Five Things I Learned On The Juice Detox

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A few weeks ago I tried a two-day juice detox.

While juicing may be very a la mode - everyone from Gwyneth Paltrow to Millie Mackintosh getting in on the zeitgest - anyone who knows me would be surprised that I a) volunteered to to consume nothing but juice for 48hrs and b) actually managed to stick to it.

Because, like most 26-year-olds, I have a life. I like to eat, drink and stay up late; I only keep tabs on my wellbeing when I can remember (like on Monday morning) or can find time between work and my social life (rarely).

So it stands to reason that I would have a terrible time on the juice detox. I was certainly expecting hell. But, in fact, it was pretty damn good... and I learned a thing or two about juicing.

You don't get hungry

You don't need to be a rocket scientist to know that when you don't eat, you get hungry. And as someone with a fairly big appetite, the idea of consuming nothing but juice, herbal tea and water for 48 hours was kind of terrifying.

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The Juicing Myth: Is Juicing Good for us or Not?

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Juicing is all the rage right now.  Everywhere you go people are opening up juice bars, your girlfriends are instagramming their funky coloured beverages, and juicers are selling like hot cakes. People are telling you that juicing has helped them lose weight, prevents an a-to-z list of diseases and illnesses and gives you the best skin ever. Because of all of that, it looks like juicing isn’t leaving anytime soon.

So let’s take a look at the pros and cons of this here-to-stay trend:

Pro: Juicing Helps You Get Your Daily Allowance of Fruits and Vegetables

Let’s be serious. We’re not all consuming the amount of fruits and veggies that we should be. Meal planning can be difficult (though we highly recommend it) and not all of us have a personal chef (or our mothers) to help us make sure we’re eating what we need to. That’s where juicing can save the day. You can get the recommended servings of fruits and veggies in one tall glass of juice. That sounds pretty good to us!

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To Detox or Not to Detox

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Being the proud owner of a juicer and having watched several relevant documentaries, the idea of body detoxification is quite alluring. To be able to have the satisfaction of starting over with a clean slate, evicting all of those toxins that our modern lifestyle has invaded our cells with, and feeling anew with energy… Where do I sign up?!

Around the time where I want to run out and buy a thousand pounds of vegetables, one part of my brain kicks in; that pesky little guy who has taken several biology/anatomy classes and reads nutritionally related scientific things for FUN says, “What is the mechanism for detoxification?” Then the alternative-loving side of my noggin rebuts, “Must there always be a mechanism? You sound like a reductionist.”

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