Blog 1 - Juice Cleanse 101

Juice Cleanse 101

Whenever I go to the CCRB I am always amazed when someone with gigantic muscles approaches me and asks me "dude, whats your secret? Do you juice?". No, he's not talking about taking steroids or other performance enhancing drugs. He's talking about drinking orange juice, apple juice, pineapple juice, fruit smoothies, pureed soups, and other liquid treats. 

I wish I could say with passion that "yes, I juice", but the fact is i'm all about the solids. But next week that all changes when I start a 4-day juice cleanse and unlock my body's full potential. 

Over the past few years there has been a prevailing diet trend that has swept the nation and that is the juice cleanse. Seemingly overnight dozens and dozens of DIY juice cleanse guides begin to appear on the internet. Entrepreneurs start their own organic juice companies, preaching the benefits of juice cleanses (the juice on juice?) and offering juice packages and monthly subscriptions aimed at providing customers enough juice to last them a single day or even months.

I mean just look at all the different types of juice cleanses available online.

Today, juice cleansers are a large community proud, strong, and energized. Yet many believe that juice cleansing is just a fad, that it has no real health benefits and is just an attempt for companies to gouge hundreds of dollars from you on a regular basis (the average price of a daily juice cleanse in New York City is $60).

Next week, I am excited to prove or disprove the claims made by these skeptics as I begin my 4-day juice cleanse. I would love some input from you, the reader, as to how I should approach these four days. Share me your secret smoothie recipes, or how to make your grandma's tomato bisque. And if anyone is inspired enough to join me on this juice cleanse feel free to comment below and we'll figure something out. I am here as a sacrifice so anything you would like to know about juice cleanses, I will be your guinea pig.

Here is what i am planning so far:

Day 1 - Juice Press NYC juice cleanse
Day 2 - Pureed Soups (Tomato Bisque, Broccoli Soup)
Day 3 - Babo juice cleanse
Day 4 - Fruit and Veg Smoothies

Thanks for reading and see you in my next blog! I will be chronicling my experiences during these four days in the form of journal entries and pictures!