Juicing success stories

I did it and I hated it, couldn't wait until I could eat solid food again. That was after oral surgery. Without a good reason to do it, I would never subject my body to nutrient deprivation and my mind to unnecessary suffering for a result that never lasts.

Drinking calories is neither satisfying, effective or sustainable for me.

JB5001 wrote: »

I've been juicing 2 liters of vegetables every day for more than 8 years and it is hands down the most concentrated form of health and vitality money can buy.

Things you will notice: your hair will grow thicker and faster and people will comment about your glowing complexion and a nice slim body. You will have heaps of energy compared to those who choose not to juice and you will have a positive mindset. You will get the best version of you from juicing.

Initially you may suffer from a few headaches, diarrhea as you eliminate accumulated waste in your body and even the odd skin breakout however over the coming months you will absolutely on top of the world.

Haters always have one thing in common - they've never achieved anything. They haven't had the dedication to ride it out and if they had juiced then they would know that the fiber argument is a complete waste of time because you have such regular bowel movement as a result of juicing it's not even funny. Besides what type of fiber are they talking about: soluble or insoluble?

So why juice?

You are what you absorb, not what you eat. You don't absorb everything you eat but through juice you can have the nutrients into the blood within 30 minutes.

You can't eat the volume of vegetables that you can juice.

Volume and variety remember those things when juicing. Stick only with vegetables: chicory, endives, lettuce (cos, romaine, iceberg, radicchio etc), collard greens, Chinese vegetables, celery, cilantro, basil (all sorts of herbs you can get your hands on), beetroot, turnips, swedes (rutabaga), parsnips to name a few.

Having too many carrots may cause your skin to breakout.

Don't do fruits as vegetables have higher mineral and vitamin content.

Go organic over conventional.

Consider it an investment - the best on you will ever make!

my hair grows thick and fast and I dont juice and never have, I have always had a nice complexion(no acne hardly ever except for one pimple around that time of the month) Im always getting compliments on my skin and hair. being slim comes from not overeating(doesnt mean you will be healthy either as I was slim and had health issues (that are genetic).

where did you get the info that nutrients are in your blood within 30 min? too many carrots make your skin break out? it may cause it to turn orange if you eat too many but never heard it causing breakouts. regular bowel movements? how without fiber? oh and as for juicing I had a friend whos father did LOTS of juicing and let me tell you every time he did his health would be worse than when he didnt juice, he was on it months at a time too so. he was lethargic and grouchy.

what seemed to have worked for you will not work for everyone. its not going to be safe for most long term either.

JB5001 wrote: »

I've been juicing 2 liters of vegetables every day for more than 8 years and it is hands down the most concentrated form of health and vitality money can buy.

Things you will notice: your hair will grow thicker and faster and people will comment about your glowing complexion and a nice slim body. You will have heaps of energy compared to those who choose not to juice and you will have a positive mindset. You will get the best version of you from juicing.

Initially you may suffer from a few headaches, diarrhea as you eliminate accumulated waste in your body and even the odd skin breakout however over the coming months you will absolutely on top of the world.

Haters always have one thing in common - they've never achieved anything. They haven't had the dedication to ride it out and if they had juiced then they would know that the fiber argument is a complete waste of time because you have such regular bowel movement as a result of juicing it's not even funny. Besides what type of fiber are they talking about: soluble or insoluble?

So why juice?

You are what you absorb, not what you eat. You don't absorb everything you eat but through juice you can have the nutrients into the blood within 30 minutes.

You can't eat the volume of vegetables that you can juice.

Volume and variety remember those things when juicing. Stick only with vegetables: chicory, endives, lettuce (cos, romaine, iceberg, radicchio etc), collard greens, Chinese vegetables, celery, cilantro, basil (all sorts of herbs you can get your hands on), beetroot, turnips, swedes (rutabaga), parsnips to name a few.

Having too many carrots may cause your skin to breakout.

Don't do fruits as vegetables have higher mineral and vitamin content.

Go organic over conventional.

Consider it an investment - the best on you will ever make!

Couldn't you just eat them?

JB5001 wrote: »

I've been juicing 2 liters of vegetables every day for more than 8 years and it is hands down the most concentrated form of health and vitality money can buy.

Things you will notice: your hair will grow thicker and faster and people will comment about your glowing complexion and a nice slim body. You will have heaps of energy compared to those who choose not to juice and you will have a positive mindset. You will get the best version of you from juicing.

