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  • trumeta
    trumeta Posts: 5 Member
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    I wasn't actually doing it to specifically lose weight. After being in Europe for two weeks eating a lot of cheese, wine and rich food, I like the idea of two days without alcohol, caffeine, solid food. Yes I know I can do all that without the juice, but the claim is it's supposed to rid toxins. Maybe it's all hooey, but two days won't kill me. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for all the advice.




    I would look into intermittent fasting with regard to trying to help "toxins". There is alot of data showing the benefits to the immune system, insulin sensitivity, reduction of cancer risk etc. Worth the time to research.
    there is alot out there.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    She overate on rich foods on vacation. Maybe (or maybe not) she'll find the 3-day juice fasting thing a useful or interesting response. The idea that she has to worry about "toxins" (which she's already said she knows is hooey) or needs to change her overall way of eating in response seems over the top and extreme.

    IF is a perfectly good way to get a deficit for many, but it isn't magic.
  • kristikitter
    kristikitter Posts: 602 Member
    edited December 2016
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    Had a flatmate who loved juice cleanses and paid for 'retreats' where they all drank liquids and no solids were allowed. I ate porridge, tuna salads, plain chicken breasts, crackers and cheese, and fruit.

    And after all that... I was 134lbs, she was creeping up over 190lbs.

    tl;dr, juice cleanses are just money drains.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
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    trumeta wrote: »
    I wasn't actually doing it to specifically lose weight. After being in Europe for two weeks eating a lot of cheese, wine and rich food, I like the idea of two days without alcohol, caffeine, solid food. Yes I know I can do all that without the juice, but the claim is it's supposed to rid toxins. Maybe it's all hooey, but two days won't kill me. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for all the advice.




    I would look into intermittent fasting with regard to trying to help "toxins". There is alot of data showing the benefits to the immune system, insulin sensitivity, reduction of cancer risk etc. Worth the time to research.
    there is alot out there.

    What toxins does IF remove from your body that your liver and kidneys don't already?
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    markrgeary1 wrote: »
    Not a juice cleanse.
    My last cleanse was included in a lunch in KCMO at The Phoenix. Six hours in I started projectile vomiting, shortly after the unstoppable diarrhea started.

    Lived in the bathroom for two days like that until the ER. They put me in the gastrointestinal unit, you don't want to go there. Captured and measure everything that goes in or leaves the body. Three days later I get to leave the Salmonella behind.

    So your paying money for the pleasure?

    I awesomed that but it wasn't awesome. We need an "OMG" button! I'm glad you survived.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    jmbmilholland wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    jmbmilholland wrote: »
    For those who were asking what is special about the Groupon cleanse. it is apparently the magic of "pressing" that gives this elixir its power:

    "We don’t juice our juices, we PRESS our juices. Pressing produce helps keep the nutrient-rich enzymes intact and is the healthiest way for you to get your raw, unadulterated juices. Cold-pressing provides 3-5 times the nutrients and enzymes found in a pasteurized, juiced cleanse. Live more of your life in the RAW!

    Packed with healthy nutrients and enzymes, our juice cleanses are designed to help make your body feel detoxified and unhindered. Each of our cleanses will detoxify your body of accumulated impurities and leave you looking and feeling as if you were glowing. Our Juice Cleanse contains high quantities of protein as well as a healthy dose of essential minerals and vitamins. Juice from the RAW finds a comfortable medium between nutrition and deliciousness with our cold-pressed juice cleanse program."

    Also, for those expressing wonderments over the wondrous ingredients, they are apparently "pressing" romaine, spinach, carrots, apples and the other usual things that I get the old-timey way from the salad bar at work, but possibly they are getting the ingredients from unicorns, and not my salad bar (which also includes pickled pepper rings, which I don't see here):

    http://www.juicefromtheraw.com/pages/nutritional-info

    Finally, if you happen to be married to, theoretically, say, a professional chemist who also holds a double major in biology, whom you suspect might relentlessly mock you and debunk your magical juicing powers, not that this is intended to represent any real-life situation or entity, fear not: there is a helpful section on how to get your spouse to join you on your juicing journey, nay, pilgrimage: have him watch some youtube videos ("at youtube.com") with you ("After you watch those movies, you will be speaking all night about what you just learned and how you can use that information to improve your lives"), and then after you finish your cleanse, be sure that he then presents you with a nice dinner or better yet, a nice vacation:

    "Before you start your juice cleanse, become clear about your juicing goals and set a success gift. A success gift is something you decide to give yourself after you successfully complete your cleanse. You and your partner can treat yourself to anything from a dinner at a nice restaurant to something as exciting as a vacation. What you do is up to you, but having some extra motivation will make it easier for someone to agree to join you on your journey."

