Juice plus diet
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People on here need to stop being "mean girls" and bullies and support other people's weight loss choices.
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tonkacrew3 wrote: »People on here need to stop being "mean girls" and bullies and support other people's weight loss choices.
Not when they are unhealthy choices.4 -
You need to gain knowledge about others choices before you judge. Juice Plus is a FOOD SUPPLEMENT not intended to replace healthy eating, but to help add to an already healthy diet. Some use it as a supplement to juicing as well to make sure that they are getting healthier results. It changes your whole view of eating and makes you even crave fruits and veggies. It cannot even be qualified as a "supplement" because it is made with nothing but fruits and vegetables.
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tonkacrew3 wrote: »You need to gain knowledge about others choices before you judge. Juice Plus is a FOOD SUPPLEMENT not intended to replace healthy eating, but to help add to an already healthy diet. Some use it as a supplement to juicing as well to make sure that they are getting healthier results. It changes your whole view of eating and makes you even crave fruits and veggies. It cannot even be qualified as a "supplement" because it is made with nothing but fruits and vegetables.
I'll just eat my fruits and vegetables. Keeps me feeling full longer, and it's cheaper.
If it works for you, that's great, but it's definitely not necessary as a diet, and in and of itself does not cause weight loss; a calorie deficit does that.7 -
Ok so a lot of negativity about juice plus on here.
I would just like to note that I am eating solid food twice a day. Calorie controlled clean meals with no processed products or Enumbers.
My calorie intake is around 1200 a day which is sufficient and I'm also hitting all my recommend vitamin intake.
For those of you with kind words thank you
You are hitting recommended vitamins....good
Are you hitting recommended fat goals.....you know the macro that helps your body absorb those vitamins (as well as other vital bodily functions).
Are you hitting recommended protein goals.....the macro that helps your maintain existing lean muscle mass (as well as other vital bodily functions).
Are you hitting recommended fiber goals.....this helps digestions, cholesterol and blood sugar levels (as well as other vital bodily functions).
These are simplistic examples, but good nutrition is sooooooo much more than vitamins. But of course, the thing juice diets focus on is vitamins, because with juices you extract out the fiber, and fruit generally contains little protein or fat.0 -
Why would you pay a monthly fee to have dehydrated encapsulized fruits and vegetables auto-shipped to you? I eat plenty of actual fruits and vegetables and I don't pay that much.7
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I did Juice Plus, loved how easy it was (tempting with a busy lifestyle), lost loads of weight really fast and looked and felt great. Now 18 months later I'm back, having put all the weight back on (and more) and so I'm doing it properly this time. The JP plan just didn't teach me how to eat better, make healthier choices and live a healthier lifestyle (including exercising regularly) and I do suspect it messed up my metabolism, hence the extra weight gain as soon as I came off the shakes. I've heard similar stories from others who have used it too. Short term it appears awesome, but you have to consider the long term picture.3
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The dehydrated fruits and vegetables are to add to what a person already consumes. I don't think many of us on this sight could actually say that they consume the recommended daily allowance of fruits and vegetables. Especially kids. This is food, intended to add to the healthy diet someone is already on. Being ion it for 3 months initially, helped kick start my healthy eating habits. It made me crave eating healthier than I Already was. Is it a miracle cure? No. Will it help establish good eating habits? Yes. And while the healthier eating habits are taking effect, your body is receiving a better amount of nutrition than it would have otherwise not had.0
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The kick start I received from JP allowed me to now be on a healthy, clean eating regime. I researched and found the clean eating plan I wanted to continue with. I never did do the shakes though. I only used the capsules and researched how to change my whole lifestyle.-2
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tonkacrew3 wrote: »The dehydrated fruits and vegetables are to add to what a person already consumes. I don't think many of us on this sight could actually say that they consume the recommended daily allowance of fruits and vegetables. Especially kids. This is food, intended to add to the healthy diet someone is already on. Being ion it for 3 months initially, helped kick start my healthy eating habits. It made me crave eating healthier than I Already was. Is it a miracle cure? No. Will it help establish good eating habits? Yes. And while the healthier eating habits are taking effect, your body is receiving a better amount of nutrition than it would have otherwise not had.
Taking a pill establishes good eating habits (?). Sorry but I don't buy it. Taking a pill for the vast majority of users (my guess) .....is a substitute for eating healthy, or at least that's what they tell themselves. I can eat garbage because I took my veggie pill.
