Orange, are you glad you didn’t try this at home?
Anne Osbourne, from Queensland, Australia, said she drank orange juice for 40 days straight and never felt healthier, USA Today reported.
Osbourne, who goes by @fruitisbeaut on Instagram, posts content on her page about her experience with fruitarianism, an all-fruit diet.
Health experts have complained that the diet is based on sour grapes when it comes to meeting a person’s nutritional benefits or daily calorie intake, but that hasn’t stopped people like Osbourne to give it a try.
“It was a wonderful experience. I felt emotional, physical and spiritual benefits,” Osbourne told her Instagram followers about her 40-day orange juice cleanse, which she did during the Christian holiday of Lent. She said that during the juice fast she was able to go “inward” while having “great physical health, great energy and great well-being.”
The Post has contacted Osbourne for additional comment.
Commenters under her video congratulated her on her 40 Days of Citrus and asked her about her process.
“It’s great to see you again!
Do you use a juicer or squeeze them by hand? » said one person.
“Thank you so much
. I use an old manual juicer from 1966! XX
“Osbourne replied.
“How much juice did you drink each day?” » Another asked him.
“Between 1 and 1.5 liters most days XX
Osbourne replied.
“You are so inspiring! I just completed a 40 day juice fast also for Lent and experienced the same benefits you described.
said another.
Experts agree that orange juice has some health benefits and is rich in vitamin C, which is good for the immune system, the heart and promotes collagen production.
It’s also an antioxidant that protects your cells against free radicals, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Because the body doesn’t naturally produce vitamin C, people must get it through their diet, but you can get too much, experts warn.
According to Mount Sinai, having 2,000 mg or more of vitamin C could cause health problems like kidney stones or gastrointestinal upset.
Osbourne says she sometimes drinks 5 liters of orange juice a day, which equates to about 2,620.6 mg, according to Google calculations.
Drinking juice, which can be high in sugar, also doesn’t have as many benefits as eating whole fruit.
“All juices are generally devoid of their beneficial fiber which helps slow the absorption of sugars and lower the glycemic index,” registered dietitian Abbey Sharp told USA Today.
“Orange juice, even if it’s unsweetened, can cause blood sugar spikes,” she added.
Sharp said healthier juices with higher fiber content will still contain some pulp.
Another potential danger of drinking too much orange juice is that oranges are a citrus fruit that is high in acidity. Acidity can damage tooth enamel and cause acid reflux.
Juice diets that lack calories found in solid foods could also lead to starvation or even death.
Russian vegan raw food influencer Zhanna Samsonova died of starvation at age 39.
She said her diet consisted only of fruits, sprouted sunflower seeds, fruit smoothies and fruit juices.
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