Why would anyone of sound mind want to stop putting food in their mouth for even one day, let alone five or ten days. So why decide to Juice Fast? My first fast, some 50 years ago, consisted only of equal parts cow’s milk (full cream) and water, refrigerated so it tasted better. I drank only this milk for 14 days, nothing else. I had just started my very first job, working in a Burger Bar in a small New Zealand dairy farming community. I had to make and serve chips, toasted s