Stop Juicing: It’s not healthy

zensugi
zensugi Posts: 76
in Food and Nutrition
Stop Juicing: It’s not healthy, it’s not virtuous, and it makes you seem like a jerk. Article in Slate. http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/11/juice_cleanses_not_healthy_not_virtuous_just_expensive.html
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  • Daiako
    Daiako Posts: 12,545 Member
    Well this isn't rude or judgmental or jerky at all.
  • nytrifisoul
    nytrifisoul Posts: 499 Member
    Jack LaLanne (96) before he died would disagree. I would too.
  • alynewbill
    alynewbill Posts: 4
    I tried juicing this past week. Even following recipes that were supposed to be "delicious", I started dry heaving after 2-3 sips of each one and felt sick the rest of the first day. I then switched to a vegetarian diet for the week instead. The weird thing is that I like all of the different fruits and veggies that were juiced, just not in juice form I suppose.

    I will say that I agree with the article questioning the tie to eating disorders. I've struggled with anorexia and then bingeing for years, and as soon as I heard about juicing, it triggered that part of my thought process. The connection was confirmed for me at the end of the first day when I realized that I couldn't keep the juices down but felt like a failure for actually *eating* the fruits and veggies whole.
  • zensugi
    zensugi Posts: 76
    Perhaps the question is What person with a **healthy relationship** with food would choose juicing as his/her diet?
  • alynewbill
    alynewbill Posts: 4
    ^^^THIS.
  • mmm_drop
    mmm_drop Posts: 1,126 Member
    *shrugs* I like juicing, but I don't consider my juice a meal.
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    You can drink your juice and eat your food too lol It actually does more harm than good. Your digestive system doesn't need a "break" it knows what its doing. If you think your eating too much crap don't go on a cleanse then go right back to eating crap. Just work some healthy things in, and stop freaking out about it.
  • Apocalypse_Meow
    Apocalypse_Meow Posts: 90 Member
    If you don't like juicing don't f*cking do it. And don't give people a hard time about it. Giving people a hard time about the way they consume calories makes YOU seem like a jerk.
  • zensugi
    zensugi Posts: 76
    Sensitive about it. Aren't we? I thought the article would be useful under "Food and Nutrition".
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    I don't see a problem with picking up a couple of free windfall apples and drinking the juice, it is neither expensive nor unhealthy.

    The idea of a "juice cleanse" or "juice detox" is fairly laughable, a way of parting the worried well from their surplus cash. 1st world problem.
  • SteveJWatson
    SteveJWatson Posts: 1,225 Member
    Juicing as a notion is neither healthy or unhealthy.

    Either way, all your food is "Juiced" before it enters your gut by your teeth, tongue and stomach - so your digestive system does not get a "break" anyway.

    As above, the notion of a "juice cleanse" is so laughable that if you fall for it you have nobody to blame but yourself.
  • starrylioness
    starrylioness Posts: 543 Member
    Why isn't it healthy to consume fruits and vegetables in liquid form? I don't see the problem.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    I like to juice. Keeps me sane.

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  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    TOPIC: Stop Juicing: It’s not healthy

    And in other news: Hitler wasn't a fan of the Jews.
  • SteveJWatson
    SteveJWatson Posts: 1,225 Member
    Why isn't it healthy to consume fruits and vegetables in liquid form? I don't see the problem.

    It isn't either more or less healthy than eating them, because teeth, enzymes in siliva and stomach acid.
  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
    Oh, I see.

    I was thinking about a different type of "juicing" altogether....
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    I like orange juice though.
  • redheaddee
    redheaddee Posts: 2,005 Member
    So instead of having my nice fruits & vegs juice for breakfast, what would you suggest? I am terrrible about eating vegs especially, so I get more by juicing than I normally would. And when I don't have juice, I have nothing for breakfast. NOT a breakfast person.

    Sorry OP, but your post comes across as douchey and judgemental.
  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
    What about pureeing? Is that allowed?

