Cranberry Juice Cleanse?
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alyssadanielle2493 wrote: »Sorry - I didn’t mean drinking just the cranberry juice and not eating. I just meant as a reset of incorporating that WITH a calorie deficit! Definitely was not just going to drink juice lol!
That being said, I think I don’t need to do it at all after reviewing these!
The problem is that a "reset" is more diet industry woo, just like cleanses and detoxes and "jump starts". We're not computers or bowling pins, we can't be "reset".
Seriously - the diet/weight loss industry is a multi-billion dollar juggernaut which gets rich off selling people things they don’t need and that don’t work. They’ve spent a lot of time and money to make their advertising as appealing and convincing as possible, but it doesn’t change the fact that 99.9% of what they sell is snake oil.
That’s a great way of clarifying! And I agree! Although I feel like a cranberry juice company isn’t targeting the diet industry or encouraging this type of myth! It’s just all those weird blogs you see!
I appreciate the input!3 -
alyssadanielle2493 wrote: »alyssadanielle2493 wrote: »Sorry - I didn’t mean drinking just the cranberry juice and not eating. I just meant as a reset of incorporating that WITH a calorie deficit! Definitely was not just going to drink juice lol!
That being said, I think I don’t need to do it at all after reviewing these!
The problem is that a "reset" is more diet industry woo, just like cleanses and detoxes and "jump starts". We're not computers or bowling pins, we can't be "reset".
Seriously - the diet/weight loss industry is a multi-billion dollar juggernaut which gets rich off selling people things they don’t need and that don’t work. They’ve spent a lot of time and money to make their advertising as appealing and convincing as possible, but it doesn’t change the fact that 99.9% of what they sell is snake oil.
That’s a great way of clarifying! And I agree! Although I feel like a cranberry juice company isn’t targeting the diet industry or encouraging this type of myth! It’s just all those weird blogs you see!
I appreciate the input!
You can think of it like this... how many calories do you want to waste on drinking juice?9 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »You don't need a reset, a reboot, a restart, a jumpstart, a defrag, a reformat, a rebalance, a pressure wash, or whatever car, computer, or plumbing maintenance analogy the diet industry insists you need to spend your money on.
I totally want a defrag now. You have no idea how much I think this would help me (not for diet, but for my brain).
You need an entirely new operating system more than a defrag......
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Tacklewasher wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »You don't need a reset, a reboot, a restart, a jumpstart, a defrag, a reformat, a rebalance, a pressure wash, or whatever car, computer, or plumbing maintenance analogy the diet industry insists you need to spend your money on.
I totally want a defrag now. You have no idea how much I think this would help me (not for diet, but for my brain).
You need an entirely new operating system more than a defrag......
At first I was like: Hey now! :grumble:
And then I was like: He's right, ya know.
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Tacklewasher wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »You don't need a reset, a reboot, a restart, a jumpstart, a defrag, a reformat, a rebalance, a pressure wash, or whatever car, computer, or plumbing maintenance analogy the diet industry insists you need to spend your money on.
I totally want a defrag now. You have no idea how much I think this would help me (not for diet, but for my brain).
You need an entirely new operating system more than a defrag......
I need more memory...2 -
kshama2001 wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »You don't need a reset, a reboot, a restart, a jumpstart, a defrag, a reformat, a rebalance, a pressure wash, or whatever car, computer, or plumbing maintenance analogy the diet industry insists you need to spend your money on.
I totally want a defrag now. You have no idea how much I think this would help me (not for diet, but for my brain).
You need an entirely new operating system more than a defrag......
I need more memory...
Me, too! Install some more RAM, please!1 -
alyssadanielle2493 wrote: »Sorry - I didn’t mean drinking just the cranberry juice and not eating. I just meant as a reset of incorporating that WITH a calorie deficit! Definitely was not just going to drink juice lol!
That being said, I think I don’t need to do it at all after reviewing these!
