[S1 E25] Hot Take Summer: Juice Cleansing, Water Cleansing, and Crash Diet Dangers
Have you ever considered trying juice cleansers, water fasting, or extreme dieting practices as part of your fitness journey?
It's natural to be tempted by these strategies in the pursuit of quick results. However, it's crucial to understand that they often provide only temporary results and can even derail your outcome and have detrimental effects on your overall health. Whether it’s a juice cleanser, water fasting, or extreme dieting habit, it can deprive your body of vital nutrients, leading to muscle loss, nutrient deficiencies, and decreased metabolic efficiency, ultimately resulting in weight gain. Instead of turning to these extreme measures, focusing on sustainable lifestyle changes that promote long-term health and well-being is more beneficial, rather than relying on short-term fixes.
In today's episode, I will discuss this popular but controversial realm of juice cleanses, water fasting, and extreme dieting practices. Many of us are drawn to these health and fitness strategies in our pursuit of quick weight loss or detoxification, but it is crucial to approach them with a thorough understanding of the potential risks involved.
In today’s episode, we cover:
[00:00:01] Intro and what in for you in today's episode
[00:06:23] Juice cleanses and a recollection of my experience
[00:09:59] How juicing removes fiber and concentrates sugar
[00:15:02] Why going on a liquid diet is not going to enhance detoxification
[00:17:03] The only benefit of a juice cleanse that I experienced
[00:18:57] Water fasting and why it’s not a ‘health biohacker.’
[00:25:57] Extreme restriction of calories and overtraining
[00:31:48] Cortisol and estrogen, the baddies that deposit fats
[00:33:24] Why reducing calories to lose weight fast is a bad strategy
[00:41:29] My Hot Take on today’s topic
[00:44:11] The best way to get in touch and stay connected with me
Notable Quotes
“While juice cleanses make a lot of nutrients accessible by reducing the volume of food you have to eat to get them, it removes important components for your gut from vegetables and fruits.” [07:12]
“Your liver will detox just as well when eating rounded meals from whole foods every day vs. removing solid components from your diet and doing liquid diet temporarily.” [15:26]
“The body is very good at taking care of itself when it’s in an unfed state.” [19:28]
“Don't use water fasting as a means to lose body fat; your body is smart and will adjust your metabolic set points to whatever you are doing; if you are under-consuming food, it’s going to lower your metabolic output to preserve energy.” [23:31]
”There are bigger things going on sometimes, especially with fat loss and fat gain that you can’t really explain, and trying to do rapid weight loss with extreme dieting practices is the wrong way to go.” [33:39]
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