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

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  • rawmia
    rawmia Posts: 2
    Jucing or even making a smoothie on vegetables and leafy greens is a great idee to get more vitamines and minerals into your diet. It will make you satesfied and you will notice that some of your cravings will go away. It will nott only make yoy feel good but also look good. You will glow. One thing I HIGHLY recomend is to drink your juice or smoothie on an EMPTY stomach since eating something before hand will cause some bloating. (it will start to ferment and cause gases because it WANT to go through your system fast but it wont be able to) Good luck!
  • rawmia
    rawmia Posts: 2
    that is so inspirational! Well done! :happy:
  • SarahFab19
    SarahFab19 Posts: 2 Member
    If you have a really good juicer you won't lose any of the nutrients or fibers (it cost a pretty penny but worth it!!). The juicer I have incorporates the entire fruit or vegetable into the juice... skin, seeds, pulp and all! I can't possibly begin to think what would be wrong with that? Normally to eat an apple I would take the skin off. Most root vegetables and a lot of fruit have the most nutrients in their roots or skin which most people cut off but if you can throw the whole thing into a juicer how would that translate to missing out on the important parts?
  • nora110
    nora110 Posts: 24
    I bought a cheap black and decker juicer from Walmart for about $30 just to give it a try. I can clean it in about 3 minutes if I do it as soon as I am finished juicing. For the most part, I only juice what I wont eat normally- raw kale, raw broccoli stems- and then I throw in something to help the flavor a bit- carrot or apple- there is very little pulp leftover. I usually juice on weekend mornings only, when I have more time.

    My goal was to get more raw greens in my diet, and I'm satisfied with how it's working out. When I'm tracking my calories, I'm accounting for the quantity of veggies/fruits and not just the juice, so I'm probably over-estimating because I don't eat the leftover pulp!

    No fasting, no "cleansing", just adding.
  • kgoodman0108
    kgoodman0108 Posts: 158
    My husband and I watched this about 6 months ago. He did the extreme juicing for a month straight, with NO solid food. It made me sick to watch, but surprisingly after the first few days, he loved it. He was full of energy. He ended up losing 30 pounds, only to gain it all back and then some.
  • Brinasacat
    Brinasacat Posts: 505 Member
    Plus, you can Google 'ways to use juicer pulp" and get recipes for carrot muffins and other foods to not feel so wasteful of the pulp.. Like adding it in spaghetti sauce or lasagna.. Or starting a compost bin and growing your own veggies to juice.

    I agree with this. Don't waste the pulp! Make muffins!

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