Juicing Your Way To Health

Is it appropriate to send sympathy messages to someone detoxifying on a beneficial juice fast? Does Hallmark even make a card for that?
I'm just going to say, "Congratulations, Cindy Sheehan!"

I find traveling out of the country very challenging being on a fast. When I was on a layover in Madrid on my way to Venice, Italy yesterday, the closest thing I could find to a smoothie to get a little protein was a coffee with vanilla ice cream in it. Traveling for 22 hours is very taxing under normal circumstances--but then again, when have we had normal circumstances since the 2000 and 2004 successful coup attempts that have brought BushCo into power?

I traveled from Venice to the frontier of Italy to the province of Udine which is right at the foot of the pre-Alps. I am here for a huge youth festival which includes many elements of social justice and peace work. It is beautiful and the air feels different from other places that I have travelled. It is strangely soft and gentle as is the natural light. However, there is not a Jamba Juice on every corner, so blended juice drinks with protein powder are impossible to find.

I have also received so many emails from worried, wonderful, and well-meaning friends and supporters in the US who are concerned about me and all of the others who are fasting. I don't like being on this fast, trust me...

Except for adding ice cream (it overstimulates mucous production and frankly, it's cheating) and the stimulant caffeine, Cindy Sheehan is well on her way to good health with this traditional juice fast. Jamba juice and protein powder are perfect for the on-the-go detoxifyer, but she can always purchase fruit and powder in sunny Italy to blend her own smoothies. I see she's performing her purification during the summer months as recommended. There's a good girl.

Some of the health benefits she'll receive from the juice fast are relief from: chronic sinus congestion, constipation, headaches, white or yellow tongue coating, bad breath, acne, flatulence, and postnasal drip.

Far from being the "hunger strike" described on her site, she's actually boosting her physical, mental, and spiritual well-being in the time-tested fashion of millions of other Americans whose cleansings have somehow failed to capture the camera's attention. I'm just glad that others are being exposed to the benefits of a detoxifying diet.

After this, I recommend the high-colonic.

(Via FR.)