Today’s Testimony: Amazing weight loss and restored health.

By Joe Cross

 

To heal himself Joe Cross embarks on a juice fast, but not just any juice fast. He fasts for 60 days, consuming nothing but raw fruit and vegetable juices and water. For the first 30 days he plants himself in New York City, and for the final 30 he travels across country. Throughout his voyage he meets hundreds of people and talks with them about the benefits of diet and nutrition, specifically the importance of consuming raw fruits and veggies. Some are moved by his story and compelled to make changes in their own lives. Others are not so convinced, and have no problem with living an unhealthy lifestyle until their number is up.

Cross does indeed lose the weight, clears up his disease and is able to quit his medication. After his 60-day juice fast he switches to a whole-food plant-based diet, and alludes that he enjoys other foods in moderation. By the end of the film, some ten months later, Cross is running along the beach and enjoying a fit and active lifestyle, something he obviously could not have done at the onset of the story.

Cross’s tale is an amazing testimony to the power of fruits and vegetables as medicine, but the saga doesn’t end there. Along his trail to health and wellness Cross had met a trucker named Phil Staples. Staples suffered from the same autoimmune disease as Cross, but his weight issue is far more serious. When eventually weighed, Staples tops the scale at 429 pounds. Before parting ways Cross offers to help Staples, should he ever need it. Not long after Cross’s juice fast is finished, he gets the phone call from Staples.

Motivated by Cross, Staples quits his job and sets off on his own journey of fitness and fasting. By the end of the film Staples has lost a massive amount of weight, cut down on many of his meds and become an inspiration to others. Where once he could barely walk across a truck stop parking lot, Staples is shown running and playing with his son.

Emotional aspects aside, here are two documented cases where juice fasting has had tremendous health benefits, not only for weight loss but for clearing up disease symptoms. It’s easy to understand the weight loss part; when people eat fewer calories, especially overweight men, the weight is going to come off.