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It seems like every health food place and juicing bar seems to have a juice cleanse these days but, are these juice cleanses actually effective? They tend to be marketed really well and promote benefits for digestive health, skin health, and resetting your diet but do they actually work?
In this week's episode, Evan gives his two cents on what he thinks about Juice cleanses and if they are effective or not. He also provides a framework for how he detoxifies his body in a format that can be easily adjusted to your specific needs and goals. Sometimes it can be hard to tell if you're falling for good marketing or for a truly great health practice. As a rule of thumb, Evan always says to listen to your body with all health practices, because only you truly know your body.
Be sure to tune in to learn all about juice cleanses, and Evan's preferred methods of detoxing the body. As always, do everything with good intentions and connect to your elements.
DISCLAIMER:
This podcast is for educational purposes only, it is not a substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional. Evan Roberts is not a medical professional and this podcast is provided on the understanding that it does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. Statements and views expressed on this show are not medical advice, this podcast, including Evan Roberts and any guests on the show, disclaims responsibility for any possible adverse effects from the use of information contained in this episode. If you think you have a medical problem please consult a medical professional.
Transcript
what's going on, everyone.
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:Welcome to the elemental
I've been podcast.
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:Thank you all so much for tuning
in on this week's episode.
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:This is your host, Evan Roberts.
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:And on this show, I break down
complex health topics from a
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:simple and holistic perspective.
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:And on today's episode, we're going to
be discussing all things, juice cleanses.
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:So to start this off, have you ever
done a juice cleanse while if you
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:have ever tampered with any of your
dieting or actually tried anything?
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:Uh, outside of the normal
food that you typically eat.
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:Then it's very likely that you've come
across a juice cleanse, especially if you
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:go to any of these juice bars, most of
them will typically have a juice cleanse.
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:But realistically, are those
juice cleanses actually
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:beneficial for your body?
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:Are they actually helping you to
detoxify your body or specific organs?
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:Like, are these actually as beneficial
as we make them out to be, or
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:is it just a ton of marketing?
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:That's a really good way of getting you to
buy a ton of juice at one period of time.
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:Well in today's episode,
we're going to go over.
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:If I personally think that juice
cleanses are good for you or not, as
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:well as my take on what would be a
good way for us to detoxify our bodies.
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:Especially if we're trying to detoxify
very specific organs within our bodies.
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:So that is going to be where we're
headed with today's conversation.
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:After today's episode,
you're going to know.
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:If a juice cleanse is
right for you or not.
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:And also various ways in which you
can do different detoxes back can
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:be beneficial for the entire body or
very specific portions of your body.
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:So.
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:I wanted to start today's episode
off with really just making
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:clear that you are the best.
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:Indicator or.
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:You know, judge, in terms of
what is good for your body.
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:So what I mean by that is.
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:You really need to listen to your body.
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:You need to listen to
what it's telling you.
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:If it hurts after certain things,
like, obviously that's not something
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:that's right for you, but really at
the end of the day, what works for
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:me might not work for you, right?
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:Like I'm not a medical professional.
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:I'm simply speaking off of
all of the experience that I
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:have have where I really have.
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:I put myself through all these different,
you know, self-inflicted studies and
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:whatnot to figure out what has worked best
for me, as well as the people around me.
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:Uh, but aside from that, just because
it works for even a majority of the
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:population, doesn't always mean that
it's going to work for you or vice versa.
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:So.
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:One to start off there and really
highlight that you need to pay attention
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:to your body because you're going
to be the best person to determine
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:what's good or not good for your body.
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:And really the only other way to.
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:No better than your own self is to
actually go and get tested, right?
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:Get like a blood draw.
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:And that way you can actually see
like different levels of minerals or
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:vitamins or, you know, blood glucose
levels and then go from there.
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:But the second best way to
really know is to just listen
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:and feel how your body feels.
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:And the reason I start off there is
because I wanted to say that if juice
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:cleanses have worked for you in the
past, for whatever purpose you've been.
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:Using them for whether it's, uh, you know,
weight loss, or just resetting your diet.
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:That's a really common one and,
and a great one in my opinion.
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:Uh, then by all means, keep doing it.
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:If it works for you, then continue
down that path and use it as a tool.
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:Use it when you need it.
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:Right.
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:If you've been eating really an
unhealthy food and you just know
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:that it's time for a change then,
uh, and, and, you know, using a juice
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:cleanse, whether it's one of those
three-day juice cleanses or whatever.
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:Uh, and that works for you then
by all means, continue to do that.
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:Like do not change it, you
know, just like continue on
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:with whatever your protocol is.
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:Because like I said, whatever
works for you might just
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:work for you and not others.
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:And this whole conversation is
going to be based on my opinions.
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:So.
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:Uh, what I had to start off there
with just that caveat, because.
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:When it comes down to my opinion on
if juice cleanses are the best way
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:to cleanse or detoxify our bodies.
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:Personally, I do not think
that they are the best way.
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:Um, I think that they can be a decent
way of doing it, especially depending
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:on the kind of juice that you're using.
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:But overall, I really think
there are better ways to detoxify
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:the body or cleanse the body.
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:Right.
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:That's usually one of the main things
of why we even do a juice cleanse
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:it's to detoxify and cleanse the body.
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:And personally, I just feel that
there is a lot of other ways we
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:can go in, which would be way
more beneficial in my opinion.
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:So.
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:First off.
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:There's a couple reasons why I'm
not a huge fan of juice cleanses.
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:And the elephant in the
room here is really sugar.
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:When it comes to juice cleanses.
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:They can typically have a pretty
high level of sugar in them.
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:So just to kind of give like
a baseline here so we can
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:know what to base this off of.
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:If you took a 12 ounce can of Coca-Cola.
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:At least here in the United States
is 39 grams of sugar in that 12 ounce
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:can of Coca-Cola, which obviously
we know is a high amount of sugar.
