WEBVTT - BrainStuff Classics: Do Juice Cleanses Actually Work?

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to brain Stuff, a production of iHeart Radio. Hey

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<v Speaker 1>brain Stuff, Lauren bog Obam here with another classic episode

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<v Speaker 1>from former host Christian Sagar, and this one we tackle

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<v Speaker 1>the phenomenon that is juice cleanses. What do they actually

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<v Speaker 1>do to our bodies? And what about us needs cleansing

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<v Speaker 1>in the first place? Hey brain Stuff, Christian Sager. Here,

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<v Speaker 1>let's talk about purity because we are surrounded by toxic

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<v Speaker 1>stuff in this modern world. Car emissions in our air,

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<v Speaker 1>factory runoff in our water, herbicides and pesticides, and our

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<v Speaker 1>food trolls and our comments sections. If our bodies are temples,

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<v Speaker 1>every pizza role is a desecration. How can we become

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<v Speaker 1>pure again? Well, juice cleanses supposedly rid our bodies of

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<v Speaker 1>toxins and restore our digestive systems. Depending on the specific

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<v Speaker 1>and sometimes copyrighted cleans you spend a couple of days

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<v Speaker 1>to a couple weeks consuming nothing but liquefied fruits, vegetables,

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe some nut milk. Since lots of people are

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<v Speaker 1>pretty bad about eating enough fruits and vegetables to begin with,

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<v Speaker 1>this may mean that during a juice cleanse, you'd be

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<v Speaker 1>getting more vitamins and minerals than usual. These are substances

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<v Speaker 1>that your body needs to turn food into energy and

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<v Speaker 1>to grow and maintain cells. Some even have antioxidant properties,

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<v Speaker 1>which means that they can help prevent cellular damage under

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<v Speaker 1>particular circumstances. The benefits of these vitamins and minerals are real,

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<v Speaker 1>but keep in mind that your body can only process

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<v Speaker 1>a certain amount of them at once. After that, you're

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<v Speaker 1>just going to excrete the rest. Research does show that

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<v Speaker 1>eating fruits and vegetables rich in these substances can decrease

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<v Speaker 1>some risk of some diseases in the long run. The

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<v Speaker 1>key phrase here is in the long run. The best

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<v Speaker 1>way to reap these benefits is to consistently eat five

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<v Speaker 1>or more servings every day. One juice bin isn't gonna

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<v Speaker 1>do much. Consuming nothing but juice for a few days

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<v Speaker 1>also means that you'd get a lot less fiber, fat,

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<v Speaker 1>and protein, and way fewer calories than normal. Fats and

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<v Speaker 1>proteins are just as essential for healthy cellular function as

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<v Speaker 1>vitamins and minerals, and fiber in the diet is actually

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<v Speaker 1>part of your colon's normal cleansing system. It absorbs water

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<v Speaker 1>and water soluble waste in your intestines and moves everything

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<v Speaker 1>on out. Plus fiber can slow down your body's uptake

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<v Speaker 1>of sugar, keeping your blood sugar levels more stable. Without it,

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<v Speaker 1>and considering the high levels of fruit sugars and the

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<v Speaker 1>limited calories involved in a juice diet, you will feel

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<v Speaker 1>extra hungry and may experience dizzy and blood sugar spikes

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<v Speaker 1>and crashes. A day or two of this shouldn't do

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<v Speaker 1>any harm to the average person, but restricting calories and

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<v Speaker 1>nutrients for much longer than that can trigger starvation mode.

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<v Speaker 1>Your body doesn't know when it's going to get more food,

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<v Speaker 1>so it slows your tabolism down. When this happens too often,

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<v Speaker 1>the change can be permanent, so is it worth it? Psychologically,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you'll probably lose a little weight to the decrease

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<v Speaker 1>in calories, which might be what you're looking for, and

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<v Speaker 1>people around the world have been using short fasts to

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<v Speaker 1>practice mindfulness for hundreds, if not thousands of years. But physiologically,

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<v Speaker 1>juice cleanses don't help clear toxins out of your body.

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<v Speaker 1>The thing is that your liver and your kidneys are

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<v Speaker 1>natural detoxifiers. They filter bad stuff out of your body

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<v Speaker 1>all the time, but they need the full complement of

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<v Speaker 1>nutrients provided by a healthy diet in order to do so.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's episode was written by me and produced by Tyler Clang.

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