juicing

I am looking into it as well. Where have you gone online to research? I would love more information. I have a friend who just started it.

Add me if you want and we can juice together and see how it works if you want.

The documentary IS a good one. I actually tried it and MAN, THAT is tough. I made it a week (please don't judge, lol). The worst part is the first 2-3 days as your body is freaking out that its not getting what its used to. My BMI was only a few points higher than what my max is for my height when I started and I was still experiencing very strong starving feeling. If I was as ill as Joe was, I'd push through as long as he did too, but for now I'll settle for running a 3-5 day juice challenge 3-4 times a year and be good with that. I did find some detox alternatives through some extensive research and found a program that allow you to still eat food (clean eating via a specific meal plan). That may be something to consider. I hope this helps. Feel free to add me and/or message me if you have any other questions as I love to help and plan to be very active.

The biggest problem with juicing is the lack of other proper balance of food types you need . Protein/Carbs/Fats . (IF you are doing Juicing as a meal replacement).

^This. I juice sometimes, partly because I bought a juicer a long time ago and wanted to make use of it. I would say that adding fresh juice to your diet can be a good thing, just be aware of what you are doing it for. Replacing proper food with juice isn't a great idea because you are missing out on protein, fat and fibre, all of which your body needs. Drinking lots of fruit juice can also not be the best idea, especially if you have any blood sugar issues. You're basically taking all the sugar from fruit and concentrating it, and removing all the fibre that you'd get if you ate the whole fruit. If you are just adding a glass or two of juice to your normal diet, then great - you're just getting some extra vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals that you might not be able to consume in the same quantities in whole fruit/vegetables.

As for detoxing/cleansing - it's not necessary. Your liver/kidneys/lungs/skin etc do that for you.

So, I do juice sometimes, but I
-see it as an addition to my diet, not replace any meals with it
-make sure I still get a lot of fibre from my normal diet; still eat a lot of whole vegetables and fruit
-get plenty of protein and fat
-stick mostly to vegetables rather than fruits for juicing, I use small amounts of carrot and apple to keep it palatable

Most importantly, don't see juicing as a quick fix or "the answer" to weight loss, or for optimal health. It's no magic bullet. If you replace meals with juicing, you will likely see quick weight loss because you'll be drastically cutting calories. That's not a good thing though. Slow and steady is best for sustainable weight loss, and if you drop weight too fast (especially if you're not getting much protein), you risk losing muscle mass, bone density and screwing up your hormones. All of that makes it harder in the future to manage your weight. From a psychological point of view, doing juice fast or juice only diets is not a great way to build a healthy relationship with food.

The best way I've found is accepting that this is a long, slow process and creating a small, manageable calorie deficit. Make changes that you can sustain forever, not a temporary "diet" to get the weight off before you go back to "normal". Eat the foods you love, and learn to eat them in appropriate portion sizes.

ETA: and just to be clear, when you do drop weight fast on these kind of diets, it's not that you're dropping a lot of fat fast. A lot of it will be water weight, and if the calorie deficit is really drastic, (and especially if you're not doing resistance training) you'll also be losing muscle and bone density.

I juice because my body can't break down raw fruits and vegetables due to a thing called short transit time. So it helps me get my B's in. I try for one large glass of juice a day. My favorite is carrot, celery, apple, beet and ginger. But the process and cleanup is a pain.

There is a site that I enjoy, which allows you to create a nutritional breakdown of your juice so that you can journal it. http://juicerecipes.com/build/

It is important to cover the bases in your eating, don't skip the fiber, protein, carbs and fats. Juice is great, but as with anything else, if you do it to the exclusion of all other foods, it's going to backfire on you.

Moderation.

I did a 30 day juice fast and it was AWESOME. It wasn't for weight loss though. I actually didn't lose very much weight. Only a few pounds and I gained those back when I started eating again.... but I gained so much health and I felt absolutely fantastic. It also was the jumpstart I needed to examine my own diet and figure out WHAT it was that was making me feel so sick. I did an elimination diet and discovered to my chagrin, that my issues were with WHEAT! WHEAT? WTF??? I thought for sure that it was all the big bad evil hormones in dairy or something but no, turns out that my body had major issues with wheat and eliminating wheat from my diet in turn eliminated my hypothyroidism, chronic migraines, severe acid reflux, and severe joint pain. So... even though I was really disappointed and shocked to discover that something as wholesome as whole wheat was responsible for my sickness, I was really happy that I had done the juice fast so that I could discover this about myself.

Also during my juice fast I drank a LOT of juice and I focused primarily on vegetable juice for the protein and nutrients. I added fruit only to make the vegetables more palatable. I drank a brown juice consisting of carrots, kale, cucumber, celery, apple, lemon and ginger pretty much every day.. It looked disgusting but tasted great...BUT NOT AT FIRST.. it takes a while to get used to drinking juice. so I'd start getting used to juice for a few weeks before starting your fast. When I first started drinking green juice it really didn't agree with my stomach and it gave me a headache.... and it tasted like lawn clippings yuck... But I gave it a few more tries and after several days, I grew accustomed to it .... I was glad I took the time to get used to the juice before starting my fast because otherwise, I'd be miserable and likely not be able to get down the 48+ ounces of juice you need to get down every day.

One last thing, is I did my fast during the summer when I could get produce for cheap. I talked to the lady at the farmer's market and I had a standing order for huge bags of kale and/or collards twice a week as they were a staple in my juicing plan. I also enjoyed finding new things like Rainbow chard to juice (yum!) and beets (yuck) and beet stems (double yum)

Thanks for sharing this website. I like the fact that you can plug in your foods on hand to create juices. I just want to supplement my diet as I do not get enough fruits/veggies.

I juice because my body can't break down raw fruits and vegetables due to a thing called short transit time. So it helps me get my B's in. I try for one large glass of juice a day. My favorite is carrot, celery, apple, beet and ginger. But the process and cleanup is a pain.

There is a site that I enjoy, which allows you to create a nutritional breakdown of your juice so that you can journal it. http://juicerecipes.com/build/

It is important to cover the bases in your eating, don't skip the fiber, protein, carbs and fats. Juice is great, but as with anything else, if you do it to the exclusion of all other foods, it's going to backfire on you.

Moderation.
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