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Juicing 101

Introduction:

Juicing has been a key element in my journey towards a healthier life-style. It requires some time and money investment. As far as I am concerned, I don’t regret any minute or a single dime I have put into being able to make high quality juices at home. The benefits have surpassed my expectations. To juice, I use a slow juicer, and try to get organic produce. It’s not always possible to get everything organic.  As far as my personal access to organic produce goes here in Buenos AIres, I was able to spot a couple places in Belgrano which sell organic fruits and vegetables. One of them makes the trip directly to the fields in Hudson near La Plata three times a week. This means that on specific days of the week, I am able to juice organic produce that has been harvested a few hours earlier on the same day.Continue reading

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Journal Entry: November 2nd 2017 – Eating Abundantly – Soccer Addiction – The Facebook Dilemma

November 2nd 2017

Plunge into a Cheat-Meal Spree

Yesterday I was planning on breaking my 40 hour dry-fast around 3:00PM. I was able to get some work done in the morning, then I went to the “Barrancas de Belgrano “to sunbath and read. I knew I was going to break my fast soon, but I did not know with what type of food yet. I usually break my fast  with slow-pressed home made juices. Since it was a short fast, and lately I had been experimenting with new approaches to break my fast, I wanted to change a bit. The raw vegetarian option was to go to Buenos Aires Verde and have a salad from the menu of the day. If I were to allow myself some animal origin food, having  some seafood was the second option that came to my mind. Few days earlier I had spotted a Peruvian restaurant in “Barrio Chino” specialized in ceviches. The actual place is called Lucumma. I thought raw seafood to break my fast could be an interesting approach. They had a ceviche lunch menu combo, which seemed perfect for the situation. Continue reading

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Journal Entry: October 31st 2017 – The Mystery of Kidney Filtration

October 31st 2017

My modest attempt to solve the kidney filtration mystery…

Since I had the Indian food at Mumbai last week, I’ve been feeling amazing. Besides feeling amazing, my kidneys have been filtering regularly since. I have to admit that I am a bit lost trying in figuring out how kidney filtration works. In order to have a better understanding of the situation I decided to rewind the film of my life a bit,  and reflect on my actions and the nutrition I’ve been exposed to for the past weeks. Maybe that way I can get a better understanding of how kidney filtration has been working for me.Continue reading

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Journal Entry: October 29th 2017 – 17 Hours of Sleep – Traditionally Cooked Meals –

October 29th 2017

Low Energy

I’ve been on a Sunday, Tuesday, Friday dry-fasting pattern for over a week now . On Friday my shift at work got cancelled. I was morally affected by the situation. When a shift gets cancelled, it means 50% less work for an entire week. I still don’t know if I’ll be able to make sustainable living with this work opportunity. In addition to the low morale, I had lower energy than usual. I tried to be productive during the morning. In the afternoon I decided to go to Palermo and do a long walk. I always have my e-book reader with me. When I get tired I usually read a chapter or two from the e-reader. I’m reading “The Stand” from Stephen King at the moment. I enjoyed my time in Palermo, the weather was partially cloudy and windy. As the clouds were passing in front of the sun, I would get or not get exposure to the sun. Moments with direct sunlight were out-winning the cloudy moments. I was able to spend over an hour at the “Plaza Armenia”. After completing several chapters of my book, I decided go back home to do more work on my own projects. I had low energy all day, and I had been feeling kind of tired. After making it back home, I was able to spend less than an hour on the computer. I decided to go to bed. It was only 7:00PM. I followed my instinct and went to bed. It was a bit hard at first to fall asleep on a Friday night in my neighborhood due to the noise coming from the street, but I somehow at one point managed to bed down.Continue reading

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Journal Entry: October 25th 2017 – New Fasting Pattern – Local Organic Produce from Hudson

October 25th 2017

New Job, New Fasting Pattern

After the nine-day dry-fast I fed my body with liquids for a day and a half. The following three days I allowed myself to have solid food along with the daily juices.  Next, I did a 36 hour dry-fast, ate for one day, and now I’m finishing an other 36 hour dry-fast. My initial idea was to try to alternate fasting and non-fasting days. I was curious to see the effects on my productivity, and overall body weight. I mentioned in earlier journal entries how much weight I had lost due to dry-fasting. In April 2016 my wight was of 85 kg. /187lbs. Today I weight 64 kg. /141 lbs. By fasting more regularly, and for shorter periods of time, I am hoping to maintain, and gain some weight. The biggest challenge I can see so far in doing shorter fasts, is to find a system where I can keep my produce fresh, and purchase the right amount of produce to minimize waste.

Today I came up with a slightly different idea for my new fasting pattern. As of yesterday I started a regular freelancer job. I am going to be working Tuesdays and Fridays. Yesterday’s shift was over 12 hours and I was dry-fasting the entire day. Each day I’ll be working, I need to deliver my work at the end of the day. Not being distracted by food on those days, can give me a considerable edge on delivering on time and producing better quality work. This is why I decided to keep my regular habit of fasting on Sundays, and add Tuesdays and Fridays in order to form a new dry-fasting pattern. That way, I will be pretty close to a pattern of alternating  fasting and non-fasting days.Continue reading

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Journal Entry: October 18th 2017 – The After Breaking my Fast –

October 18th 2017

The After Breaking my Fast

It has been 34 hours since I’ve broken my nine day dry-fast. The post-fasting experience has been quite different and more challenging than the previous fasting experiences I had so far. I’ve been eliminating huge amount of cellular waste through urination. My urine has been extremely charged. At the end of my previous fasts I also experienced similar situations, but this time around, not only the amount of waste was considerable, but also my kidneys have been able to filter every single time I’ve been going to the bathroom.  I did not have any solid food so far. I’ve been running on freshly extracted juices. I went through at least 20 lemons, since I’ve broken my fast. I was finally able to find some organic ones at Alma Zen. In addition to the lemon juice, I prepared this pretty intense, yet extremely delicious green juice.Continue reading

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Journal Entry: October 17th 2017- Breaking my 9-day Dry-Fast – Day 10/9

October 17th 2017

Last Hours

Today is the day I am going to break my nine day dry-fast. In exactly one hour it’s going to be 216 hours that I haven’t had a drop of water nor solid food. I wasn’t planning on breaking the fast right at the 216 hour mark, but I just woke up naturally early this morning. It’s 3:00 AM now.Continue reading

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Journal Entry: October 16th 2017- 9 Day Dry-Fasting Challenge – Day 9/9

October 16th 2017

24 Hours to Go

Today is the ninth and last day of my nine-day dry-fasting attempt. I will be breaking my fast tomorrow morning, so I still have 24 hours to go. Yesterday was a beautiful Sunday in Buenos Aires. I was able to sunbath, walk, and read for hours. Later on at night, I decided to go see an Argentine movie called Zama. After the movie was over, and I made it back home, my batteries seemed to be recharged with so much energy, that I was able to stay up until 4:00AM and do some work.Continue reading

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Journal Entry: October 15th 2017- 9 Day Dry-Fasting Challenge – Day 8/9

October 15th 2017

Entering the Unknown Territory

Today is the eighth day of my nine-day dry-fasting attempt. I feel fine. I slept for twelve and a half hours. It was a bit difficult to fall asleep, but I woke up extremely well rested. From now on I’m entering in the unknown territory, since I have never dry-fasted for longer than seven and a half days in my life. I don’t feel thirsty, nor do I feel any dryness in my mouth. I’ve been urinating for about a big glass and a half everyday including today. My mind is extremely clear, but I feel physically slow.Continue reading