Squeeze Life: Your Guide to the Best Bare Body at Any Age

Copyright © 2017 by Karliin Brooks

Foreword copyright © 2017 by Russell Simmons

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ISBN: 978-1-5107-2502-7

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-5107-2503-4

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MODELS

Sarina Kalmogo

Kimberly Brooks

Lucy Ageeva

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Brooke Fleming

Samantha

Erin Schrode

Aesha Waks

Rebecca Schecter

Devan Dubois

Lily Brodsky

Sabine

Adam Aye

Alexis Germaine

Camilla Noelle

Samantha Lubrano

Tai Walker

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PRODUCERS

Rebecca H James

Paul Wharton

CLEANSE AUTHOR (editor)

Katherine Krauss

PRODUCTION CREW

Trevis Wimer

Dane Wimer

GRAPHIC ARTISTS

Peter Blossom

Marko Radojevic

Matt Occhuizzo

Hillary Ramos

Nicole Richards

Brian Holder

PROJECT MANAGER

Vienna Rye

ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER

Katherine Browne

Brooke Fleming

ART DIRECTION

Vienna Rye

Peter Blossom

Layla Love

Jonathan Irons

WARDROBE

Pia Malatesta

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HAIR

Jose Lopez

Jezz Hill

MAKEUP

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Lauren Caputi

Jezz Hill

FOOD STYLISTS

Frenchie

Jonathan Irons

Rebecca Schechter

To my loving parents, who thought I would practically die of malnutrition as a vegan teenager. Look, I made it! Alive and healthy.

To Scruffy, my very first four-legged companion, who taught me compassion for ALL creatures.

To my dear friend, detox guru Gil Jacobs who taught me everything I know about outstanding cellular health.

CONTENTS

WHY THIS BOOK IS IMPORTANT TO ME

FOREWORD

INTRO

EATING RAW, EATING CLEAN, AND DETOXING—WHY BOTHER?

GETTIN’ DOWN & DIRTY WITH CLEANSING

TOXINS 101

SOME JUICY CLEANSING ADVICE

WHY RAW?

WHY DETOX?

It’s All About Balance

Are You Ready For Some Good Ole Math?

Cutting The Crap

Squeezing It Out: Urine Therapy

Enzymes

WHAT’S YOUR BIOLOGICAL AGE?

DIGESTION

Make Sure to Follow These Tips For Smooth Sailing

GETTING JIGGY, THANKS TO JUICE

TOOLS, METHODS, INGREDIENTS & ADVICE

DON’T BE A TOOL, USE A REALLY GOOD ONE

Tools Checklist

INGREDIENTS: SHOPPING, STORING, WASHING, AND PREPPING

Getting Shit Clean—Washing, Soaking & Prepping

Prepping Citrus

Soaking Yer Nuts (& Seeds)

Soaking Times: A Mini Nut Chart

INGREDIENTS

PRODUCE

PANTRY ITEMS

CLEANSING GUIDES

LEVEL I: BASIC BITCH

Sample Menu

Side Effects

LEVEL II: GIVE IT TO ME HARDER

Sample Menu

Side Effects

LEVEL III: BADDEST BITCH

Sample Menu

Side Effects

FINAL WORD

ICON KEY FOR RECIPES

TONS OF RECIPES

LOW GLYCEMIC JUICE

FRUITY JUICES

COMBO JUICES

SPICY JUICES

TONICS, ELIXIRS, ETC.

MYLKS

SMOOTHIES & SHAKES

SOUPS

SOLID FARE

SNAXXX & TREATS

SAVORY

BREAKY AND SWEET TREATS

SPREADS & CONDOM-ENTS

RESOURCES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

GRATITUDE

INDEX

JUICES, ELIXIRS, AND MYLKS

[LOW GLYCEMIC JUICE]

RED PEPPER REFRESHER

STAY CALM CUKE ON

50 SHADES OF GREEN

OH, HONEY DO!

