What do you do when you feel tired or unenergetic?
Chug a cup of coffee?
Go out for a run?
Do a juice fast?
But is following this liquid diet effective or even safe?
Scroll at your leisure.
What is juice fasting?
Juice fasts can be as short as 24 hours or as long as 10 days.
For a sample juice fast, check out thisone-day juice cleanse.
But are thesejuices really worth the hype?
Onestudy2investigated the effects of a juice fast on health.
After the fast, the 20 people could then resume their normal diet for two weeks.
But those benefits can’t necessarily be fully attributed to the juice itself.
Is it to lose weight?
Reset your digestive system?
Making sustained changes to your health and well-being takes time.
Additionally, you’ll want to think throughwhenworks best in your schedule to actually start a juice fast.
During your juice fast:
Aim to drink this much juice per day.
During a juice fast, you should aim to drink at least six 16-ounce servings of juice.
Adding one or two more servings per day is OK if you feel like you need more sustenance.
Make your juice with mostly veggies.
Aim to make most juices 80% veggies.
For sample juice recipes, check out11 of our favorite, easy-to-make juices.
mbg tip
Don’t feel bad if you have to add in some solids.
If you find yourself super hungry, consider including one serving ofhomemade cashew milkper day of your cleanse.
Avoid strenuous physical activity.
Consider stopping after three days.
Whole fruits and vegetables will add more fiber back into your diet.
Who should not try a juice fast or cleanse?
There are several groups of people who should not participate in juice fasting.
Are there other ways to get the purported benefits of juicing?
Smoothies allow more flexibility with the types of food you put it, especially protein-rich foods.