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:We kind of expect that
coming from soda, right?
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:Like it's, it's obvious that
this is a high sugar drink.
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:But when I was doing my research for
this episode and looking at some of the
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:really popular juice cleanses out there.
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:The numbers that I was
coming across were pretty.
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:Pretty bad in my opinion.
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:And I'm not going to like ALST any
of these juice cleansing companies,
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:because personally I think that they're
coming from a really good intention.
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:Right.
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:And they're, they're probably
trying to do something well.
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:Um, but nonetheless, I did see that
a lot of these juice cleansing.
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:You know, Marketing
like packages and stuff.
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:The at the low end, I think we're around
10 grams of sugar, which isn't that bad.
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:Um, but then at the high end, they
were like literally over 50 grams
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:of sugar per bottle on a couple of
these, um, which is obviously like.
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:Way too much sugar.
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:That's a ton of sugar.
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:It far out beats the a can of Coca-Cola.
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:So, uh, the average or the median that I
was, uh, finding along, uh, with these.
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:With a majority of the juice cleanses
was somewhere around like 20 to 25
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:grams of sugar, which is obviously
less than a Coca KA a can of Coca-Cola.
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:Uh, but still pretty high up there.
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:And.
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:Trust me, like I get it.
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:I know.
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:A lot of you are probably thinking, but
yeah, a can of Coca-Cola is going to be
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:way worse for you than even a glass of,
you know, whatever kind of high sugar.
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:Uh, fruit juice, right?
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:Absolutely.
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:I agree with you.
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:Like, you know, In a Coke can of Coke.
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:You're going to have not only the added
sugar, but you're also going to have,
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:you know, color agents in there as well.
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:And other kinds of chemicals that are
just not going to be good for you.
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:So for sure, drinking a bottle of whatever
kind of fruit juice you pick is going
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:to at least have some degree of probably
minerals and vitamins in there, um, to,
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:you know, help out at least a little bit.
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:Uh, but at the end of the day, you're
still consuming, like regardless of
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:what vitamins and minerals are in
there, you're still consuming a high
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:sugar beverage and sugar is going to
act the same, whether it comes from
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:Coca-Cola or whether it comes from a.
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:Fruit juice drink, right?
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:So I really just wanted to lay
that basis down first is that,
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:you know, Even though it might be
fruit juice and labeled as healthy.
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:If it has a high amount of sugar in it.
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:It's still a high sugar drink, which
is not going to be good for you
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:because as we know, sugar is, you know,
Literally linked to, uh, obesity, poor
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:cardiac health, um, even issues with,
you know, some of the more serious.
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:Uh, illnesses out there and,
uh, you know, really bad for
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:brain health, cognitive health.
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:Uh, so it's just something that we
really do not need excessive amounts of.
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:Right?
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:Like we get a ton of sugar in our
diet as is, and adding more of it
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:is not something we need to do.
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:Also, I really like to
highlight the point that.
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:When you, for example, eat a fruit,
let's take an apple, for example.
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:If you were to bite into
an apple and eat the apple.
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:Not only are you getting the sugar that
would naturally be in that fruit, but
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:you're also going to get the vitamins, the
minerals, you're going to get the enzymes,
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:the heat sensitive enzymes, um, and other
heat sensitive components of the apple.
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:And you're going to get all of
the fiber that would naturally
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:be in the apple, right.
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:Which in a glass of apple juice.
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:You're not going to get that fiber.
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:Right.
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:That's obviously the main thing
we're doing is we're removing
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:the fiber or the pulp, and we
are keeping all of the liquid.
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:So you're literally just
extracting all the liquid.
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:With mainly the, you know, sugar in it.
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:So that's the main differentiator here
because when you eat a fruit and you get
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:that fiber, it is going to help you digest
that food and also digest the sugars.
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:Right.
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:So it's not going to give you the same
kind of an, uh, increase in spike in your
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:blood glucose levels and insulin, right.
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:So naturally eating the fruit is going
to help buffer some of that sugar.
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:But also at the same time.
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:When you drink a glass of apple juice.
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:That glass of apple juice can
literally have the juice of like
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:eight to 10 different apples in
just that one glass of apple juice.
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:So you're drinking the sugar
of eight to 10 different apples
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:in one sitting in one glass.
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:Whereas if you were to eat an apple.
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:Like at maximum, you're probably
gonna eat two to three apples.
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:Right?
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:I mean, if you had more than
that, I mean, you, you could,
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:but it's probably pretty rare.
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:The average person is going to
have one, maybe two and at max,
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:like three apples in one sitting.
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:So, not only are you getting all the
fiber heat sensitive enzymes, all of
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:that vitamins minerals, but you're also
consuming less of the sugar because
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:you just simply wouldn't normally eat.
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:Eight to 10 apples in one sitting.
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:So right there, you're going to get
way more sugar in the juice that
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:you're drinking, as opposed to, if
you naturally would eat that apple.
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:So.
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:I like to kind of just throw those out
there to really highlight, you know, Yes,
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:there are benefits to fruit juice, but
we do have to be very wary of the sugar
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:and understanding that we are separating.
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:Uh, you know, the juice from
the pulp of the fruit here.
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:So, uh, this is very
important to understand.
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:And truthfully, um, the fruit comes
the way it comes for a reason, right.
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:To designed, to be
consumed in that matter.
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:The pulpit, all.
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:Um, so.
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:Yeah.
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:I really like to just highlight this.
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:And I also like to highlight that.
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:I'm in no way, trying to demonize
fruit here, like a hundred percent
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:eat all the fruit that you want.
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:My personal, uh, outlook on
what foods we should be eating
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:is very simple whole foods.
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:I mean, I do have a little bit more
specifics for myself, but just in
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:general, I think stick to whole foods.