EVERYTHING BUT THE BITCHIN’ SINK

HANG OUT WITH YOUR CUKE OUT

BETTER THAN V8 (BUT WHO’S COUNTING?)

DO YOU PLAY SQUASH?

FAT BURNING 101

FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

NOT SO GREEN MACHINE

THE SAGACIOUS SAGE

GET GREEN-ISH

GREEN GODDESS

YOU’RE WELCOME, LIVER

KALE THE PAIN AWAY

ASPARAGUS-ADE

GREEN REVOLUTION

[FRUITY JUICES]

PEACH IT, SISTER!

I REALLY LOVE YOUR PEACHES

SHERBET LEMONADE

PEACHY CLEAN, JELLYBEAN!

VACAY STATE OF MIND

PUCKER UP!

SQUEEZE THIS

I HAVE A HEART-ON

STRAWBERRY LEMONADE

LOOKING GOOD IS THE SWEETEST REVENGE

CITRUS DAZE

POPEYE LEMONADE

JUICY MELONS

[COMBO JUICES]

NOT YOUR MOMMA’S BEAUTY SECRET

FLOWER POWER

ITSY BITSY TINY WEENY YELLOW POLKA DOT JUICE-INI

PLUM HER? I HARDLY KNOW HER!

GODZILLA FUEL

FAB FENNEL

LET’S HAVE A KI-KIWI

JUICE LIFE

ORANGE YOU GLAD IT’S BUTTERNUT SQUASH?

SWEET GREEN LICK-ORICE

BEET IT TO A PULP

LEAN, GREEN, SEXY MACHINE

SWEET POTATO PIE

[SPICY JUICES]

BEET IT JUICE

SPICY PAP-AY-A

I’M NOT HORSIN’ AROUND

GARDEN PATCH KID

GET A HOLD OF THESE MELONS

PINA PEPPER PICKED A PECK OF PICKLED PEPPERS

THE DETOX IS STRONG IN THIS ONE

[TONICS, ELIXIRS, ETC.]

FUNDAY BLOODY FUNDAY!

CHOCOLATE GINGER ELIXIR

HANGOVER CURE

BUTTERFLY PEA TEA TONIC

SPARKLING GINGER-AID

SANGRIA

MY-MOSA

SKINNY SPRITZ

[MYLKS]

BASIC ALMOND MYLK

FANCY ALMOND MYLKYWAY

SACHA INCHI MYLK

SUNFLOWER SEED MYLK

PUMPKIN SEED MYLK

HEMP SEED MYLK

VANILLA COCONUT MYLK (USING DRIED COCONUT)

CASHEW MYLK

COCONUT MYLK (USING FRESH COCONUT)

HEMP WHORE-CHATA

THE ALKALARIAN’S GREEN MYLK

SMOOTHIES & SHAKES

[HEALTHY/MEGA PROTEIN/MEAL REPLACING SMOOTHIES]

PECAN PIE

SNICKERS BAR PROTEIN SHAKE

STIMULATE ME

HOW TO MAKE COLD BREW COFFEE

STIMULATE ME HARDER

BLUE-BIOTICS

CARROT CAKE

BANANA BREAD

VANILLA MINT CHIP KISS

APPLE PIE

HEALTHY MINT CHOCOLATE WISH (COME TRUE)

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MINT BLISS

ALMOND BUTTERCUP

MORNING DELIGHT

[EARTHY/GREEN]

DEEP PULSE

THE HERBACEOUS KIND

LIFE’S CHARD

FEELING BLOSSOM

SALAD-IN-A-JAR

TOUCH ME, PLEASE

WILL YOU MATCHA ME?

