Would You Do a Juice Cleanse to Boost Your Libido?

Good news if your answer is yes—there’s now a cleanse for that

Plenty of people do juice cleanses to drop pounds (not the smartest idea—just check out how your body reacts to a fruit juice cleanse). But now, there’s a cleanse that promises to improve your sex life, too: Heartbeet Juicery has introduced a new cleanse designed to give your libido a jolt.

The program—which costs $65 a day—contains six different juices, which vary depending on whether you buy the female version or the male one. Both sexes get super greens, citrus spirulina, spicy lemonade, and almond masala juices. On top of that, women get carrot and maca juices, while men get beet and avocado.

“These his and her cleanses are designed to stimulate your brain and body, increasing blood flow to the all the right places and giving your libido a boost,” reads Heartbeet Juicery’s product description. “Ingredients like cayenne, carrots, and beet juice help to increase sensations and get the blood flowing, while the healthy fats and proteins in avocados, maca, and almond milk will help increase your stamina.”

The company doesn’t specify how many days you should do the cleanse for optimal results. But if you’d rather not shell out $65 (and subsist on a liquid diet for at least a day), then we recommend you stick with these seven foods that boost your libido.

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Is Fruit Juice Any Healthier Than a Can of Soda?

O.J. and other natural juice drinks may not be as innocent as they seem

You've seen the beating soda has taken from nutritionists lately: Experts say the amount of sugar added to each can or bottle contributes to a higher risk of heart disease and diabetes (and also supplies empty calories that no one needs). Now, two U.K. researchers are making the case that even natural, no-sugar-added fruit juice is little more than a sugar delivery system that's almost as harmful as soda.

Writing in the journal Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, the researchers compared the nutritional stats of apple juice with those of a can of cola. About one cup of apple juice contains 110 calories and an eye-popping 26 grams of sugar. These calorie and sugar counts are almost identical to what you'd find in the same size serving of cola. The researchers also cited previous research linking regular consumption of grape juice to increased insulin resistance (a precursor to diabetes). This offsets any nutritional benefit offered by the vitamins and minerals in fruit juice, researchers wrote. 

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While no one is calling for an apple juice tax just yet, the researchers are suggesting that a cup of fruit juice no longer count as one of the five servings of fruits and vegetables you're supposed to take in each day. They also call for warning labels on fruit juice containers, which would clue consumers in to the high calorie and sugar counts. 

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