    I'm not giving up mashing for anyone!
  • arghbowl
    arghbowl Posts: 1,179 Member
    ROID RAGE ENGAGE.
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    I don't see a problem with picking up a couple of free windfall apples and drinking the juice, it is neither expensive nor unhealthy.

    Free windfall apples?

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  • ThinLizzie0802
    ThinLizzie0802 Posts: 863 Member
    Drink milk.
    Because OJ will kill you.
  • Mother_Superior
    Mother_Superior Posts: 1,624 Member
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  • quit_quittingdan
    quit_quittingdan Posts: 7 Member
    Juicing, like most things, is perfectly healthy when done in moderation. The debate over it is what becomes unhealthy, particularly when utilizing blanket statements such as "Stop Juicing: It's not healthy" and then referencing an article from slate composed of phone interviews with people supporting the author's premise. My suggestion: don't do designer versions of diets, instead read the science they're based on and come to your own conclusions. I like to have juice a few times a week, sometimes I even do three days of nothing but. I would never do the pre-packaged, ultra glitzy versions the author of your supporting argument references, but then again I don't know anyone who does, so maybe that's just the circle I travel in.
    The one thing I do like about the blanket statement, judgmental, fear based assertions found on internet message boards or twenty four hour news cycles: it certainly does get the conversation going! Thanks for the topic starter and I look forward to hearing what others have to say!
  • ingraha
    ingraha Posts: 99 Member
    I used to have a juicer and I made carrot juice with it which I like carrot juice a lot. Now my ex has the juicer and I have to buy carrot juice. It saved me a lot of money. Why do people on here hate people who like carrot juice?
  • Chain_Ring
    Chain_Ring Posts: 753 Member
    I like juice. I drank apple juice this morning. It was tasty.
  • fishgutzy
    fishgutzy Posts: 2,807 Member
    Much better to Vita-mix your fruits and vegetables.
    Juicing strips away up to 90% of the nutrients.
    I put the whole apple in my vita-mix. Core and all. The seeds contain B complex vitamins and the trace amount of arsenic is actually good for you,
    Cantaloupe seeds have more protein per ounce than beef. So why throw them away when you can pulverize them?
    I also use my vita-mix to make some wicked pepper sauce with whole habaneros, salt and vinegar. Though my wife says her shake is a little spicy for a few days afterward. :)

    Personally, I wouldn't take anything published on Slate seriously.

    Facts, however, are unavoidable. Taking juice and and throwing away most of the fruit or vegetable is just not smart, nutritionally or economically. Would you ever throw away 90% of the food you buy? Then why throw away 90% of the nutrient value of you fruits and vegetable?
  • quit_quittingdan
    quit_quittingdan Posts: 7 Member
    I make vegetable stock and veggie burgers with my pulp. But you're right, neither of those things include the fruit pulp, which I make after I've removed the stuff I want for recipes. I find the sacrifice of 90% of the fiber (it's not 90% of the total nutrients) is an acceptable trade off because I also love salads with greens and the like (getting above my fiber number everyday is one of my favorite challenges to myself).
    I envy your vitamix! Even though my ninja does everything I've asked it to I still find myself feeling urges for the bigger, better toy every time I go to Smoothie King. I would never cheat on Nina the Ninja like that but it does make me questions whether, biologically speaking, human beings were meant to be monogablenderous.
  • sassyjae21
    sassyjae21 Posts: 1,217 Member
    I like to juice and pulverize my fruits because i have braces and can't bite into a lot of hard stuff. But it doesn't take the place of my food :)
  • quit_quittingdan
    quit_quittingdan Posts: 7 Member
    Oh an just to clarify: I don't lose nutrients due to oxidization because I either (a) drink my juice immediately after cleaning the machine after making (that hassle is the biggest argument against juicing IMO); or (b) put it in a sealed mason jar to be kept cold and consumed within the next 4-8 hours while at work.

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