Juice Cleanses = BAD idea!

Blake Lively once advised millions of habitants to 'go for' juice cleansing. 

What is juice cleansing, I hear you ask?

It is basically drinking only fruit and vegetable juices for a few days to attempt to lose weight or stop smoking. The idea is that you will get most nutrients from juices and no need of normal food. 

But it's not as easy as that. Juice cleansing has many bad side effects:

• Slows down metabolism: For those of you who are trying to lose weight by juice cleansing, it only slows down your metabolism. What this means is, as soon as you get back to normal eating habits, you will most likely gain weight rather than losing it.
• Damages body: Unless you haven't heard, juices are healthy unless you drink too much of them. So juice cleansing is damaging to some of your body organs.
• Bad teeth: Juice is full of acid, that's why you should only drink juice while eating a meal, otherwise the acid can damage your teeth, big time! Drinking just juice without eating for several days can totally ruin your pearls!
• Salt deficiency: This will cause you weakness, headaches, nausea... So hello dark circles under-eyes  brittle nails and weak hair!
• Bad breath: Eating breakfast gets rid of bad breath - juices won't!
• Nutrients deficiency: You might think that juices will provide you with lots of nutrients... they won't! They do contain vitamins, fibres, and waayyy too much sugar. Not enough healthy fat (which you actually need for many things, even strong hair and clear complexion), carbohydrates for energy and many more!

The lost goes on. So no thank you, Blake Lively - next time, think before you advise millions of people something that can be actually damaging.

So, in other words, juice cleansing is just a myth that people do. NEVER do it!

PS: Don't try to lose weight by crazy diets! Love your body the way it is, and if you actually NEED to lose weight (when it's affecting your health), then do it by eating healthy meals, and exercising regularly! No crazy diets!

It Girl x