(coughs)
- Ugh.
This challenge is over before it began for me.
(bouncy piano music)
- Hey, HealthNuts.
Welcome back to my channel.
My name is Nikole Goncalves
and today we are talkin' celery juice.
So, if you've been following me on Instagram,
and if you're not, you totally should @urhealthnut,
you can follow me here.
I basically documented a 30 day celery juice challenge.
This was just something fun that I was doing
and this was not like an all-day juice cleanse or anything.
This was just, like, me starting my day with celery juice.
And there's been so many rumors about celery juice
just like curing everything,
but I've actually known about celery juice
for quite a while.
I first discovered it from the Medical Medium,
which is Anthony William, I believe this is his name,
and I've been following him for years.
I feel like he's gotten very popular the last year,
but I've actually known about him years ago.
I'm gonna find like an old video
that I first talked about him,
because I am obsessed with his book.
I haven't read it for a while,
but I definitely wanna re-read it
and he talks about how amazing celery juice is for the body,
for the digestion, and just helping heal
certain digestive issues and things like that,
even with skin disorders and things like that.
So anyways, lots of things about celery juice
that you could probably Google
and you should totally read the Medical Medium
if you haven't already.
I will link it down below.
It is such a good book for an array
of different health issues
that maybe you've been suffering from
and you just want some more insight.
He kind of has a different approach,
so I will warn you a little bit,
but it's a really good read and I just think
what he's doing is really interesting
and I love following him.
And, fun fact, I actually had a consultation with him
years ago and apparently so did Kim Kardashian.
So I feel very cool.
It was not a cheap consultation
but it was really eye-opening and interesting
and maybe I can do a video on that.
So let me know.
Before we hop into the video, I want to remind you guys
that The HealthNut Cookbook
is available for pre-order right now.
It's so good, I love it, I can't wait for you guys to get it
and it's also on sale like everywhere right now
so it's like worth it to buy it ahead of time
'cause you're gonna save some money.
So, links down below, but yeah,
just wanted to give that a quick shout-out.
All right, so, celery juice challenge.
I started off really strong and I kind of documented
a few days of the challenge but it was,
I started off strong, there was a couple of mishaps
that happened along the way, which I'll talk about
throughout the video, but you can kinda
just watch my journey and see how we did.
Matt was gonna do it with me but you'll find out pretty soon
why he quickly dropped off, so let's roll the tape.
All right, so today is day one
of my 30 days of celery juice.
I grabbed a juicer from my brother last night.
I'm gonna borrow his because we don't have one yet
and I picked up a ton of celery.
I don't know why it was real expensive
at the grocery store today
but hopefully I can find it on sale next time.
But I grabbed a bunch
and we're gonna make some celery juice.
I just got back from the farmer's market.
Normally I'd want to do it first thing in the morning,
but we're slacking a little bit on the first day.
But it's okay, Matt says he's gonna join the challenge too
so I'm gonna make some extra, put it into jars
so I can have it already ready to go tomorrow
first thing in the morning.
Let's get juicin'.
So this is the juicer that my brother lent met.
It's a really good one, it's a masticating juicer
so what's good about it is that it doesn't actually
add any heat to the juice
so it doesn't break it down or destroy any enzymes.
It just crushes it to get the juice out.
So we're gonna use this to make our juice.
Next step, the celery.
You need a lot of celery
if you're gonna drink it every single day.
I should Google how much celery juice
you need to have in a day.
So I guess we're making six cups of celery juice
so Matt and I can each have three cups.
Mm, delicious.
(upbeat electronic music)
(celery crunching)
All right, just chopped up a second bundle.
Let's get juicin'.
Oh the second one definitely made more than, whoa.
Can we just talk about how green this looks?
Like, this has gotta be good for you.
Yep, that's celery juice.
Ooh!
Needs like lemon or something.
Do you have to drink it all at once?
Matt, you're not gonna like this.
- [Matt] No?
- No.
- That's a lot.
- Go big or go home.
I know.
(Matt laughs)
- Let's drink it!
- I'm not gonna chug it, I'm just gonna, ugh all day.
- Nu-uh, you have to drink before you eat anything.
- Oh my God, that's awful.
People drink that every day?
- Mm-hm.
- Ugh.
- Are you sure you wanna do this challenge with me?
- Maybe not.
That's a lot, like half a cup.
Maybe I could do but, yeah,
maybe we'll have to limit it to half a cup I'll have.
(coughs)
Ugh.
This challenge is over before it began for me.
Oh, it's so bad.
Oh my God.
- He's such a baby.
Even when I make you, like, those shots you whine about it.
- At least it's just like a quick shot.
This is like a whole glass, it's like torture.
You just sit there and like constantly--
- Maybe we could just do one cup a day.