[SPICY SMOOTHIES]

CHAI LIFE

PINEAPPLE DREAMS

PICO DE MANGO GREEN SMOOTHIE

CURRY IN A FLURRY

[FRUITY SMOOTHIES]

BLUE BALLS

GREEN WATERMELON

FIRST BLUSH

HONEY POT

MANGO COCONUT

STRAWBERRY DAYDREAM

ORANGE CREAMSICLE SMOOTHIE

GINGER-MANGO CHAI SMOOTHIE

SWEET SINNER

POP YOUR CHERRY

WATERMELON MOJITO

APPLE, SPICE & EVERYTHING NICE

FELLIN’ MYSELF

SO VANILLA

LUNCH & DINNER

[SOUPS]

GREEN POWER ZUCCHINI WITH FUSILLI

AVOCADO GAZPACHO

APPLE CELERY BITCHY-SSOISE

I LOVE SPICY GINGERS

PORN CHOWDER

ROASTED RED PEPPER IMMUNITY

CREAMY BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP WITH GINGER BASIL CRÈME FRAÎCHE

Ginger basil Crème Fraîche

[SOLID FARE]

RAINBOW SALAD

CITRUS KALE SALAD WITH AVOCADO DRESSING

SUMMER DREAMIN’ ROLLS

PEANUTTY ALMOND SAUCE

COCONUT WRAPPERS

FAUX-LAFEL

AVOCADO-STUFFED DATES WRAPPED WITH EGGPLANT FAKIN’

EGGPLANT FAKIN’

BEET CARPACCIO WITH PUMPKIN SEED PÂTÉ

Lemon Garlic Vinaigrette

Pumpkin Seed Pâté

REUBEN WALNUT PAR-TE WITH ALL THE FIXINS

Cashew Swiss Cheeze

Russian Dressing

EGGPLANT PARM WITH BOLOGNESE SAUCE AND RICOTTA

Bolognese Sauce

Ricotta

SNAXXX & TREAT

[SAVORY]

FEELIN’ JERKY

SPICY BUFFALO POPCORN

JALAPEÑO (DIRTY) POPS

GET BUFFALO ZUCCHINI CHIPS WITH COOL RAWNCH

Buffalo Zucchini Chips

Cool Rawnch Sauce

FUNONION BREAD

FUNYONS

[BREAKY AND SWEET TREATS]

SUPERCHARGED CINNAMON OATMEAL

AIN’T IT A PITAYA BOWL

CINNAMON COCONUT YOGURT BOWL

I WANT CANDY

MESQUITE WALNUTS

SPICY (CASHEW) NUTS

COCOA-LOCO ALMONDS

ORANGE BLOSSOM BACK-LOVAH

HAZELNUT BUTTER CUPS

MAPLE CRÈME BRÛLÉE

APRICOT-LAVENDER FRUIT LEATHER

RASPBERRY-CHIA FRUIT ROLL UP

AN APPLE A DAY FRUIT ROLL UP

[SPREADS AND CONDOM-INTS]

CASHEW CHEEZE

HEMP CHEEZE

SEED CHEEZE

JALAPEÑO CREAM CHEEZE

FETA CHEEZE

FAKIN’ CREAM CHEEZE

PIMENTO CASHEW CHEEZE

VEGAN GOAT CHEEZE & HAZELNUT PESTO

SUN-DRIED TOMATO & RED PEPPER (NO BEAN) HUMMUS

MAGIC-NAISE

KETCHUP

GARDEN PÂTÉ

PICKLED RED ONIONS

I was a normal American broad who grew up eating what everyone around me was eating. I loved Ding Dongs, pizza, pig lips and assholes, affectionately known as hot dogs; I was into anything that came from a box or an industrial deep fryer and devoured it down with gusto.

I saw a PETA video on factory farming my sophmore year of high school. I bawled my eyes out, and I thought, I’m going to die if I don’t do something to help these animals. I became vegan overnight and started the first animal rights club in my high school. It occurred to me that humans very much love animals and don’t want them to suffer, but they also don’t want to sit there and read about their suffering, their pain, and how human involvement is contributing to that.

I did not know how to approach people in a way that would inspire them to throw down for animals, for their own temples, and for the planet at large, so that they would willingly sacrifice animal products from their diets.

