Will Drinking Celery Juice Help You Lose Weight?
"I strongly discourage this practice as an unhealthy, short-term fix for weight loss," Rachel Fine, MS, RD, CSSD, CDN, owner of To the Pointe Nutrition, told POPSUGAR. Although you may lose some weight in the short-term, Rachel explained that there is a "vulnerability to increased weight gain later on." When it comes to other claims, such as sleeping better and glowing skin, Rachel said, "I would also discourage the use of celery juice as an end-all cure for all potential ailments."
Shana Spence, MS, RDN, CDN, owner of The Nutrition Tea, agrees. She told POPSUGAR, "Celery juice can help you lose weight, but the results will not sustain." Weight loss may occur when you consume fewer calories, such as with juicing, Shana said. "However, it is unfortunately not sustainable in the long run." Shana explained that replacing a meal with celery juice "will still leave your body craving the eating sensation we get from chewing food, just like we miss this sensation with any other juice cleanse." Not to mention, you may be losing most of the fibre (high-fibre foods can aid in weight loss) when you consume it in the form of juice.
Can you potentially lose weight drinking celery juice? Yes, but it will more than likely be short-term weight loss. Will drinking celery juice help you lose weight for the long-term? According to these experts, no, drinking celery juice will not help you lose weight in the long-term. We aren't telling you to pour out the glass of celery juice that took 20 minutes to make. If you like the taste of celery juice and if it makes you feel good about your health, don't stop what you're doing. But if you're drinking it with the goal of losing weight, you may want to try something more effective that will produce long-term results.