Jusing, juice detox, or fasting on juices - according to most nutritionists, is one of the most effective and safe methods of losing weight, which, in addition to the main effect, allows you to cleanse your body of toxins and toxins. This quite fashionable and popular direction is striding around the planet by leaps and bounds, carrying with it an increasing number of people. Let's see together what the principle of fasting on juices is, what are the advantages and disadvantages of this method of losing weight and who can follow a new direction.
Jushing
This word comes from the English "jucing" and literally translates to "juice detox." This is a new fashion diet, followed by millions. In the United States alone, freshly squeezed juices are an entire industry with an annual turnover of more than $ 5 billion. Currently, fasting on juices has as many supporters as there are fierce opponents. The former actively reduce weight, glow (either from happiness, or from the lack of body fat) and radiate positive energy, while the latter confidently insist that such a method of weight loss is detrimental to health.
It is worth listening to both sides and identifying the positive and negative moments of fasting on juices. And also find out who can afford such experiments, and who should refrain from a juice diet.
What do they say in Russia?
In our country, jushing is not yet as popular as abroad. And, nevertheless, the new-fangled diet has not spared our beauties. Not so long ago, in a popular social network, everyone laughed at a hipster who said that his grandmother every year at Shrovetide makes a smoothie - a cocktail of vegetables or fruits. It doesn’t sound very appetizing, but it is really very tasty.
Who would have thought, but recently, fresh bars appear like mushrooms after rain. So, most recently, one opened on Tverskaya. Here are prepared to order several dozen cocktails made of vegetables and fruits. There is also a popular cafe on Bolshaya Nikitskaya - in the Juice-Bar smoothies are prepared from almost everything that grows and contains at least a little juice. You can order a smoothie at home or in the office. Such a service appeared at the fresh bar, which is located on Bolshaya Dmitrovka. The service is not the cheapest - about 800 rubles. And this despite the fact that fresh carrots or celery are sold in the nearest supermarket for a penny.
Jushing with the stars
Germinated wheat sprouts were the No. 1 product for those who adhered to a healthy diet. They cost a little more than fresh vegetables or fruits. But they also help to lose weight and cleanse the body of toxins.
Juice starvation is a popular diet among show business stars. She is held by: Salma Hayek, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Jessica Parker and Blake Lovely. An amazing detox cocktail from Jennifer Aniston - a thermonuclear blend of cucumbers, spinach leaves, beets, ginger, celery, carrots and garlic.
Juice starvation really helps to lose weight, since all components of the diet (seasonal fruits, vegetables and berries) are non-nutritive, easily absorbed by the body and do not contain fats. A fat plus, if vegetables and fruits are seasonal, you can get a powerful charge of vitamins and antioxidants.
Supporters of the freshly squeezed diet claim that weight loss and body cleansing are not the end result. Adherents of jushing emphasize that this diet allows you to get rid of insomnia, depression, unaesthetic rashes and even thrush.
And another serious plus, which in aggregate is also an important psychological point, is the juice diet gives a feeling of lightness and control over your own body. And for girls, control of their own bodies is equated with power over the whole world.
What is a juice diet?
Banal redcurrant juice, it turns out, is incredibly tasty if it is just prepared with the addition of mint and a few ice cubes. Juice detox - it even sounds nice. And what about the taste? The taste is also okay. However, before you start to mercilessly operate the juicer, you need to get acquainted with a few basic recommendations. This is extremely important for your health:
- The morning should start with a glass of warm water with a few drops of lemon juice. Throughout the day, one should not forget about herbal teas and plain water with ginger.
- Note that juice is digested much faster than regular food. Be prepared for the fact that you have to increase the number of meals.
- Given that the body experiences a particularly strong hunger in the morning, it is better to prepare a smoothie in green, because they contain the largest amount of nutrients and vitamins.
- During weekly or one-day fasting on juices is forbidden. Are you out of control? Start over or train your willpower. You can eat a small cucumber or celery, as they are 80% water.
- It is imperative to get out of the diet gradually. In no case should you drink only juices, and the next day eat three fat cabbage rolls with sour cream. This can be bad for your health.
Surely, many, having read to this place, have already run to the store for cucumbers, celery and other components for a juice diet. Do not hurry! There is a fly in the ointment in this barrel of honey and now is the time to talk about it.
What is the danger?
Following a juice diet, you must completely exclude coffee from the diet. Its excess will be excreted from the body. This is evidenced by a slight headache, slight trembling in the hands and nervousness (a condition of withdrawal, in other words). Getting rid of proteins, animal fats and meat, as a rule, is accompanied by a reaction of the skin, you can get bad breath and even tongue lining. All this is a normal reaction!
And yet, a juice diet can be dangerous. Even redcurrant juice - so healthy and rich in vitamins - in unlimited quantities can lead to allergies and gastrointestinal problems.
Nutritionists around the world have announced a new epidemic - jusorexia. The fact is that the number of women who use juices day by day is growing exponentially. Unfortunately, most of them subsequently become patients with clinics with a sad diagnosis of anorexia.
A member of the British Association of Nutritionists says that about 5 servings of fresh vegetables and fruits should be consumed per day. This may be one of them, but not an independent meal. Everything that goes beyond this norm does more harm than good.
Attention!
Fasting on juices for 30 days or more is extremely dangerous. It is impossible to follow such a diet on your own, without consulting a doctor and a nutritionist. Otherwise, you will become a patient of the clinic with a disappointing diagnosis of anorexia, low self-esteem and serious health problems.
