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Advocare Cleanse

mcginn0425

By mcginn0425, in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

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mcginn0425    48

mcginn0425
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Has anyone tried the Advocare 10 day cleanse since having surgery??

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BLERDgirl    6,417

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When were you sleeved?

I personally don't believe in cleanses. That's what your liver and kidney do. I can understand people wanting to take a break from eating junk after the holiday's but just cut out the junk and eat some fruit and veg, preferably raw. I can't imagine anyone newly sleeved needing a cleanse. You just cut out most of your tummy, again what's left to cleanse?

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Elode    8,093

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@@mcginn0425 No but if you do let us know how it goes. I wanted to do a gallbladder cleanse (because I don't want to have to go through another surgery) but I don't know it that stuff really works Or not.

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mcginn0425    48

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I'm 11 months out, so just wanting to try something different to maybe kick start my losing again. It takes me 2 or 3 weeks to lose 1 pound most of the time now.

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BLERDgirl    6,417

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You could probably do that by replacing 1 meal with a Protein Shake and eating clean.

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BitterSweet*    835

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I'm a believer in cleanses because I've seen a lot of nasty stuff as a nurse. A clean, raw diet is indeed the best practice, especially if you can do it for a while. I've done an intestinal cleanse a couple of times because I had too much accumulated and sedentary waste from years of poor eating.

I've done homemade juice cleanses with raw fruits and veggies and those worked great, but I wasn't mindful of my Protein intake and suffered hair loss as a result. The last juice cleanse I did was for 7 days and I lost about 12-13 lbs. I did not gain the weight back once I began eating food again, and the cleanse was done with my doctor's knowlege and blessing.

A cleanse is not something I would do without consulting my surgeon and nutritionist; just to be on the safe side. Colon cleanses can be quite harsh on the GI system and many of the recipes for homemade juice cleanses (like the ones I've done) contain a lot of sugar - albeit natural, and they lack Protein (which is a no no after having a VSG); Fiber is also lost in the juicing process.

I don't know if this helps at all. Sorry but I'm not familiar with "Advocare Cleanses".

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Delgado2000    0

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On 1/11/2015 at 3:48 PM, mcginn0425 said:

Has anyone tried the Advocare 10 day cleanse since having surgery??

mcginn0425, did you try the Advocare cleanse? I just ordered mine. I'm 6 years post gastric sleeve.

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