Dr. Bailey uses juice therapy in the form of fasts and nutritional supplementation for a variety of conditions, including allergies and arthritis, and as an addition therapy with cancer and AIDS patients.

  Fruits and vegetables contain supply of enzymes derived from the rich. Dr. Bailey says, when fruits or vegetables are juiced, their enzymes are released and immediately go to work when they are consumed. This aids the body in its constant work of dissolving and eliminating wastes, as well as speeding delivery of the vital nutrients contained in the juice.

  Dr. Bailey, considers that juice therapy in the form of juice fasts can help identify food sensitivities. A hypo-allergenic (lowered potential for causing an allergic reaction) juice fast of five or more days will frequently result in either significant improvement or complete elimination of chronic symptoms caused by undiscovered food allergies and sensitivities. The recurrence of old symptoms following a return to the normal diet allows the patient to identify and expel the allergic food.

  One of Dr. Bailey's patients, a woman diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, had been on prescription medicines for twenty-five years with only minimal relief. A juice fast supervised by Dr. Bailey indicated an allergy to potatoes. Since their removal from her diet, she has remained symptom and drug free.

  Many of Dr. Bailey's patients have been alleviated of symptoms related to allergies such as rashes, digestive problems, chronic urinary or prostate problems, emotional swings, muscle and joint pain, and respiratory problems, while on a prescribed juice program. Dr. Bailey asserts that conventional allergy tests can often be inconclusive for food sensitivities. He has found juice fasting to be one of the least expensive, most accurate methods available.

  A thirty-year-old man with a three-plus-year condition of chronic prostatis came to Dr. Bailey as an alternative to conventional medicine which had yet to have any success with long term antibiotic therapy. The patient's symptoms improved with diet changes, increased fluid intake, and herbal medicines, but it was only after a two week juice fast with accompanying herbal therapy that he became symptom free. His prostate has remained stable and uninfected for seven years.

  Dr. Bailey believes that juice therapy can help provide cancer patients with an excellent nutritional foundation and can strengthen the body's healing processes. The addition of juices to the diet can help supply the required nutrients in a form that is easy to absorb.

  Dr. Bailey also uses juice therapy as an addition in the treatment of AIDS patients. At advanced stages these patients are often weak and nauseated, making normal eating difficult. Using vegetable juices allows them to maintain a higher nutritional state, and helps to retain strength and muscle mass.

  For maintaining optimum health, Dr. Bailey recommends at least two- five-day juice fasts per year, one in the spring and one in the fall. One should not undertake juice fasts  during the cold months, as the body creates heat through the metabolic processes needed to digest a regular solid diet. Dr. Bailey recommends a beet/carrot/celery blend and excludes citrus and tomatoes, as he considers them common allergens, and too acidic.

  Elson Haas, M.D., of San Rafael, California, also uses juice fasts as a form of medical therapy. Dr. Haas has used juice fasting regularly himself, as have thousands of his patients over the course of nearly twenty years. He says he did his first ten-day juice cleanse in 1975, and the experience changed his life and health. He realized the importance of diet and fasting in preventing disease and maintaining health. He cleared his allergies and back pains, normalized his weight, and felt a new level of vitality and creativity. Dr. Haas finds juice therapy very helpful with congestion of colds and flus, recurrent infections, allergies, skin disorders, and gastrointestinal problems, as well as other congestive or chronic disorders.

  Juice therapy can also benefit athletic training, because fresh juices take a fraction of the energy needed to digest solid foods. Debra Myra, Portland marathon winner, set her collegiate personal records for one thousand, five thousand, and ten thousand meters while on a supervised juice fast with Dr. Bailey.

  Juice therapy can be used to maintain an increased nutrient need, and can be combined with other dietary regimens. Because juicing expels the fiber from the fruit or vegetable, juices are not a whole food and should not be considered a dietary substitute for whole fruits and vegetables. Nevertheless, juices in their raw and unprocessed form are an excellent supplement to a whole foods, low-fat diet. It is also important to use organically grown fruits and vegetables that are free of pesticides, as these often contain a more complete vitamin and mineral base.

   Some contraindications to juice therapy:

• Avoid juice fasts if you are pregnant or lactating. 

• If you react to sugars (are hypo- or hyperglycemic), dilute high sugar content juices such as carrot and beet with other low sugar juices such as celery. 

• Never drink juices from fruits or vegetables that you are allergic or sensitive to. 

• Always dilute fruit juices with water 1:1. Consider stabilizing blood sugar with juices of Jerusalem artichokes and green beans. 

• If yeast is a concern, add two cloves of garlic per quart of juice. 

• For diabetics, close supervision is required.