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FAT, SICK AND NEARLY DEAD

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Joe was teaching Phil how to do a juice fast. After Phil got started, he was beginning to lose weight and lose the pain he was feeling all over his body.

What was Phil losing? Phil was losing weight and losing the pain he was feeling all over his body.

In 60 days he lost 44 kg. He was feeling great, but he didn’t want to stop. After the fast, he was starting to eat food again, but not the typical American diet.

Was he starting to eat the typical American diet? No, he wasn’t starting to eat the typical American diet.

The average American was eating 30 percent meat, 60 percent processed foods, 5 percent whole grains, and just 5 percent fresh fruits and vegetables.

The 90 percent of meat and processed foods was lacking nutrition.

What was this food lacking? This food was lacking nutrition.

This diet was making Americans some of the most unhealthy and overweight people in the world. Americans were eating very little nutrients.

Were the Americans eating lots of nutrients? No, they weren’t eating lots of nutrients. They were eating very little nutrients.

Without these nutrients, people like Phil were developing digestion problems, blood problems, and eventually were having heart attacks or getting cancer.

Phil and Joe weren’t eating just 5 percent fruits and vegetables; they were drinking 100 percent fruits and vegetables during their 60-day juice fast.

What percent fruits and vegetables were they drinking? They were drinking 100 percent fruits and vegetables.

They were supercharging their bodies with a large amount of nutrients to help them heal quickly, but they were thinking that it was only the beginning. To stay healthy, they were making permanent changes to the way they ate and lived their life.

What kind of changes were they making? They were making permanent changes to the way they ate and lived their life.

After the fast, they were still eating the occasional junk food, but they were focusing on mainly eating fresh fruits and vegetables.