Anyone knowledable about juicing?

Jflowwers

I am super excited, as I just purchased a juicer! I usually go to the organic market and get a green juice and spend like 7 dollars. I figured I would try doing it myself. It's ridiclously messy and you have to use a ton of stuff to get a small juice, but anyways.... My question is , how do you log it ? For example today I used two apples (next time I will use one) , 3 cups of kale and 2 cups of spinach. I thought I would just log that, but the pulp container was FULL. So obviously Im not actually consuming the whole 2 apples, 3 cups of kale and 2 cups of spinach. Also, how am I benifitting from the juice without the fiber (pulp) . Any info would be appreciated!

mcarter99

I personally would log the whole thing. Unless you want to weigh the pulp and subtract off the calories at the rate of carbohydrates, which fiber is, at 4 calories per gram.

I know people adore their juicing but I prefer a smoothie because it has all that beneficial fiber to slow digestion, aid in fullness and it's just good for you. I've had it drilled into my brain that juice is the concentrated calories of the food and it's best to eat the whole item. Though I'm sure if you're having juices that are terrific foods like lemon, ginger, etc. that you wouldn't be eating 'whole' necessarily, that's probably really good for you.

Jflowwers

Thanks. I was thinking about juicing and then adding some of the pulp into a blender with the juice. I think if I just tried to do the whole thing as a smoothie, I would be grossed out . Haha.

jasonheyd

Thanks. I was thinking about juicing and then adding some of the pulp into a blender with the juice. I think if I just tried to do the whole thing as a smoothie, I would be grossed out . Haha.

Just throw it all into a blender with a cup of spinach or kale and call it a green monster. ;-)

Jflowwers

Ill try it.

recoiljpr

One thing you may try is to add lemon to the juice. My wife and I found the kale hard to stomach. We upped the spinnach and we put one entire lemon in the juice. For us at least, it made all of the difference in the world.

I don't just juice though, I drink it to supplement my vitamins, etc.

jasonheyd

Here's the basic recipe that I use, just tossing it into a blender, in order:

1 cp raw kale or raw spinach
1 - 1.5 cps of various fruits (berries, apples, red grapes, cherries, and/or half a banana)
1 cp almond milk (or rice milk or low-fat milk)
1 tbsp ground flaxseed meal
1/2 cp ice

Sometimes I'll swap out 1/2 cp of fruit for 1 tbsp of peanutbutter or gnutella.

Usually it runs 250-350 calories depending on the exact ingredients.

April0010

Bump - Interested in this as well.

Jflowwers

Here's the basic recipe that I use, just tossing it into a blender, in order:

1 cp raw kale or raw spinach
1 - 1.5 cps of various fruits (berries, apples, red grapes, cherries, and/or half a banana)
1 cp almond milk (or rice milk or low-fat milk)
1 tbsp ground flaxseed meal
1/2 cp ice

Sometimes I'll swap out 1/2 cp of fruit for 1 tbsp of peanutbutter or gnutella.

Usually it runs 250-350 calories depending on the exact ingredients.

do you have a vitamix?? I dont think my blender could take that all on.

jasonheyd

Nope, just a Waring Pro blender: http://www.amazon.com/Waring-MBB518-Professional-Beverage-Stainless/dp/B00004S8F8/

mcarter99

There are recipes for things to do with the pulp, too. I don't know where or what but I bet you could google something up.

NGMama

Jae Steele has a recipe for juicer pulp muffins. I like to juice but I consume all of it too. Just the juice doesn't leave me satisfied. I do coconut water, some vega protein, kale or spinach and frozen berries a lot of the time. Soooo good! You can totally omit the protein, I just like it.

Oh, and beets with apple, lemon and ginger through a juicer is sooooo good!

carinnaj

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916lude

I am super excited, as I just purchased a juicer! I usually go to the organic market and get a green juice and spend like 7 dollars. I figured I would try doing it myself. It's ridiclously messy and you have to use a ton of stuff to get a small juice, but anyways.... My question is , how do you log it ? For example today I used two apples (next time I will use one) , 3 cups of kale and 2 cups of spinach. I thought I would just log that, but the pulp container was FULL. So obviously Im not actually consuming the whole 2 apples, 3 cups of kale and 2 cups of spinach. Also, how am I benifitting from the juice without the fiber (pulp) . Any info would be appreciated!

I just log it as eating the fruits/veggies. When it comes to greens I prefer smoothies. Kale blueberry water, Spinach mango water, etc etc. I feel I get more from the greens when I smoothie them, but I do keep Kale/Chard stalks to juice for later. When juicing, I go the ginger, carrot, apple, sweet potato, celery, cucumber, beets, radishes type route (not all at once... well maybe sometimes)

marjoleina

I do smoothies too, 1 cup kale, 1 grapefruit, 1 banana, 0.5 tbs flaxseed, 1 cup water,

XjuliaXannX

juicing is great! cucumbers mask anything you might not like the taste of.

Jflowwers

I do smoothies too, 1 cup kale, 1 grapefruit, 1 banana, 0.5 tbs flaxseed, 1 cup water,

Stupid question, but how do you measure out kale. On A scale? Itsa more caloric then I realized! Does the chunkiness of the kale bother you?

Jflowwers

Here's the basic recipe that I use, just tossing it into a blender, in order:

1 cp raw kale or raw spinach
1 - 1.5 cps of various fruits (berries, apples, red grapes, cherries, and/or half a banana)
1 cp almond milk (or rice milk or low-fat milk)
1 tbsp ground flaxseed meal
1/2 cp ice

Sometimes I'll swap out 1/2 cp of fruit for 1 tbsp of peanutbutter or gnutella.

Usually it runs 250-350 calories depending on the exact ingredients.

yum!

Jflowwers

I am super excited, as I just purchased a juicer! I usually go to the organic market and get a green juice and spend like 7 dollars. I figured I would try doing it myself. It's ridiclously messy and you have to use a ton of stuff to get a small juice, but anyways.... My question is , how do you log it ? For example today I used two apples (next time I will use one) , 3 cups of kale and 2 cups of spinach. I thought I would just log that, but the pulp container was FULL. So obviously Im not actually consuming the whole 2 apples, 3 cups of kale and 2 cups of spinach. Also, how am I benifitting from the juice without the fiber (pulp) . Any info would be appreciated!

I just log it as eating the fruits/veggies. When it comes to greens I prefer smoothies. Kale blueberry water, Spinach mango water, etc etc. I feel I get more from the greens when I smoothie them, but I do keep Kale/Chard stalks to juice for later. When juicing, I go the ginger, carrot, apple, sweet potato, celery, cucumber, beets, radishes type route (not all at once... well maybe sometimes)

You can juice sweet potato??

Nataliaho

I so thought this thread was going to be about steroids...

sjn0623

I recommend a book entitled "The Complete Book of Juicing" by Michael T. Murray, N.D., which contains over 150 fruit and vegetable juice recipes and the approximate nutrient content including calories for each recipe. I find that the suggested recipes inspire me to try various healthy and delicious combinations, and to modify them and experiment with my own creations. For every fruit and vegetable, there is detailed information including key benefits and nutritional analysis. And there is a section on juice recommendations for common health conditions. It also includes a good explanation of the health benefits of juicing.