Move over rehab, juice fasting is the latest trend du jour. From the lemon juice-and-maple syrup Master Cleanse Diet that famously slimmed down Beyonce for Dreamgirl, to the raw juice fasts said to detoxify the body and mind used by the likes of Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler, everyone, it seems, is looking for that quick "make-me-healthy" fix. And now Elle magazine reports on a growing number of lines marketing the trend to the masses: brands such as iZO Cleanze and Blueprint Cleanse will deliver to your door fresh-pressed juices, filled with pounds upon pounds of vegetables – for a fee, of course. The claim? The iZO Cleanze is described as "the Rolls Royce of cleanses": it's said to "completely detoxify the bowels, liver, gall bladder, kidney, and blood of toxins, parasites, and heavy metals." And the Blueprint Cleanse claims to do everything from boosting your immune system to promoting clear skin and reversing the signs of aging. While I can understand the desire to purify one's body after a bout of bad behavior, I'm a bit skeptical that susbisting on nothing but juice for a few days will rid me of toxins.
What say you? Have you ever done a cleanse? Would you?
4 comments:
I have done a cleanse consisting of taking these pills from the health food store...I believe it was called Clean smart or smart clean or something like it. It was like 3 different pills i had to take for 30 days. While I did indeed go to the bathroom many many times in a day lol. I lost about 15 pounds which is always nice, and the diet consisted of chicken and salalds..no sugar. But I also fainted a few times and wouldn't want to do anything that powerful again, maybe it was because I had to take pills, i have never done a juice detox before, but i would try that wayyy before any of the pill ones again.
I did the master cleanse once or twice. You lose weight but it comes back, at least it did for me.
But then I have never been able to resist the siren call of a cheeseburger...
my mom does quite a few cleanses in a year.. but i haven't done one yet. i HAVE heard of the fast track detox diet though, and am planning on getting the book within the next few days to try that one out. i've heard of people losing up to 15lbs on that one as well..
cynthia - yow, fainting is not good! if you do try a juice detox, I wouldn't recommend doing it for any more than a few days. some people try them for weeks at a time. I think that's just too much!
tmp00 - you and me both! but for me, it's the sweet stuff I can't seem to kick. maybe a sugar detox would be a good idea for me! :)
irenem - I hadn't heard of the Fast Track Detox, but I just looked it up. after a quick look, it seems like one of those fad diets to me. you may lose the weight, but as tmp00 says above, it all comes back, ya hear!?!
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