Any advice for a fruit & veggies cleanse?

• SportsAndLady

  

  Never do shit like this...I mean I don't eat the worst diet in the world, but I certainly am not a healthy eater by any means.
  
  Randomly read about this and decided I want to try it...my friend/roommate is going to do it with me, which is a huge plus for me.
  
  Anyone ever do this? Advice? Suggestions? 1-10 on the difficulty level?
• sleeper

  

  Fast for a few days. Veggie/Fruit cleanses don't work, not now and not ever.
• SportsAndLady

  

  sleeper;1246192 wrote:Veggie/Fruit cleanses don't work

  Why's that?
• sleeper

  

  SportsAndLady;1246202 wrote:Why's that?

  Tell me, what do you hope to accomplish by only eating vitamins, minerals and fiber? Do you think your body is going to just flush the toxins right out of your body? Please, save your broscience for the gym.
• SportsAndLady

  

  sleeper;1246208 wrote:Tell me, what do you hope to accomplish by only eating vitamins, minerals and fiber? Do you think your body is going to just flush the toxins right out of your body? Please, save your broscience for the gym.

  Just kinda bored...wanna try and see if I can do a cleanse...love fruits and veggies so figured I'd try it.
  
  Not trying to cure cancer here sleeper.
• SportsAndLady

  

  I also don't go to a gym...prob should, but don't.
• sleeper

  

  I love fruits and veggies too.
  
  There's nothing more cleansing then depriving your body of calories for 4-5 days and forcing it to use body fat to sustain itself. Where do you think most of your toxins are stored?
• sleeper

  

  SportsAndLady;1246211 wrote:I also don't go to a gym...prob should, but don't.

  That's terrible. No gyms in Chicago?
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Fruits have a ton of calories.
• SportsAndLady

  

  sleeper;1246212 wrote:I love fruits and veggies too.
  
  There's nothing more cleansing then depriving your body of calories for 4-5 days and forcing it to use body fat to sustain itself. Where do you think most of your toxins are stored?

  I'm not a body/health/diet guy, so I guess I am just failing to see why this isn't good for me? From everything I've read, they make you feel great after it.
• sleeper

  

  THE4RINGZ;1246216 wrote:Fruits have a ton of calories.

  Yeah and vitamins.
• sleeper

  

  SportsAndLady;1246217 wrote:I'm not a body/health/diet guy, so I guess I am just failing to see why this isn't good for me? From everything I've read, they make you feel great after it.

  I'm not stopping you. It's not going to kill you or do any significant damage. If the placebo works for you, then have at it.
• SportsAndLady

  

  sleeper;1246213 wrote:That's terrible. No gyms in Chicago?

  Just not a big workout guy...I keep my body in decent shape without having to go to a gym/workout.
• sleeper

  

  SportsAndLady;1246221 wrote:Just not a big workout guy...I keep my body in decent shape without having to go to a gym/workout.

  
• SportsAndLady

  

  sleeper;1246220 wrote:It's not going to kill you or do any significant damage.

  But will I benefit from it at all?
• THE4RINGZ

  

  The lack of protein in this cleanse makes it dangerous to follow for an extended period of time.
• sleeper

  

  SportsAndLady;1246223 wrote:But will I benefit from it at all?

  I've never seen any peer-reviewed research on the subject, so I don't know. But we can go ahead and ask He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named; hopefully you know who that is because its against the rules to say his name on these forums without getting banned for a month. He'll be along shortly.
• SportsAndLady

  

  THE4RINGZ;1246224 wrote:The lack of protein in this cleanse makes it dangerous to follow for an extended period of time.

  Even 7 days?
• sleeper

  

  SportsAndLady;1246227 wrote:Even 7 days?

  7 days? That's 7 days too many without bacon.
• Barry Badrinath

  To the OP:
  
  Ever seen the documentary Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead? Pretty compelling. Makes me want to do a fruit and veggies cleanse myself for a couple days. Just to see how I would feel.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Barry Badrinath;1246230 wrote:To the OP:
  
  Ever seen the documentary Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead? Pretty compelling. Makes me want to do a fruit and veggies cleanse myself for a couple days. Just to see how I would feel.

  Never seen it...like I said, I'm not a big health guy; I don't really get into it. But I want to see if I can do this. Fuck it, why not?
  
  I have heard that a 2-3 day f&v cleanse is better than a 7 day...maybe I'll try that
• SportsAndLady

  

  sleeper;1246228 wrote:7 days? That's 7 days too many without bacon.

  Day 8:
  
  Lots and lots of bacon
• Curly J

  

  Fruits and Veggies are for poor people.
  

  sleeper;1246228 wrote:7 days? That's 7 days too many without bacon.

  REPS !!!
  
  I've never tried to cleanse. Not to sure I believe in it. (see I'm learning from Sleeper or at least taking notes or believed this before) A cleanse for me would probably be drinking a crap load of Miller Lites. I'm not sure after 7 years, of not having it, if my body could handle that stuff.
• rmolin73

  

  sleeper;1246226 wrote:I've never seen any peer-reviewed research on the subject, so I don't know. But we can go ahead and ask He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named; hopefully you know who that is because its against the rules to say his name on these forums without getting banned for a month. He'll be along shortly.

  Damn you sleeper to HELL! I have to rep you for that!
• tcarrier32

  

  SportsAndLady;1246223 wrote:But will I benefit from it at all?

  Yeah, sorry dude. A fruit and veggie cleanse isn't going to do anything magical for you. Any effects you feel are what is called the placebo effect.
  
  Not to make fun, but this is very "broscience"-ish, as sleeper so eloquently put it.
  
  If I convinced you mentally that skipping in place for fifteen seconds a day could make you feel better, and you started skipping for fifteen seconds day and started feeling better, it is because your mind genuinely believes it is helping, whether or not it benefits you physiologically.
  (sorry for all those commas)