Juice fasting is a lighter form of therapeutic fasting. Fruit and vegetable juices are drunk instead of tea and water. We’ll show you how it works, what advantages it has and what you need to watch out for.
Juice fasting is not a diet
With juice fasting, instead of water and unsweetened tea (as is the case with classic therapeutic fasting is common) freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices drunk, but for a much shorter period of time. This is not a diet, but rather a way to relieve the metabolism. This is useful, for example, after the holidays or during Lent.
Since juice fasting is only suitable for a few days, hardly any fat reserves are attacked. However, the intestines and digestion can look forward to a few days off.
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The right time for a juice fast: the weekend
Since the body lacks important nutrients and proteins with this type of fasting, doctors advise not to practice the juice cleanse for too long. Weekends, when you can relax a little, are particularly good for this.
Juice fasting: how it works
Vegetable juices add variety to juice fasting.
(Photo: CCO / Pixabay/ silviarita)During a juice cleanse, the sessions are distributed throughout the day two liters of freshly squeezed fruit or vegetable juice drunk, to that two to three liters of water or diluted juices to meet increased fluid needs.
If squeezing the juices is too much work for you, you can buy them naturally cloudy and in organic quality in health food stores. The purchased juices should not contain any sugar or preservatives contain. Even for the self-pressed juices, no additional sweeteners such as sugar or honey should be added.
You should not rush the juices, but rather deliberately and drink in sips.
You can find juicers for citrus fruits, for example, in **Avocado store.
Positive effects on our health
Nettles are a healthy ingredient for the fasting juices.
(Photo: CCO/ Pixbay/ Alexandra_Koch)The main purpose of juice fasting is to relieve the body and bring it back into balance. In addition, certain types of fruit and vegetables have positive effects on our health.
For example, do you process nettles, these have a dehydrating effect on the body. Artichokes, on the other hand, stimulate liver function and sauerkraut juice helps against constipation.
Risks and side effects of juice fasting
If you spend two to three days almost exclusively from fruit and vegetable juices feed, in most cases this has no negative effects on our health. However, there are some unpleasant side effects:
- Fruit and vegetables contain only a few proteins and fats, and vitamins such as B12 are also missing. If the juice cleanse is too long or frequent, this can lead to deficiency symptoms.
- Due to the lack of fiber you lack the feeling of satiety.
- Headache, tiredness and dizziness may occur.
Nevertheless, it is recommended that you seek medical advice beforehand. Because this type of fasting is not suitable for patients with heart disease, eating disorders or diabetes. People with stomach problems or fructose intolerance also have to be careful because they can take the many liters of fruit and fruit juice with them diarrhea and react with nausea.
Conclusion on juice fasting
If you want to do something good for your body, you can try using quiet weekends for juice fasting from time to time. Digestion can pause, but at the same time the body is supplied with vitamins and nutrients thanks to the juices. However, one should not expect a weight reduction from this fasting cure, since afterwards a Jojo effect entry.
After the juice cleanse, you shouldn’t eat all of your food like before, but eat it first breaking the fast.
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