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- Hi BrainStuff, Cristen here.
Let's talk about purity
because we are surrounded
by toxic stuff in this modern world.
Car emissions in our air,
factory runoff in our water.
Herbicides and pesticides in our foods,
trolls in our comment sections.
If our bodies are our temples,
every pizza roll is a desecration.
So how could we become pure again?
That got weird.
Juice cleanses supposedly rid our bodies
of toxins and restore
our digestive systems.
Depending on the specific and sometimes
copyrighted cleanse, you
spend a couple days to
a couple weeks consuming nothing but
liquefied fruits, vegetables,
and maybe some nut milk.
Since lots of people are
pretty bad about eating
enough fruits and
vegetables to begin with,
this may mean during a juice cleanse you'd
be getting more vitamins
and minerals than usual.
These are substances your
body needs to turn food
in to energy and to
grow and maintain cells.
Some even have antioxidant
properties which means
that they can help prevent cellular damage
under particular circumstances.
The benefits of these vitamins
and minerals are real,
but keep in mind that your body can only
process a certain amount of them at once.
After that, you'll just excrete the rest.
Research does show that
eating fruits and vegetables
rich in these substances
can decrease some risks
of some diseases in the long run, but the
key phrase, in the long run.
The best way to reap these benefits is to
consistently eat five or
more servings every day.
One juice binge isn't gonna do much.
Consuming nothing but
juice for a few days also
means you'd get a lot less
fiber, fat, and protein
and way fewer calories than normal.
Fats and proteins are just as essential
for healthy cellular functions
as vitamins and minerals.
And fiber in the diet is actually part of
our colons normal cleansing system.
Plus, fiber can slow down
your bodies uptake of sugar,
meaning your blood sugar
level stay more stable.
Without it, and considering
the high levels of
fruit sugars and the limited
calories involved in a
juice diet, you'll feel extra
hungry and may experience
dizzying blood sugar spikes and crashes.
A day or two of this shouldn't do any harm
to the average person,
but restricting calories
and nutrients for much longer than that
can trigger starvation mode.
Your body doesn't know when it's gonna get
more food, so it slows
your metabolism down,
and when this happens too often,
the change can be permanent.
So is it worth it?
Psychologically, maybe.
You'll probably lose a
little weight, due to
the decrease in calories, which might
be what you're looking for.
And people around the
world have been using
short fasts to practice mindfulness
for hundreds, if not, thousands of years.
But, physiologically, juice cleanses
don't help clear toxins out of your body.
The thing is that your liver and kidneys
are natural detoxifiers.
They filter bad stuff out
of your body all the time,
but they need the full
compliment of nutrients
provided by a healthy
diet in order to do so.
But hey, I wanna know, have
you tried a juice cleanse?
And if so, how did it work out?
And if not, what do you eat
when you wanna feel better?
Pizza rolls not included.
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