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One of the greatest authorities on using raw juices for therapeutic purposes is Georg Lanyi, M.D., from Gothenburg, Sweden. Dr. Lanyi served for many years on the staff of the famous Buchinger clinic in Germany, where juice fasting is done by thousands of patients each year. He has had extensive experience with using different juices and their combinations for specific ailments. Much of the following information is taken from his illuminative article Raw Juices Instead of Drugs.2
The favorable effect of raw juices in treatment of diseases, particularly in combination with fasting, is attributed to the following physiological facts:
• Vital minerals, vitamins and trace elements present in juices are assimilated almost 100 percent from the digestive tract.
These factors have a stimulating and exhilarating effect on the detoxicating, cleansing and healing processes. The amount of juices, therefore, should be carefully controlled in accordance with specific needs, just as it is with any other kind of medication. The total juice intake in 24 hours should be between a pint and a quart and a half, never more. It is advisable in most cases that one half of the daily intake is fruit juice, the other half vegetable juice.
The most effective way to use juices for therapeutic purpose is in the form of a juice fast, as described in Chapter 2 of this book.
The shortest juice fast is seven to eight days, the longest three to four weeks, and sometimes even longer. Fasting for one week is usually sufficient for prophylactic purposes; that is, when people in relatively good health fast regularly to cleanse the system of accumulated impurities and to give the digestive and other organs time to rest and thus restore their functions to peak performance—rather like the servicing and tune-up that we have on our automobiles. The length of the therapeutic juice fast should be determined by the experienced practitioner.
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