Stop Drinking Celery Juice. Here's Why.

drinking celery juice is probably a terrible idea for many people today now you might have seen this video of the medical medium or you might have seen one of thousands of YouTube videos or news articles claiming that by drinking 50 60 70 80 ounces of celery juice a day you can reverse all of the issues that you have and it is the Panacea of the ages now for some people no doubt about it this may help and I'm all for eating more vegetables but I'm shooting this video for you the person who drank 50 ounces of celery juice and you know you feel much worse so let's jump in and let's talk about who should and who shouldn't hey guys I'm Dr Alex hin doctor of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine and author of the health book master of the day now what is actually medicinal in celery juice why has this become such a fan where people are drinking dozens and dozens of ounces of this as opposed to being a lot more sensible and just eating celery in their food we're just eating more vegetables now a lot of this comes from the medical medium who has a book and it has celery on the front and for some reason the internet has taken this by storm or celery has taken the Internet by storm and people are thinking that this is the thing that will reverse my chronic health problems now look celery juice really does have health benefits but let's jump into literature and I want to show you what some of those benefits are now in one particular study here this first research paper is called a review of the antioxidant activity of celery and what the researchers found was that celery has certain chemicals like for example flavonoids common in fruits and vegetables and vitamins A and C so certain compounds in the celery like flavonoids that are common in fruits and veggies as well as vitamins A and C are the reason why celery is a commonly used traditional medicine plant at least certainly in India now in particular flavonoids which are widely spread in plants have antioxidant effects that have been investigated in many studies such as coronary heart disease diabetes and also cancer now in another study which is called The Beneficial effects of celery on metabolic syndrome a review of the existing evidences now in this research paper the researchers found that the phytochemicals in celery actually decrease the activity of these proinflammatory cyto kindes meaning it prevents and decreases inflammation now the flavonoids also suppress cardiovascular inflammation oxidative stress and inflammation in the bloodstream are the main risk factors in increased cardiovascular disease especially atherosclerosis so look I live in America where cardiovascular issues are the number one cause of death I think among men and women so something like this that can maybe help with the inflammation and maybe decrease some of those risk factors of course would be beneficial but is drinking 60 o of celery juice going to be the big thing or the biggest thing that has that effect in your body no it won't let's talk about who is harmed by drinking 60 o of celery juice because I'll never forget I had a guy come into my practice recently in the last year or two and he said you know I was reading up all about celery juice and the celery juice cleanse now the reason I'm in your office is because I was drinking 50 or 60 ounces of celery juice per day and I was getting severe bloating severe diarrhea severe abdominal cramping and abdominal pain and now after doing it for weeks I have no appetite I have abdominal pain and cramping with almost every meal and I haven't had a solid bowel movement in 6 months this video is for you that kind of person because lots of people will get worse doing this kind of cleanse so let's go to traditional Chinese medicine which is what I practice within TCM foods and herbs and minerals medications all have what's called a temperature quality so we say things are either the chi which is basically temperature or the Whey which is the flavor now when we talk about celery juice it is very cold because raw vegetables and raw foods are considered very very cold now the problem is you would want to use this for people who have issues due to heat and one of the most common issues we see is what we call stomach heat people with stomach heat tend to be let's say red in the face they tend towards acid reflux indigestion that kind of thing high blood pressure high cholesterol High lipids all of that these people sure will benefit from having more veggies and more raw veggies in their diet but the specific somatotype that tends to be harmed from this is what we call people prone to spleen Chi deficiency these people basically have issues with low enzymes and often low stomach acid and what happens is because they're also prone to sibo and fungal issues like candida and yeast they are already prone to low appetite bloating loose stools that kind of thing so what happens when you throw a block of ice into a gut that's like a block of ice you get stasis you get stagnation if you look at a leaf Frozen in the winter if the wind blows it's like this right and then if you look at a leaf that's thawed when the wind is blowing in the summer it's smooth the same thing happens in your body where there is stagnation that is where issues come from and look at cardiovascular disease strokes and heart attacks when the flow of blood is blocked off for a period of time it causes a stroke or causes a heart attack that can kill you or can paralyze you for life in the same way in the gut for a lot of people cold and raw vegetables are contraindicated meaning do not have a lot of cold and raw vegetables celery juice being one of the coldest for a certain constitutional type now one research paper here really outlines the core pattern of this spleen she deficient certain genetic type this paper is called the current concept of spleen stomach Theory and spleen deficiency syndrome in TCM and they say the diagnostic criteria in common are poor appetite abdominal fullness after a meal loose bowel movements pale or salow complexion and fatigue athenia atrophied muscle and pale tongue with a thin white coating so celery very cold substances will improve conditions due to heat and TCM like people eating a standard American diet with lots of reflux and indigestion and bad breath and high blood sugar cholesterol but will worsen people with what I just shared and that is dangerous because lots of people come in with this spleen Chi deficiency syndrome not enough enzymes low stomach acid sibo candida yeast one of the most common condition today I see I've also put together a guide which is 4D the rituals that can help you add years to your life with traditional Chinese medicine so it's how to heal with TCM it's the first link below this video and also I'm taking on new patients in my practice in Los Angeles or virtually via tele medicine so you can reach out and contact my private practice right below this video all right guys my two cents on celery juice from the point of view of a TCM doctor before you go I also have a related video on this topic right up here