Counting calories in home made veg juices

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LizDHarris
LizDHarris Posts: 42 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I've recently bought a juicer and am really enjoying experimenting with various recipes, although I am now having trouble in working out the calories consumed. Do I just take the calories as if I had eaten the whole veg or fruit raw?

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  • mzbek24
    mzbek24 Posts: 436 Member
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    Really good question, I'm wondering that same thing!

    I made a fruit and veg juice today, but since I couldn't find anything like it on the database, I just added them in as whole fruit. That seems a bit wrong to me, considering the best bits seem to go into the filter part of the juicer and you only get a little juice for a lot of fruit and veg. I'm not sure of what else could be done.
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
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    Logging the whole fruit/veg will get you pretty close.

    I think weighing the juice before you drink it is more accurate calorie-wise. If I recall, green veggies/tomato juice is about 20 cal per 4 oz. Carrot/root juice is about 40 cal per 4 oz. And fruit juice is about 60 cal per 4 oz.

    But it's harder to log the micro nutrients and macro nutrients, if those are something you track.

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