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Juicing can wreck your looks: Flaking skin, hair loss and rotting teeth. The latest A-list diet craze has some ugly side-effects
By CLAIRE COLEMAN
PUBLISHED: 20:57 GMT, 4 July 2012 | UPDATED: 21:28 GMT, 4 July 2012
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Last month’s news that Jennifer Aniston has become a veg juice devotee, regularly slugging back a concoction of cucumbers, beetroot, spinach, kale, garlic, ginger, carrots and celery, will only fuel the juicing fad.
Because look around any high-end gym or yoga studio these days and you’ll see women swigging something that looks like it’s been scooped from a pond. This is the juice cleanse, or the juice detox — don’t ever refer to it as a diet, that would sound like you’re doing it to lose weight, whereas, of course, this is all about purifying your body.
Popular among A-listers including Salma Hayek, Gwyneth Paltrow and Sarah Jessica Parker, juice detoxes have gone mainstream, with legions of women pulping Tesco’s entire fruit and veg aisle themselves, or paying up to £40 a day — yes, really — to have supplies delivered to their door.
Failing the taste test: Celebs like Jennifer Aniston, left, favour juice detoxes but Janice ****inson looks unimpressed by her green smoothie
It sounds terribly good for you — just masses of fruit and vegetables all juiced together, filling you full of vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants. But while if you’re doing it Aniston-style and eating normally for most of the week, it probably won’t do you any serious harm, the truth is that a juice regime that lasts several weeks — or even just several days — could actually be wreaking all sorts of havoc on your health.
To start with it’s unnecessary. Your body doesn’t need to detox, your digestive system doesn’t need to rest, and if you’re seriously worried about your diet and your health, you need to make long-term changes.
‘Juice fasts are simply not sustainable,’ says Natalie Jones, a spokesperson for the British Dietetic Association. ‘So if you’re doing it for health reasons, there’s simply no point. Any weight you lose, you’ll put straight back on again, possibly with extra because short-term, low-calorie crash diets like this mess around with your metabolism.’
You’ll undoubtedly feel hungry as you’re not consuming any of the fibre that helps fill you up, and don’t even think about exercising.
'Have a juice as one of your five-a-day but any more than that won't give you extra benefits, and could do more harm than good'
‘You might be getting a quick sugar rush,’ says Natalie, ‘but you’re not consuming any carbohydrates, so exercising, or even normal daily life is going to be almost impossible. You’ll feel light-headed and exhausted.’
Stomach aches are also a common side-effect of the juice fast.
‘With no fibre in your diet, even after a couple of days, constipation will become a problem, and in the long term, your cholesterol levels could be affected as fibre helps keep them low. So if you’re not getting enough fibre, your cholesterol could shoot up.’
If that’s not miserable enough, you could find that your net calorie intake is higher than if you were eating normally. Because while juicing gives you the same level of vitamins as you’d get from eating the whole fruit or vegetable, your body isn’t using any energy to break down the food so calories from the natural sugars in the juice aren’t offset by those usually used in digestion.
And while you’re undoubtedly getting lots of vitamins, Natalie says that’s not as great as it sounds.
‘Vitamin C is, of course, good for you, but beyond a certain point, more isn’t any better for you. And, if you’re only drinking veg and fruit juices, you’re missing out on a lot of other nutrients such as calcium, protein, vitamin D, essential fats and so on.’
Unbalanced diet: Just drinking juice means you will miss out on vital vitamins and minerals (posed by model)
This lack of vitamins and nutrients can have a knock-on effect on your appearance, too.
According to renowned trichologist Philip Kingsley, if you plan to juice for a couple of weeks, you should also plan to see your hair fall out about two to three months later.
‘I’ve seen it many, many times,’ he says. ‘Women come to see me with what appears to be unexplained hair loss, and then, when you trace it back, it turns out that they were on some extreme juice fast a few months before.
‘It’s quite simple, if your body isn’t getting the nutrition it needs, it powers down the processes that it considers as being not essential to life, and one of those is hair production.’
But it’s not just your hair that will suffer.
‘Juicing for anything longer than a couple of days will have a profound effect on your skin,’ says cosmetic dermatologist Dr Sam Bunting. ‘Not only might you find that your skin dries out as you’re not getting any of the essential fatty acids it needs, but if you’ve already got a tendency to dry skin anyway, you may find that you start to develop patches of eczema as the barrier function is compromised.’
And there are long-term issues too.