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:You can eat fruits, you can
eat vegetables, you can eat.
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:Uh, high quality meats and you can eat.
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:Uh, uh, nuts as well, right?
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:Like anything that is a whole
food, something that you can
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:literally find out in nature,
like growing on a tree or grazing.
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:That is a whole food right there.
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:So, yes, by all means eat
as much fruit as you want.
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:I personally don't care.
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:Um, I'm not too worried about the
sugar consumption on that, but
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:in the form of a juice, that is
where it does become a concern.
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:Now.
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:The other two things that I do
not like about juice cleanses, and
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:this is not true for all of them.
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:Uh, there are some that are
really high quality and they
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:do meet these two standards.
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:But number one is that.
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:There are a lot of juices and juice
cleanses out there that are not organic.
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:And the reason I'm bringing
this up is because.
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:When you're doing a juice
cleanse or a juice detox.
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:What are you trying to do?
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:You're trying to cleanse and detoxify your
body from all of the manmade chemicals and
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:crap that they are putting in our food and
putting on our, uh, fruits and vegetables.
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:Uh, that we are literally trying
to clean and rid ourselves of.
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:So the last thing we really need to
be doing here is adding more of that.
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:So when you do a juice, detox, or
juice cleanse, I highly recommend if
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:you're going to do one, to make sure
that it's an organic brand or that, you
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:know, the people who made that juice
did not use any pesticides herbicides.
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:Uh, rodenticides any of the
chemicals that would normally be
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:sprayed on a conventional produce.
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:Okay.
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:So once again, The goal of the detox
is to detoxify the body, not to load
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:it up and to increase our toxic load.
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:And then the second thing is
going to be that a lot of these
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:juices are also not cold pressed.
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:Now, what does that mean?
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:Cold pressed as opposed to heat it up.
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:The reason that you would warm up the,
uh, the fruit juice is mainly to make
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:it shelf stable, to make it last longer.
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:Right?
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:Your.
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:Uh, basically like pasteurizing,
uh, the, uh, the juice.
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:And so you're making it so shelf stable,
but in doing so when you heat up.
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:A fruit juice.
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:You're going to kill off
all of the heat sensitive.
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:Uh, beneficial components in
there such as enzymes, right.
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:So there are a lot of juices
out there that do cold press
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:juices and as well, organic.
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:Um, those, if you are going to
do one, I would recommend you
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:at least go in that direction.
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:Um, but still, I think we
can do a little bit better.
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:So.
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:What.
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:I always ask people when they
ask me, if I think a juice
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:cleanse is a good idea or not.
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:And by the way, uh, there is a good
friend of mine, Justin, if you're
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:listening, thank you so much for.
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:Uh, the idea for this episode.
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:And, uh, he did reach out to me with this
question and I really appreciate that.
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:So shout out, Justin.
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:And, uh, When he was asking me.
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:You know, wha uh, should
he do a juice cleanse?
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:Like, is it a good idea?
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:One of the first questions I'll
always ask is what is your goal
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:with doing this juice cleanse?
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:Right?
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:Because there's a lot of reasons
why people will do a juice cleanse.
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:Like sometimes people,
uh, want to lose weight.
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:Sometimes people want to reset their gut.
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:Maybe they have gut issues and they
want to kind of give their gut arrest.
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:Uh, maybe they want to start eating clean.
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:Like you've been eating really bad.
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:And so this is kind of
a reset button for you.
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:And then after the juice cleanse, you're
going to be on your way to a healthy diet.
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:Uh, it could be.
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:You know, cleanse different
organs like the liver, or maybe
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:a to detoxify for skin health.
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:So there's a bunch of
different reasons why to do it.
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:But the reason I ask that is because
you can get a lot more specific with the
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:types of detoxifications that you do to
really specifically target those areas.
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:Now, of course, there are certain
detoxes that are just going to be
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:beneficial for the entire body.
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:And that's usually how things go.
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:We're a very interconnected being, right?
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:Like, just because you a heal your liver,
it doesn't mean you just heal your liver.
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:You heal many different things
when you do that, right.
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:You heal your blood as well because
it's detoxifying your blood.
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:So obviously we're very connected.
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:And so doing one of these.
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:Detoxes is going to help.
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:A slew of different things in the body.
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:But, and bear with me here.
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:Okay.
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:I'm going to raise up a point here
that some of you might not want to
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:hear, but one of, if not the best way,
in my opinion, to detoxify the body.
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:Is simply to do a fast, and I know
there's a lot of people out there
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:who are really adamant on not
fasting and that's absolutely fine.
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:I mean, it totally makes sense.
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:You know, we live in a very blessed
world where you can literally choose
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:to not go hungry, at least for a
majority of the population here in the
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:U S which is such a blessing, right?
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:Like absolutely grateful to be able
to live in a world where, you know,
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:like we don't have to be hungry.
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:We can literally continuously
just eat whenever we feel hungry.
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:However, it's very important to
know that your body absolutely
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:can go for an extended period
of time without any food at all.
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:And if that wasn't the case, then our
species would have been wiped out.
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:Like.
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:Uh, all of the super long time ago, right.
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:We had to eat.
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:Every four hours when we started
getting hungry, like trust me, we
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:would have never made it as a species.
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:So our bodies can absolutely go for an
extended period of time without any food.
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:Definitely 24 hours.
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:That's you know, for sure.
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:Uh, but you know, more like
three to even five days, right?
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:Like these are common fast that people do.
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:Of course you, aren't just
going to start your very first,
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:fast with a five day fast.
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:You're going to start a little
bit slower, but your body is a
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:hundred percent capable of it.
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:It's more so your mind that you have to
conquer when you're doing these fast.
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:But like I said, bear with me here.
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:There is a reason why I think fasting
is in my opinion, the best detox.
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:So the first reason why I think fasting
is the best detoxification for the body.
