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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.

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.

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Is number two, which is the

activation of autophagy.

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So autophagy is.

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Basically when your body.

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At a cellular level cleans house.

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So.

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At a cellular level.

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Do you have different components

in your cell and during the Your

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body will go ahead and take all of

the components in a cell that are.

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You know, malfunctioning,

they're not working right there.

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There.

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They're dead, they're broken, whatever.

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And they clean them out or they

possibly even take them and reuse them

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for other components within the cell.

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But essentially you're cleaning the entire

cell, like making it work more efficient.

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So your body is working more

efficiently at a cellular level.

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When you activate autophagy, which

autophagy does occur in the deeper, fast.

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So 24 hour and beyond usually

is, is really where you're

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going to experience some of that

autophagy, um, benefits there.

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But autophagy for, for

me personally, is one of.

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The best.

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Health benefits of doing a fast.

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And of course there's a million

other benefits as well with fasting.

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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.

832

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.

841

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.

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Uh, but they're pretty far and few

between, because there are a lot of juices

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out there that are super, super high.

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In sugars and we want

to watch out for those.

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So.

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That's gonna do it for today.

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I hope this helped you.

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If you're thinking of

doing a juice cleanse.

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Ponder this please.

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And, um, you know, Decide if this

is really something you want to

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go through with, or maybe you want

to try a different kind of detox,

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like something that I laid out.

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Um, but if you are going to go

through with the juice detox, at

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least please look at those three

things, the sugar, or is it organic?

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And is it cold pressed?

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Those are the three things I

at least want you to look at.

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And, um, yeah, hopefully if you do go

through some kind of a detox or a cleanse,

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you end up feeling amazing after doing it.

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Usually that is the case.

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It's, uh, it's beneficial

for both the mind.

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And the body and a as well,

emotionally and spiritually as

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well, it can be a whole journey.

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Um, fasting is truly something that

can test you mentally, physically,

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spiritually, and emotionally.

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It is a very powerful tool.

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Um, so anyways, I hope you

all enjoyed this episode.

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I hope you are walking away with this app.

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Uh, from this episode with a lot of

actionable knowledge that you can

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apply to your life today, that's

the goal with this whole show.

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And if you aren't already subscribed

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it is that you listen to your

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and hit that subscribe button.

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It will make sure that you do

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I release them every single

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haven't already left a review or a

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It goes really far in helping

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And I love to see what you.

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Guys have to say about the show.

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So go ahead and check

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It'll be linked in the show notes as well.

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And, uh, please go ahead

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That is a free gift is to

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benefit benefit in it as well.

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So that is going to do

it for today's episode.

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Um, thank you.

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Offer.

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Tuning in and listening to me ramble

here, but I really appreciate it.

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And I'm so happy to have you

all here listening and being

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able to share this knowledge.

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Um, it's truly just a pleasure of mine.

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And so I really, truly

thank you all so very much.

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I hope you have a

beautiful rest of your day.

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Go get after it.

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And, uh, I'll see you on next

week's episode on Wednesday.

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Till then.

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You guys know the motto of the show.

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It's do everything with good intentions

and connect to your elements.

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Have a good one.

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Y'all much love peace.