00:00I'm Lucy Fink and this is 5 Days on a Juice Cleanse.
00:04I wore my food shirt because I'm hungry.
00:08To be completely honest with you, a juice cleanse is far outside of the realm of anything that I would
00:14normally try.
00:15In fact, my very own company, Refinery29, is outwardly against them and would never promote a juice cleanse.
00:21Even still, I know tons of people who have done them.
00:25I say to my friends, how can that possibly be good for your body?
00:29But then I read through the websites that offer these cleanses and with the way these cleanses are branded, it's
00:35no wonder that people want to try them.
00:37They use words like invigorate, restore, nourish, heal.
00:43They claim that you'll have more energy and that you'll feel more alert and alive.
00:49So once and for all, I want to see what going on a juice cleanse does to my body.
00:53Eight juices per day, five days.
00:56Starting with this guy right here.
00:58Almonds, dates, cocoa and sea salt.
01:00Cheers.
01:02That's pretty good.
01:06Yesterday was a little rough.
01:08Come 4pm, I had a pounding headache and I was feeling so lightheaded that I made my co-producer run
01:15and get me a banana before I passed out.
01:17So I broke the juice cleanse and I ate a banana.
01:19That was one day and eight juices and it was just not enough food.
01:25I did some research and I stumbled upon headlines like,
01:28Juice cleanses are kind of bullshit.
01:31Detox and juicing diets.
01:33The biggest scam in the fitness industry.
01:35So why is our generation continuing to do something that has been proven to be a myth?
01:40Why are we not catching on to the fact that this is unhealthy and not good for our bodies?
01:46It made my brain slower, I had way less energy and I woke up this morning feeling like I just
01:52had a low battery.
01:53Today I'm going to do something that I should have done yesterday.
01:56Sitting down and talking to a health professional.
02:04Thankfully I had the chance to sit down with a nutritionist yesterday.
02:07I told her what the goal of my personal juice cleanse was.
02:10And she gave me so much valuable information about what types of foods I should be eating
02:15to increase my body's natural energy in a really healthy way.
02:18Your liver and your kidneys are self-cleaning.
02:20They're not like filters in the sink that get clogged up with gunk and need to be cleaned out.
02:25They're more like a waste water processing plant that's always using chemicals to make the water okay and then flush
02:32it out.
02:32Right, so juice won't do anything.
02:35Juice won't do anything.
02:36I'm really grateful that I spoke to her because I don't think I would have lasted five days of just
02:42juice.
02:43It really reduces your blood sugar levels and that's why you get that sort of crashy feeling.
02:48Some people also have nausea or dizziness.
02:51I had all that.
02:51A juice cleanse deprives your body of the nutrients it needs.
02:55So I shouldn't be on a juice cleanse is what you're telling me?
02:57You shouldn't be on a juice cleanse.
02:58She put me on a very healthy eating plan this week.
03:01So by Tuesday of my five days on a juice cleanse I was no longer drinking just juice.
03:06I was back to eating three meals a day and having the juice on the side.
03:14Happy Thursday.
03:15This is where I'm at.
03:16The nutritionist was great.
03:18I'm still drinking the juices.
03:19I know we should all know the food plate by heart or whatever but I don't.
03:25Did you know that your salmon should be the size of your palm?
03:31The best part of this week has been without a doubt playing chef in my kitchen and getting
03:35to discover tons of cool food combos.
03:38I'm going to outline for you a typical day's worth of food just so that you guys can get
03:41an idea of what the nutritionist told me.
03:44Breakfast.
03:44Eggs, toast and fruit.
03:46Snack number one between breakfast and lunch, banana and almond butter.
03:50For lunch, chicken, quinoa and vegetables.
03:53Snack number two between lunch and dinner, organic dark chocolate with some trail mix.
03:58Dinner, salmon, baked potato and a kale salad.
04:02And dessert, berries and cream.
04:03Berries and cream!
04:04Berries and cream!
04:05I feel really good this week.
04:07I feel like a steady energy rather than these highs and lows.
04:11So I'm feeling good.
04:12Happy Thursday.
04:18Whoa.
04:19Normally, my five day challenges are not as controversial as this one.
04:23This sparked even more conversation around the office than five days without coffee.
04:27Did you see that episode yet?
04:29I thought I was going to be a little lightheaded, a little hungry, but overall I thought I would
04:34be fine.
04:35But as it turns out, I was completely rerouted this week onto a way healthier course by a
04:40professional.
04:41So are the juice companies misbranding or are we misunderstanding?
04:46Do your research.
04:47Do your research!
04:49Did I mention do your research?
04:50And now I feel it's my responsibility to share this with you guys because to be completely
04:54honest, I wouldn't try this again.
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05:03Hey guys, it's Lucy Fink from Try Living with Lucy.
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