Does anybody do any juicing as a part of their diet?

I use an omega 8004 juicer - which I love! Its easy to clean and i can juice with it and food process. I grind my coffee with it too. For blending I have a Tribest personal blender that works with mason jars. I had a bigger blender but I hated cleaning it so it never got used.

I quit a few times but I just "feel" much better when I'm juicing and I just don't get those dark leafy greens any other way. My skin looks amazing when I'm juicing and I always get compliments after I've been doing it regularly for a few weeks.

I don't "Juice", but after every one of my workouts I make my super protein smoothie. Has plenty of fruit and veggies as well as dairy. Plus I get my protein in scoop.

1/2 cup plain greek yogurt
2 scoops protein (strawberry or vanilla flavored)
1 cup trop 50 OJ
2 cups strawberries
2 cups spinach

Ryry62685. That looks like an amazing smoothie. Sometimes I make lots of juice put it in a quart mason jar and throw that in my smoothies too. I love prepping my veggies it's sort if like my special meditation time with music, peeling and chopping. Sometimes I throw cooked sweet potato, beets or cooked winter squash in my smoothies too to add some slow release carbs.

I'm planning on getting a nice juicer and having juice as a breakfast or snack replacement. It will be expensive but I'm willing to pay for something good quality.

I just bought a juicer so I'm replying to bookmark this for the recipes

I have a juicer and a Vitamix. Much prefer the Vitamix but juicing is nice too. I throw spinach and kale in my post workout smoothie:

1/2 banana
1 cup coconut or almond milk
1.5 scoops chocolate whey (I use Dymatize all natural)
fill to the top with spinach and kale (I use more spinach than kale)

Blend and enjoy!

I also like

1 cup coconut milk
1/2 banana
1/2 cup frozen cherries
1/2 cup pineapple
1.5 scoops vanilla whey

When I juice it is not everyday like my smoothies are. More like 1-3 x a week. I prefer to get all the fiber and stuff in the smoothies.

I also have an Omega 8004 and love it. Would like to have a Vitamix, too, since it serves a different juicing purpose, but saving my pennies. Juicing is a great way to get those veggie nutrients in.

I used to juice a lot but it's expensive and a lot of cleaning and you are basically taking a whole food and removing all the fiber and just eating the vitamins and sugars. Now I feel like it's better to just eat that fruit or vegetable whole or to make a smoothie, either way, you keep it whole and because you keep the fiber, it's actually filling.

One more thing though, is that if you do want to juice a lot you can use the leftover pulp for baking. I found a rad recipe online for carrot raisin muffins using carrot juice pulp.

i prefer my vitamix!

I chose a juicer because I didn't want to add more fibre. I wanted all the amazing nutrients because i don't take vitamin supplements. i could never drink a smoothee of 2 apples, 2-3 cups of kale, wheatgrass, or whatever else I want to add plus a lemon. Usually this is my "coffee" substitute in the morning. If I make more than 1.5 cups I can't drink it all. Sometimes I throw 4 carrots in there or other things. Maybe we should start a juicing recipes thread.

Also to make it cheaper I will buy things when they are discounted. For example after Christmas the stores were trying to get rid of all there mandarins that were going bad. I spent a few minutes picking through the boxes and left with 2 nine pound boxes for 3 dollars. I spent approximately 45 minutes peeling them all and 20 minutes juicing them. I got 6 litres of mandarin juice and gifted 3 litres to other people. We drank the rest or I sweetened smoothies with it.

I've done the same with pomegranates and other fruits. There are only a few fruits that are better for smoothies like pears and strawberries. I do think our grocery bill is higher than a person who eats processed food. Sometimes I can't believe how cheap a bag of cookies or crackers is. There are a lot of documentaries out there that explain it but if we don't "vote" for our choices by what we purchase things won't change.

I accidentally found the liferegenerator channel on YouTube last year while looking for how to prepare nettles for juicing. In the spring I picked a bunch of wild stinging nettles and juiced those for my green lemonade. Dan gives a lot of interesting info about juicing and what to include in your juices.

I do both juicing and smoothies but I definately get the biggest energy boosts from my juice plus it's easier to down all those nutrients in a compact way.

The thing about purchasing a juicer is to select one that wastes the least so that you aren't throwing away your money on the fruits.

I started today, LOL, after watching "Hungry for Change" this weekend.

I have a regular cheap blender, so right now I'm just blending for a REALLY long time and then suffering the chunks. You can see on my diary what I put in there today. I did have to add a little liquid so I opted for water.

If it's something I continue I'll get a good juicer. For now though I want to make sure it's not a passing trend (for me).

This is a great thread, though, so I know where to begin.