Before and After

If you've ever considered a juice (or not- just -juice) cleanse, there are actually lots of things to think about before deciding to go for it. And, speaking as someone who has tried out plenty of cleanses before (and is, in fact, logging day three of a just-juice cleanse right now—what can I say? I like guinea-pigging when it comes to writing about health!), these tips from Marissa Vicario, a board-certified health coach and healthy-living expert (who helms Marissa's Well-Being and Health blog) are especially interesting. 1: Why do you want to do it?  Before you decide to embark on a cleanse, says Marissa, give some good thought as to  why  you want to. "Hopefully, it's not because it's trendy or all your friends are doing it," she says. "If you want to drop 10 pounds fast for an upcoming vacation or 'undo' drinking and sugar binges, you'd be better off consistently exercising and sensibly cleaning up your diet for long-term weight loss and h

  One of my favorite types of posts to write here on LaurenConrad.com are  Detox Diary  posts: a self-conducted experiment where I try a new trend in the health world and see how it works for myself. I’ve blogged about my experience with doing a  juice cleanse , trying oil pulling, and  detoxing from the inside out , too. And today, I’m here to tell you all about the “skin cleanse” I’ve been on for the last two weeks. With my New Year’s resolutions still going strong, I felt like this was the perfect time to start my detox. So, I enlisted the help of Team LC’s friend and nutritionist  Kelly LeVeque , who gave me a detailed set of guidelines and rules to follow during this skin cleanse. I can proudly say that I just completed this two-week experiment, and the results are pretty fascinating. Mind you, I take my health pretty seriously, eating as healthy as I can and going to the gym regularly. But even for someone who’s already healthy, this cleanse still yields some impressive results.