How to start a juice cleanse?

Why is OK to use the discovery of others and the study of science to;

Power our homes
Propel our cars
Defy gravity and fly internationally
Save our lives with paramedics
Allow us to communicate and share ideas globally via this very forum

But not to decide if a juice cleanse works or not?

Because if you have never spent $300 on a juicer, watched a stupid documentary/sales pitch, spent $50 on vegetables to extract a cup of brownish juice, drank it, and then felt like killing yourself afterwards, you have no idea what you're talking about. YOU ONLY KNOW PROPAGANDA!

:sick:

I spent less than half that, and i have gotten more than my money's worth out of my juicer.

I've never, ever made a brownish juice, maybe someone pooped in your glass the one time you tried it? It must be if you felt like you were killing yourself afterwards. I always feel GREAT after juicing.

And who are these people who have never heard of gardening? Why does everyone claim veggies are so expensive? They are FREE, half the year, if you do it right.

Well, maybe for you. But MANY people across the US (and world, for that matter) live in areas where it is not conducive to gardening. At least not on a scale where ALL of their fruit and veg would come from a privately owned and grown garden. An example is I have a friend who lives in PA -- her bylaws in her community forbid it because it can lure in wild animals. Another friend lives in Vegas where the land is sandy and would cost a small fortune to keep it watered. Yet another lives in CO (and another in ALaska) and the growing season is short. Where I live, the ground is not always the best condition even though I try. I still don't yield enough to eat even for a short period. Not to mention, many folks don't have the flexible schedules to be able to do it. It's not like the old days where a work day was closer to 8hrs and women stayed at home. Or livings were made on farms -- many of which didn't even grow readily edible food, but rather things like cotton, tobacco, or whatever. People these days live in apartments, or are in the military, or they just flat out don't like gardening. These things have to be taken into consideration.

I second this. I live in a small townhouse with a tiny patio directly under a huge oak tree. I tried to plant a small garden one year, and there was not enough sunshine, and my plants died I don't think my HOA would appreciate it very much if I chopped down that tree in order to give my garden more direct sunlight.

That being said, had my vegetables plants survived and produced multitudes of delicious, homegrown vegetables, I would NOT have wasted them in a juicer. I would have enjoyed them as part of a balanced diet. I may have even fried the okra.

Why is OK to use the discovery of others and the study of science to;

Power our homes
Propel our cars
Defy gravity and fly internationally
Save our lives with paramedics
Allow us to communicate and share ideas globally via this very forum

But not to decide if a juice cleanse works or not?

Because if you have never spent $300 on a juicer, watched a stupid documentary/sales pitch, spent $50 on vegetables to extract a cup of brownish juice, drank it, and then felt like killing yourself afterwards, you have no idea what you're talking about. YOU ONLY KNOW PROPAGANDA!

:sick:

I spent less than half that, and i have gotten more than my money's worth out of my juicer.

I've never, ever made a brownish juice, maybe someone pooped in your glass the one time you tried it? It must be if you felt like you were killing yourself afterwards. I always feel GREAT after juicing.

And who are these people who have never heard of gardening? Why does everyone claim veggies are so expensive? They are FREE, half the year, if you do it right.

Well, maybe for you. But MANY people across the US (and world, for that matter) live in areas where it is not conducive to gardening. At least not on a scale where ALL of their fruit and veg would come from a privately owned and grown garden. An example is I have a friend who lives in PA -- her bylaws in her community forbid it because it can lure in wild animals. Another friend lives in Vegas where the land is sandy and would cost a small fortune to keep it watered. Yet another lives in CO (and another in ALaska) and the growing season is short. Where I live, the ground is not always the best condition even though I try. I still don't yield enough to eat even for a short period. Not to mention, many folks don't have the flexible schedules to be able to do it. It's not like the old days where a work day was closer to 8hrs and women stayed at home. Or livings were made on farms -- many of which didn't even grow readily edible food, but rather things like cotton, tobacco, or whatever. People these days live in apartments, or are in the military, or they just flat out don't like gardening. These things have to be taken into consideration.

