To juice or not to juice?

To juice or not to juice???

So, a couple of times a year I do a 3-5 day juice ‘cleanse’. I feel great afterwards but now I am asking myself if this is because I am getting a perverse pleasure in denying myself ‘real’ food and if I am actually doing more harm than good?

A juice cleanse is where a person commits to not eating solid food for a day, or multiple days, at a time in order to gain supposed health benefits – your calorie intake will be well below the Recommended Daily Allowance, too.

Many detox or juice diets are also based on the idea that toxins build up in the body and can be removed by eating, or not eating, certain things. However, while there's no evidence that toxins build up in our bodies, juices could help improve digestion by introducing healthy enzymes that make the gut work more efficiently.

I’d be interested to hear your thoughts…..