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When it comes to our food our time is much better spent avoiding the confusion of flawed methodologies such as GI and GL and we should simply concentrate on whether our food is low HI—that’s low human intervention. The less we have messed with the food grown by nature the better. The less human intervention the better. I don’t have space to go fully into this subject fully in this book, but for more on this please get hold of Jason Vale’s Low HI Diet, which goes way beyond the juice.

YES, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE FIBER?

Along with the “But what about the sugar?” and “Isn’t it high GI?” arguments I seem to get everywhere I go, the next one is always, “Yes, but what about the fiber?” Let’s put this one to rest too while I am here doing this update of the book. When you eat a carrot all that happens is the body does whatever it can to “extract the juice contained within the fibers” and then it disposes of the waste (the fiber).

Fiber cannot penetrate through the intestinal wall, meaning it does not feed the body.

Yes, we need fiber, and after the initial 7 days I am not advocating becoming a “juicearian,” so you will easily be getting enough fiber in the regular good food you will be eating. However, what many do not understand is that you will also be getting plenty of fiber during the program too. Not only does every freshly extracted juice in this plan contain “soluble” fiber, many of the juices also have blended avocado too—one of the richest fiber foods on earth. Soluble fiber, which you will be getting mainly through the freshly extracted apple juice, absorbs water and binds with the digested material in your stomach to create a gel-like mixture. This helps “lift” garbage from the colon and aids in slowing down the digestive process, which is beneficial because it means your body has more time to absorb nutrients in your stomach. The regular consumption of soluble-fiber food sources also means you may be able to achieve better blood sugar control, which is why this program is also good for type 2 diabetics. This comes as a shock to many because many people believe juice is juice and don’t understand the massive differences between “cooked” juice and “freshly extracted” juice. As mentioned, I have received tens of thousands of letters, e-mails, and cards from people claiming the improvement of just about every common ailment, including type 2 diabetes—once again proving that not all “sugars” are equal. Here’s one of those thousands of letters that helps illustrate the point:

Dear Jason, I just wanted to let you know about how your juicing has had such a dramatic effect on my health in just two weeks. I have an eating disorder and chronic fatigue syndrome (lucky aren’t I?) but I was told I was prediabetic and had high cholesterol of 293 mg/dL. My lipids were also dangerously high, along with my blood pressure, which was 168 over 120, but I felt at a loss to do anything as all diets never worked because of my eating disorder. I am an overeater and extremely overweight. Well, my doctor referred me to an eating disorder clinic but the wait was 6 months so I needed to find a way to cope with my eating in the meantime or my 13-year-old son would be motherless. I got your book and a juicer and I started your program about 8 days ago, right after the doctor told me I had to stay off work for 2 weeks and have my blood sugars, etc., checked again! I have tried EVERY DIET!!! and they never work but you already knew that. Well, it will come as no surprise to you that when I went to the doctor to get my results my blood sugars were normal with no risk of diabetes, my cholesterol had lowered to 211 mg/dL, and my blood pressure had gone down to 136 over 114. Jason, because of you I have turned my health around in 8 days—something I could not do in 36 years. I have not binged or even had the desire to binge and I even felt sick at the thought of doing it again. I have not faded in and out of consciousness either, which was due to my high blood sugars. I still have a way to go on the emotional and weight side but THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I think it’s a miracle to change from prediabetes to normal sugar levels in 8 days and to lower cholesterol too. Many Thanks, Jane Burch

When people can find no other argument against the program they come up with the most common one of them all. Some finally concede, “OK, it might be healthy and, yes, it appears to have incredible results with every common ailment and, yes, I can see how the sugars in vegetables and fruits is a completely different kettle of fish from ‘white refined sugar,’ but if you don’t eat solid food for a week …”