When life gives you lemons — don’t juice them! Juice cleanses are a short-term diet of only vegetable or fruit juices to detoxify the body, improve digestion and lose weight. Though they have become immensely popular,

New research found that a three-day “juice cleanse” wasn’t as beneficial for oral and gut microbiomes as eating a plant-based diet. Here's why.

Downing fruit and vegetable juice as a way of fasting, cleansing, or detoxing can unbalance the health-affecting bacteria in your gut and mouth, according to a new study. After only three days, there was an increase in bacteria responsible for inflammation and disease.

Even a 3-day juice cleanse can disrupt “good” bacteria in the mouth and gut, increasing the risk of inflammation.