JUICE CLEANSE INFORMATION
WHY JUICE CLEANSE?
Why Juice Cleanse?
Our environment and our busy schedules can make it very difficult to maintain a healthy lifestyle balance and we find ourselves looking for a way to get back to feeling healthy and energetic.
Around 70% of your energy is spent on digesting your food everyday. When we drink fresh juice from whole fruits and veggies rather than eat them, it gives our digestive system a break, and allows our bodies to easily absorb the flood of nutrients we are taking in. This break gives our body the time to focus on healing itself and flushing out stubborn toxins and waste.
Our bodies have the power to heal themselves, they just need to be given a chance to do so. If we are constantly taxing our body by feeding it unhealthy and processed foods, we are not giving it the the opportunity to keep us in optimal health. A purposeful juice cleanse can help transform your life in many different ways.
Here are seven ways you could benefit from doing a juice cleanse:
- Rid your body of toxins
- Jump-start weight loss and healthy eating habits
- Give your digestive system a rest
- Rehydrate which improves energy and skin tone
- Reduce chronic inflammation
- Help with autoimmune diseases
- Help determine food sensitivities
A juice cleanse is a great way to break back into healthy eating habits, but it is also important to consider your motives for wanting the benefits from your cleanse.
Ask yourself why you want to achieve those benefits. What will attaining it mean for you? How will it impact your life? Having a clear vision of your goal will make it easier to remind yourself of why you are doing it and press on in moments of weakness.
Pre-Cleanse Instructions
Unless you are doing a one-day juice cleanse, you will want to prepare your body.
If you are doing two, or three plus day juice cleanse, you will want to consider the recommendations below. Jumping right into the cleanse after maintaining an unhealthy diet, also known as SAD (standard American diet), could cause you to feel quite sick from the detox side effects and not want to continue or even attempt it again.
The week before:
- Transition unhealthy meals and junk food out of your diet and replace them with more raw organic vegetables and fruit making about 75 to 80 percent of your diet raw and whole foods. Be wary of foods marketed as health food. If they are marketing it as such, it probably isn’t.
- Eat smaller portions than usual, eating only enough to satisfy your hunger.
- Incorporate regular, non-strenuous exercise into your routine.
- Make sure you are drinking enough clean water, which is key to flushing out toxins.
TIPS WHEN STARTiNG JUICE CLEANSE:
Drink warm lemon water throughout your detox
Aim to drink a juice every 2 to 2.5 hours. 5 to 7 juices a day might sound like a lot, but if you space
your juices out over 12 hours, your body will thank you.