At Chef V, we’re proud of our cold-blending process, designed to give you the best nutritional bang for your buck. But what exactly makes a blended juice cleanse the way to go? What differentiates a blended juice cleanse from all the rest? If you’re ever curious about the different ways that detox juices get made, then this blog is for you!
The Distinction of Detox Juices
For those of you new to the world of blended juice cleanses, you might not understand what all the hype is about. Isn’t juice just something you grab on your regular grocery store trips?
Store juice very often isn’t going to have much in the way of health benefits. In fact, it’s probably going to be a net loss for you to drink it. This is because most store juices are filled with sugars and artificial ingredients to get the flavor right. They often also have the nutritional content mostly removed during the processes that make them more shelf-stable. If you need to get sweet juice around the world, this kind of juice industry works well enough. But if you’re looking for proper detox juice, you’re going to have to look for fresher.
The Fresh Choice
The best detox juices are ones that you need to get delivered right to your front door. Fresh juice will keep a lot more of its nutritional content (and taste, of course). However, it comes with the downside that you can’t shlep it across the globe quite like the stuff that’s undergone complete pasteurization and has been packed with preservatives.
When it comes to fresh juice, you’ll tend to see most fall into two camps – blended juice cleanses and cold-pressed juice cleanses.
Cold-pressed juice cleanses work pretty much as it sounds. The fruits and vegetables are squeezed, and the juice is collected. Notably, most of the fiber is discarded. The idea behind this is that you’re getting more pure juice.
Some people like the thinner texture of pressed juice. But you have to understand that you’re leaving behind a ton of nutrients in the “discarded” parts of the fruits and vegetables. Some people argue that you lose nutrients during the blending process because of the “heat of the blades.” However, whatever loss or breakdown you’d get isn’t nearly as much as when you are throwing away the solid parts of the plant.
In particular, you lose a ton of fiber through pressing. Many people approaching a juice cleanse don’t give this a second thought. They get the idea that the less filling a juice is, the “healthier.”
Real talk – without a steady source of fiber during your juice cleanse, you’re probably not going to finish it. It’s incredibly challenging, and even unsafe, to try to go for something like a 21 day cleanse without getting the full scope of nutrients, fiber included. That’s why Chef V doesn’t just offer a blended juice cleanse – we also provide detox smoothies and detox soup.
The best programs for weight loss are the ones you can actually finish. Lack of nutritional content is the #1 reason you’re probably going to start feeling gross and end up bailing on a cleanse. There’s a reason that celery juice side effects like the infamous celery juice headache are so well known. Your body knows what it needs and will get cranky (and make you feel cranky) if it’s not getting all of it.
So if you’re getting green juice, make sure you’re getting it from a source that provides everything your digestive system needs. With Chef V, you can rest assured that no matter your cleanse, you’re getting the mix of fruits and veggies you need for all your nutrition needs.