If your looking to lose a few pounds or simply detox your body, a juice cleanse may be the right fit for you. While it may get a bad reputation as being a “fad” diet, the benefits of a juice diet are tremendous. Juicing has the ability to revamp your digestive system and provide an enormous amount of nutrition for your body, while helping you shed a few pounds in the process.
Though the thought of not eating “real” food for a few days may not be for everyone, if you can sacrifice the chewing for a few days, you will reap the benefits. While juicing you are:
- Giving the stomach some rest: When on a juice cleanse, the stomach doesn’t have to work as hard during the digestion process. This means the stomach is churning less and not producing as much acid as it usually does when consuming solid foods.
- Resting your liver: The liver is a vital during the digestion process to help process the nutrients that are absorbed by the small intestine. It serves as a detoxifier, removing the toxins from unhealthy, processed foods, while helping the absorption process of the healthy nutrients our body needs. While juicing, the liver gets a break from working overload.
- Enhancing the body’s nutrition: Juices are made from numerous fruits and vegetables; the body receives huge amounts of the essential vitamins and minerals. Since cooking can eliminate the nutrition of fruits and vegetables, when juicing from raw produce, the body is receiving all of the nutrients these fruits and vegetables provide.
So if you can commit to an all juice diet for three days, do it! Your body will be sure to thank you after!