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:Is first off you give your body arrest.
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:So if you think about it, There are
many people in this world that, you
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:know, within the first hour of waking,
they're consuming food, they're
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:snacking on food, maybe an hour or two
later, and then they're having lunch
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:and then they're snacking again, and
then they're having dinner and then
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:they're snacking again right before bed.
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:And then they go to bed.
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:They sleep for eight hours
and they wake up and repeat.
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:Your body is really almost
never getting like a break.
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:It's never having an opportunity to just
fully digest the food and to be empty.
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:Right.
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:And to just have a
moment of breathing room.
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:Right.
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:And being able to even possibly.
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:Uh, heal and repair itself.
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:So when we fast.
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:We give our entire digestive system,
everything for it that, you know, starting
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:from your mouth all the way down to
your anus gets an opportunity to just
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:relax and hopefully even go into a.
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:Uh, cleaning mode, right?
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:Where it's healing and repairing itself.
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:This is super beneficial.
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:This is like, One of the best things
you can do for your digestive system.
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:In my opinion is to just do a fast,
like go without any food, give
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:your body a chance to relax and.
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:Two.
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:Have a moment where it's not always just
focused on digesting incoming food, right?
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:Like, this is a pretty
crazy thing to think about.
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:Like if you're outside working.
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:You need time to sit down
and relax and recuperate.
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:Well, your digestive system
needs the same thing.
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:So when you do, uh, when you do a.
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:Uh, fast, you give your body that room in
that space to go ahead and rest and relax.
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:Also for anyone who's dealing with
any kind of gastrointestinal issues
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:like myself when I was young.
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:Fasting is truthfully like
the magic bullet here.
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:I swear now it's not going to
be, you know, the cure all be
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:all like kind of deal, but.
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:It is incredible what it can
do for your digestive system.
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:For myself personally, I have, uh, IBS.
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:Pretty much have killed myself
of it at this point, but.
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:The very first time.
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:I ever went.
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:It was two weeks actually.
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:Uh, without any kind of a flare
up or issue with my digestive
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:system, no cramps, nothing.
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:Was when I started implementing
intermittent fasting and I didn't even
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:know that's what I was doing at the time.
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:This was back in 2000 and.
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:Like 11, 2010.
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:I had no idea that
that's what I was doing.
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:I was also pairing it with
specifically just salads, but I was
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:doing intermittent fasting, which
means a, about a 16 hour fast.
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:14 to 16 hour.
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:And when I did that, I
had zero flareups at all.
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:So for a person who has digestive
issues, This you absolutely have to try.
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:You have to try a fast and
just see how good it feels.
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:For example, when I do a three-day fast.
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:You know, when you extend the
fast like that, the, the, the
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:feelings and the benefits are much
more profound and longer lasting.
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:So what I did a three-day
fast, I mean, I literally had.
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:Up to two, to maybe even three weeks after
that, where my digest, my digestion was
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:hundred percent, top level performing.
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:Like it should be right.
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:And so.
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:It's like no flare ups.
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:Um, you know, when you go to the
bathroom, it's just like a smooth process
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:all the way through amazing stuff.
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:So if you are dealing with
gastrointestinal issues, highly,
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:highly recommend that you at
least try a small, fast, like.
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:Uh, if you can do a 16, 18 or 24 hour at
the minimum, highly, highly recommended.
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:Okay.
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:Now getting back into other
reasons why I think a detoxify.
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:Uh, sorry.
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:Fasting is a great detoxification process.
411
:Is number two, which is the
activation of autophagy.
412
:So autophagy is.
413
:Basically when your body.
414
:At a cellular level cleans house.
415
:So.
416
:At a cellular level.
417
:Do you have different components
in your cell and during the Your
418
:body will go ahead and take all of
the components in a cell that are.
419
:You know, malfunctioning,
they're not working right there.
420
:There.
421
:They're dead, they're broken, whatever.
422
:And they clean them out or they
possibly even take them and reuse them
423
:for other components within the cell.
424
:But essentially you're cleaning the entire
cell, like making it work more efficient.
425
:So your body is working more
efficiently at a cellular level.
426
:When you activate autophagy, which
autophagy does occur in the deeper, fast.
427
:So 24 hour and beyond usually
is, is really where you're
428
:going to experience some of that
autophagy, um, benefits there.
429
:But autophagy for, for
me personally, is one of.
430
:The best.
431
:Health benefits of doing a fast.
432
:And of course there's a million
other benefits as well with fasting.
433
:But that to me is like, One of the
best and one of the best in terms
434
:of like detoxifying, because it's
truly just going through and cleaning
435
:up everything at a cellular level.
436
:And then, uh, I would say that's mainly
the two major benefits of doing these
437
:fast in terms of like detoxification
there's many others as well.
438
:I mean, even just the fact that
your liver gets a chance to rest
439
:as well, and then it can just focus
on, uh, detoxifying the blood.
440
:Right.
441
:That's a huge benefit as well.
442
:But for people who have never done a fast
before, or maybe you have, maybe you've
443
:just done like a small intermittent
one, like a 14 or 16 hour fast.
444
:I highly recommend to just take it slow.
445
:Like you can build up your
fast, you don't have to jump in.
446
:And I actually, I recommend that you
don't jump into a really deep, fast
447
:if you've ever done them before.
448
:Uh, take some time to build it up.
449
:If you've never fasted before, start
out with a 12 hour fast, just don't
450
:eat two hours before bed, go to bed
for eight hours and then wake up
451
:and don't eat for two more hours.
452
:That's a 12 hour fast right there.
453
:And then you have a 12 hour eating window.
454
:So you can start out there and
make your way up to higher levels.
455
:And, uh, honestly, 24 hour fast.
456
:Sounds really hard to someone
who's never done it before.
457
:It's actually not that difficult.
458
:It's pretty simple goes fast.