I second this. I live in a small townhouse with a tiny patio directly under a huge oak tree. I tried to plant a small garden one year, and there was not enough sunshine, and my plants died I don't think my HOA would appreciate it very much if I chopped down that tree in order to give my garden more direct sunlight.

That being said, had my vegetables plants survived and produced multitudes of delicious, homegrown vegetables, I would NOT have wasted them in a juicer. I would have enjoyed them as part of a balanced diet. I may have even fried the okra.

D@mn it! Now I want fried okra! And maybe a steak. YUM. This with the salad... sans the chicken and add some goat cheese... OHHHHH YEAHHHHH

Sadly, it's become so predictable. The MAJORITY of people (I was going to say chicks, but I'm tryong to be nicer to my gender) who look into cleansing normally don't want to do real work, such as healthy eating, food preparation and real exercise.

There will always be bridges to sell and buyers for said bridges.

Why is OK to use the discovery of others and the study of science to;

Power our homes
Propel our cars
Defy gravity and fly internationally
Save our lives with paramedics
Allow us to communicate and share ideas globally via this very forum

But not to decide if a juice cleanse works or not?

Because if you have never spent $300 on a juicer, watched a stupid documentary/sales pitch, spent $50 on vegetables to extract a cup of brownish juice, drank it, and then felt like killing yourself afterwards, you have no idea what you're talking about. YOU ONLY KNOW PROPAGANDA!

:sick:

I spent less than half that, and i have gotten more than my money's worth out of my juicer.

I've never, ever made a brownish juice, maybe someone pooped in your glass the one time you tried it? It must be if you felt like you were killing yourself afterwards. I always feel GREAT after juicing.

And who are these people who have never heard of gardening? Why does everyone claim veggies are so expensive? They are FREE, half the year, if you do it right.

Well, maybe for you. But MANY people across the US (and world, for that matter) live in areas where it is not conducive to gardening. At least not on a scale where ALL of their fruit and veg would come from a privately owned and grown garden. An example is I have a friend who lives in PA -- her bylaws in her community forbid it because it can lure in wild animals. Another friend lives in Vegas where the land is sandy and would cost a small fortune to keep it watered. Yet another lives in CO (and another in ALaska) and the growing season is short. Where I live, the ground is not always the best condition even though I try. I still don't yield enough to eat even for a short period. Not to mention, many folks don't have the flexible schedules to be able to do it. It's not like the old days where a work day was closer to 8hrs and women stayed at home. Or livings were made on farms -- many of which didn't even grow readily edible food, but rather things like cotton, tobacco, or whatever. People these days live in apartments, or are in the military, or they just flat out don't like gardening. These things have to be taken into consideration.

You should check this out:

http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/kitchen-nano-garden-hydroponic-hyundai.html

It's a great alternative! You can make anything happen if you want it bad enough!

I've made the mistakes of just stuffing raw spinach, etc., in there an ending up with undrinkable slug.

with the right juicer, all greens, spinach included, is fantastic.

i presently juice kale / spinach / collard greens / radishes / dandelion greens / cilantro and carrot, tops included.

don't forget to go all organic, lest you ingest more pesticides.

juice is good food, in moderation, and in complement to a healthy diet.

news flash..organic vegetables are treated with pesticides...

if you read what i wrote, i said going non-organic would ingest more pesticides (than organic).

never implied or stated organic wasn't treated with petsicides.

that is all.

umm slightly confusing as you said you would ingest less pesticides with organics....but how would one know that non-organics have more or less pesticides than organics...???

juice is good food, in moderation, and in complement to a healthy diet.

but but but but.....

........juice isn't food.

umm --

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/food

Did you just debunk your own argument?

1. any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc.

2.more or less solid nourishment, as distinguished from liquids.

3.a particular kind of solid nourishment


I may be crazy, but you can't sustain life on Juice.... Doctors agree: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/04/20/crash.diets.harm.health/index.html

Peace!