Juice detox/diet?

[jugglingmonkey]

Anyone done one? I'd like a 3 or 5 day package plan for total cleansing and a weight loss kick start...

Recommendations much appreciated!

hmm - think you have to be careful, i tried using two of the Naked juices a day as meal replacements and it upset my system a lot. On the other hand lots of people recommend the juice doctor (Jason Vale's) plan.

That's the one coming up in my google searches, James Vale... I'm not expecting it to be easy but I feel so sluggish and lethargic, I think a cleansing diet is the only way forward!

you don't need to detox - your body does it automatically. Save your money.

Naked juices are full of sugar and two a day is definitely not enough. If you want to do it properly you need mostly green juices made from organic greens. Google Plenish juices.

Try googling skinny malinkys?? It's not for me, but some of the girls I work with swear by their 3/5 day juice plans.

Just cut out sugar, gluten, caffeine and alcohol for a week, drink 2l water a day and leave 12 hours between dinner and breakfast. It's much better than the juice fast.....

A juice fast cleared my psoriasis years ago. I can't say I looked amazingly healthy afterwards although I lost quite a bit of weight, but just flooding your system with vitamins is bound to help you feel better. I did it as a last ditch attempt before going on chemotherapy. It's not about detox, it's about nourishment.

Also, it resets your eating urges.....afterwards you are satisfied relatively quickly and I never ate any more rubbish for about a year when I was pregnant.

But don't buy any juices, make the. Yourself, it's easy and not that expensive.

I make my own & they do make me feel much better, I don't just have juice though. Fruit smoothie for breakfast, juice for lunch & one for tea alongside a healthy dinner. I'd be miserable as sin just juicing, and it does stop you reaching for sugar filled items.

There's no such thing as detox or cleansing, your body does it automatically. It's just a clever way to take cash from you.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/05/detox-myth-health-diet-science-ignorance

you all know detox is an utter bolloocky myth, right?

Your body does do it yourself but not if you keep slugging down the and , I find a short sharp burst after Xmas helps draw a line under all the excess and shrinks your tummy down again!

Too much cake though isn't too much toxins, it's eating too many calories - you don't need to juice or detox, you are just eating less calories for a few days to lose weight after Christmas, then returning to your normal pre-Christmas eating pattern.

You could achieve exactly the same by just eating less for a few days. There is no magic to juice/detox diets, all they are doing is providing fewer calories for a few days.

I know it's a bit of a fad... But yes, I need to lose some weight, sharpish... I intend to cut down on sugar/caffeine/alcohol etc but I want to 'reset' before I start... I need a cleanse basically!

So if I were to make my own, can anyone recommend a juicer? £150-200 tops!

If you time, have a look at 'sick, fat & nearly dead' on YouTube. Can't remember the guy's name - joe someone or other, I think - he has a recipe book out as well.

Just eat the fruit/veg. You need the fiber which the juicer removes as pulp.
Eat a big salad followed by a fruit salad.

Juicing is effectively turning nice healthy, full of fibre fruit into sugar water. Just eat the fruit and veg and spend the £200 on something nicer

The talk of cleansing and resetting yourself is all a load of nonsense you know! Just eat more fruit and veg without spending loads on a juicer.

No, you don't need a cleanse.

Cutting down on sugar/alcohol/caffeine is a good aim.

No need to mess about.

I must admit I make smoothies as it is a quick and easy way to eat lots of fruit and veg - and I am flipping lazy quite frankly. But no way do you need a £200 juicer - and all this resetting, cleansing, kickstarting is bollocks. Just eat less crap and move more. Anything else is just a fad and an utter con.

I like the Jason Vale veg based recipes. I bought a Philips juicer from currys for £60 in the pre Xmas sale. it's huge and makes enough for breakfast and take 1 to work for lunch in one juicing. All his juices that I've done are veg based so don't have the sugar spike.

I will be getting rid of guests and enjoy having 2 -4 juice a day, 3 litres water and light eve meal. If I need extra during day at work I have half an avocado instead of whizzing it into a juice.

Yes I know the body can reset automatically but I find a mostly juice diet for a few days resets me by making me sleep lots and floods me with energy after day 2. And if i drink lots of water I find it makes me more in tune with my body. I love it!!

You're all far too sensible... I feel like I need to 'buy into' a programme or something, otherwise I'll not stick to it!

What do you mean by 'the body can reset automatically' and 'being in tune with your body'? I'm not being arsy I just genuinely don't understand what it means!

I normally use my juicer in Summer, just for breakfast, though I have done Jason Vale's plan a few times.
I prefer the Nutribullet, it doesn't juice/extract but makes smoothies out of what you put in, nothing is lost, so you get all the fibre etc. I add nuts, seeds etc 1/3 greens, fruit. I have one for breakfast to make sure that I stay healthy during what is a stressful and busy time. It does help, but I don't just rely on that. My dh had a healthscare this year and he makes sure we eat well and I always try and exercise.

I prefer the Nutribullet, it doesn't juice/extract but makes smoothies out of what you put in

How is this different to a normal blender?