What you need to know about jushing? Fruits and vegetables contain a lot of sugar. This gives rise to energy and the brutal attacks of hunger that follow almost immediately after them, dizziness and weakness. Most fruits, berries and vegetables are acidic. And this is a direct road to ulcer and exacerbation of gastritis. Elevated cholesterol is another problem due to the high fiber content in juices.
The most unpleasant moment. We are mammals. And this means that our body still needs proteins, calcium, many vitamins and animal fats. And unfortunately, they cannot be found in juices. This means that a strong passion for juice starvation can lead to premature aging of the skin.
As an option - the prospect of developing diabetes. Just two weeks of a juice diet and after a month you may begin to lose hair a little stronger than it was before. Smoothies and juices are a strong blow to tooth enamel, so drink them through a tube.
What juices are there?
We are all used to seeing juice in the packaging, arranged by some perfectionist in the supermarket. And there is also freshly squeezed. All these smoothies and juices are words that have appeared recently. Many of them have not heard anything at all. But this is also a kind of juice. Let's find out together what they can be by the method of preparation. We also learn how to store freshly squeezed juice in the refrigerator and other, equally useful, information. So, depending on the method of preparation, there are three categories of drinks:
- Freshly squeezed freshly-squeezed juices by manual or mechanical processing of fruits, vegetables or berries. They are the perfect option for losing weight.
- Juices obtained by direct extraction, and then pasteurized and bottled in special containers.
- Made from canned concentrate and drinking water. These are the so-called restored juices, which are most often found in the retail network. That's just practically no benefit from them.
This information is crucial for understanding the principle of jushing. Direct-squeezed juice can be used in complex nutrition in the treatment of obesity. But hoping for a stunning result, at least, is useless.
Vegetable juices and diets
Having decided on juice starvation and having gathered all the will into a fist, it remains only to choose what to eat all this time. Nutritionists strongly recommend giving the palm to vegetables, not fruits. Vegetables should be present in the daily diet. In addition, they are quite satisfying. For example, tomato juice significantly speeds up meat processing. So why not use vegetable smoothies as a worthy alternative?
In addition, it is tomato juice that contains a large amount of tyramine, which contributes to the production of the hormone of happiness. This means that you will lose weight and literally glow with happiness. By the way, the psychological moment needs to be considered first of all to everyone who plans to go on a juice diet. Use as many green vegetables as possible - they affect the aesthetic perception, which, in turn, also has a beneficial effect on the condition of a losing weight person.
What does starvation on juices look like?
Someone can rake half the vegetable section into a basket, start a juicer and lose weight. It is not right. The most important and most important thing is psychological readiness. It is necessary to develop the instinct of starvation in yourself, to make it your habit, routine. One moment: to sit on a juice diet can only absolutely healthy people.
You need to understand that jusing requires not only psychological preparation. You can’t eat as usual, and then abruptly switch to only one juice. The best preparation can be a raw food diet. Switching to plant foods prepares the body for juice starvation well. The use of exclusively plant products also has minor contraindications. If after 2-3 days you do not have any adverse reactions, you can go on juice fasting.
Therapeutic fasting
There is another plus, which is directly evidenced by the name. In addition to harmony, the body receives a lot of useful substances, and also gets rid of toxins. On the eve of therapeutic fasting, it is necessary to eat exclusively fresh fruits and vegetables. Then, just before it starts, you need to drink a little castor oil and make an enema. And here is an approximate diet:
- The morning should start with a glass of water with a slice of lemon (can be replaced with herbal teas or a rosehip broth).
- Around 10 in the morning you need to make fruit juice (from apples, grapes, oranges, etc.), dilute it in half with water and drink it.
- Closer to dinner, you need to make juice from celery, spinach, carrots, cucumbers or any other vegetables. Regular tomato juice, by the way, dulls the feeling of hunger.
- A little later - after three hours - make a cup of fragrant tea from fragrant herbs.
- Closer to 7 pm you need to make another glass of fruit or vegetable juice, dilute it with water.
- Before going to bed, you can treat yourself to a cleansing enema with chamomile flowers.
You understand that such a diet can not last more than three days? It is also necessary to get out of starvation gradually, switching to raw vegetables, and only then to ordinary food.
Reviews
At the very beginning of the article it was said that there are exactly as many supporters of a juice diet as there are opponents. Many who initially adhered to a healthy and proper diet, note that jushing really helps to get rid of extra pounds, as well as cleanse the body of toxins and harmful substances. This applies to absolutely healthy people who ate exclusively vegetable and fruit juices.
Opponents of this diet (why, in fact, they became them) say that this method of losing weight did not bring the most pleasant experience: from constipation to tooth problems.
It is difficult to understand which of them is right. The fact is that this diet is shown only to absolutely healthy people as a therapeutic cleansing of the body.
Fasting on juices: results
Much depends on the individual characteristics of the body. Yes, someone will stand near the chocolate and gain 5 extra kilograms, while someone will not have time to have dinner because of work, and will lose the same 5 kilograms. Therefore, you do not need to focus on a fashionista from a neighboring department. Each has its own method and its own history of jushing.
It is clear that in the early days of the diet you can lose almost 1 kg per day. Approximately 3-5 days, the feeling of hunger dulls significantly, and with it, weight loss decreases (only 300 grams per day). On average, about 5-7 kg can be lost per week. If initially the body weight significantly exceeded the average, then the result may be even more noticeable.
Finally, I want to warn everyone who wants to get rid of extra pounds - do not torture your body, love it and after a while you will see how beautiful it is. But if you still want to try jushing to taste, do it gradually, starting from one day. It is important to monitor your body and monitor its every reaction. Remember that not all freshly squeezed juices are healthy. Which ones? And this is a completely different story.