    So, as G.I. Joe says, "Now you know, and knowing is half the battle."

    mvvgidf65ne1.jpg


    Have you considered an exciting career in sales?

    Just because I lure you in with unicorns* and magical elixirs, what makes you think I would sully my integrity with anything to do with sales, or, theoretically, marketing?

    *Product contains less that .01% verified unicorn.

    I like you!
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    edited December 2016
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    jmbmilholland wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    jmbmilholland wrote: »
    For those who were asking what is special about the Groupon cleanse. it is apparently the magic of "pressing" that gives this elixir its power:

    "We don’t juice our juices, we PRESS our juices. Pressing produce helps keep the nutrient-rich enzymes intact and is the healthiest way for you to get your raw, unadulterated juices. Cold-pressing provides 3-5 times the nutrients and enzymes found in a pasteurized, juiced cleanse. Live more of your life in the RAW!

    Packed with healthy nutrients and enzymes, our juice cleanses are designed to help make your body feel detoxified and unhindered. Each of our cleanses will detoxify your body of accumulated impurities and leave you looking and feeling as if you were glowing. Our Juice Cleanse contains high quantities of protein as well as a healthy dose of essential minerals and vitamins. Juice from the RAW finds a comfortable medium between nutrition and deliciousness with our cold-pressed juice cleanse program."

    Also, for those expressing wonderments over the wondrous ingredients, they are apparently "pressing" romaine, spinach, carrots, apples and the other usual things that I get the old-timey way from the salad bar at work, but possibly they are getting the ingredients from unicorns, and not my salad bar (which also includes pickled pepper rings, which I don't see here):

    http://www.juicefromtheraw.com/pages/nutritional-info

    Finally, if you happen to be married to, theoretically, say, a professional chemist who also holds a double major in biology, whom you suspect might relentlessly mock you and debunk your magical juicing powers, not that this is intended to represent any real-life situation or entity, fear not: there is a helpful section on how to get your spouse to join you on your juicing journey, nay, pilgrimage: have him watch some youtube videos ("at youtube.com") with you ("After you watch those movies, you will be speaking all night about what you just learned and how you can use that information to improve your lives"), and then after you finish your cleanse, be sure that he then presents you with a nice dinner or better yet, a nice vacation:

    "Before you start your juice cleanse, become clear about your juicing goals and set a success gift. A success gift is something you decide to give yourself after you successfully complete your cleanse. You and your partner can treat yourself to anything from a dinner at a nice restaurant to something as exciting as a vacation. What you do is up to you, but having some extra motivation will make it easier for someone to agree to join you on your journey."

    So, as G.I. Joe says, "Now you know, and knowing is half the battle."

    mvvgidf65ne1.jpg


    Have you considered an exciting career in sales?

    Just because I lure you in with unicorns* and magical elixirs, what makes you think I would sully my integrity with anything to do with sales, or, theoretically, marketing?

    *Product contains less that .01% verified unicorn.

    I hear there is good money in advertising. You aren't willing to sell your soul to the devil for big cash?

    FYI, I don't believe your claims of maximum unicorn levels. I suspect you run a breading ground for them. That's why you're so good at what you do :wink:
  • angpowers
    angpowers Posts: 83 Member
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    Yea, ppl on here can tend to NOT read the question your asking and offer "advice" that you did not ask for. To the point where your like wow -- some really think their "experts" on nutrition. haha Just laugh it off.

    For two days, you'll be find. Not sure that will be long enough to make you crazy with craving that chewing experience or anything like that. If anything, it might just help you wean from the rich foods and decrease your desire for them and sweets. Most juices, in my opinion, have a sweet taste -- even the veggie rich ones.

    And for two days, maybe you'll learn something about your body, juices etc and grow from there.
    Best of luck! :)
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    snickerscharlie wrote: »
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    angpowers wrote: »
    Yea, ppl on here can tend to NOT read the question your asking and offer "advice" that you did not ask for. To the point where your like wow -- some really think their "experts" on nutrition. haha Just laugh it off.

    For two days, you'll be find. Not sure that will be long enough to make you crazy with craving that chewing experience or anything like that. If anything, it might just help you wean from the rich foods and decrease your desire for them and sweets. Most juices, in my opinion, have a sweet taste -- even the veggie rich ones.

    And for two days, maybe you'll learn something about your body, juices etc and grow from there.
    Best of luck! :)

    Yeah, I always get so annoyed when people try to help me in the "General Diet and Weight Loss Help" section.

    I demand blind support for every investment, no matter how fruitless. Anything else is mean and negative.

    "Fruitless"

    6wrec5fmnulz.jpg

    :)

    Snort!
  • ShammersPink
    ShammersPink Posts: 215 Member
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    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    I demand blind support for every investment, no matter how fruitless. Anything else is mean and negative.

    That is only natural. You are a unicorn. You can do no wrong.

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