Think your juice cleanse is making you healthier? A new study suggests it might be doing the opposite. The study, recently published in the journal Nutrients, found that a vegetable and fruit juice-only diet—even for just three days—can trigger shifts in gut and oral bacteria linked to inflammation and cognitive decline.
In the study, Northwestern University scientists studied three groups of healthy adults. One group consumed only juice, another had juice with whole foods, and a third ate only whole plant-based foods. The juice-only group showed the most significant increase in bacteria associated with inflammation and gut permeability, while the plant-based whole food group saw more favorable microbial changes. The juice-plus-food group had some bacterial shifts but less severe than the juice-only group.
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