Babalove, the detox and trendy diet

babasucco__editorial_object_720x600 There is nothing to do, juice cleansing is a dying trend that I find rather against. In my opinion there is nothing better than a nice diet of juices and centrifuged to get cold in the bones and let the metabolism drop to peak, yet detox is in fashion, and there are many people who literally beg me to recommend detox programs here in Italy.
After the article on Depuravita juices and soups, we see another company, Baba, terribly fashionable among my friends who know about detoxes, juices, centrifuged, natural supplements and the like, because they try them every year, usually always in this period, and obviously try to convert me. I just tell you that at the moment I eat twice as much and I’m always thin, yet there is nothing to be done, they try to convince me at all costs. The big limitation of the juicing diet, and the use of juices, smoothies, soups or natural supplements is one, but it’s as big as a house : juices and supplements are not natural. In nature there are no bottles of juice, there are fruits and vegetables in their natural form. With fibers. Which help the body detoxify, in fact. And to regularize

Although these companies can count on good quality ingredients, one thing is to eat a whole apple, another the juice. Not to mention the incredible difference between eating a raw carrot or grapefruit and drinking the juice instead. The fiber of these vegetables, beneficial and essential for our health, is not the same in any form, and the liquid version is the poor relative of every vegetable. It lacks fiber.
And fibers are very important allies for proper liver function. A fiber-free diet is a poor diet, and the only way to get fiber properly is through foods that naturally contain it. Not only.
The fructose contained in fruit is toxic without the fiber, vitamins and minerals of the fruit itself. The liquid form, or juice, has a higher glycemic index due to fructose, but is weakened by the absence of fiber: so it can do us more harm than good.
My friends detoxified by these drinks say they feel light for a few days and invigorated, some lose weight: all in a short time. Then the magical effect disappears, while our metabolism worsens and indeed it would be much better with a baked potato sprinkled with melted cheese and a cup of ice cream than with mash. If the detox makes you feel clean and light and the baked potato with cheese and ice cream makes you feel bloated, full to bursting and fatter, your problem is not doing the detox diet, but raising your metabolism. Detox is just a patch in a boat full of holes, just as any diet done without a criterion would be. Having said that, I realize that detox is the new gluten free: a business destined to rise in Italy as well.
But let’s talk about Baba, finally. They are honest in saying that what they offer with juicing is a detox program, not a weight loss program. However, there is also the section dedicated to supplements, which as always I strongly advise against no ifs and buts. Let’s go back to Baba juices.
Their juices are without preservatives, from quality fruit and vegetables, obtained with cold pressing. Being made from fresh products, they cannot be stored for too long. The detox program that Baba offers is one, three or five days.
Six bottles of juice are available for each day: one bottle every 2-3 hours, and in theory you shouldn’t eat. Among the proposals there is also the famous Master Cleanse, or that juice based on lemon juice, agave syrup and cayenne pepper that is the protagonist of the famous Master Cleanse diet I talked about here. The cost is similar to that of Depuravita, but more advantageous. 60 euros per day for the complete and daily pack of the six juices. In short, depending on the type of diet, we will spend between 60 and 300 euros.