‘Low-calorie diets like this cause the body’s insulin levels to spike and crash which initially causes break-outs, but over time, this insulin cycle alters the structures of collagen and elastin in the body, making them stiffer, and causing skin to look prematurely old.’
Damage to collagen will also affect your teeth, as it’s collagen fibres that hold them in place. But, even if you manage to retain your gnashers, juice diets are seriously bad news for them, as Dr Uchenna Okoye of London Smiling points out.
‘Juice from vegetables and especially from fruits, which tend to have a higher acid content, can damage the enamel of your teeth in exactly the same way that a fizzy drink would. We consider the acids in fruit and vegetables to be “good” but that’s only in the context of eating the whole thing, not when you’re drinking a super-concentrated juice.’
And the same holds true for the sugars in your juice.
‘Fructose is a natural sugar, but to the body it’s still just a sugar, so too much of it will cause cavities as the bacteria in the mouth feed on it.’
If you are going to drink juices, even just as part of a balanced diet, Dr Okoye recommends always using a straw and never ever brushing your teeth straight after drinking as the sugar and acid softens the enamel of the teeth so you could actually be doing more damage. Ideally she suggests brushing teeth before drinking a juice, and using a fluoride toothpaste which will strengthen the teeth.
So, a lack of energy, a messed-up digestive system, prematurely aged skin, rotting teeth and hair loss — hardly the healthy, cleansed body that juice devotees are aiming for, is it?
‘By all means have a juice as one of your five a day,’ says dietitian Natalie Jones. ‘But any more than that simply won’t give you extra benefits, and could actually end up doing you more harm than good.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2168872/Juice-diet-Flaky-skin-hair-rotten-teeth-The-latest-dieting-fad-pretty-ugly-effects.html#ixzz1zhZxCmGK
Juicing can wreck your looks: Flaking skin, hair loss and rotting teeth. The latest A-list diet craze has some ugly side-effects
By CLAIRE COLEMAN
PUBLISHED: 20:57 GMT, 4 July 2012 | UPDATED: 21:28 GMT, 4 July 2012
Comments (14)
Share
Last month’s news that Jennifer Aniston has become a veg juice devotee, regularly slugging back a concoction of cucumbers, beetroot, spinach, kale, garlic, ginger, carrots and celery, will only fuel the juicing fad.
Because look around any high-end gym or yoga studio these days and you’ll see women swigging something that looks like it’s been scooped from a pond. This is the juice cleanse, or the juice detox — don’t ever refer to it as a diet, that would sound like you’re doing it to lose weight, whereas, of course, this is all about purifying your body.
Popular among A-listers including Salma Hayek, Gwyneth Paltrow and Sarah Jessica Parker, juice detoxes have gone mainstream, with legions of women pulping Tesco’s entire fruit and veg aisle themselves, or paying up to £40 a day — yes, really — to have supplies delivered to their door.
Failing the taste test: Celebs like Jennifer Aniston, left, favour juice detoxes but Janice ****inson looks unimpressed by her green smoothie
It sounds terribly good for you — just masses of fruit and vegetables all juiced together, filling you full of vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants. But while if you’re doing it Aniston-style and eating normally for most of the week, it probably won’t do you any serious harm, the truth is that a juice regime that lasts several weeks — or even just several days — could actually be wreaking all sorts of havoc on your health.
To start with it’s unnecessary. Your body doesn’t need to detox, your digestive system doesn’t need to rest, and if you’re seriously worried about your diet and your health, you need to make long-term changes.
‘Juice fasts are simply not sustainable,’ says Natalie Jones, a spokesperson for the British Dietetic Association. ‘So if you’re doing it for health reasons, there’s simply no point. Any weight you lose, you’ll put straight back on again, possibly with extra because short-term, low-calorie crash diets like this mess around with your metabolism.’
You’ll undoubtedly feel hungry as you’re not consuming any of the fibre that helps fill you up, and don’t even think about exercising.
'Have a juice as one of your five-a-day but any more than that won't give you extra benefits, and could do more harm than good'
‘You might be getting a quick sugar rush,’ says Natalie, ‘but you’re not consuming any carbohydrates, so exercising, or even normal daily life is going to be almost impossible. You’ll feel light-headed and exhausted.’
Stomach aches are also a common side-effect of the juice fast.
‘With no fibre in your diet, even after a couple of days, constipation will become a problem, and in the long term, your cholesterol levels could be affected as fibre helps keep them low. So if you’re not getting enough fibre, your cholesterol could shoot up.’
If that’s not miserable enough, you could find that your net calorie intake is higher than if you were eating normally. Because while juicing gives you the same level of vitamins as you’d get from eating the whole fruit or vegetable, your body isn’t using any energy to break down the food so calories from the natural sugars in the juice aren’t offset by those usually used in digestion.
And while you’re undoubtedly getting lots of vitamins, Natalie says that’s not as great as it sounds.
‘Vitamin C is, of course, good for you, but beyond a certain point, more isn’t any better for you. And, if you’re only drinking veg and fruit juices, you’re missing out on a lot of other nutrients such as calcium, protein, vitamin D, essential fats and so on.’
Unbalanced diet: Just drinking juice means you will miss out on vital vitamins and minerals (posed by model)
This lack of vitamins and nutrients can have a knock-on effect on your appearance, too.
According to renowned trichologist Philip Kingsley, if you plan to juice for a couple of weeks, you should also plan to see your hair fall out about two to three months later.
‘I’ve seen it many, many times,’ he says. ‘Women come to see me with what appears to be unexplained hair loss, and then, when you trace it back, it turns out that they were on some extreme juice fast a few months before.
‘It’s quite simple, if your body isn’t getting the nutrition it needs, it powers down the processes that it considers as being not essential to life, and one of those is hair production.’
But it’s not just your hair that will suffer.
‘Juicing for anything longer than a couple of days will have a profound effect on your skin,’ says cosmetic dermatologist Dr Sam Bunting. ‘Not only might you find that your skin dries out as you’re not getting any of the essential fatty acids it needs, but if you’ve already got a tendency to dry skin anyway, you may find that you start to develop patches of eczema as the barrier function is compromised.’
And there are long-term issues too.
‘Low-calorie diets like this cause the body’s insulin levels to spike and crash which initially causes break-outs, but over time, this insulin cycle alters the structures of collagen and elastin in the body, making them stiffer, and causing skin to look prematurely old.’
Damage to collagen will also affect your teeth, as it’s collagen fibres that hold them in place. But, even if you manage to retain your gnashers, juice diets are seriously bad news for them, as Dr Uchenna Okoye of London Smiling points out.
‘Juice from vegetables and especially from fruits, which tend to have a higher acid content, can damage the enamel of your teeth in exactly the same way that a fizzy drink would. We consider the acids in fruit and vegetables to be “good” but that’s only in the context of eating the whole thing, not when you’re drinking a super-concentrated juice.’
And the same holds true for the sugars in your juice.
‘Fructose is a natural sugar, but to the body it’s still just a sugar, so too much of it will cause cavities as the bacteria in the mouth feed on it.’
If you are going to drink juices, even just as part of a balanced diet, Dr Okoye recommends always using a straw and never ever brushing your teeth straight after drinking as the sugar and acid softens the enamel of the teeth so you could actually be doing more damage. Ideally she suggests brushing teeth before drinking a juice, and using a fluoride toothpaste which will strengthen the teeth.
So, a lack of energy, a messed-up digestive system, prematurely aged skin, rotting teeth and hair loss — hardly the healthy, cleansed body that juice devotees are aiming for, is it?
‘By all means have a juice as one of your five a day,’ says dietitian Natalie Jones. ‘But any more than that simply won’t give you extra benefits, and could actually end up doing you more harm than good.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2168872/Juice-diet-Flaky-skin-hair-rotten-teeth-The-latest-dieting-fad-pretty-ugly-effects.html#ixzz1zhZxCmGK
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Makes no sense.. If the "juicing" is just pure vegetables its no different then just eating them. Granted if that is all you are drinking of course you are going to be low in protein and fats, if you are taking a multi and drinking protein shakes or adding some higher protein items to your juice you should be fine. They are easy enough to add to your diet.
The issue usually arises from lack of eating enough, as for the teeth it should have no effect on them if you are properly brushing and using mouthwash.
Biggest issue is the lack of calories. The rest is hogwash imo!0 -
ABSURD!
Juicing is GREAT!
I suppose like anything, some can over-do it, but this article's conclusions are laughable.
Go drink and enjoy some fresh juice...:drinker:0 -
You mean to tell me if you're on a diet in which you're not getting enough calories or essential nutrients there may be some negative side effects?
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lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :laugh:0
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You mean to tell me if you're on a diet in which you're not getting enough calories or essential nutrients there may be some negative side effects?
