Not Losing Weight On Juice Plus

You’re bound to have seen Facebook postings and ads by UK Juice Plus agents – but what’s this MLM diet all about?

WLR Site manager Laurence Beeken reports on the Juice Plus diet, how it works, and what it’s good (and bad) for, plus some WLR members chip in with their reviews.

The supplements are also sold alone and claim to ‘bridge the gap’ when your normal diet doesn’t provide the recommended 5 a day of fruits and vegetables.

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According to company literature, the Juice PLUS+ capsules and chewables are the “next best thing to fruit and vegetables” and contain 26 varieties. The company claims they are formulated to give you all the phytonutrients, vitamins and minerals that your body needs, that’s a big claim that’s not really verified.

“Nutrition is King” according to the welcome pack and you start with a pretty drastic two week detox plan. You follow this for 2 weeks to “cleanse your fat stores” and “rid your body of toxins”.

So it’s not a particularly healthy balance of nutrients - far too few carbs and far too much fat. The only positive thing is the amount of fruit and veg that it contains. The low calories are likely also to leave you very low on energy and are below what we would recommend.

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Although the detox recipes appear to be interesting and varied, we found that some are pretty vague - e.g. chicken pizza with parsnips chips; it turns out this is chicken breast covered in tomato puree and peppers (although still no clue to the parsnips chips).

When your 2 week detox is over, you eat your normal meals but replace 1 or 2 with a Juice Plus shake.

However, Juice Plus allows you to have ‘baby’ cheat days and ‘daddy’ cheat days after the initial 14 days detox, just in case you find the whole thing too restrictive.

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Now I have a problem with this straight away… Cheat is not a positive word and implies that your eating plan is rigid. The word itself implies that enjoying your meal is something that is forbidden, or against the rules – it has even been suggested that cheat days encourage overeating on those days as you try to make up for the preceding restrictive days.

The whole concept of cheat days is further complicated in the Juice Plus plan by breaking them down into Baby Cheat and Daddy Cheat days – so if you can’t cope with a small ‘cheat’ you can opt for a big ‘cheat’.

Then, Juice plus go on to restrict the ‘cheat’ - almost as though they have realized the error in their thinking and have attempted damage limitation. The cheat is time restricted, so for example, the baby cheat needs to be a snack that you can eat in 15 minutes - well I know people who can wolf down a whole meal in 15 minutes…

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Juice Plus also advise you to drink water and take a supplement capsule to limit ‘the damage’ of the cheat. In addition, you’re advised to only eat healthy food, not count calories or worry about portion size – it just gets too messy for my liking.

If you can follow the diet you will lose weight as it is essentially very low in calories. Whether you’ll be able to keep it up long enough to lose a significant amount of weight is questionable. The diet is very restrictive and not easy to fit into real life.

It’s also unlikely that Juice Plus will help with long term weight control, since you don’t really learn about how to eat healthily in a normal, sustainable and enjoyable way. (You need WLR to help you do that – you can try it free)

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Some WLR members have tried Juice Plus. A few even use the supplements, shakes or bars alongside WLR. Here’s what they have to say:

“I seem to have a plethora of friends on FB and some people at work who have all suddenly started doing/eating Juice Plus...

I've just had a look at their website (as I had no idea what it was) and it just seems to be like Slimfast (i.e. 2 shakes/soups a day, plus a balanced meal) - but it's £75 for 15 days worth of shakes/soups...

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I honestly can't believe that people will pay those kind of prices. I suppose it's the same as a lot of the fad-type diets - fast weight loss without the effort (until you have to start eating actual food again...)”

“I got rid of 3 stone last year using juice plus. It wasn't a deliberate choice. My marriage had broken down and I wasn't eating so juice plus was a good way of me having meals without having to think about it. When I came off it (I started missing food) I gained a stone back. I have chosen not to go back to it because I need to retrain my palette and learn the lessons for me gaining weight in the first place which meal replacements don't do. So Yes it works because you still follow calorie controlled programme but I personally wouldn't return to it. I do however still take the fruit and veg capsules because I am not a great fan of either so that way I get the nutrition from them. Hope that helps.”

“I lost 2 stone in 12 weeks in 2011 by eating a variety of foods, counting my calories and walking an average of 20 miles a week.

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There's no magic to Juice Plus, it's just an expensive way of controlling your calorie intake. As a hater of MLM companies I wouldn't touch it anyway.

“I went off plan for a couple of weeks due to lack of motivation etc. Then last week a friend of mine was raving about how great Juice Plus was! Well there was me thinking that would be great to kick start my weight loss again! So I spoke to the agent and found out the cost (blimey that stuff is expensive) and she told me how great it was and all the good things it can do for your body inside and out, and there I was thinking this is good I suffer from IBS and this stuff seems to sort it all out, and helps you lose weight.

Then another friend of mine posted this blogabout meal replacement diets!I am so glad I read it as the agent did not explain all the chemicals etc in it. I guess as a grown up I should have known but I was sucked in to thinking it was a great idea to do this. I am glad that I did read this blog first as it has made me realise that the only way I am gonna loss weight is by getting off my butt and exercising and eating healthy meals!

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“I know several people who have lost weight using shakes and this is just another variant on the same theme. All are now bigger than they were originally AND that includes someone who sat through Christmas dinner with her shake. I think they must lose a lot of muscle using that system.”

Successful weight loss is all about getting the balance right and adopting a healthy lifestyle. With WLR you don't go on a diet, you learn about healthy eating with the aid of our tools and resources.Juice Plus is a supplement made with concentrated dried fruits and vegetables meant to provide you with some of the same nutrients as fresh versions of these foods. While proponents claim that this supplement may have some health benefits, the manufacturer doesn't claim that Juice Plus is a weight-loss supplement. You're better off eating lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, whether or not you choose to use Juice Plus as a supplement.

Getting the recommended five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables each day can help you get sufficient amounts of vitamins and minerals, get enough fiber and fill up of low-calorie foods so you end up eating a diet lower in fat and calories. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that fruits and vegetables are helpful for losing weight because they are low in energy density, or calories per gram. What helps fill you up is the volume of food you eat, not the amount of calories, so eating more of these foods can help you eat less of the foods that are higher in calories while still feeling full.

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Juice Plus isn't likely to help with weight loss. Whole fruits and vegetables contain lots of water and fiber, which is what makes them filling and low in energy density. This is why they're helpful for people trying to lose weight. Juice Plus is mainly a vitamin and mineral supplement with little or no fiber, although it does contain food enzymes. These enzymes, however, will be destroyed during the digestive process and aren't likely to provide any real benefits.

Although Juice Plus isn't likely to improve weight loss, preliminary studies indicate it may have some health benefits. A study published in Skin Pharmacology and Physiology in 2012 found