Your friends are all doing it, the 3-5 day (or more) juice fasts that are all the rave, but is it healthy to do? Or effective for your goals in the long run? In this post I want to address the pros and cons and let you decide whether you should think twice about downing yours.
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(How do you think they get this beef to look so tasty?)
We’ve got a growing epidemic in this country that you may not know about. It almost always flies under the radar and preys on unassuming consumers like yourself. I have been a victim of it at many times in my past and am now doing everything thing I can to avoid it at all cost.
What is it?
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And you thought fried food wasn’t healthy? Fried foods have definitely gotten a bad wrap but as many know them, rightfully so. Most are heavily battered in some glutenous concoction and cooked in unhealthy vegetable oils (or even trans fats) that I wouldn’t recommend anyone consume. By making a few simple tweaks like changing to a healthy oil like coconut and leaving the plantains untouched by batter we can take a once demonized food and turn it into a glorious nutritional powerhouse! Plantains are loaded with vitamins A, B, C and fiber as well as ample amounts of potassium and other essential minerals. Coconut oil has healthy saturated fats as well as high amounts of lauric acid, mother natures anti viral/ anti microbial.
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