Juicing Calories

RobertJBrooks · August 2013

I have also been searching for a reliable way to count the calories in fresh juice. I learned a lot about juicing by attending the Hallelujah Acres seminar "You Don't Have To Be Sick" as well as reading the book. Basically, he says eat your fruit and juice your vegetables. Now he's not saying don't eat vegetables...very obvious because he recommends a huge garden salad every night at the beginning of super, but what he's saying is it's not a good thing to juice a lot of fruits since they are high in sugar.
Of course eating vegetables is incredibly important, however, if you ate the amount of lettuce it would take to get 8 oz of juice, let's just say you'd get tired of lettuce really fast. Also adding just 1 apple when juicing veggies makes it nice and sweet so for those that are just starting, this can really help. For those like myself that have health issues, I need to get good, natural nutrition into my system without the stomach having to digest the fiber to get it. Many people with Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, etc., are told by the doctors not to eat ANY raw fruits or vegetables, but that just seemed to make my health worse, so I have begun juicing and already feel so much better. I also find that getting used to the veggie juices increases my desire to eat more veggies as I'm able. Even completely healthy people can benefit from juicing, however I'd say from all I've learned that it shouldn't replace a meal but rather supplement one. I hope this helps those that feel juicing has no place in a healthy diet understand that it really does.
As for the calories, I'm going to just enter them as if I'm eating them, knowing that the numbers will be a little high since it doesn't account for all the pulp that's not used...a note here: the pulp from juicing is WONDERFUL with cooking! In the same way a Vitamix prepares things such as soups, etc., you can use the pulp from juicing for baking and other cooking. I have used the pulp from veggies in my spaghetti sauce and it's amazing how you can get kids to eat their veggies, and they don't even know what hit them! LOL!

pa_jorg · August 2013

I don't fast at all but I do juice. There's some helpful info in this MFP group:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/328-juice-fasting-fat-sick-and-nearly-dead

Crohns2013 · August 2013

Juicing also helps with consuming more vegetables and fruit you normally don't consume. It also give your digestive system a break. #somethingtochewon

I'm an adult. I don't pout and refuse to eat my vegetables. Fasting also gives your digestive system a break without dumping all that excess sugar into your system. There's no reason to juice.

I'm missing a large portion of my small intestine and eating veggies in any form that includes the fiber leaves me in pain and stuck in the bathroom for a full day.....sometimes there is reason to juice.

MistleToeSter · August 2013

Bump.

I have been trying to find a good answer to your question.

michaelachallis · August 2013

Use this:

http://myphytos.com/build

lynneelala · January 2014

Try this web site. http://juicerecipes.com/build/ You enter the information and it gives you the nutritional values and calories.

lynneelala · January 2014

Try this web site. http://juicerecipes.com/build/ You enter the information and it gives you the nutritional values and calories.

k21carl · January 2014

Don't worry about the fiber thing; soluble fiber stays in juice, insoluble fiber goes in the pulp. I never had ANY digestive problems while juicing; if anything, it got better than ever. Just don't be alarmed if you're juicing beets . . .

Well, that was a lot of personal information, but I also want to say: yay juicing! It's awesome. You'll never feel better.

therapistkara · February 2014

I think I found the holy grail:

http://juicerecipes.com/build/

You enter exactly what you're putting in the juice and it perfectly calculates all nutritional info. Awesome.

PackerFanInGB · March 2014

I'm so glad I found this thread! I have been struggling also with finding the correct way to count my juice calories and nutrient.

I am a cancer survivor and I have heard all the negative comments about juicing vs. eating in more places than just this thread. I'd just like to say, just because someone wants to add juicing to their diet doesn't mean they are not still consuming fruits and vegetables. But for me, although "I am an adult and don't need to be told to eat my vegetables" also (as someone pointed out above), I simply have never LIKED vegetables so I tend to not eat as many as I should. This is a way for me to get a large amount of the nutrients which I would normally not get if left to consume this quantity of veggies daily.

I have no desire to go through chemo, radiation or surgery again, so I want to get as many of the nutrients as I can. For me, that means lots of vegetables with an apple in a juicer. There are reasons people choose to add homemade fresh juice to their diets. Please don't judge... I'm just trying to get healthy. And by the way, I can physically feel a difference in my concentration levels, energy and general well-being on the days I juice versus the days I do not...so it must be doing something!

Just my 2-cents. I don't post in message boards much, but this is something I have begun doing to try to keep cancer from returning, so I feel pretty passionate about it.

knra_grl · March 2014

http://juicerecipes.com/build/

try that you can enter what you are using in your juices and it will give you the cals and nutrient breakdown

I don't really juice though I just bookmarked that from a previous post

I just found that I didn't like cleaning the machine all the time - last time I used my juicer I just made cubes of juice in the ice cube tray in the freezer and threw them in a baggie - I use them when I make smoothies sometimes - each cube is about 30 g of juice

The data base does have some juice and juice combos in it but it probably isn't that accurate for the calcs as it would be based on someone else's fruits/veg amounts and size

pennyjhagen · March 2014

I second the previous post, Juice Recipe Builder....should have read to the end of the posts

kp82883 · March 2014

BUMP

dbirdsell · April 2014

Because if your diet is primarily fruits and veg, you'd spend your ENTIRE day eating to consume the amount of calories needed to live, and workout, etc. I don't know about you, but I get full eventually, and I have to work....having the option to drink some of my calories is required, not just a choice.