Juicing takes out FIBER. Why would I want to take fiber out?11 -
tonkacrew3 wrote: »The dehydrated fruits and vegetables are to add to what a person already consumes. I don't think many of us on this sight could actually say that they consume the recommended daily allowance of fruits and vegetables. Especially kids. This is food, intended to add to the healthy diet someone is already on. Being ion it for 3 months initially, helped kick start my healthy eating habits. It made me crave eating healthier than I Already was. Is it a miracle cure? No. Will it help establish good eating habits? Yes. And while the healthier eating habits are taking effect, your body is receiving a better amount of nutrition than it would have otherwise not had.
Taking a pill establishes good eating habits (?). Sorry but I don't buy it. Taking a pill for the vast majority of users (my guess) .....is a substitute for eating healthy, or at least that's what they tell themselves. I can eat garbage because I took my veggie pill.
Juicing takes out FIBER. Why would I want to take fiber out?
Agreed. I got better eating habits by changing the foods I eat; no supplement required.
I found out through these forums, that apparently I'm strange. A serving of broccoli with my dinner is 200-300g of broccoli. That alone is 3.5 "servings" of vegetables, and not the only fruit and vegetables I have throughout the day.
It's not like a pill is required to get there.7 -
I didn't take fiber out when I was on it. I ate fruits and veggies. Research before making judgements, please.0
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I always feel sad when I think about how much money I wasted throughout my life on various slimming products/diets and detoxes. Must be in the hundreds of pounds
Then I found MFP
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tonkacrew3 wrote: »I didn't take fiber out when I was on it. I ate fruits and veggies. Research before making judgements, please.
no one said you took fiber out. when you juice it takes fiber out. therefore the juice plus doenst have the fiber in it that whole fruits and veggies would. A lot of people have done research on these products before considering them,which is probably why they are against them.5 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »So eliminated "processed" foods but is using highly processed Juice Plus+ products? Seems legit.
Heh, so true. Like I said before, if one wants the benefits of fruits and vegetables, there's always the option of, I dunno, eating fruits and vegetables.
For some people increasing your daily intake of fruit and veg is not feesable, it's expensive and some peoples bodies can not process the amount of fruit and veg your body actually needs. Things like juiceplus gives people the oppitunity to put so,e nutrients in their body which they may not be able to do just by eating fruit and veg.
I have a hard time believing buying fruits and vegetables is more expensive than buying Juice Plus but am willing to be convinced - throw some numbers at me?
What do you mean by "some peoples bodies can not process the amount of fruit and veg your body actually needs"?5 -
Juice plus has been a lifesaver for me throughout my illness, I'm very skeptical about these sorts of diet plans, but I never used it to loose weight, I used to give my body the nutrients and proteins it needs that I am not able to give it. My results are fantastic and I can not recommend it enough, although I'm not sure if you could stay on it long term them support network of your reps and others using it really motivates you to stay on track which promotes effective Weightloss and the ability to maintain your weight. It doesn't break the bank and it's cheaper then weight watchers, slimming world and herbalife.
There are ZERO grams of protein in this product, per images of the label. Perhaps you mean Juice Plus+ Complete, which has added protein powder (which can be bought at a minimal cost elsewhere).3 -
CiaraCatch wrote: »You know she said she's drinking juice once a day, and two meals, yes? That's easily sustainable and she's likely learning about real food too.
Cheers Ciara at least one of you on here is not a troll.
People that hang around on weight loss support groups I thought were meant to be well you know supportive of there fellow weight lossers. Instead I'm being kicked around the playground for using the work 'detox'
Well maybe I should have been a little clearer about my 'Detox' I have IBS and Intolerance to wheat and dairy and still eat them as I love cheese and bread.
So my detox was
No wheat
No dairy
No alcohol
No processes food contains words I can not pronounce or containing Enumbers
No process sugars
Ow silly me for not realising that cutting this produces from my diet was a bad thing, that eating clean and fresh foods for two weeks means being stupid about how I diet
I know what you mean by "processed foods" but as technically when I pick a strawberry from my garden and throw it in the freezer I have processed it, on MFP I use the term Ultra Processed Foods and refer to the Brazilian definition. http://189.28.128.100/dab/docs/portaldab/publicacoes/guia_alimentar_populacao_ingles.pdf
Saves on arguments about semantics.0 -
OP - I am not familiar with juice plus so forgive my ignorance.