459
:Pretty painless as well.
460
:And then a lot of the times what I'll
do is I'll end up doing a 24 hour fast,
461
:where I stop eating dinner at six o'clock.
462
:All go the whole entire
next day without eating.
463
:And then at six o'clock that night, when
I'm ready to have a dinner, I'll just
464
:say, you know what, I'm just going to
go to bed a little bit earlier today.
465
:And then, uh, not at six o'clock, but
maybe like, I don't know, 8 39 o'clock
466
:like start getting ready for bed.
467
:And then, uh, go to sleep
and wake up the next day.
468
:And I just added on another 12 hours
there because I'm not going to have
469
:my breakfast before six o'clock.
470
:So then I'm now extending it to 36 hours.
471
:So it's, it's kind of a.
472
:Not kind of, it is
absolutely a mental game.
473
:Uh, and you really have to conquer
your mind in order to do some of
474
:these extended fast, but there
is a ton of benefit in them.
475
:I will just say, of course,
practice with caution.
476
:Once again, listen to your body.
477
:If you are someone who deals with,
uh, or has dealt with any kind of
478
:eating disorder or just how to,
you know, maybe you just don't have
479
:the best relationship with food.
480
:This might not be the best
option for you and that's okay.
481
:Right.
482
:But definitely you want to check in with
yourself, check in with your healthcare
483
:provider, if that is the case, before you
go and do something like this, because
484
:maybe this is not the best route for you.
485
:However for just the
general population here.
486
:You're probably more than okay.
487
:To do a fast.
488
:And, um, there's a ton
of benefit in doing it.
489
:If you are a woman.
490
:There is a little bit of a.
491
:Protocol here.
492
:So for example, on the very first start
of your period, so when your first bleed.
493
:From that point up to ovulation
is the ideal time to do a fast.
494
:Um, you can even go a couple
of days into ovulation, but
495
:pretty much after ovulation.
496
:And then so like post population up to
the first day of bleeding, um, that's the
497
:phase where you do not want to do a fast,
so if you're going to fast, You're going
498
:to wait after your period, and then you
can fast all the way up until, um, you
499
:know, anytime between then and ovulation.
500
:So.
501
:There are a couple, a little
things here and there.
502
:Uh, but for the most
part, it's pretty simple.
503
:Yeah.
504
:Just drink water, um, consume a high
quality salt, like a Celtic, sea salt,
505
:or a Himalayan pink sea salt, right?
506
:These are going to help
with our sodium levels.
507
:And they're also going to provide,
uh, some trace minerals for
508
:us, which are very important.
509
:I also recommend maybe adding in
like a trace mineral supplement.
510
:Uh, just to make sure we're
still keeping our mineral levels
511
:proper at their right level.
512
:Um, and that's going to help you
feel better during your fast as well.
513
:But that's all there is to it, right?
514
:Like fastening is obviously
very, very simple.
515
:However.
516
:I do realize that.
517
:There are some people out there
that are like, dude, I cannot go
518
:more than 12 hours without food.
519
:Not something I can do.
520
:Like I need other options because this
is not going to work for me first off.
521
:I would say you are much
stronger than you think.
522
:Give it a try.
523
:Honestly.
524
:I know it sounds hard, but give it a try.
525
:But if you're truly, truly
just like, no, I can't do it.
526
:That's okay.
527
:I still have something for you.
528
:So.
529
:When it comes to.
530
:Doing a cleanse or a juice cleanse, right.
531
:Because I'll keep the juice in
there for you, so that you at
532
:least have something going in your
stomach and something to taste.
533
:Uh, but it's going to be a modified one.
534
:So.
535
:Once again, I would identify why
you're doing the detox or the cleanse.
536
:Identify, whether it is for, you know,
um, gut health, maybe it's for liver
537
:health, maybe it's for your skin health,
maybe it's to start a new diet, right?
538
:Like you want to hit the reset
button, whatever it is, really kind of
539
:figure out what the purpose is here.
540
:And then you can really cater your
detox to fit whatever it is that
541
:you're trying to benefit in your body.
542
:So.
543
:First off if you're going to drink juices.
544
:Let's say you go and purchase one.
545
:I would love to see you keep
the sugar content below 10
546
:grams, which is very difficult.
547
:I'm not going to lie.
548
:It's really hard to find.
549
:Some juices out there that are
below 10 grams of sugar per bottle.
550
:Um, the lowest I had saw was five
grams in one of the bottles, uh, when
551
:I was doing some research for this.
552
:So.
553
:It's possible.
554
:It's just very difficult,
truthfully, probably the best way
555
:to do this is to get a juicer.
556
:So then you can juice your
own stuff and then, you know
557
:what you're putting in there.
558
:Uh, but if you are getting a juice
from a company, then please read
559
:the nutrition label and check and
see how much sugar is in there.
560
:That way you can identify it for yourself.
561
:And of course, once
again, keep it organic.
562
:Um, cold press.
563
:Like these are the things
we want to focus on.
564
:But if you can do it at
home, Then I would recommend.
565
:Mainly juicing veggies, which I never
said this was going to be tasty.
566
:Okay.
567
:So sorry.
568
:Um, but it will be lower in sugar.
569
:So like, you can think of things
like a cucumber or celery, right?
570
:These are going to be low sugar veggies.
571
:Um, There might be a couple of fruit
out there, like some of the berries
572
:that can fit into this category,
but for the most part, it is going
573
:to be primarily, uh, vegetables.
574
:And once again, vegetables
that are low in sugar content.
575
:And then on top of that, I would also add
some to rec root and ginger root, which
576
:once again, not going to taste good.
577
:I'm really sorry.
578
:I wish I could do something
for the flavor here, but.
579
:If I had to pick a juice cleanse to do.
