Juice Diet Colon Caution
juice diet is said to be one of the most effective ways to lose weight. Here, one will only drink freshly squeezed juice from fruits and vegetables for a certain number of days without solid foods. Since these are easily digested and quickly excreted from the body, the body only retains the most important nutrients needed: vitamins and minerals.
Although there are numerous advantages of doing juice cleanse or detox such as weight loss and strengthened immune system, it does have its share of adverse effects. One of the most expected problems due to juice diet is bowel weakening.
Because the stomach, small and large intestines has nothing to digest, these organs will slowly go flaccid. The necessary nutrients which must be absorbed by the body may be excreted while some of the toxins may be reabsorbed into the blood stream. This can make you feel really bad after a while.
Some diet experts suggest using herbal cleansing solutions or preparations to clean the system daily. One can take a tablet in the morning before meals and/or at night before going to sleep. It really depends on the manufacturer’s directions for use.
Drinking loads of water, more than the 8 glasses (240ml) recommended by doctors, every day can help flush out the toxins and keep your digestive system clean.
There are several juice diet recipes which you can work on so that the digestive tract would not deteriorate in its form and function. If you are planning to do this diet for a long period of time, you might want to consider making smoothies or shakes so that the fiber, needed for intestinal motility, will still be present. There is nothing wrong with blitzing vegetable soup into chowder or thick cream form either.