For twelve years I worked in TV production, whooping it up in NYC and turning my loft into a no-kill shelter. Having a complete inability to turn my back on a four-legged friend in need, I amassed a gaggle of animals that could have had gotten me cuffed and stuffed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. All this, after a recent move from an apartment from which I was evicted due to harboring homeless animals in violation of my three-animal-max lease. I had also recently divorced my partner of nine years.

During this period of career-building and armchair activism (a very, very hands-off way of contributing to the cause of animals rights) the one thing I overlooked was my health—being a stress case and a junk food vegan wreaked havoc on the ol’ mind, body, and spirit.

What eventually got me hooked somewhat obsessively on health was a battle against osteoporosis, Grave’s disease, and amenorrhea, the result of a decade of total psychic and physical neglect. This was my mega call to action and hence my journey to radiant health commenced.

I decided I had to get out of the bleachers and play full tilt boogie. Standing around a friend’s kitchen island during one of the 21-day vegan challenges I had launched in NYC, a few like-minded vegan dames and I came up with the Squeeze concept. I dumped my production locations company, my boyfriend, and that little nay-saying voice in my head on auto spin, and built New York’s first raw vegan food truck. It was high time I began to put the kind raw food detox lifestyle on blast in an effort to mobilize people to take care of themselves and the planet by way of a rolling ready juice truck.

I have been a catalyst for many people’s health journeys. There are few things that you can do to impact a person’s life more powerfully, profoundly, and permanently than changing their diet. I attribute everything good in my life to this raw foods dietary shift. Every smidgen of food you eat has a direct impact on your body, mind, and spirit.

I feel younger, happier, healthier, more vibrant, hotter, and more bad-assy than I did in my teens.

It’s taken a shit ton of work to reclaim my great health and my bliss, but I wake up every morning feeling energized, upbeat, and healthy. Pleasure and health go hand in hand—You can’t have one without the other, like Sinatra in ‘58. My autoimmune disease—Grave’s—is gone. Osteoporosis—gone. If doctors advocated for a raw diet and recommended it to patients there would be virtually no degenerative illnesses.

So c’mon, let’s get to elevating your nutrition, kitchen, and ethics game. I need to arm you with a bunch of info so that you can kick a bunch of ass on your own and be the baddest motherfucker in the kitchen. I got your back. Veggies got your back. Let’s stretch you beyond your comfort zone.

I do my best to live my life according to that mantra, which is why I’m a mindful eater. I practice mindful eating by being a thoughtful vegan, which I have been for over a decade. I can honestly say that what you put into your body greatly impacts all aspects of your life. Not only are there incredible health benefits, but the peace and joy you feel from no longer contributing to so much suffering is remarkable. I’m constantly striving to improve myself by practicing yoga, by finding time for meditation, and by keeping myself focused on the things that truly matter—so, to me, it only makes sense to bring that balance into my diet. I don’t want to eat foods that will decrease my quality of life, or that will cause suffering to others—and that includes animals, as well as people. I simply refuse to support an industry that condones animal abuse. This choice has changed my life.

This lifestyle doesn’t only do me good, though. It’s far beyond personal gain. The meat industry contributes greatly to climate change; animals raised for food account for more greenhouse gases than all the planes, cars, and trucks combined. A worldwide mindful diet would also resolve so much of the world’s hunger. If we stopped growing crops exclusively for animals that will just end up on someone’s dinner plate, we could feed the planet seven times over…. We could feed hungry PEOPLE with the crops we’re growing for animals that we kill. Let that sink in.

This is where Karliin Brooks comes in.

Karliin makes it easier for us all to be mindful eaters. She is the founder of The

Squeeze, a 100 percent organic, raw, and gluten-free cold-press juice company in NYC. Now, I drink plenty of juices and smoothies, but Karliin’s mission to bring healthy and compassionate alternatives to mass-produced junk foods resonated with me. Not only does her company provide fresh juices at numerous locations in the NYC area, but she also has an entire menu of raw comfort foods that are healthy for your body and for the planet. The Squeeze is committed to