Press: MSN Healthy Living | 10 tips for doing a juice cleanse healthily

If you’re planning or contemplating the idea of doing a juice cleanse (or if you’re in the middle of one 😉 you should def check out this cool article published by MSN Healthy Living, “10 tips for doing a juice cleanse healthily“.

Being referred to as a “juice cleanse superstar” is beyond flattering but that’s hardly the reason why I highly recommend you give this write-up a read. It’s loaded with helpful tips. I especially like its overall balanced and pragmatic approach and the fact that it addresses many important aspects of juicing and cleansing including proper preparation, exercise, self love and support as well as key detox support protocols I swear by including dry skin brushing, oil pulling, bentonite clay masks and my fave detox support supplements.

On the subject of supplements, generally speaking I have to say I’m not a big proponent. I only use and recommend two plant-based detox support items: psillium husk and cascara sagrada in addition to bentonite clay. I discuss this in more details in the post referenced in the MSN Healthy Living article: “Juicing Q&A: How to help the liver & colon eliminate more effectively?“. The necessity for supplementation for vegans (or lack thereof) is a highly controversial topic and Vitamin B12 supplementation especially is a heated debate. As you now know, I’m not one to particularly care to jump on the controversial bandwagon or attempt to convince others to do as I do. I only care to share my own experience in an effort to encourage you to take things into your own hands and discover your own truths.

Personally I don’t buy fear-based generalized statements of any kind. I’ve been thriving on a vegan lifestyle for most of my life and on a raw vegan lifestyle for 7-8 years without the need and/or desire to take any “supplements” other than the ones mentioned above. As I’ve said before, I do incorporate into my “diet” a handful of superfoods such as bee products (bee pollen and royal jelly especially), sea vegetables and spirulina. And that’s pretty much it. Vitamin supplements (especially in synthetic form) aren’t something I personally choose to intake.