After watching "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead" I'm juicing

You cant eat 3 lbs of veggies in one sitting. People juice to get max amount of nutrients without having to stuff themselves full.

And yet the dietetics and mainstream medical communities generally counts juice as ONE serving a day regardless of how much you drink. Do you need the nutrients from three pounds of vegetables in a day let alone in one sitting? Or will you be messing with your internal chemistry by stuffing your body full of water and sugar, vitamins it does not need so will pass right through yet no fibre?

Juicing does not extract all the nutrients loads are wasted in the pulp, fruit and veggies only supply a limited range of nutrients anyway, far from the full complement. All essential nutrients are equally important, as is a balance because they are absorbed and utilised synergistically and in opposition.

The claims sound plausible unless you know anything about nutrition and dietetics.

Juicing not only removes the fabulous fiber from your fruits and veggies, but it will concentrate the sugars. An alternative that will avoid both of these outcomes is to learn to make smoothies out of them instead. You'll stay full longer since a smoothly won't rush through your system like juice will (Ty fiber). A quick google search will bring up hundreds of tasty fruit/veggie smoothies.

My husband and I were inspired by the documentary, too. We ended up getting a Hamilton Beach Big Mouth Pro juicer off Amazon for around $50. It's great!

People are trying to talk you out of juicing. Whatever. I say go for it! It's a nice way to get in some extra nutrients if you're not already eating that stuff. For me, I hate kale and other bitter greens like that. I juice enough to fill a double shot glass. It tastes terrible, but it's a quick easy way to me to get those vitamins.

And nothing beats fresh apple and orange juice!

The fiber (and peels/ends I might cut off) all go to our chickens. Doesn't everyone have chickens?

Its a great way to cleanse but it cost about 400 a week to juice. To expensive for me. Eating raw is a great alternative.

I loved the documentary though. If i could afford to juice for 30 days a would. Bt others are right, just blending the fruits and veggies will give you the fiber control your blood sugar better.

Wow. I am surprised at how negative most are being about your choice to juice as well as eat healthy foods. I think it's a great idea. You might want to peruse Amazon and look for the highest rated juicer at your preferred price. Checking the user comments and photos usually give you a really good idea at how good a product is. Hope this helps! Best of luck.

Exactly. I didn't say I was not eating anything else, I just said I was added it to my lifestyle change. Were here for support, if you don't agree then don't comment. Everything is not for everybody. Find what works for you and be healthy.

I've read through the comments and they're not negative. A few intelligent words of caution is all. Never mind. Enjoy the juicing. Whatevs.

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Wow. I am surprised at how negative most are being about your choice to juice as well as eat healthy foods. I think it's a great idea. You might want to peruse Amazon and look for the highest rated juicer at your preferred price. Checking the user comments and photos usually give you a really good idea at how good a product is. Hope this helps! Best of luck.

Exactly. I didn't say I was not eating anything else, I just said I was added it to my lifestyle change. Were here for support, if you don't agree then don't comment. Everything is not for everybody. Find what works for you and be healthy.

Support. It does not mean what you think it means.

These forums don't exist for us to blindly cosign every half baked idea that gets typed into a browser window. This is a weight loss and fitness site, so a lot of what takes place here is people offering suggestions and advice on ways to get into shape.

The science behind the doc you watched was dubious at best, and it promotes the idea that juicing is better than a sensible eating plan. If you want to believe the doc and juice, go right ahead. But successful people are taking time out of their day to offer you a better way to get healthy, whether you appreciate it or not.

And even if you don't, we'll still do it because maybe we can help someone else that found this thread. That's the way forums are supposed to work.

Juicing cuts out a significant amount of "fibre" from your diet since you aren't eating any of the cellulose that comes from fruits and veggies.

I bought a Nutri Bullet.....for about $80 at Bed, Bath & Beyond with their online coupon and you can juice the entire fruit/veggie so it doesn't cut out the fiber. Edited for link: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?sku=40081076&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=nutribullet&creative=18172708958&adpos=1t2

I could use a blender then? Juicer died years ago. Blender sits idle!

Wow. I am surprised at how negative most are being about your choice to juice as well as eat healthy foods. I think it's a great idea. You might want to peruse Amazon and look for the highest rated juicer at your preferred price. Checking the user comments and photos usually give you a really good idea at how good a product is. Hope this helps! Best of luck.

Exactly. I didn't say I was not eating anything else, I just said I was added it to my lifestyle change. Were here for support, if you don't agree then don't comment. Everything is not for everybody. Find what works for you and be healthy.

Support. It does not mean what you think it means.

These forums don't exist for us to blindly cosign every half names idea that gets typed into a browser window. This is a weight loss and fitness site, so a lot of what takes place here is people offering suggestions and advice on ways to get into shape.

The science behind the doc you watched was dubious at best, and it promotes the idea that juicing is better than a sensible eating plan. If you want to believe the doc and juice, go right ahead. But successful people are taking time out of their day to offer you a better way to get healthy, whether you appreciate it or not.

And even if you don't, we'll still do it because maybe we can help someone else that found this thread. That's the way forums are supposed to work.

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Wow. I am surprised at how negative most are being about your choice to juice as well as eat healthy foods. I think it's a great idea. You might want to peruse Amazon and look for the highest rated juicer at your preferred price. Checking the user comments and photos usually give you a really good idea at how good a product is. Hope this helps! Best of luck.

