Juicing... Friend or Foe?

OH! Hubs and I watched it last night and we're going to buy a juicer today! HAHA honestly i dont know if i can cut out food completely but i miss juice...anything from the store is just so unhealthy.

Depends on your goals. Most people are looking to lose weight so they're better off eating a whole piece of fruit instead. It's more filling and you're not eliminating the fiber, which helps manage the sugar influx.

Your body reboots itself for you constantly. Eat more fruits and veggies and drink more water :-)

I watched it. I got a juicer and have been juicing a week. I have more energy and am defienlty getting the reccomended amount of vegtables and fruit everyday. If you start juicing make sure you use organic pesticide free produce. I still might try a juice fast if I get stuck, but right now I have worked into my meals. I use beet, spinach, celery, carrot, and apple in my juice. It taste great.

Several years ago, I underwent a juice only diet for over 100 days once for the purpose of regaining my health and increasing energy. It was a huge success and remains one of my fondest memories. First three days were very difficult. The first 10 days were tough. There is no reason that a person can't receive all that they need from juice and this does give the digestive system a respite, but take care to note that:

- this is no guarantee to lose weight (it is all about the calories) - and I don't recommend it for weight loss; a juice diet has to have a purpose; whereas a diet should be something that you can sustain for life = a new lifestyle (I lost about 9 lbs unintentionally over a four month period, but received many health benefits);

-be sure to eat lots of veggie juice (most people drink too much fruit juice when they undertake a juice diet);

-start out with about 8 oz of juice every 2 hours to minimize withdrawal;

-you have to keep your water intake up (or you will be sorry, because constipation is no fun);

-obviously social functions are impossible; I just avoided them all together (and I did not talk about my juice diet with anyone; was not interested in their criticism/skepticism), I was too busy to socialize anyway; and

-I was cold all the time, but just wore more layers.

I was pleasantly surprised that my health improved drastically and that I had way more energy (after about two weeks). I was very surprised by how great I looked!!! My skin glowed. My eyes sparkled. I got lots of compliments. Most folks thought I was dieting and exercising, but I wasn’t. I was working full time, going to school full time, and had just has my second child. I was getting sick all the time and my life was near disaster (because I could not quit any of those things and recoup). I did not have time to diet or exercise. I really appreciated the extra time in my life (from no meal preparation, dishes, meals per se). In my case I purchased all of my juice, because I did not have time to juice it myself. Slightly less healthy, but worked very well. My husband (stay at home dad) used to pack me a cooler full of juice + straws each morning and off I went for my crazy day. I would not have survived that period in my life otherwise.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

I also started juicing. It was terrible for weight loss! On the other hand, I gained about 20 pounds of muscle!

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Oh. You meant FRUIT JUI-

I'll be on my way now.

My husband and I watched this documentary. (I even blogged about it here: http://tinyurl.com/3cjbdp2 if you're interested)

Juicing is something I tried and it didn't work out for me.

Hubby bought a juicer the next day, and started juicing. At the end of the second day, he felt sick, which they say is normal, but I don't think he felt the kind of sick that they mean for you to feel.

We called the doctor (which you should really go to before you start this anyway) and the doctor said (no more monkeys jumping on the bed?) that juicing wouldn't be condusive to his lifestyle because of the medicine he takes.

We compromised with the doctor and now he does 1-2 juice meals a day and then 1-2 healthy, balanced meals. He's lost 28 pounds now.. in a month's time.

Good Points taem! I don't think juicing should be a diet. I think the movie meant it as a way to revitilze your body. Losing wieght is a benifit of jucing not the goal of juicing.