This is a YouTube video titled "Why juice cleanses are unhealthy for you." containing a monologue or talk recorded on December 30, 2024, discussing the health risks and misconceptions associated with juice cleanses, emphasizing the dangers of oxalates and advocating for traditional fasting methods. The content features a single speaker presenting their viewpoint on the topic.
Juice cleanses are the dumbest thing I've ever heard of in my entire life. You're getting a bunch of sugar and usually you're getting a huge amount of plant toxins. In fact, spinach and kale have so much oxalate in them that there's a case report of someone dying after a 10 day spinach kale juice cleanse. Your body can handle about 5 grams of oxalate a day. A large spinach kale smoothie with beets and almond juice can have one gram. You do five large smoothies a day. You're probably going to get kidney stones. There's nothing cleansing about it. You might as well just punch yourself in the kidney. You want to do a cleanse? There's a very old way of doing it. It's called a fast. You drink water every day with some salt in it until you're done. That's a cleanse. Take some activated charcoal. That's a cleanse. Juice cleanses. Just eat Twinkies. It's the same thing.