Exactly. I didn't say I was not eating anything else, I just said I was added it to my lifestyle change. Were here for support, if you don't agree then don't comment. Everything is not for everybody. Find what works for you and be healthy.

Support. It does not mean what you think it means.

These forums don't exist for us to blindly cosign every half names idea that gets typed into a browser window. This is a weight loss and fitness site, so a lot of what takes place here is people offering suggestions and advice on ways to get into shape.

The science behind the doc you watched was dubious at best, and it promotes the idea that juicing is better than a sensible eating plan. If you want to believe the doc and juice, go right ahead. But successful people are taking time out of their day to offer you a better way to get healthy, whether you appreciate it or not.

And even if you don't, we'll still do it because maybe we can help someone else that found this thread. That's the way forums are supposed to work.

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Had a friend that juiced one meal a day with great success. I did a 10 day juice only fast last year and lost weight like crazy but
I had to hold my nose and chug some of it after a while.

I just bought a Ninja blender and have been incorporating smoothies into my daily intake of nutritious food. I still EAT food, but I find blending some fruit and veggies together is highly delicious and packed full of vitamins......AND a lot easier to eat than eating them raw. Don't get me wrong I still do eat salads and other veggies, but I added smoothies into my daily snacks as a way to get more vitamins and minerals into my diet. By blending my veggies and fruit together I still get all the same fiber content because i"m eating the entire fruit and/or veggie. My afternoon shake consisted of spinach, carrots, strawberries, grapefruit, an orange, chia seeds, a banana, an apple, a little local raw honey and some ice......DElicious! My kids even drank some!
I think it's great that you are trying to incorporate more nutritious choices into your life! Good luck to you!

There are three basic kinds of juicers. The cheaper ones generally use centrifugal action. A metal disc rapidly grinds the vegetables up, and the fiber is removed to a seperate basket, leaving the juice to pour out. It doesn't extract as much juice as the others, I have heard, but I am currently using a centrifugal type of juicer, the JackLaLane, and I am happy with it, but wish I could afford a higher quality juicer.

The next kinds are called masticators, like the Champion Juicer. It works kind of like a mechanized meat mincer, and I hear they extract more juice. They generally cost more, but it is claimed that if you juice a lot, you will recover the cost, because you get more juice per pound of vegetables.

For those for whom money is no object, there is the hydraulic action juicer, the Norwaull. For 'only' $4,000! They grind the juice, then the ground pulp is pressed out, to extract maximum juice. Sounds like a LOT of work to use and to clean!

I don't understand why so many people have misunderstood your question. It is clear that you are not asking about juice fasts, or substituting juices for solid vegetables. Of course we need fiber, too! And of course there are nutrients in the skins of vegetables that you shouldn't do without! But juicing adds another element to a diet, a concentrated form of vitamins and enzymes that are both beneficial and detoxifying. You couldn't possibly EAT that many vegetables, you would get tired of chewing, and it would be more than you could hold anyway! It is a way to get added nutrients without a lot of added fiber.

Now that DOES bring us to the problem that juicing can be expensive. It is hard enough for most budgets to include the daily five servings of vegetables, without the added cost of using another five vegetable servings on one single, non-filling juice! I find that carrots are fairly economical to use, and whatever greens are on sale that week. You can add other things if they fit into your budget that week. When you are only using one or two kale leaves per juice, and only one juice per day, then a single bunch of kale will last several days. Carrots are cheap year round. I like to include celery, too. It really starts to add up if you try to add fruits, so I don't add fruits. It also starts to add up if you try to do more than one or two a day. At the very least, you would need to substitute them for a meal, if you are on a budget.

It isn't that hard to grow your own carrots, either! And just think if you were able to grow your own apple tree, or whatever!

Juicing the way people do on juice fasts sounds expensive to me. But, it is short term, and you don't have to buy any other groceries while on a juice fast. Even then, I am sure it would cost a lot more than your usual groceries for the week. EVEN if you stick to whatever vegetables are in season and on good sales!

Juicing is used to flood the body with easily digested nutrients several times a day, which some claim will help in recovery from various diseases, IF you don't go back to your old, toxic ways of eating after that!

If money is too limited to add any vegetable juices, then just making sure you get your five a day is the first priority, in my opinion, since juices are not very filling, and do create a certain amount of waste.

Juicing cuts out a significant amount of "fibre" from your diet since you aren't eating any of the cellulose that comes from fruits and veggies.

I bought a Nutri Bullet.....for about $80 at Bed, Bath & Beyond with their online coupon and you can juice the entire fruit/veggie so it doesn't cut out the fiber. Edited for link: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?sku=40081076&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=nutribullet&creative=18172708958&adpos=1t2

I could use a blender then? Juicer died years ago. Blender sits idle!

Not sure......guess depends on how fast the blades turn? The Nutri Bullet comes with two blades depending on what you're using it
for. You can always try it just to see how it does.....good luck and btw, I love my Nutri Bullet. It has devoured whatever I have put in
it. I also add water, almond milk or oj depending on what I'm making and it is awesome!

I'll give it a go then may as well! Like other posters it's not a lifestyle change I'm just looking for something to compliment what I'm already doing...kinda bored, this will give me something to play with for a while.