My husband and I juice every weekday morning before work (kale, carrots, beets, apples, pineapple) as a suppliment to nutrition. We've been doing it for a couple of years and I can't believe how our blood work had improved. This has nothing to do with weightloss, just want to get additional nutrients from foods instead of taking vitamin suppliments. A 12oz glass of juice is around 200 calories and worth it in my opinion. I usually ha an 8 oz glass of kiefer with it for the fat (I'm allergic to several types of dairy, strangely, keifer is not one of them). Once you're done with your program why not just invest in a cold press juicer and make your own? It's a $200 investment that you can use for years to come, and it does benefit the health. Congratulations on beginning your lifestyle change and good luck!4 -
I think too much importance is being placed on the brand name of the diet, personally I think any diet with a brand name is a waste of money where a simple cutting of calories under your own guidance will do. But I don't think she has actually said she believed in the term detox? That is just the name of this thing she is doing, if she didn't refer to it by its name, we wouldn't know what she is doing. And she's already said she's still eating real food and if this is helping her to adhere to her diet, then she's doing perfectly fine. When someone asks about diet isn't the usual response do something you can adhere to and still has you eating food of higher nutritional value? It sounds like she is doing that. And yeah, it might be when she comes off it things go badly, or maybe not, at least wait until then and she posts about her progress or if she goes backwards. I get that we want to advise people against harmful diets, but this all sounds like a group of people crowding around someone and just shouting at them.
Edit: Just to add, I remember reading something from Alan Aragon where he says he has a large shake for breakfast, a smaller one for lunch (pre-workout) followed by a meal post workout and a three egg omelette and dark chocolate with peanut butter in the evening. [/q.uote]
I like omelette but would grow tired of them every day...0 -
This sounds like an informercial from some people3
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I started the JP diet 3 weeks ago starting with a 2 week detox and for the last week shake replacements for breakfast and lunch.
I have lost 10lb so far
Why not just eat regular foods at a calorie deficit? There is no reason to detox or replace meals with shake replacements.
The reason you are losing weight so fast is because you are maintaining a huge calorie deficit, thereby losing muscle mass as well as water weight.5 -
Do your best to ensure you re not eating after 7 o clock at night you re more likely to make unhealthy choices and less likely to sleep as well after a late meal0
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tonkacrew3 wrote: »Ignore the negative talk. Juice Plus is awesome stuff! If I could afford it, I would be on it the rest of my life (the only reason I can't afford it right now is because we are on a really TIGHT, TIGHT budget.)...one income family and all. Juice Plus is the way to go!!! Keep up the good work!
I have a Juice+ (not to be confused with juicing) shake every morning and I love it. It's a filling low calorie breakfast. I noticed that I have less hunger pangs, have much more energy throughout the day, and my hair and nails are growing like crazy. I do try to eat as many fresh fruits and vegetables as possible also but have a hard time eating certain fruits due to a recently developed allergy to something in/on them. I have several friends that take the Juice+ supplements and they have been able to stop taking meds for high blood pressure and ADHD/ADD. There will always be bashers but having seen the effects of it first hand, I will continue to take it. And NO, I am not in any way related to the Juice+ business.0 -
tonkacrew3 wrote: »Ignore the negative talk. Juice Plus is awesome stuff! If I could afford it, I would be on it the rest of my life (the only reason I can't afford it right now is because we are on a really TIGHT, TIGHT budget.)...one income family and all. Juice Plus is the way to go!!! Keep up the good work!
I have a Juice+ (not to be confused with juicing) shake every morning and I love it. It's a filling low calorie breakfast. I noticed that I have less hunger pangs, have much more energy throughout the day, and my hair and nails are growing like crazy. I do try to eat as many fresh fruits and vegetables as possible also but have a hard time eating certain fruits due to a recently developed allergy to something in/on them. I have several friends that take the Juice+ supplements and they have been able to stop taking meds for high blood pressure and ADHD/ADD. There will always be bashers but having seen the effects of it first hand, I will continue to take it. And NO, I am not in any way related to the Juice+ business.
Sure sounds like canned marketing copy.6 -
Why on God's green earth would anyone do this shiz? Lol always makes me laugh.
1. It's not sustainable
2. Everyone puts the weight back on
3. It's restrictive depressing and just wrong lol
I prefer ACTUAL FOOD and I too lost weight horray2 -
Neanbean13 wrote: »Why on God's green earth would anyone do this shiz? Lol always makes me laugh.
1. It's not sustainable
2. Everyone puts the weight back on
3. It's restrictive depressing and just wrong lol
I prefer ACTUAL FOOD and I too lost weight horray
Yeah, I'm with you on that.
And why the carp do many think they need a detox? What are they detoxing from that their livers and kidneys cannot, and why aren't they in hospital.
Well..I ate FOOD during my 90+lb weight loss.
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