Celery Juicing

Why does it have to be blended. Can I just eat celery with dip, or put it in my salads and stews?

A few points worth noting: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/health/juice-cleanse-toxin-misconception.html (not against juice, but against the false claims made)

"This isn’t to say that drinking vitamin-rich, antioxidant-filled vegetable juice can’t be beneficial for one’s health, he added, or function as an effective tool for weight loss or resetting one’s habits. It’s the vague talk of toxins that reminds doctors of leeches.

Dr. Antoinette Saddler, a gastroenterologist at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, agreed to read through one of many blog posts available online about cleansing. She said she was perplexed from the beginning.

A juice diet rests the stomach, it claimed.

“Why does the stomach need resting?” she asked

She read further. Juices require less of the stomach’s digestive processing, it said.

“Who said that was beneficial?” she said.

And then she got to the inevitable detox claim: Juicing “allows the body to have more of the resources it needs to support the phases of detoxification, and even to begin to help remove the cumulative toxins stored in the body.”

“What does that even mean?” she said. Exasperated, she stopped reading."

The response (which isn't actually very good, but for fairness):

"The blog post was actually written by a doctor, Dr. Woodson Merrell, the author of the book, “The Detox Prescription.” Reached by phone in his Manhattan office, Dr. Merrell, who practices a mix of Western medicine and indigenous traditions, such as Chinese medicine, seemed resigned to dismissive attitudes from gastroenterologists.

Dr. Merrell said what it comes down to for him is that Americans need to eat more vegetables, period. If juicing is the path to that, great."

My note: yes, but IF the issue is not wanting to eat veg in other ways, I'd say work on that.

“The whole thing about juice is it makes that easier to get. And it’s easily digestible and absorbable,” he said.

As for resting the stomach, he believes well-chewed food is as good as juice, but most people don’t chew well.

“I’m a fanatic about chewing,” he said.

For Dr. Merrell, juice — like any healthful food — provides nutrients that help the liver process toxins, much like grease on a gearshaft. He warned that juice should be thick and contain all parts of the fruit or vegetable, including fiber."

So again, no reason to claim juice is preferable to whole foods. In fact, juicing removes some of the nutrients, including those in and near the skin, which is often the most nutritious bit.

Is it possibly a tasty addition for those already eating their veg, sure, if you prefer it to what you'd otherwise consume and are getting a well-rounded diet.

But please don't buy into woo claims about juicing or -- worse -- juicing as a cure for real illnesses and substitute for medicine (as discussed in the video debunking the medical medium) -- that can be really dangerous.

I don't understand why anyone gravitates to juicing. It's such a waste of produce.

Allsmiles1029 wrote: »

Thanks for the info!! I absolutely get my fiber in other foods. Probably at least half of the image below. Fiber is awesome and necessary

but why are the bananas about to bone tho...

MikePTY wrote: »

Any guy who calls himself "The Medical Medium" is basically rubbing it in your face that he is a quack.

This is what drives me bananas! Look, I get why people at least used to fall for Dr. Oz's schtick, he was a world renowned cardiologist, he wore his scrubs on TV, he had all the surface trappings of an expert.

But a guy who calls himself the Medical Medium and actually does claim to get health guidance from the spirit world? I just don't understand how anyone thinks that is a logical source to rely on.

Anyway, I agree with @AnnPT77 , why would our bodies evolve to benefit from celery juice when for the vast majority of our existence attempting to juice celery or a lot of other veggies and fruits would have been futile?

lkpducky wrote: »

And celery sticks are not juiced before they are added to Bloody Marys.

What about the rest of the stuff?