![]() But he kept changing the fruits and vegetables used in the juice to ensure he consumed different plants and vegetables. Cross used a special juice that he prepared called the Mean Green Juice – a mixture of kale, apples, lemon, cucumber, celery and ginger. He used an 80/20 rule, according to which he used 80 percent vegetables and 20 percent fruit in the juice that he made to avoid getting too much sugar into his system. Cross survived on nothing but juices for 60 days during his juice fast. He travelled in a truck with a cameraman, a sound guy, a juicer and a generator. For his juice fast, he decided to travel across America while talking to people about their attitudes toward food. Under the supervision of his doctor and a team that monitored his blood work regularly, he started the juice fast in May 2005. In 2005 when he was 39, the doctors told him that with his health, he would die early and he decided to consume only juice for 60 days. He wanted to get off medication as he believed that the medication or doctors were not able to offer a cure for his condition. According to Cross, he believed that his eating habits had caused his illness and he wanted to change his lifestyle. ![]() Cross was a smoker and consumed alcohol regularly. His daily diet mainly consisted of processed foods. and unsuccessfully tried various diets in fits and starts. He spent his 30s trying traditional and non-traditional medicine to solve his illness. In 2005, Cross weighed 140 kilograms (310 pounds) and suffered from an autoimmune condition, chronic urticaria, for which he had been taking medications such as the steroid prednisone for years. In February 2014, Cross released his book titled The Reboot with Joe Juice Diet: Lose Weight, Get Healthy and Feel Amazing that became a New York Times best-seller. He is the founder and CEO of Reboot with Joe, a health and lifestyle brand.įollowing the release of his documentary, Cross has published six books about juicing. He is most known for his documentary Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead in which he tells the story of his 60-day juice fast. Website: and rebootwithjoe.Joe Cross (born ) is an Australian entrepreneur, author, filmmaker, and plant-based diet advocate who promotes juicing. The vicious cycle of disease and the virtuous cycle of healing Joe’s inspirational journey on Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead ![]() Watch our interview below, or listen to it on the Chris Beat Cancer podcast on iTunes or Spotify. Note: Zoom had a major glitch with a recent software update, which affected several of my recent interviews before my team caught it. Joe Cross is a passionate and innovative advocate for health. No more feeding one tiny piece of produce at a time into a narrow chute. You fill it up with your produce, close the lid, turn it on, and walk away! It requires very little prep time. It’s a cold press juicer with a huge feeding container like a blender. In 2021 Joe took juicing to the next level by designing the Nama J2 Juicer, which has become my favorite juicer. The film has been seen by more than 30 million people worldwide. Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead documents Joe’s health transformation and disease reversal with a 60-day juice fast. Joe lived with an autoimmune skin disease called chronic urticaria angioedema (hives with large patches of painful irritation and swelling) for 10 years. Joe Cross is an entrepreneur and filmmaker widely known for his award-winning 2011 documentary Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead and for creating a lifestyle revolution around juicing and eating whole plant foods. ![]()
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