580
:This is kind of the way I would do it,
but the reason I'm adding the ginger
581
:and the, uh, The two Rick in there
is because both of those are going
582
:to have anti-inflammatory properties
and they're also going to be really
583
:beneficial for your gut health.
584
:So if we're really focusing,
let's just say this detox is on.
585
:Gut health.
586
:Then having those two are going
to be incredible for really
587
:helping out with your gut health.
588
:So having a juice that's
primarily vegetable-based.
589
:And then with those two routes in there.
590
:And, uh, once again, we can get a
little bit more specific depending
591
:on what it is we're trying to heal,
but let's say we are trying to heal
592
:our gut, the tumeric, and the ginger
is going to be awesome in there.
593
:And then.
594
:On top of that, focusing on gut
health, like if this is a gut health
595
:detox, so you're doing those juices.
596
:Once twice, three times a day, maybe.
597
:With those, I would also add in claustrum.
598
:I would take claustrum first thing
in the morning and I would take
599
:it for a lasting at night and
just pop it right in your mouth.
600
:Let it dissolve in the mouth.
601
:And then just slowly, uh, you know, you'll
consume it as you start to salivate.
602
:And.
603
:The whole time here with everything we're
consuming during this detox, we want to
604
:make sure it is of the highest quality.
605
:This is coming back to the fact that look.
606
:You're doing a detox, right?
607
:You're trying to clean your body.
608
:So the goal here is to get away from all
of the bad chemicals and toxins and stuff
609
:that is in a lot of the food that we.
610
:Probably are consuming.
611
:Um, you're very likely consuming really.
612
:Uh, so while we're doing these
detoxes, we want to make sure that
613
:we're really just putting in the
highest quality of things in our body.
614
:And when you're doing a detox, I
always like to look at it like I'm not
615
:consuming food when I'm doing this detox.
616
:So why not spend a little extra on a
higher quality product that's going
617
:to really help benefit your body.
618
:So.
619
:When it comes to, for
example, this claustrum.
620
:There are, I'm sure a couple of brands
out there that are pretty decent, but my
621
:favorite brand and the one that I found
to be the best is try arm rhe colostrum.
622
:Uh, I'll have them linked
in the show notes as well.
623
:There's a 10% discount code.
624
:Uh, for first-time customers and that's
just for being a listener to the show,
625
:because once again, I always try.
626
:Uh, to find some way of, you know, given a
little thank you to all of you listeners.
627
:And, um, that was one of the coupon codes
I was able to get with them because I
628
:really, really love their claustrum.
629
:It's incredible for one.
630
:It has really improved my immune
health and that's actually one
631
:of the main reasons I take it.
632
:But we have to remember that 70% of
your immune system physically resides.
633
:In your digestive system
in your GI tract, right?
634
:Like 70% of it is in your gut.
635
:So when you're taking claustrum, one
of the reasons it's probably benefiting
636
:your immune system is probably because.
637
:It's good for the gut health as well.
638
:So, um, and also not only
probably, but if you go look at.
639
:Uh, try Aras webpage.
640
:You can see where their, uh, you
know, research is coming from and
641
:they show that it has beneficial
for gut health specifically.
642
:Um, and I have seen benefit with it
when I take it more than once a day,
643
:which is why I'm saying to take it
morning and night during just morning.
644
:That's when I really just noticed
mainly the immune benefits, but morning
645
:and night is where I experience more
of the digestive benefits as well.
646
:So highly recommend also
adding a colostrum in there.
647
:And then I would also add in a.
648
:You could just do
chlorophyll if you wanted to.
649
:Um, cause that's one of the main
things when it comes to detoxing.
650
:But I would probably personally go with a
micro algae, like spirulina and chlorella.
651
:Because you're not only going to get
the chlorophyll, especially from the
652
:chlorella, you'll get super high levels
of chlorophyll in the chlorella algae.
653
:Um, but you'll also get some, uh,
protein, you'll get all nine essential
654
:aminos from, uh, mainly spirulina,
but I believe chlorella has it
655
:as well, just to a lesser degree.
656
:And like I said, the chlorophylls
that's going to help detoxify.
657
:Your blood, it helps to.
658
:I believe remove a heavy metal toxins
from the blood as well as mycotoxins.
659
:So super, super beneficial.
660
:And it's also loaded with 40, uh,
over 40 minerals and vitamins,
661
:which, um, is going to really
just help to nourish the body yet.
662
:Like you're here already
drinking the juices.
663
:So this is just going to be
an additional benefit to it.
664
:Um, to me personally, I like chlorophyll.
665
:I think it's great.
666
:But why take just core fill when you
can take an upgraded version of it?
667
:Like, that's kind of how I look at the
micro algae, spirulina and chlorella.
668
:Um, it's an upgraded version
of chlorophyll and you have way
669
:more benefits when taking those.
670
:So I would probably add, uh, the
micro algae in there as well, which
671
:for them, I always use energy bits.
672
:Um, they come in tablet forms.
673
:So if you like a powdered form,
this would not be the one to go to.
674
:Uh, if you wanted to like add it
into your smooth, uh, your juices,
675
:although you could probably blend
these ones up in like a coffee
676
:grinder and use it that way as well.
677
:Um, but I always use energy bits.
678
:It's my personal favorite to
when it comes to micro-algae
679
:because I've tried at least 50.
680
:Yeah, at least like, I would say 10 to 15.
681
:Uh, different companies when it
comes to spirulina and chlorella.
682
:And this is my absolute favorite.
683
:I've had the owner on the
podcast three times now.
684
:She's amazing.
685
:Her name is Catherine.
686
:Arnstein go check her out.
687
:I have all of her, uh, uh,
videos as well up on YouTube.
688
:So you can check that out as
well on the elemental podcast.
689
:Uh, elemental Ivan
podcast, a YouTube page.
690
:But that is personally my favorite
and you get 20% off your entire order.
691
:That's just for being a listener.
