One of my natural health clients asked me this week about the apple juice colon cleanse regimen, so I thought I’d share it with everyone.
Why would someone want to do a colon cleanse? Believe it or not, you can carry up to 20 lbs. of old feces in your colon. Ugh! Nasty!
Ok, I would assume you’d have to be a pretty large person to have twenty pounds of old poop in your colon, but even a small amount of build up along the walls of the colon is undesirable.
Not only can this build-up contribute to uncomfortable constipation, but it can inhibit efficient assimilation of nutrients from food, compromise your immune system, and interfere with your general well being.
Short of visiting a colon-hydrotherapist, a good colon cleanse can clear you out, if you know what I mean.
Here is a colon cleanse I have used in the past with good effects. It relies on organic unfiltered apple juice — be sure to use unfiltered juice or it won’t work. And don’t stray, or it won’t work. For best results, try to do the cleanse for 3 days, or at least until what comes out is clear liquid.
1. Start off the day with 16 oz. of organic unfiltered prune juice.
2. Within 30 minutes, drink 16 oz. of good quality water. Room temp is best.
3. Begin to alternate 8 oz. organic unfiltered apple juice with 8 oz. water, 1 glass every 30 minutes, until bedtime.
4. Wake up and repeat.
An option is to add 2 tablespoons of fresh squeezed lemon juice to the apple juice. This will help thin out the mucous in the bowel.
If needed, add an additional 16 oz. of prune juice at lunch time.
Won’t you be hungry if all you eat is apple juice and water? Not really, believe me. Try to chew the juice as you ingest it to stimulate the salivary enzymes. After all is said and done, eat mostly raw fruits and vegetables when first coming off the fast, and work up to more solid foods.
Freshly squeezed apple juice is best, but if not possible, use very cloudy organic apple juice.
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what kind of apple juice did you get for this cleanse?
awesome post
Okay, so I am just saying that I feel silly chewing my juice, but I am doing it. I feel good even just that I decided to do it! Thanks Elizabeth!
Bethany: It’s most important that you choose organic and unfiltered apple juice. Freshly-pressed from the farmers market would be best, of course, or right out of your own juicer, but I’ve used various brands of jarred juice, too.
I am doing the cleanse and it is definitely working, but I would recommend doing it on your day off…not while you are working!
thanks for the informative post
Is there any benefit to adding Psyllium and/or Bentonite to the apple juice clease? If so, please recommend amount and number of times.
is Prune juice necessary? I really dislike it and do not desire to drink it. is there a substitute?
Hi Deena,
No, the prune juice is not totally necessary. I use it because it has fiber and magnesium to help soften stools and get things moving.
Other fruits I’ve found to have laxative properties are mangos, papayas, and pears. Feel free to eat some of these instead of drinking prune juice.
You might want to try eating dried plums (prunes) as some people find the whole fruit acceptable even if they dislike prune juice.
Thanks for info.
As a guy, I think this is amazingly useful info.
You recommend two days versus the oft published three? Or eight? Or God forbid, 40?
I have also read that we’ll need to “clean out the blood” in our system from our juice fast. Do you recommend a laxative?
Is it normal for your butt area to burn? I’ve been doing it since this morning (roughly 5 hours now) I did the prune juice as well as the apple juice.
I am going to try this cleanse fri, sat and sun like you suggested…however the only apple juice that I could find was organic apple juice, and the water is filtered, is that okay?
I’ve been wanting to do something like this for awhile, try to help my body out alittle bit. I’ve read in another site about a very similar cleanse but they added 8oz of extra-virgin olive oil on the last night on the cleanse. Then in the morning watch out! This is suppose to really clean up.
What you think Elizabeth?
Thanks so much for this information:)
Should I add 1 tbs of olive oil and one tsp of apple cider vinegar each day?
Adding olive oil to a cleanse works to clean out the liver and gallbladder. This can backfire on you if you have any large gallbladder stones as they can get stuck on the way out. For a gallbladder cleanse, you’d want to take large amounts of something like hydrangea for more than a week beforehand to break up the stones into smaller pieces before passing.
As for the apple cider vinegar, I’ve heard of adding this or lemon juice for some additional cleaning. I’ve also heard of cleanses that include cayenne pepper as well.
What I’ve written about in this post is what I’ve done myself with good effects.
I am at the end of day two of this cleanse. The “stuff” coming out at the of day one was already coming out clear. Do I need to continue through day three? Is there more “stuff” in my colon that I can expect to expel?
Lisa- If what you’re expelling is clear, then I would think you’re done! Sounds like you’re squeaky clean.
Be careful as you start eating solid food again…
Thanks for reading!!
I have a similar diet, only you drink 5 glasses of the unfiltered apple juice a day and water. Yet it tells you to add psyllium & benetonite. They are to help pass the impacted matter along the colon walls. Will your cleanse do the same thing?
How much apple juice should I buy for the whole process?
I think the last time I did it for one person I had 3-4 gallons on hand… I can’t remember if I went through all of it, but I wanted to be prepared.
I tried a bunch of the colon cleansing products and had the best luck with The Master Cleanse . I lost 15 pounds and felt amazing afterward.
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