Initially you may suffer from a few headaches, diarrhea as you eliminate accumulated waste in your body and even the odd skin breakout however over the coming months you will absolutely on top of the world.

Haters always have one thing in common - they've never achieved anything. They haven't had the dedication to ride it out and if they had juiced then they would know that the fiber argument is a complete waste of time because you have such regular bowel movement as a result of juicing it's not even funny. Besides what type of fiber are they talking about: soluble or insoluble?

So why juice?

You are what you absorb, not what you eat. You don't absorb everything you eat but through juice you can have the nutrients into the blood within 30 minutes.

You can't eat the volume of vegetables that you can juice.

Volume and variety remember those things when juicing. Stick only with vegetables: chicory, endives, lettuce (cos, romaine, iceberg, radicchio etc), collard greens, Chinese vegetables, celery, cilantro, basil (all sorts of herbs you can get your hands on), beetroot, turnips, swedes (rutabaga), parsnips to name a few.

Having too many carrots may cause your skin to breakout.

Don't do fruits as vegetables have higher mineral and vitamin content.

Go organic over conventional.

Consider it an investment - the best on you will ever make!

I think you severely underestimate my desire and ability to eat vegetables.

Also, I think I've maybe achieved a couple or three things in the past 63 years. I admit none of them included dedicating my life to juicing. My loss, I guess.

Haters always have one thing in common - they've never achieved anything. They haven't had the dedication to ride it out and if they had juiced then they would know that the fiber argument is a complete waste of time because you have such regular bowel movement as a result of juicing it's not even funny. Besides what type of fiber are they talking about: soluble or insoluble?

some people call anyone who disagrees with them or doesnt do same as them as haters

I have neither dedication nor motivation nor desire to ride it out - when 'it' is juicing. Good luck to those who do like using juicers to make their own fruit/veg juice ( as PART of a sensible balanced overall diet) - but I am not one of them.

Fortunately i seem to get enough fibre in my ordinary non-juicing diet and have no need of anything to improve bowel movements.

and though I have not acheived juicing success - or even juicing failure since I have never attempted it - I am happy with my other non juicing acheivements in life.

Would hate to think whether I have acheived in life depends on my juicing success.

There were a number of questions to my post so I thought I’d type a quick response.

I’m up at 4.30am and juicing by 4.40am.
I will have a liter of juice which consists of a variety of vegetables: fennel, chicory, celery, cabbage (red or green), water spinach, beetroot, turnip and suede. (Variety is the aim)

Drink the juice, listen to a podcast(s) (I like to listen to them at 2 or 2.5x) make my breakfast and pack it into a lunch box and get to work by 6am

Breakfast consists of organic brown rice (sometimes I’ve added oyster, enokitake and shitake mushrooms), some freshly cut herbs, tinned sardines and tuna both with no added salt.

I will eat this meal around 8.15am and will not eat anything again until dinner as I eat a large amount of food.

I work through ‘lunch’ and leave work at 6.30pm and head to the gym. I’ll do some sprints and a gym session and wrap it up in an hour.

Home 8.15pm, juice again and clean my juicer whilst listening to more podcasts or chatting with friends on phone. Juicer cleaned by hand with steel wool and detergent in 9 minutes.

Dinner will consist of steamed potatoes (I buy about 6 different types), pumpkin and some organic meat which gets delivered to me in bulk from a butcher.

I’ll put on the brown rice in the Japanese rice cooker that I got if need be and that will cook my rice overnight so I’m good to go in the morning.

Can’t you eat all of those vegetables?

I’m not too sure how many vegetables you eat a week but over the course of a week I go through approximately 32 beetroot, 12, turnips, 20 parsnips, 25 tomatoes, 12 celery, 4 water spinach, 6 chicory, 2 fennel, 2 endive, 12 swedes, 8 bunches of broccoli, two cabbages and 2 kale

Other veggies will float in and out depending on availability and there are also fresh herbs that I will consume.
I don’t have the desire to eat that many vegetables but I am very interested in extracting their phytochemicals, enzymes, minerals and vitamins.

Why consume so much?

Longitudinal studies show on average a 20% decline in minerals and vitamins in our fruits and vegetables.