692
:I have a discount code in
the show notes as well.
693
:So please check that out if you want to.
694
:Give that a try.
695
:Uh, and then last but not least,
I would definitely be adding in a.
696
:Probiotic as well as a prebiotic and
maybe even a post biotic as well.
697
:Uh, and that's simply because
we're focusing on gut health here.
698
:So we really, really want to boost our gut
health and adding in a probiotic is very
699
:important, but also a prebiotic is going
to be, you know, those two are really
700
:going to be the ones I want you to focus
on is the pre and the probiotic here.
701
:The prebiotic is going to help feed
all the good gut bacteria and the
702
:probiotic is going to be those beneficial
bacteria that are going to help.
703
:Uh, your, your gut.
704
:And once again, uh, if you don't know
this probiotics do not stick around
705
:long-term, that is why you have to
take them consecutively all the time.
706
:Um, That way you can continue to reap
the benefits of those good bacteria, but
707
:unfortunately they do not typically take
root and colonize the gut on their own.
708
:Um, but the prebiotics do
feed all good gut bacteria.
709
:So those are very important post biotic.
710
:That is basically what
the probiotic produces.
711
:A lot of times it can be, uh, showing
up as like butyrate, which is really
712
:beneficial for, I believe the gut
lining, uh, of your, of your gut.
713
:So very, very important stuff there.
714
:Um, quality once again,
absolutely does matter.
715
:I really recommend high
quality brand here.
716
:Personally, I use ritual
and they're symbiotic.
717
:It's a pre-pro and post biotic, but
there are other companies out there
718
:I've tried that are of high quality,
and I have enjoyed their products.
719
:Um, There's a company called just thrive.
720
:They have some really good probiotics.
721
:Um, they're actually
on my list to try next.
722
:I've heard really good things about them.
723
:So that's why I want to try them.
724
:Omni Biotics is another one that I've
heard a lot of good things about.
725
:Um, so there's a few
different companies out there.
726
:I highly recommend that
you, you do your research.
727
:Um, and that's why I
like rituals symbiotic.
728
:They definitely do their research and they
have a in vitro study on their probiotic.
729
:Um, or symbiotic.
730
:So that's why I go with them, but honestly
just choose a really high quality brand,
731
:highly recommend pre and probiotic.
732
:So that's going to do it for.
733
:A gut detox.
734
:Like if I was going to do a gut detox,
that is what it would look like.
735
:Now, if you wanted to do a cleanse, but
for a different organ in the body or
736
:something like that, honestly, this is a
really good framework to still stick to.
737
:And, um, just add in the.
738
:You know, different herbs or
supplements that are going to be
739
:beneficial for those different organs.
740
:So for example, if you wanted to really
work on like detoxing the liver, for
741
:example, first off, I would really,
really highly recommend, like, make
742
:sure you're not consuming any sugar.
743
:Um, cause that's not going
to be good for liver.
744
:Uh, but.
745
:Adding in things like milk
thistle, uh, or adding in.
746
:Uh, NAC or glutathione, like these
are going to be things that are
747
:really beneficial for the liver.
748
:They're going to help promote,
um, you know, Liver health.
749
:Uh, so those are going to be good things
to consume while you're doing this detox.
750
:If you're doing something for
your heart, maybe you add in a
751
:cacao, for example, that can be
really good for your heart health.
752
:Uh, so you can really just kind
of mix it up as you see fit.
753
:Uh, whatever kind of works for
you, but once again, really just
754
:trying to stay away from the sugars.
755
:Uh, so that would personally
be like my detox layout.
756
:Um, of course we could
go much further with it.
757
:Like we can add in.
758
:You know, going into a sauna and
sweating out a lot of the toxins.
759
:Like there's a lot of different things
we could continue adding on, but I
760
:think that's a general, like really
good framework, uh, to stick to.
761
:And once again, if you do juice
cleanses and they work for you.
762
:Always remember if it
works for you, keep going.
763
:Continue doing what you're doing.
764
:Um, you know, It's really about listening
to our bodies and respecting that.
765
:Right.
766
:And, and understanding that just because
something works for someone else, doesn't
767
:always mean that it works for you.
768
:But as a general rule of thumb, I
would love to see you not do a juice
769
:cleanse at super high in sugar.
770
:Hopefully it's organic and
hopefully it's cold pressed.
771
:If you can go one step further.
772
:Do the detox that I laid out and choose,
you know, what, whatever it is that you
773
:want it for, you can kind of alter it
and cater it to whatever, you know, thing
774
:you're trying to detox in your body.
775
:Or maybe it's just a general
detox for the body or, you know,
776
:setting you up for a new diet.
777
:But if you can go even one more
step past that it's doing a fast
778
:personally fasting, in my opinion,
just has some of the most benefit.
779
:Um, of course doing, um, modified
fast, which it wouldn't really
780
:be a fast anymore, but, you know,
adding in like, Specific things for
781
:maybe gut health or liver health
that could also be beneficial.
782
:Um, and if they don't spike your
insulin or your M Tor, then technically
783
:you would still be in a facet state.
784
:So you could technically make that work.
785
:Um, but we're getting down a rabbit hole.
786
:That is going to take us on
to a much longer conversation.
787
:So we're going to cut it there.
788
:Um, I love to end these episodes
with just a quick recap.
789
:Actionable steps as well, so that you can
actually take all of this information and
790
:this knowledge and apply it to your life.
791
:So you walk away with this episode.
792
:Uh, feeling empowered to actually
utilize this information.
793
:So I know I covered a lot, but let's,
uh, just quickly kind of go over this
794
:so that we can, um, Make it a little
bit more concise and easier to digest.
795
:So first off, if juice cleanses
work for you, stick with them, you
796
:don't need to listen to anything.
797
:I just said, if it works for you
and you feel great when you do it or
798
:afterwards, Um, then use it as a tool.