Cranberry juice is basically just acidic sugar water with some vitamin C...not sure how that would "cleanse" your body anymore than drinking Coca Cola with a spritz of lime would.
As far as the comment about still eating when doing it you wouldn't be able to and still maintain a caloric deficit. If you tried to drink a substantial amount of cranberry juice (which has a lot of calories) and maintain a deficit then clearly you would have to eat substantially less to do so which is not a great idea. You'd basically be trading potentially nutrient and fiber dense foods for some sugar water. The only way you would end up getting "cleansed" is you'd probably end up with diarrhea from the loss of fiber and the large amount of sugar water.6 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »You don't need a reset, a reboot, a restart, a jumpstart, a defrag, a reformat, a rebalance, a pressure wash, or whatever car, computer, or plumbing maintenance analogy the diet industry insists you need to spend your money on.
I totally want a defrag now. You have no idea how much I think this would help me (not for diet, but for my brain).
You need an entirely new operating system more than a defrag......
I need more memory...
Me, too! Install some more RAM, please!
I think I just need to move all the baseball stats, Dr. Who quotes, commercial jingles, old TV show theme songs and assorted other useless information into the cloud and free up memory for really important things like remembering where in the heck I put the birthday gift I got for my husband.
On topic, I did drink cranberry juice for a lot of years thinking it would help with UTIs. Not sure it did, but I guess it didn't hurt anything. Never tried it to cleanse anything.3 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »You don't need a reset, a reboot, a restart, a jumpstart, a defrag, a reformat, a rebalance, a pressure wash, or whatever car, computer, or plumbing maintenance analogy the diet industry insists you need to spend your money on.
I totally want a defrag now. You have no idea how much I think this would help me (not for diet, but for my brain).
You need an entirely new operating system more than a defrag......
I need more memory...
Me, too! Install some more RAM, please!
I think I just need to move all the baseball stats, Dr. Who quotes, commercial jingles, old TV show theme songs and assorted other useless information into the cloud and free up memory for really important things like remembering where in the heck I put the birthday gift I got for my husband.
On topic, I did drink cranberry juice for a lot of years thinking it would help with UTIs. Not sure it did, but I guess it didn't hurt anything. Never tried it to cleanse anything.
Bit TMI i guess but i suffer from UTI's fairly often from PCOS complications, I can confirm cranberry juice does indeed help alot. I always figured that was woo xD1 -
All cleanses are useless gimmicks, sorry!0
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alyssadanielle2493 wrote: »Sorry - I didn’t mean drinking just the cranberry juice and not eating. I just meant as a reset of incorporating that WITH a calorie deficit! Definitely was not just going to drink juice lol!
That being said, I think I don’t need to do it at all after reviewing these!
The problem is that a "reset" is more diet industry woo, just like cleanses and detoxes and "jump starts". We're not computers or bowling pins, we can't be "reset".
Seriously - the diet/weight loss industry is a multi-billion dollar juggernaut which gets rich off selling people things they don’t need and that don’t work. They’ve spent a lot of time and money to make their advertising as appealing and convincing as possible, but it doesn’t change the fact that 99.9% of what they sell is snake oil.
When you think about it, the diet industry is all about obfuscation. Words like "cleanse", "detox", "reset", "eating clean", and "processed" (among others)never have to be defined but they have all been focus-group and market-tested.
This juggernaut has no interest in solving anything, only in selling anything possible.
No need for "detox". I'm sure the providers can't even tell you what is detoxes you from.
No need for a "reset". Can't tell us what a reset is.
Can't tell what "clean" eating means other than you'll be doing it if you buy their stuff.
etc.3 -
you might even gain weight. and it's got a lot of sugar.0
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amgreenwell wrote: »All cleanses are useless gimmicks, sorry!
