Hey there,
A multi-billion-dollar industry, juicing continues to be one of the world's biggest diet trends. Some find a juice diet to be a fantastic way to lose weight, improve digestion, boost the immune system, and more. Others believe that juicing does more harm than good, and is anything but a healthy way towards weight loss. Without looking further into the pros and cons of a "classic" juice diet, today we want to talk about one particular sub-variety of juicing: orange juice fast.
You might be wondering:
Why on Earth would someone go on a diet consisting only of freshly squeezed orange juice and water?
Well… There's an opinion that oranges, being high in various nutrients, can help a person get through the dieting period without being deprived of essential nutrients and feel energized and rejuvenated afterwards.
Some "miracle diet" concepts, however, sound too good to be true — orange juice fast among them. Let's go over 4 major risks of going on an orange juice diet.
1. This Diet Will Deprive You of Important Nutrients
Orange juice is indeed high in certain nutrients but still doesn't contain most of the elements your body needs on a daily basis. While pretty much any kind of juice diet will inevitably deprive you of oils, fibers, and protein, traditional juice diet will at least contain all sorts of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.
Don't get me wrong:
Despite its weight loss effects, juice cleanse is hardly a healthy and well-rounded diet, even when it consists of various vegetables and fruits. However, traditional juice cleanse is based on produce like celery, cabbage, beet, spinach, carrot, cucumber and other veggies, and only includes one or two fruit juices per day. An all-orange juice diet is much less nutritious in comparison.
2. The Sugar Content of Orange Juice is Way too High
As a general rule, if the juice you're drinking consists of fruits only, it's probably doing more harm than good — simply due to the high sugar content. In an orange juice, all the sugar and acid of oranges are preserved while fibers (the actual healthy part) are discarded. Not a win-win situation.
If you think about it, you probably couldn't eat six oranges in a row but you absolutely can have that many oranges in a form of juice, with all the sugar that's in them. We're talking about more sugar than in Coke, even!
3. This Diet Might be Hard on Your Organs… And Teeth
Following an orange juice diet for long might cause serious damage to the health of your digestive system.
While only feeding your body off juices you don't consume enough proteins, fiber, and calories, which might cause a multitude of issues including bloating, constipation, diarrhea, stomach pains, and hunger pangs.
A sensitive digestive system might also struggle to handle the acidity of orange juice. And your teeth — well, regular exposure to all the sugar and acid will do no good for the strength of your tooth enamel.
4. Your Weight Might Bounce Back Afterwards
Finally, it might just simply be ineffective in the long run. The main cause of weight loss on a juice diet is that the water's been drained out of your system. During the first days of dieting, the body starts to burn through its glycogen stores for energy, and this process pulls loads of water out of the body.
Once off the liquid diet and back to regular food, your body might gain all the weight right back.
The Bottom Line?
In the long run, juicing is hardly the best way to achieve a healthy body and mind. Exercising and eating a healthy and balanced diet without any extremes is probably still your best bet. And if you do try a juice diet, don't go for just the oranges! This comprehensive guide to juice cleanse covers everything you need to know to juice safely and achieve the desired effects.
Talk soon!
Sue
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