- Ugh.
It's probably better 'cause celery
is apparently really expensive right now.
- Oh my God, it was so expensive.
- It's probably better that I don't drink it.
(Matt laughs)
- At the bottom it's pulpy.
- Cut.
- All right, day one completed.
(upbeat electronic music)
It's day four of drinking celery juice
and it doesn't taste any better.
(upbeat electronic music)
Ooh!
That's celery all right.
Cheers!
Good morning, happy juice day.
So this is after the first week so far
of my 30 days of celery juice.
So a little update, first off, totally
broke the juicer this morning.
I don't know what happened, there was a little piece to it,
and it's my brother's juicer that I've been borrowing
so I feel like, I don't know, I'm gonna need to buy
another juicer if I wanna continue this challenge.
So I may be looking on Amazon Prime today, I'm not sure.
But I wanted to give you guys an update
on what's been happening.
So my skin, which is something that I really wanted to see,
like, do I notice a difference in my skin?
I don't know, let me take my glasses off.
Now I'm blind.
I feel like my skin has been pretty good.
I had like a bit of a, couple little, like, whiteheads
last night that I was popping.
I know, don't pick your skin,
but they were, like, ready to go.
But my skin feels like pretty even skin-toned
like not really blotchy or too red
or anything so I'm liking that.
In terms of digestion, I friggin', TMI here,
I had some loose bowel movements.
I think it was like the third day going
into this juice challenge,
which some of you had actually messaged me
and said be prepared to like, poop your pants.
(laughs)
That did not happen, but I did notice my body
was like adjusting to the jelly,
jelly juice, the celery juice every day.
Other than that, I feel like my digestion
has been pretty good.
I will say, I usually do have, I'm very regular
and since I do drink a lot of liquids in the morning
I don't think my body's in shock
from doing the celery juice in conjunction
with my green smoothie and herbal coffee and stuff.
I feel like I haven't been as hungry in the morning.
I feel like I drink the celery juice
and then I actually have been having a lighter smoothie,
which I just realized now, while I'm saying this.
So, I've been drinking a lighter smoothie,
almost like a protein shake, and working out more,
and I haven't been crazy hungry.
Like, come lunch, I'm hungry,
but not any more than I used to.
So I don't know if it, like, curbs your appetite
by any means, but it is giving you a lot
of nutrients in a cup so maybe it's,
you know, filling you up
in some way and also extra liquid in the morning
is gonna fill you up.
Yeah, I think that's about it.
I don't have too much to, like I said,
my skin's like really clear right now.
I don't really get major breakouts anymore
but like I said, the skin tone evenness
is pretty good right now.
Looks nice and clear, and yeah.
It's not doing anything for my hair though.
(laughs)
So this is legit my morning hair right now.
But I'm gonna finish drinking this.
So what I've been doing is every morning when I juice,
I make enough for the next day as well.
So even though my juicer broke today,
I have enough for tomorrow.
But I'm gonna finish drinking this.
Like, look at the color.
Oh another thing I will say,
I will only be getting organic celery now
for this challenge.
The conventional one is so bitter.
Like, it was tasting nasty.
I was like, why, I don't remember celery juice
being this bitter 'cause, like, I used to drink celery juice
and I just don't remember it tasting like that.
So I found cheaper celery at Walmart.
It was like $3.48 or something,
and I'm gonna pick up some more today,
and it was organic.
So I'm gonna be getting my celery at Walmart
because other places have been like $6 or $7
for a bundle for non-organic.
So that's a little hack.
Go check out the budget-friendly stores
and look for their organic produce
because this tastes way better.
It doesn't have that, like, nasty, bitter taste.
I don't know what was up with those other celeries,
but I ain't drinking them anymore.
Ah, it's not bad, guys.
I'm getting used to it.
Getting used to the taste.
Maybe I'm just getting used to the bitterness, I don't know.
(upbeat guitar music)
Good morning.
So, as you guys know, my juicer broke the other day,
so what I did is, while I was at the health food store
the other day, I bought some celery juice.
Also, I'm kind of sick of juicing every morning.
I was just like, I'm gonna take a break
and buy a pre-made one.
So, thank you, health food store,
for pre-juicing the celery.
I think this might be enough for two days worth,
'cause I'm doing like two cups a day,
so I'm going to measure it,
but I'm gonna drink this today.
P.S. how cute do I look right now?
I know.
Clearly, celery juice is not helping my morning look.
But I'm gonna drink that, and then, I don't know,
I have to figure out the juicer situation.
I do have another juicer at my mom's that I could use.
It's not as good as the one that broke,
but I also just might wanna buy one.
I just don't know if I'll get one
in time to do this challenge.
So I'll use the other one that's at my mom's
but I have to go get it.
