Drew Canole

Drew Canole is a Nutrition Specialist, Transformation Specialist and national spokesperson for the benefits of juicing vegetables for health and vitality. He is the founder of Fitlife.TV where he shares “Educational, Inspirational and Entertaining” videos and articles about health, fitness, healing and longevity.

Drew Canole’s transformation movement has grown to over 630,000 people, including Celebrities, CEOs, Entrepreneurs, and Development Gurus. He believes first and foremost that a person’s health comes from within and through his “Whydentity” process, Drew is able to create healthy and lasting change, both physically and mentally.

But there is more to the story…

I was first turned on to juicing by my good friend, William Ripley. His father had recently suffered a heart attack. The doctors had given him a very short time to live – unless he were to make some pretty radical changes immediately.

At the time, his father was severely overweight, his testosterone was at an all-time low and he had very little, if any, energy whatsoever.

Mr. Ripley visited multiple doctors and tried various homeopathic remedies along with an expansive array of other methods for healing.

He was at a friend’s house when he shared his bad news and explained his situation to her. Determined and desperate, he asked her for advice. All that he could think about was the prognosis – death – and the fact that he wasn’t ready to go without a fight.

In that very moment, she pulled out a juicer from her small pantry and gathered veggies from her fridge. As she washed the vegetables, Mr. Ripley started to chuckle.

“What are we going to do with those?” he asked.

Mr. Ripley’s friend’s response was simple. “We are going to juice them!”

Mr. Ripley was unfamiliar with the concept of juicing vegetables, but because he was desperate and ready to do whatever it would take to be well, he agreed to give it a try.

The juice his friend made for him consisted of a couple of carrots, a cucumber and some ginger. She handed the cup to him and he grimaced. He had always had a disdain for the taste of carrots and had never even tasted raw ginger. But he put the glass up to his lips and took his first sip.

“This stuff tastes amazing!” he proclaimed.

She smiled and reflected on how often she had seen this expression from newbie juicers.

After Mr. Ripley’s first juice and with the hope of losing weight and regaining his health, he became a juicing addict. Not only did he start juicing three times a day, he convinced all of his neighbors to juice.

Months went by and Mr. Ripley – remaining faithful to his new love of juicing – felt more energy coursing through his veins and began to drop the excess weight – and quickly! – like he had the metabolism of a pre-pubescent adolescent.

Eventually, the medication prescribed by his cardiologist started giving him problems. He explained to his doctor that it was causing him to vomit and convulse. The doctor quickly responded by running tests. It seemed that Mr. Ripley’s immune system had strengthened so much that it had formed a “block” against the medicine.

His doctor wanted to increase the dosage of the medicine, but Mr. Ripley knew that he no longer needed it and knew that it wasn’t the medicine that was improving his health and keeping him alive. It was the juice!

My Green Juice Story

After William shared his father’s story with me, I realized that I had to get a juicer – ASAP! While I wasn’t in as poor of same shape as Mr. Ripley (yet)… I knew that the way I had been treating my body over the years was only setting me up to be another sad statistic and I knew that I wanted to live a better life.

This decision would end up being the best investment for my health that I’d ever make.

At the time, I had lots of energy but was constantly searching for the nearest coffee shop for my caffeine fix. I was in good physical shape, but nowhere near where I wanted to be. I would often work out twice a day, sometimes for more than three hours a day. Regardless, I just couldn’t lose what looked like baby fat surrounding my abdominal region and my little chipmunk face.

Maybe you can relate to this. It’s super frustrating.

Like many people, I was severely dehydrated and didn’t even know it. Often I would mistake my dehydration for hunger, which forced me to overeat, choosing the wrong foods for my body, leaving me feeling sluggish and unmotivated.

For years this went on and instead of drinking nourishing liquids, I would overeat pizza and other life-draining foods. This is the story of most of the population. We are “the dehydrated nation” and also the most overweight. Do you think there is a connection?

Well I am here to tell you… there is – a big one, in fact!

As a culture, we load up on soda, coffee, sugar-laden tea, alcohol and other beverages that are not good for our physical well-being. One 20-ounce bottle of Coke has the equivalent of 16 packets of sugar in it, yet we wonder why America is fighting an obesity/diabetes epidemic, which is a leading cause of death in America.

There is a recommended limit for sugar consumption and in the U.S., it’s estimated that we are consuming 3-5 times that amount. A simple reminder to track of this is: 1 tsp is equal to 4 grams of sugar. Women should not consume more than 6 tsp (24 grams) daily and men should not consume more than 9 tsp (36 grams) daily. And unfortunately, sugar is hidden in just about everything.

Through a rigorous juicing schedule, within three months, I started to see a six-pack peeking through my abs that I had never seen on myself before. This was enough to encourage the beginning of a lifelong habit, using food to transform my body and ultimately, my entire life!

Some of the transforming results that juicing brought to my life – and to that of many others I’ve since spoken with – were: