Green Smoothie Cleanse - Store bought smoothie recommendation
ttcbelieve
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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
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
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What are your goals for this "cleanse"?2
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What benefit are you looking to obtain from this cleanse?5
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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.6
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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...6
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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'...5 -
Complete waste of time and money.2
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Thank you. I'll read it
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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 sense4 -
Thanks, I'll look into this0 -
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 anyway4 -
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you don't need to do it AT ALL!!! tell your friend they are being scammed13
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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.11 -
ok, general consensus seems to be...do not go with store bought one's. Thanks Y'all. I'll order online19
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also cut it down to 6 days. I'm going to be miserably for the next 6 days5
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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.7 -
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.6 -
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.21 -
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.13 -
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.
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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.3 -
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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/4 -
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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
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