Is a juice detox good for you?

THE MYTH: “Doing a juice detox cures you"

Every week there’s a new “miracle detox hack” blowing up online: celery juice first thing in the morning, 3-day water cleanses, powders with names you can’t pronounce.

The promises? Cure your fatigue, clear your skin, reset your gut overnight.

Sounds great. Except… it’s marketing. Not medicine.

THE REALITY: No one food can fix everything

Fad diets, detoxes and cleanses can do more harm than good as they are not science or evidence based and if you have an underlying condition, they can in fact create more problems than you started with.

Here's why...

- They’re built to sell, not to heal.

- Influencers and unqualified marketers know how to create hype, but they don’t know your biochemistry. What works for clicks rarely works for your body.

- They can make you worse.

Celery juice is a classic example - high in FODMAPs, it triggers bloating, diarrhoea, and discomfort in people with IBS or fructose malabsorption.

Juice “detoxes” spike blood sugar, crash your energy, and overload a liver that’s already working overtime.

THE ACTION STEP: Focus on the boring

When you’re chasing hacks, you’re not focusing on the boring-but-brilliant foundations of health: sleep, hydration, protein, fibre, movement. The things your body actually needs to detox.

- Drink 2 litres of filtered water a day with a squeeze of lemon for hydration. 

- Try to increase your intake of cruciferous veggies and quality protein
- Work on improving your sleep so you are getting a sound 8 hours a night.

Bottom line: Celebrity detoxes and juice cleanses are fads, not a health miracle or fix.