Green Smoothie Cleanse - Store bought smoothie recommendation

ttcbelieve

Hello

I am about to embark on a 5 to 10 day one time Green Smoothie Cleanse. I will not be making the smoothie at home. Yes I recognize and acknowledge that its better to make it at home and much less expensive. I have decided not to make it at home and I am looking for recommendations on the next best store bought alternative. My friend had recommended "Naked Juice", I also saw "Juice From The Raw" online at https://www.juicefromtheraw.com/ .

Please I would appreciate any feedback on the above or recommendations to store bought green smoothie.

Thanks for helping me out

kimny72

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1159755/looking-for-a-detox-cleanse/p1

janejellyroll

What are your goals for this "cleanse"?

cathipa

What benefit are you looking to obtain from this cleanse?

OliveGirl128

I drink a canning jar sized green smoothie every day because it's a good way to get in veggies and fruit. It doesn't 'cleanse' anything though.

toxikon

https://examine.com/nutrition/detoxes-an-undefined-scam/

AnvilHead

Ready2Rock206

Well since a cleanse is a completely useless adventure and won't do a darn thing I would suppose any smoothie from the store would be just as good as another. Won't make much difference at all - I guess just chose whatever you think you can suffer through for 10 days. Or you know you could skip the nonsense cleanse and just eat at a calorie deficit...

managematics

As others have said, please tell us why you want to do this. The question isn't to nag, but nobody can suggest which green juices without knowing what you're trying to achieve.

However, keep this in mind: Most of the store-bought drinks really aren't that healthy. They're designed to "feel healthy" and to taste good so you keep buying something you enjoy and think is good for you. Most of them are some form of fruit juice with just enough greens blended in order to appear green. In general, you will find that most of them have nearly as many calories as straight apple juice.

So if you want something which is calorie restricted, the store-bought ones won't do it. If you want something extremely nutrient-dense, the store-bought ones won't do it. If you just want to get most of your calories from liquid instead of solid, the store-bought ones will work. But it's almost just as easy to drink apple juice and swallow a multivitamin. Just sayin'...

Heather4448

Complete waste of time and money.

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ttcbelieve

kimny72 wrote: »

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1159755/looking-for-a-detox-cleanse/p1

Thank you. I'll read it

ttcbelieve

janejellyroll wrote: »

What are your goals for this "cleanse"?

To get back on track with healthy eating and maintaining weight. I added 10lbs in the last 2 months. I can't seem to get the motivation or desire to stop eating junk. All I need is jumpstart and I have never tried a cleanse. I'm not looking to lose 10lbs with the cleanse. I just need it to jumpstart getting me back on track. Hope that makes sense

ttcbelieve

toxikon wrote: »

https://examine.com/nutrition/detoxes-an-undefined-scam/

Thanks, I'll look into this

ttcbelieve

Heather4448 wrote: »

Complete waste of time and money.

You might be right, but I know when I need help and right now I need it for sure. I'm spending the same amount of money eating junk anyway

ttcbelieve

AnvilHead wrote: »

LOL. I'm going to send this to my friend who recommended the cleanse. it is definitely expensive. I'm hoping, I only need to do it one time

deannalfisher

you don't need to do it AT ALL!!! tell your friend they are being scammed

Stacyines

I highly recommend not going past 5 days. I do a juice cleanse once a year. 5 days was the longest I've done and won't do again. You need energy and without the adequate nutrition you'll loose : sleep, focusing, endurance. I don't recommend more than 3 days.

If you're on a budget and love Target - try Suja. Pressed Juicery is a top reviewed juicing cleanse as well. I don't like smoothies because of the texture. Naked is TOO high calorie/sugar. If you love Starbucks, they'll make you a Naked Greens smoothie with banana.

ttcbelieve

ok, general consensus seems to be...do not go with store bought one's. Thanks Y'all. I'll order online

ttcbelieve

also cut it down to 6 days. I'm going to be miserably for the next 6 days

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kaypee65

The general consensus is that a cleanse won't accomplish anything.

If you want to fast, then fast. But going on a cleanse with what is essentially sugar water suggests what the manufacturers hope is true. Their target market doesn't read labels.

mph323

ttcbelieve wrote: »

Heather4448 wrote: »

Complete waste of time and money.

You might be right, but I know when I need help and right now I need it for sure. I'm spending the same amount of money eating junk anyway

But it sounds like the kind of help you're looking for to jump-start your weight loss is losing some water weight which you'll regain as soon as you begin eating regular food again, because you'll only lose a couple of ounces of actual fat doing this. Even if you're staying within your calorie goal you're going to regain the water weight, and I would think that would make you feel depressed rather than motivated.

Packerjohn

ttcbelieve wrote: »

ok, general consensus seems to be...do not go with store bought one's. Thanks Y'all. I'll order online

Please check your reading comprehension. The general consensus is you do not need any cleanse, regardless of where is comes from.

Tacklewasher

ttcbelieve wrote: »

ok, general consensus seems to be...do not go with store bought one's. Thanks Y'all. I'll order online

General consensus is save your money and don't bother.

snickerscharlie

ttcbelieve wrote: »

ok, general consensus seems to be...do not go with store bought one's. Thanks Y'all. I'll order online

No, the general consensus is do not do it at all. Are you not seeing that, or are you so convinced this is such a good idea that logic and science won't change your mind?

If that's the case, knock yourself out.

cerise_noir

Agreed with the majority here.

Our bodies do not need a cleanse, even to get back on track. It's absolutely not necessary and can be down right dangerous. A dear missed member here almost had car accidents from doing cleanses as she was not consuming enough calories. Scary stuff.

Our bodies do a great job of... running themselves.

Weight loss is a calories game. You can include a portion of so-called-junk in your nutritious "diet" and still lose weight.

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AnvilHead

ttcbelieve wrote: »

ok, general consensus seems to be...do not go with store bought one's. Thanks Y'all. I'll order online

You're missing the point entirely.

It's usually a waste to post links to actual science on these topics since most won't bother to read them anyway when their mind is already made up, but maybe they'll help somebody else who's reading along:

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-detox-scam-how-to-spot-it-and-how-to-avoid-it/

https://sciencebasedpharmacy.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/the-detox-delusion/

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ttcbelieve

Stacyines wrote: »

I highly recommend not going past 5 days. I do a juice cleanse once a year. 5 days was the longest I've done and won't do again. You need energy and without the adequate nutrition you'll loose : sleep, focusing, endurance. I don't recommend more than 3 days.

If you're on a budget and love Target - try Suja. Pressed Juicery is a top reviewed juicing cleanse as well. I don't like smoothies because of the texture. Naked is TOO high calorie/sugar. If you love Starbucks, they'll make you a Naked Greens smoothie with banana.

This is great. Thank you