I like detox drinks. I love the idea that if you drink a few each day, you’ll be able to make a living off of what you would otherwise be eating.
The problem is that many people are eating far too many of these things, and not realizing it. While I believe that a diet is always better than deprivation, one has to realize that the body can only handle so much caffeine or alcohol at once before it becomes a problem. When you get dehydrated, you can only take so much of that alcohol.
The body doesn’t stop eating. I’ve seen many people I know die from alcohol poisoning. They don’t drink it, but they can’t stop.
The whole foods detox drinks are made with various natural ingredients and contain over 80 vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. They are also packed with some of the most fiber you can find. The problem is that many people are using them incorrectly. Instead of actually eating whole foods, they are getting high amounts of sugar and alcohol in their drinks. This is because these drinks are made with a simple chemical recipe: extract the fiber from whole grains.
It’s a common practice to simply add sugar to drinks, but that can lead to serious health issues like sugarcraze, which can be passed from one person to another by sharing a drink. Even if you get only a few sips of your drink, that’s enough for a person to get sick. And that’s if they’re even drinking whole foods in the first place.
Whole foods doesn’t have to be high in sugar or alcohol to be a problem. The thing is, a diet high in fiber can still be very high in sugar (and alcohol). For starters, whole foods like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains can have lots of vitamins and minerals that aren’t found in the processed food that is often so high in sugar that the whole foods are, in fact, high in sugar.
Whole Foods, like fruits, vegetables, and grains, are all foods that have naturally occurring nutrients. Like vitamins, minerals, antioxidants (aka phytonutrients), omega-3s, and other natural substances that can be found in real foods. In fact, a recent study shows that the nutrient values in whole foods are just as high as the ones in fruits and vegetables.
So, if you eat fresh foods and they taste great, then how can you say that whole foods don’t taste great? But if you eat processed foods and they are high in sugar, then how can you say that whole foods don’t have high sugar content? If you want to know, google is your friend.
I’m certainly not trying to be a downer when I say that whole foods are better for you than processed foods. That being said, I do think that we should all eat a lot of vegetables and fruits. As we age, our bodies naturally produce less of them. I’m also not saying that we should never eat processed foods. In fact, I would encourage you to go to the grocery store and buy your food in a whole food form.
This is especially true for those of us with chronic disease. We should try to eat a lot of whole foods, because processed foods are filled with highly processed ingredients (like grains and chemicals) and it is much easier to lose your appetite than it is to gain it back. When you eat a lot of whole foods, your body is constantly using the nutrients from the foods you eat to help maintain the health of your cells and your body.