You can read some of that research below
A landmark study on the topic by Donald Davis and his team of researchers from the University of Texas (UT) at Austin’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was published in December 2004 in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. They studied U.S. Department of Agriculture nutritional data from both 1950 and 1999 for 43 different vegetables and fruits, finding “reliable declines” in the amount of protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, riboflavin (vitamin B2) and vitamin C over the past half century. Davis and his colleagues chalk up this declining nutritional content to the preponderance of agricultural practices designed to improve traits (size, growth rate, pest resistance) other than nutrition.

“Efforts to breed new varieties of crops that provide greater yield, pest resistance and climate adaptability have allowed crops to grow bigger and more rapidly,” reported Davis, “but their ability to manufacture or uptake nutrients has not kept pace with their rapid growth.” There have likely been declines in other nutrients, too, he said, such as magnesium, zinc and vitamins B-6 and E, but they were not studied in 1950 and more research is needed to find out how much less we are getting of these key vitamins and minerals.

The Organic Consumers Association cites several other studies with similar findings: A Kushi Institute analysis of nutrient data from 1975 to 1997 found that average calcium levels in 12 fresh vegetables dropped 27 percent; iron levels 37 percent; vitamin A levels 21 percent, and vitamin C levels 30 percent. A similar study of British nutrient data from 1930 to 1980, published in the British Food Journal,found that in 20 vegetables the average calcium content had declined 19 percent; iron 22 percent; and potassium 14 percent. Yet another study concluded that one would have to eat eight oranges today to derive the same amount of Vitamin A as our grandparents would have gotten from one.

What can be done? The key to healthier produce is healthier soil. Alternating fields between growing seasons to give land time to restore would be one important step. Also, foregoing pesticides and fertilizers in favor of organic growing methods is good for the soil, the produce and its consumers. Those who want to get the most nutritious fruits and vegetables should buy regularly from local organic farmers.
UT’s Davis warns that just because fruits and vegetables aren’t as healthy as they used to be doesn’t mean we should avoid them. “Vegetables are extraordinarily rich in nutrients and beneficial phytochemicals,” he reported. “They are still there, and vegetables and fruits are our best sources for these.”

Consequently, you need to be consuming more and more vegetables just to be hitting recommended (and I use that word loosely) levels of your daily vitamin intake.

People will remark that their health is ‘just fine’ and they don’t need to juice or eat vegetables in the quantities that I do and they may be right. You are the best judge of your own health, but you should be armed with knowledge. A basic understanding of food chemistry, soil science and epigenetics may change your views.

You may not need to juice as much as I do but high end performance is never achieved by following the advice “all things in moderation.” Champion players, entrepreneurs, CEOs, researchers all go far, far beyond in their endeavors compared to the lay person. It’s up to you how far you want to take your health.

The original question on this post questioned weight loss and juicing and the fact is that you don’t have to juice to lose weight. When you say “I want to lose some fat” do you know where that fat goes? It doesn’t get burned up as many think nor does it get turned into energy. For more you can watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuIlsN32WaE

What juicing gives you is a glowing complexion, it changes the colour of your eyes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSPU4fCfyzc) , gives you HEAPS of energy, a robust immune system, thick lustrous hair, strong nails (which you almost need to dip in hot water to cut because of their strength) and most importantly and even keeled disposition. You recover from injuries a lot faster and don’t pick up as many of the niggles, aches and pains that a lot of people seem to be shackled with.

If you think the taste of juice sucks wait till you get a taste of your next medical bill. 😊 Jokes aside, the worse that vegetable juice tastes for you, the worse your health is. If you open your fridge and your cupboard, ‘how many of your foods come wrapped in a package?’

Is there a Coca-Cola river? Nope. Is there an Oreo tree? Nope. Is there a hamburger vine? Nope. Is there a mac & cheese tree? Nope. A life time of eating processed foods not only scrambles your taste buds but can screw with your genes. (Search for an interview with Professor Sharon Ricardo by Craig Harper on your favourite podcast app)

Of course you’re going to think that consuming a glass of fresh vegetable juice will taste disgusting because your body has become accustomed to a saccharine diet that plagues western diets. However, you may have a legitimate allergy or some foods may actually make you nauseous so do avoid those.

In closing, when you eat a food ask yourself “Could I find this food in nature?” If you can’t then you don’t need it. Some marketer sold you the idea that you do.

We don’t know all the benefits that vegetables give us but we do know that variety is the key and consuming them in their raw state is best for you. We can debate the quantities.

For more
http://www.health-science-spirit.com/contents.html
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/3/e014201
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soil-depletion-and-nutrition-loss/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SScc5JGPxfU