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ABSURD!
Juicing is GREAT!
I suppose like anything, some can over-do it, but this article's conclusions are laughable.
Go drink and enjoy some fresh juice...:drinker:
You're quick to come to conclusions. Did you even think before you wrote that post? The reason why these celebs are doing badly because the juice is the ONLY thing they're eating/drinking.0 -
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i keep seeing this commercial lately for some douche on a "juicing mission." It shows him juicing and running, blabbering on about his new juicing program will transform your life. He seems obnoxious.Anyone else seen this fool?0
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Actually most juicers remove the fibre part of the vegie and fruit. So there is very little fibre in juice. Juice is obviously a liquid...fibre mostly is a solid. Unless your actually blending whole fruits and veggies with your juices then you are only getting the liquid benefits.0
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Oh freaking please. Are you for real?0
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I mix 2 handfulls of kale, 1 frozen banana and 1 cup frozen blueberries in a blender to make a nice cold smoothie a few times a week. All I taste is the banana and blueberries and I am getting all of the fiber because I am blending it, not juicing it.0
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Yea, and I quote: "‘By all means have a juice as one of your five a day,’ says dietitian Natalie Jones. ‘But any more than that simply won’t give you extra benefits, and could actually end up doing you more harm than good. "ABSURD!
Juicing is GREAT!
I suppose like anything, some can over-do it, but this article's conclusions are laughable.
Go drink and enjoy some fresh juice...:drinker:
You're quick to come to conclusions. Did you even think before you wrote that post? The reason why these celebs are doing badly because the juice is the ONLY thing they're eating/drinking.
Again, ABSURD!
And anybody who pays attention to anything celebs do deserve the miserable life of a celeb.
These folks are as CLUELESS as this joke of a dietitian Natalie Jones.
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Typical Alarmist Reporting. Blegh!
If "celebs" are only consuming juice and nothing else, and doing so for weeks on end, of course there are going to be consequences. But to state that they don't get Fibre as part of their diet is laughable.
Having recently completed a 5 day cleanse (6 x 250ml juices a day,. each about 220 calories), there was enough fibre (as pulp) provided in each one.
The only complaint I did have (aside from a massive Caffeine withdrawal headache that is), was I felt hungry of an evening at around 10pm, so the nutritionist said to add around 20g of protein in the form of a steamed chicken fillet or salmon fillet or have some crudites. Problem solved. My skin cleared up (I suffer from Rosacea and a mild eczema), I felt less sluggish and more alert, and it's all good.0 -
I did a juice fast for 3 weeks and did not have rotting teeth, thinning hair, or anything of that sort. My skin was actually looking very nice and healthy, and I felt really healthy. I wouldn't do it again because its not sustainable but I find articles like these rubbish.. its all to scare the reader.0
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I am actually starting a juice reboot today! If done properly and under a doctors care it can be amazing and have wonderful benefits! I have a liver condition that has been improved with juicing as has my IBS. When I experience a flare up, I reboot and juice for 7 days and the symptoms are eliviated. I personally cannot sustain it for any longer than a week because frankly, I like to chew lol However, when I've been off track and the inside are unhappy about it, juicing gives me kind of a "do-over". My face and hair look better at the end of the week and although there is some tummy yuck the first couple of days, that's just your body clearing out the toxins. Juicing is no different than a regular raw diet, just liquid. Not sure what all the fuss is about. To each their own.0
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The best part of that article is that MFP censored Janice ****insons name.0
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So doing weird fasting is bad for you. Not juicing (i.e. drinking your fruits and vegetables rather than eating them). Got it.0
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I am actually starting a juice reboot today! If done properly and under a doctors care it can be amazing and have wonderful benefits! I have a liver condition that has been improved with juicing as has my IBS. When I experience a flare up, I reboot and juice for 7 days and the symptoms are eliviated. I personally cannot sustain it for any longer than a week because frankly, I like to chew lol However, when I've been off track and the inside are unhappy about it, juicing gives me kind of a "do-over". My face and hair look better at the end of the week and although there is some tummy yuck the first couple of days, that's just your body clearing out the toxins. Juicing is no different than a regular raw diet, just liquid. Not sure what all the fuss is about. To each their own.
Specifically what do you mean by "reboot"?
Specifically what toxins are clearing out that your normal digestive processes don't look after?0 -
I thought this was going to be about steroid use!
Do that at your own risk also. lol0
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