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HEALTH&FITNESS
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April15
By Amy Brook-Partridge;
photography by Emily Cornelius
With 28 juice cleanse companies
currently in Singapore, and so
many home-juicing systems
to choose from, I didn’t know
where to star t. So I asked
American owner and chef
at juice cleanse company
Rejuicenate, CHRISTOPHER
REMALEY, about the benefits,
and embarked on my first juice
cleanse to find out for myself.
How did you get into juice
cleansing, and why?
While living in New York, I’d been a
private chef for families, including
celebrities such as Bruce Springsteen
and Robert De Niro and his family. I
Liquid Diet
was travelling so much for the job and
was always on call. The long working
hours just wore me out. I wasn’t taking
care of myself, I wasn’t exercising and
I was constantly eating on the go. So I
reached out to a nutritionist friend.
She wanted to change my diet; but
first she suggested a juice cleanse to
help change my relationship with food,
and I had the most powerful experience
with it. After the cleanse I started
drinking herbal tea instead of coffee,
and eating fruit instead of chips, and my
brain just kind of switched.
It’s not a weight-loss solution, although
I have lost weight and I feel fantastic. I
personally drink the juice all day long
until dinner, and then I have a full meal.
It’s been really awesome for me: my
energy is great and I sleep better.