The juice diet is one of the most popular methods of detoxifying the body today, consisting in replacing solid meals with vegetable and fruit juices. The liquid consistency significantly speeds up the digestion process and the penetration of nutrients into the body. In addition to the detoxifying effect, juice diets popular with many celebrities are often treated as the first step to change your lifestyle, lose a few kilograms and rediscover tastes devoid of artificial improvers and many sugar lumps. There are many different juice diet plans that can be adapted to your own abilities and expectations, including 1-day, 3-day and weekly diets.
Preparation for the juice diet
A preparation period of several days before starting a juice diet is recommended to minimize the shock to the body caused by a drastic change in eating habits. Gradually give up eating junk food, meat, dairy products, bread, alcohol and any sweet drinks. Choose your favorite salads and raw, cooked or pickled vegetables and fruits. It is important not to consume coffee and black tea during the detox, so discontinuing them a few days before starting a proper juice diet can help you follow their recommendations later. Instead of caffeine-rich drinks, start your day with a glass of warm water with lemon, a little cinnamon, ginger and cayenne pepper, this combination will provide the body with a sufficient dose of energy, stimulate and warm the body, and at the same time have a positive effect on the metabolism.
To facilitate the first and most difficult moments of the juice diet, you should also involve other family members or roommates in the detox, so that avoiding temptations during meals together will be much easier. The best time to start a juice diet will be summer or autumn, when you can find the most fresh fruit and vegetables in stores. The diet should not be used by pregnant and breastfeeding women, the elderly and adolescents under the age of sixteen. In addition, the diet is not recommended for people suffering from diabetes, anemia, kidney and liver failure, heart disease or hyperthyroidism. During the detox, you should give up intense physical exertion.
The course of the juice diet
The diet should not last longer than one week as it could lead the body to numerous nutritional deficiencies. It is recommended to eat 5-6 meals of unsweetened vegetable and fruit juices and start each day with a glass of warm water with lemon. Juices based on vegetables, especially green leaves, should dominate. It is best to choose sweeter fruit juices for breakfast, and less caloric vegetable compositions for subsequent meals. As flavor additives, you can choose herbs and spices such as mint, basil, thyme, cumin, turmeric and nutmeg.
Recipes for tasty juices during detox can be created according to your taste preferences, you can use ready-made proposals on the Internet or from the offer of companies offering dietary catering. The price of the juice diet with delivery, depending on the number of meals purchased, ranges from several dozen zlotys for one diet day to about PLN 750 for five days. An example recipe for a healthy and nutritious juice is: a handful of fresh spinach, a few slices of cucumber, two apples, half a lemon juice, a quarter avocado and a selected amount of mineral water.
After a detox period, you should gradually get used to solid foods, including raw or cooked vegetables first, then bread, eggs and yoghurt. On the third day after completing the juice diet, you can start eating easily digestible meat and fish.
Not all diets are healthy and safe for our body. It is recommended that you consult your doctor before starting any diet, even if you do not have any health concerns.
When choosing a diet, never follow the current fashion. Remember that some diets, incl. low in particular nutrients or strongly limiting calories, and mono-diets can be debilitating for the body, carry a risk of eating disorders, and can also increase appetite, contributing to a quick return to the former weight.
Sokowa diet – effects
The main effect of the juice diet is to cleanse the body of toxins, and thus – reduce the feeling of fatigue and regulate the digestive system. About 2-3 kg can be lost in a five-day diet. Additionally, the juice diet helps to reduce sleep problems, has a positive effect on the condition of the skin, strengthens the immune system, and cleanses the liver and kidneys.
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