Also I'm so sore, I did BodyPump yesterday.
I'm going again today.
But yeah, just wanted to check in.
Okay, bye.
(juicer whirring)
(upbeat electronic music)
Good morning from me and my puffy hair.
I'm just, I just finished making some celery juice
and I'm gonna have that to start my day.
I'm back on the celery juice wagon.
I was off for a little bit, even though I was trying to do
30 days in a row, but the juicer broke.
And I was out of a juicer.
But, I got sent this awesome new juicer
that's also a masticating juicer,
meaning it crushes the produce
instead of like heating it up.
And let's taste to see what it tastes like.
It tastes like celery.
(laughs)
Ooh!
Oh my God, it's so strong.
I forgot how lovely this tasted in the morning.
Also how cool are my lemon pants?
I need some celery pants for this challenge.
So, just checking in and I don't even know what day this is
but I'm on the celery juice wagon again, like I said.
Yay.
Matt asked to try some.
- I'm just saying, seeing your facial expressions
on, like, how it tasted made me be like, oh, I gotta try it.
It's--
- [Nikole] It's better when you use organic.
- It's almost, like, better than the last time.
- [Nikole] Yeah.
- I feel like it doesn't taste as, like, celery.
- [Nikole] Well, last time we had conventional celery.
This is organic and there's definitely
a difference in taste. - Yeah.
Bottoms up.
- [Nikole] Yeah, thank you, thank you.
(laughs)
- [Matt] I feel better already.
- All right, so fast forward to now.
I actually didn't finish the 30 days of celery juice.
A lot of you guys were asking me
on Instagram how it was going.
So I think I got about three quarters of the way through.
But, let me tell you, it was hard.
I thought, like, drinking celery juice
every day was gonna get easier.
It is not the most refreshing thing
to have every single day.
I really prefer to have it mixed with other things,
like cucumber, a little bit of lemon juice.
But it is hard.
Unless you were actually trying to heal something specific,
it is hard to just implement as a natural daily thing,
I find, and I do a lot of things in my routine.
I do, like, lemon water, I meditate, I love green smoothies,
and I find those really easy because I enjoy doing them.
The celery juice, not so much.
And what I found, as you would have saw in the video,
is conventional celery tastes way different than organic.
So it's really interesting to see
the flavor differences between the two.
But also celery in general is really expensive right now,
probably because of this trend that's happening.
I know like my older sister who deals with a lot
of skin issues has been
on the celery juice kick right now
so I would love to kind of get some updates from her
on what's happening.
I personally noticed differences in my skin.
It was, like, less red and less puffy in the morning.
It was very, like, clear, and my skin tone was very even
without any makeup, which was really interesting.
And in terms of like, flushing out, I talked about this too
in the video, I think I noticed some, like, flushing
maybe after day three or four but it wasn't anything insane
and I said this, that it was probably because my body
is used to drinking a lot of liquids in the morning.
I find starting your day with mostly liquids
is a good way to, like, wake up your body,
get your digestive system going.
And in an average day I start my day with a glass of water,
lemon water, herbal coffee, and then a green smoothie.
Which seems like a lot of liquids, but I'm just used to it.
And yes, I pee a lot, but I also just feel
really hydrated and replenished in the morning.
So the celery juice was kind of just replacing some
of the water, or my lemon juice
that I was having in the morning,
or lemon water I was having in the morning.
But I did not stick with it, so I can't give you, like,
a full review but it was hard.
It was really hard.
I definitely noticed some differences.
Nothing life-changing by the end of it,
but like I said, I didn't do the full 30 days.
I do think I felt, you know, just like,
lighter and healthier throughout the day because I think
when you start your day with something
really good for you and nourishing,
it just kind of puts you on the right path to like,
wanting to go work out, wanting to eat nourishing foods,
and that's the same thing that goes for
when I drink my green smoothies.
So, if you guys did your own celery juice challenge
at any point or you're gonna do it,
leave me some comments down below.
What do you think of this crazy trend?
I think there could be a lot of benefits to it
if you are trying to heal something.
If you are just looking for upkeep and stuff,
I think having a celery juice here and there is great,
or a green smoothie.
I actually have a free green smoothie guide
that I'll link down below that you guys can grab
on how to make the perfect green smoothie,
because I feel like by now I'm an expert.
I drink them, like, every morning.
So I'm gonna try and find links to some good juicers
that I would recommend down below.
The second one that I got in this video
was actually gifted to me
from a friend of ours that actually
just started selling this juicer
and I think it's available on Amazon now.
So I'm really excited, it's such a good juicer,
and it's really compact and it fits on the counter
or just stores away easily.
So I'll try to find a link for that down below.
And as well as, like, the straws and stuff
and any other things I used in this video
'cause you guys always ask me.
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