799
:And when you feel that you
need to use it, use it.
800
:Uh, is a juice cleanse in my
opinion, the best thing, no, not
801
:really tends to be high in sugar.
802
:A lot of them are not cold pressed.
803
:A lot of them are not organic.
804
:Why would you add more
toxic load to your body?
805
:When the whole goal of what you're
doing is to try to detoxify the body.
806
:So personally, not my favorite.
807
:However, if you find a juice
cleanse that is low in sugar, Okay.
808
:Pretty good.
809
:I'll I'll I'll I'll let that one go.
810
:I'll I'm happy with that.
811
:Absolutely happy.
812
:If you can find one that's low
in sugar, um, goal would be
813
:10 grams or less per bottle.
814
:Not per serving, but per bottle.
815
:Um, Once again, sugar,
just not good for the body.
816
:Something we really want to watch out for.
817
:It has, you know, a lot of it can cause
a lot of health issues for our liver.
818
:Um, with obesity, heart health,
brain health, all of that.
819
:So really want to watch how much sugar
we're consuming and definitely not have it
820
:in something when we're trying to detox.
821
:Then get clear on why
you're trying to do a detox.
822
:What is it for?
823
:Are you trying to improve gut health?
824
:Are you trying to start a new diet or
are you trying to cleanse your liver?
825
:Like whatever it may
be, get clear on that.
826
:And then you can really cater
your detoxes depending on that.
827
:Of course the best detox in
my opinion is doing a fast.
828
:Fasting is great for a lot of different
things in the body, such as a tophus.
829
:G, uh, so it really cleans
you at a cellular level.
830
:It can be difficult, but it's
mainly just in your mind.
831
:Want to stay hydrated, have
some high quality salt.
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:And if you have some trace
mineral supplement, you
833
:can also take that as well.
834
:It will not take you out of your fast.
835
:So long as it doesn't have any
weird added in ingredients in there.
836
:If it's just trace minerals, you're fine.
837
:And that is really the way you do
a fast, if you've never done a fast
838
:before, build your way up, don't just
jump into a 48 hour fast if you've
839
:never fasted more than eight hours.
840
:Right.
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:So we want to build our way up.
842
:And if you are totally a hundred
percent against doing fasting.
843
:Then you can do these modified detoxes
where if you are going to consume
844
:fruit, uh, sorry, juice best to probably
just have a juicing machine at your
845
:house juice, primarily vegetables.
846
:Um, if not solely vegetables like
cucumbers or celery, for example, and
847
:then adding in there, the ginger ginger
and tumeric roots, which like I said,
848
:this is not going to be tasty, but it
is going to be beneficial for the body.
849
:And then depending on what it is that
you're going for, you can really.
850
:Alter what you add in, or
take away to your detox.
851
:If we're doing the gut one, once
again, you can add in Colossae from
852
:day and night, you can add in some.
853
:Uh, micro-algae which honestly, if
you're detoxing micro-algae should
854
:just be in there in general, due to
their high levels of chlorophyll.
855
:Um, that would be one of the main reasons
I would add them in there as well as the.
856
:Minerals and vitamins that they
provide as well to the body.
857
:And then, uh, you know, if you're still
sticking with the stomach one, then
858
:finding like a good pre-pro and post
biotic, or at least a pre inappro,
859
:uh, biotic to help the gut flora.
860
:So.
861
:That is.
862
:Pretty much the low
down on juice cleanses.
863
:Am I a hundred percent against them?
864
:No.
865
:Um, do I think they're the
best way to detoxify your body?
866
:No.
867
:I think there's a lot of other ways that
we can detoxify our body in a better way.
868
:Um, but there are some juice cleanses out
there that are pretty quality and, um,
869
:would definitely make the cut in my books.
870
:Uh, but they're pretty far and few
between, because there are a lot of juices
871
:out there that are super, super high.
872
:In sugars and we want
to watch out for those.
873
:So.
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:That's gonna do it for today.
875
:I hope this helped you.
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:If you're thinking of
doing a juice cleanse.
877
:Ponder this please.
878
:And, um, you know, Decide if this
is really something you want to
879
:go through with, or maybe you want
to try a different kind of detox,
880
:like something that I laid out.
881
:Um, but if you are going to go
through with the juice detox, at
882
:least please look at those three
things, the sugar, or is it organic?
883
:And is it cold pressed?
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:Those are the three things I
at least want you to look at.
885
:And, um, yeah, hopefully if you do go
through some kind of a detox or a cleanse,
886
:you end up feeling amazing after doing it.
887
:Usually that is the case.
888
:It's, uh, it's beneficial
for both the mind.
889
:And the body and a as well,
emotionally and spiritually as
890
:well, it can be a whole journey.
891
:Um, fasting is truly something that
can test you mentally, physically,
892
:spiritually, and emotionally.
893
:It is a very powerful tool.
894
:Um, so anyways, I hope you
all enjoyed this episode.
895
:I hope you are walking away with this app.
896
:Uh, from this episode with a lot of
actionable knowledge that you can
897
:apply to your life today, that's
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898
:And if you aren't already subscribed
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:it is that you listen to your
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:benefit benefit in it as well.
916
:So that is going to do
it for today's episode.
917
:Um, thank you.
918
:Offer.
919
:Tuning in and listening to me ramble
here, but I really appreciate it.
920
:And I'm so happy to have you
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921
:able to share this knowledge.
922
:Um, it's truly just a pleasure of mine.
923
:And so I really, truly
thank you all so very much.
924
:I hope you have a
beautiful rest of your day.
925
:Go get after it.
926
:And, uh, I'll see you on next
week's episode on Wednesday.
927
:Till then.
928
:You guys know the motto of the show.
929
:It's do everything with good intentions
and connect to your elements.
930
:Have a good one.
931
:Y'all much love peace.