruits, fruits to salads, salads to some cooked brown rice, and see if the (detox) symptoms stop.

On the other hand, I have definitely experienced emotional detox too. In my case it shows up as anger/ irritability but everyone is different. When I get that some exercise will often help, and the trauma exercises help even more. Sometimes just a hot bath helps, or whatever relaxes you. I think crying is always good, helps you feel better afterwards...

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[Ucat]

Oh, and take it easy on the superfoods, they can be quite powerful and some of them don't seem to agree with some people. E.g. some have big problems with cacao, I can't have too much MSM, it makes me feel nauseous, etc. Also, you don't always know about the quality of the superfood you are eating, some of them are better quality than others. Spots and crying are hormone-related issues I think and some superfoods can affect your hormones...

[Raw Angel Mom]

Hello Everyone!

I just did a 5 day juice/smoothie feast (first time) and finished as of yesterday although my diet continues on raw and with no nuts. I've had the usual stressors in my personal life, but as of yesterday I have been extremely depressed and can't stop crying. My face has also broken out even more than it was before the feast and I've had the purest food. All I've heard is people feeling and looking amazing (skin) after a feast.

What has just emotionally and skin wise happened to me? I can't stop crying and I am so low. : (

Sometime, things get worst before they get better.

Are you going outside? If you are low in vitamin D, it cans lead to depression.

This is all detox. Keep the faith. If your skin look worst, this isn't necessary a bad sign, this mean the bad stuff are coming out. You don't want this in your body.

Did you do any colonic therapy? If not, you need to consider that, to help with detox.

I had all kind of little tumor that came out from my belly area after my fast, it is all gone now. I am just grateful that this is gone for good.

Your body need a brake more then others. Sometime, it takes longer for others.

If your kidney aren't filtering well, it will be express in your skin.

I recommend to you that you check Dan Macdonald on youtube. He has interesting recipe to help the skin.

Keep digging deeper, your body will cleanse.

Juice and whole semi acid food will help a great deal with your skin.

All the best!

ps I want to had that in term of emotion, when someone isn't comfortable in their own skin, they will have skin problem. Dead emotion get store in our body when we suppressed them with food. Now they are coming to life and seek to be release. This is all good, have the faith and don't give up. It cans take up to 30 days before you see your skin clearing. 5 days isn't enough time.

[blueberrypurple]

Hi Tracey! That milk sounds delicious!!! I'm going to have to check in with Dr. Morse and see if I could have it after today. I am so glad you are feeling better. I know how terrible it can be to contend with adrenal fatigue.... Dr. Morse actually put me on adrenal glandulars as my glands are totally shot and have been for awhile. I am taking stomach/bowel and heal all tea as well as the parasite formula (for bacteria overgrowth and not candida). the lymph formula and the kidney/gallbladder formula. So far I have just been experiencing detox symptoms and it'll take longer for me to see an improvement it seems as I have so much stress in my life. I wanted to mention Dr. Morses' Superfood formula. You should look into that. They sent me a few free samples and I really like it!!

[blueberrypurple]

I can only speak for myself, but when doing raw juice fasts I have incorporated some fruits in the past. I now think that is too much sugar without the benefit of the fiber to slow it down. I also did cleanses to get rid of a microscopic parasite I had, but believe the sugar kept feeding it as well as candida.

I now believe in easing into a raw juice fast while easing out of fruit sugar. And listening to all the sweet fruit you were eating......I believe in going low/ no sugar for at least two weeks, while doing a juice fast/feast, then if you continue, to start adding in EFA's and beneficial fats.

Int he early stages of a cleanse, I agree, the depression may just a detox reaction, but later on, could be a lack of good fats.

Some thoughts. Best of luck,

Mary Kay

Mary Kay, are you familiar with Dr. Robert Morse? I would look into his videos/books on Youtube. He very clearly explains how fruit feeding candida is a complete misconception. And how it's the strongest foods for deep cellular detoxfication. That being said, I didn't juice the fruits exactly - blended it very well where it was juice like but not exactly.

I just started seeing Dr. Morse. He wants me on a very high fruit diet to deeply detoxify and renew all the cells. During the Summer time he wants me on a 100% fruit diet! I feel good eating a lot of fruit all day, and avocado with my salads at night or a raw soup, and green juices throughout the day as well, yet liquids only for those five days threw me off.

[blueberrypurple]

Mine is definitely from detoxing, I don't normally get spots unless if I eat a lot of junk. So as I've been juice fasting, the spots are from detox and I get other symptoms as well, like a coated tongue, cold-like symptoms, etc. I have been doing a lot of 'trauma release exercises' and that definitely helps, but emotionally I feel really good on the juice fast, better than normal. But it is probably partly because this time it feels easy for me. In the past, when I was eating 100% raw for a long time I started getting irritable and a bit miserable. I think I was pushing myself too hard and not having time to enjoy what I was doing.

You can easily test if yours is from detox by eating gradually less cleansing food and seeing if it clears up; e.g. go from smoothies to fruits, fruits to salads, salads to some cooked brown rice, and see if the (detox) symptoms stop.

On the other hand, I have definitely experienced emotional detox too. In my case it shows up as anger/ irritability but everyone is different. When I get that some exercise will often help, and the trauma exercises help even more. Sometimes just a hot bath helps, or whatever relaxes you. I think crying is always good, helps you feel better afterwards...