@amgreenwell
Except the Gummy bear cleanse. Haribo sugar free gummy bears can effectively cleanse your will to live. 😋7 -
I'm more interested in the Peep Cleanse. I've never eaten a peep and I'm all for embracing new experiences.3
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quiksylver296 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »You don't need a reset, a reboot, a restart, a jumpstart, a defrag, a reformat, a rebalance, a pressure wash, or whatever car, computer, or plumbing maintenance analogy the diet industry insists you need to spend your money on.
I totally want a defrag now. You have no idea how much I think this would help me (not for diet, but for my brain).
You need an entirely new operating system more than a defrag......
I need more memory...
Me, too! Install some more RAM, please!
I think I just need to move all the baseball stats, Dr. Who quotes, commercial jingles, old TV show theme songs and assorted other useless information into the cloud and free up memory for really important things like remembering where in the heck I put the birthday gift I got for my husband.
On topic, I did drink cranberry juice for a lot of years thinking it would help with UTIs. Not sure it did, but I guess it didn't hurt anything. Never tried it to cleanse anything.
Doctor Who quotes are never useless!
“Always take a banana to a party, Rose: bananas are good!”4 -
It certainly might make you poop your brains out. And I am not sure how drinking essentially pure sugar and miss out on essential nutrients (like protein, fats and fiber) is going to improve your system.
This! That is just an insane amount of sugar to be taking in. While sugar is not the big bad enemy, that much still can't be good for your health. Also, won't the water weight just come right back once you go back to solid foods?0 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »You don't need a reset, a reboot, a restart, a jumpstart, a defrag, a reformat, a rebalance, a pressure wash, or whatever car, computer, or plumbing maintenance analogy the diet industry insists you need to spend your money on.
I totally want a defrag now. You have no idea how much I think this would help me (not for diet, but for my brain).
You need an entirely new operating system more than a defrag......
Mike drop...0 -
FireOpalCO wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »You don't need a reset, a reboot, a restart, a jumpstart, a defrag, a reformat, a rebalance, a pressure wash, or whatever car, computer, or plumbing maintenance analogy the diet industry insists you need to spend your money on.
I totally want a defrag now. You have no idea how much I think this would help me (not for diet, but for my brain).
You need an entirely new operating system more than a defrag......
I need more memory...
Me, too! Install some more RAM, please!
I think I just need to move all the baseball stats, Dr. Who quotes, commercial jingles, old TV show theme songs and assorted other useless information into the cloud and free up memory for really important things like remembering where in the heck I put the birthday gift I got for my husband.
On topic, I did drink cranberry juice for a lot of years thinking it would help with UTIs. Not sure it did, but I guess it didn't hurt anything. Never tried it to cleanse anything.
Doctor Who quotes are never useless!
“Always take a banana to a party, Rose: bananas are good!”
Every time people talk about resets it makes me think of the Torchwood episode where “reset” was really just turning you into an incubator for giant alien bugs. And diet fat burning pills makes me think of the Doctor Who “Adipose” episode. “The fat just walks away!”1 -
FireOpalCO wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »You don't need a reset, a reboot, a restart, a jumpstart, a defrag, a reformat, a rebalance, a pressure wash, or whatever car, computer, or plumbing maintenance analogy the diet industry insists you need to spend your money on.
I totally want a defrag now. You have no idea how much I think this would help me (not for diet, but for my brain).
You need an entirely new operating system more than a defrag......
I need more memory...
Me, too! Install some more RAM, please!
I think I just need to move all the baseball stats, Dr. Who quotes, commercial jingles, old TV show theme songs and assorted other useless information into the cloud and free up memory for really important things like remembering where in the heck I put the birthday gift I got for my husband.
On topic, I did drink cranberry juice for a lot of years thinking it would help with UTIs. Not sure it did, but I guess it didn't hurt anything. Never tried it to cleanse anything.
Doctor Who quotes are never useless!
“Always take a banana to a party, Rose: bananas are good!”
My favourite is: "[Scottish accent] Can we just pretend that that never happened?" There's always a reason to use it. If you're me anyway
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