What are the fruit and vegetable juices for detoxification and gastrointestinal cleansing?

First of all, let’s make it clear. There is no clear concept of “detoxification” in modern medicine. What we usually call “cleansing the stomach” by drinking fruit and vegetable juices is essentially using fruit and vegetable ingredients with high water content, high dietary fiber, and low digestive burden to promote intestinal peristalsis, relieve constipation due to food accumulation, and reduce the burden on the overloaded stomach. During the holidays or after eating hot pot with skewers continuously, several of the drinks I often drink can indeed make my bloated and hard stomach feel better.

Speaking of which, the most fun thing to do is kale and apple juice. Usually I add a small spoonful of pre-soaked chia seeds. The soaked chia seeds are slippery and have almost no strange smell when mixed into the juice. Drinking it is like applying a layer of water film to the dry intestinal wall. In kale, The insoluble dietary fiber is like a soft brush, slowly moving down the food residue embedded in the folds of the intestinal wall. Adding apples is entirely to neutralize the grassy smell of kale. If you are afraid of astringency, you can also throw in half a peeled banana. The taste is glutinous and chewy, like drinking thicker fruit puree. Last time, my colleague ate barbecue for three days in a row. He was constipated and had to sit on the toilet for three days until his feet were numb. He drank a warm cup of this product on an empty stomach in the morning and had smooth bowel movements in the afternoon. It was either loose and painful, or he emptied naturally. He said that when he stood up, he felt that his waist had become slimmer.

If you have a sensitive stomach and can't drink too many raw green leafy vegetables, don't try raw or cold green leafy vegetable juice. Pumpkin, carrot, and apple juice is very suitable. Cut them all into small pieces, steam them, add warm water, and drink them warmly to warm your stomach. Eating a lot of fiber will not irritate the delicate gastrointestinal mucosa, and it can also help regulate the intestinal flora. My mother has a bad stomach. Every time she eats too much indigestible glutinous rice food such as rice dumplings and rice cakes, she will be bloated and belched. After drinking a small cup of this, the acid reflux will disappear in half an hour.

There is quite a controversy on the Internet about this kind of "intestinal cleansing fruit and vegetable juice". One group says that drinking it for a week can eliminate all intestinal toxins and lose seven or eight pounds. The other group directly says that it is all about IQ tax, and drinking it has no effect except for thinning. Only after I stepped into the pit did I realize that both of these statements are a bit extreme. If you treat it as a temporary adjustment after a heavy diet, and drink it occasionally for 1-2 days instead of one or two regular meals that are heavy in oil and salt, it can indeed reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. But if you really believe in "cutting off" According to the saying "eating and detoxing", if you only drink fruit and vegetable juices for three to five days in a row, you will easily get insufficient protein and fat intake. Last year, I stupidly tried drinking it for three days in a row. On the third day, my legs felt weak when I climbed the third floor. I also lost several hairs when I combed my hair. It was not worth the gain.

In the summer, I also like to drink celery, snow pear and cucumber juice. Drinking it ice-cold is refreshing and has a first-class anti-greasy effect. After eating spicy hot pot, I have a glass of it and can suppress most of the hot pot taste in my mouth. However, I have to remind you that celery is a photosensitive food. If you are exposed to strong light for a long time after drinking it, it can easily cause pigmentation and sun spots. I drank this product for a week last summer. I went to the beach on the weekend without using enough sunscreen. My face turned two degrees darker. It took me half a year to cover it up before it turned white again. It was really a trap.

In fact, to put it bluntly, these fruit and vegetable juices are just temporary emergency supplements. If you really want to have a comfortable stomach and intestines, the key is not to overeat or eat heavy oil and salt every day. It’s okay to drink it once or twice once in a while to slow down. There is no need to treat it as a magic water that can detoxify and nourish the skin.