ImaWaterBender · April 2014

I just bought an Oster Masticating Juicer. I entered the amounts in my diary under carrot juice homemade and apple juice homemade, because I made a mix.

I bought the juicer because I have a hard time digesting fruits and vegetables because of two digestive problems that I won't get into. I have consulted with a registered dietician who has confirmed that juicing (not as replacement for a meal) will give me those vitamins that I am missing because of my incredible fast transit time.

So, I will see how the next 24 hours go.

If all goes well and I don't end up in pain, I will keep up with this for a week and then try adding some veggies in, as well. The juice was a nice treat, but I only had about eight ounces.

I loved the masticating juicer, as compared to the centrifuge type. Much easier to clean.

GertrudeHorse · April 2014

Contribution of Fiber to Energy
While it is still unclear as to the energy yield of fibers in humans,
current data indicate that the yield (of soluble fiber) is in the range of 1.5 to 2.5 kcal/g
(Livesey, 1990; Smith et al., 1998).

Source: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/DRI/DRI_Energy/energy_full_report.pdf

Which means when juicing a fruit or vegetable follow the formula below:

Juiced Calories =Total calories of raw fruit or vegetable - (1.5 [from fiber energy statement above] X Total amount of soluble Fiber)

I choose 1.5 to make the juice on the higher end of the calorie range.

Example
Carrot
Description: 7.5 inches (in) in length
Mass: 72 grams (g)
Total kilo Calories (kcal): 26 kcal
Total Fiber: 2.3 g
Soluble Fiber: 1.1 g
Insoluble Fiber 1.2 g

Juiced kcal =Total kcal (of raw fruit or vegetable) - 1.5 X Total amount of soluble Fiber
26kcal -1.5 kcal/g X 1.2g= 24.2 kcal

Soluble Fiber Source Document: http://huhs.harvard.edu/assets/file/ourservices/service_nutrition_fiber.pdf

Please let me know if you'd like further clarification.

Wow, that's a lot of complexity to only deduct 1.8 calories from what you started with. Like 1.8 calories is going to make approximately ZERO difference to anything. Vegetables and fruit aren't high calorie to begin. It's easiest to log the whole item and just be done with it. Also then you get a buffer in case you're underestimating quantity.

ETA: The only real difference in nutrition is going to be fibre content. And if you're removing fibre then I assume you aren't worried about tracking that in the first place. And if you are worried about tracking it then don't juice your fruit and vegetables. Simple!

GertrudeHorse · April 2014

Juicing also helps with consuming more vegetables and fruit you normally don't consume. It also give your digestive system a break. #somethingtochewon

Do you ever give your heart a break from beating? How about your brain? Does that get a break too?

(Pro-tip: your organs don't need a break; they're capable of functioning 24/7 for about 80 years).

kmclauchlanquinn · April 2014

I think both juicing and vitamix are great. Just determine what you want. Pulp where your body has to break down food or straight juice to the body. Both has benefits. Also just learned cold press is better. Once heat from blades process food, it disturbs the nutrition. Something to think about.

Yep

Juice puts the vitamins straight into your blood stream. Smoothies contain fibre which is good for digestion. Both have their place. Some people go on a juice fast to give their digestive system a break. This is also valid.

ImaWaterBender · April 2014

I know for me, with big old digestive problems, I was having problems because I simply have such short "transit time" (meaning food takes wings and flies through me) that I was having problems such as losing hair and my skin was horribly suffering from psoriasis.

A bit of homemade juice has helped me get those vitamins into my system. For a long time I thought that juicing fruits was bad for me. But it's not. And my go to juice (apple, carrot, pear, celery) really goes down nicely and does not offer any hurty side-effects.

Last year I watched Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead and I bought the book and tried to do a juice fast. It made me so sick. I was miserable. This time, as I have come back to eating right and swimming, I am trying to keep this in mind:

ALL things in moderation.

NJKathy1 · May 2014

I found this site. Just type in what your juicing and you get all the nutritional info!

http://juicerecipes.com/build/

pixtotts · May 2014

Try this web site. http://juicerecipes.com/build/ You enter the information and it gives you the nutritional values and calories.

That is a brilliant site!
Thankyou!!
x

BeHappy336 · July 2014

The juice recipe builder http://juicerecipes.com/build/ allows you to 'build' or 'make' your own custom recipe to find out what nutrients are in it to the right. Are you in the kitchen and tossing in a bunch of random things? Add the ingredients to the builder as you go and see what's in it!