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www.cheap-health-revolution.com

Yes I have all those symptoms also. I've had skin issues all my life on and off. When I slowly transitioned into raw in September, my face started breaking out horribly again. As soon as I stepped back, and was eating a bit of cooked foods, it stopped. It started again a few months back when detoxing and eating 90-95% raw. When does it clear?

Btw, I don't ever eat those superfoods you had mentioned. The one I am taking are by God's Herbs.
The following ingridients in them are:
Royal Jelly, Wheat Grass, Alfalfa Leaf, Chickweed Herb, Kelp Granules, Hawthorn Berries, Saw Palmetto Berries, Gotu Kola, Chaste Tree Berries, Siberian Ginseng Root, Barley Grass, Beet Root, Lemon Peel, Ginkgo Leaf, Dandelion Leaf, Flax Seed, Cinnamon Bark, Pau d'Arco Bark, Astragalus Root, Milk Thistle Seed, Rye Grass, Black Walnut Hull, Licorice Root, Ginger Root, and Aloe. It's 100% organic and wild crafted.

[blueberrypurple]

Sometime, things get worst before they get better.

Are you going outside? If you are low in vitamin D, it cans lead to depression.

This is all detox. Keep the faith. If your skin look worst, this isn't necessary a bad sign, this mean the bad stuff are coming out. You don't want this in your body.

Did you do any colonic therapy? If not, you need to consider that, to help with detox.

I had all kind of little tumor that came out from my belly area after my fast, it is all gone now. I am just grateful that this is gone for good.

Your body need a brake more then others. Sometime, it takes longer for others.

If your kidney aren't filtering well, it will be express in your skin.

I recommend to you that you check Dan Macdonald on youtube. He has interesting recipe to help the skin.

Keep digging deeper, your body will cleanse.

Juice and whole semi acid food will help a great deal with your skin.

All the best!

ps I want to had that in term of emotion, when someone isn't comfortable in their own skin, they will have skin problem. Dead emotion get store in our body when we suppressed them with food. Now they are coming to life and seek to be release. This is all good, have the faith and don't give up. It cans take up to 30 days before you see your skin clearing. 5 days isn't enough time.

Hi! Thank you!! Yes, I get enough sun in sunny Los Angeles. I also go to the bathroom regularly as I am taking a stomach and bowel formula. I am experiencing adrenal fatigue and my kidneys are not filtering very well at all. I have been on a kidney formula going on 3 months. I'm actually on Dan's channel on Youtube. Love his videos and will look for the skin one you're talking about. Can you give me more thoughts about emotions and skin. This really resonates with me and I would love to hear more, however if it's emotion related then how come emotions don't effect many people's skin?

[Raw Angel Mom]

Hi! Thank you!! Yes, I get enough sun in sunny Los Angeles. I also go to the bathroom regularly as I am taking a stomach and bowel formula. I am experiencing adrenal fatigue and my kidneys are not filtering very well at all. I have been on a kidney formula going on 3 months. I'm actually on Dan's channel on Youtube. Love his videos and will look for the skin one you're talking about. Can you give me more thoughts about emotions and skin. This really resonates with me and I would love to hear more, however if it's emotion related then how come emotions don't effect many people's skin?

Everyone is different. We come from different back ground and also we inherit our parents or should say ancestor's dna. Everything get store in our body. Every issue that haven't been dealt with, will be there. As we get experience with life, we learn to cope with different challenge but many time, we seek to suppress the emotion versus to deal with it. Such using food and others substances. When we were a little baby, the world was magic to us and we were so trusting. Then a grow up would say you are this: And we would say, yes, i must be. At time, not always intentionally, we can have our self image or self estime suppressed and versus being empowered and we grow up with believes about our self. Our experience at school, or with our peers and relationship later on, can reinforces those negatives believe about our self.

The truth is, no matter what you think of you or others think of you, you are already perfect. Your inner light is untouched and pure. Of course as human, we can have a hand full of everything but your spirit is magnificent. You need to remember who you are and affirmed that you are worthy, you are beautiful, you deserve to be treated good and loved. You are love and so loved always. Give yourself permission to feel good about yourself and forgive all the aspect of you that you may want to judge. Forgiveness has a great power to release the negative energy in us and what hold us back. It isnt' about being right or wrong but being free from the negative trauma or experience.

Raw food, bring to life what we may have forgotten. It needs to be release and cleanse anyway.

Wishing you all the best!

[climbing]

I didn't have time to read all the replies so I'm sure this has all already been said but, I've had fasts and cleanses that have left me clear skin/glowing/high as a kite emotionally, and I've also had cleanses that have left me in the midst of a terrible healing crisis, breakouts, depression, low energy, etc. Detoxing and getting healthier are a continual process and even after many, many cleanses I still hit these pockets of detox. It happened to me on my last juice fast... 5 days in I was breaking out so badly and feeling so terrible that I decided to slow down on cleansing for awhile (in the interest of being able to live life). I continued on my healthy diet and most of the detox seems to be over now. I'm back on intermittant fasting. Just keep charging ahead, it will truly be a new and different experience every cleanse you do, but it will always benefit you!

[Traceyraw]

I am taking Gods Herbs too by Dr. Robert Morse. I haven't got the Superfood Yet. I am aiming for the whole detox but I am weaning my self in. I have been having blended water melon almost everyday. I have been eating tons of fruits. I also have my greens. This week I feel phenomonal.

Gods Herbs, Adrenal Formula and Heal All Tea. So far so good.