Juicing Diet

Juicing can be a great way to add a lot of healthy vegetables (limit the fruits) to your diet. I have not tried a complete juice fast, but I juice almost every day.

People tend to have strong opinions about juicing - well founded or not, so don't be surprised if you get a bunch of very direct answers.

You can find recipes all over the Internet, and I like the Join the Reboot website for their recipes because they focus on vegetables, not fruit. But after a few weeks, you will find that pretty much all vegetable juice tastes like lemon if you add lemon or ginger if you add ginger, so you won't even follow a recipe after a while.

If you are interested, I can PM you some resources for organic produce in Chicago.

Good luck to you!

Juiced for a bit and had no feeling one way or another really. Did not feel any better, was already eating very healthy and exercising. Lots of added exercise cleaning the machine over and over again. Can be very pricey depending on what you juice. I have since purchased a very nice blender and can do anything I need in that with super easy cleanup and fast prep time. Plus, the blender can be used for multiple tasks. Not a fan of single use kitchen gadgets, I invest in the best I can. I suppose if you had daily access to cheap produce it is worth a shot. I just feel all that effort for nothing special or unique nutrition wise is tedious. By the way, the auger type juicers are leaps and bounds better than those centrifugal mesh strainer heat producing ones.

Oh, was thinking of a different kind of juice. :P

I juice 5 times a week but just for breakfast. I can't speak to a juice only diet but even the single glass I have in the morning gives me a lot of energy and even puts me in a good mood. As far as logging the calories I created recipes for a few base vegetable juices and then add whatever fruit I feel like on that day. The calories I've calculated are based on the whole vegetable or fruit which probably is a little higher than what I'm drinking but I doubt its very significant.

I do about half veggie and half fruit. This can be a little high in calories about 150 - 200 a glass but it's good nutritious food.

antipanic, where do you get your organic product in Chicago? I live downtown and go to Stanley's, Mariano's and Whole Foods. Stanley's is nice and cheap, but doesn't last long. Whole Foods is too expensive, but you get quality stuff there.

I've been doing a part whole foods, plant based diet / part juice diet for the past 1.5 months. I've lost 25 lbs (none logged through MFP though). I definitely think there is something to the juicing fast. I won't do it exclusively (too expensive and difficult), but I regularly juice as meal replacements, and it's worked great for me so far! I consider my diet to be a mashup of 'Forks over knives" and 'Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead" documentary diets.

Hi, I have been using two sources - both delivery based. I use Fresh Picks (www.freshpicks.com) and Door to Door Organics (www.doortodoororganics.com). I usually order the mixed vegetable box and then add on some kale, ginger and lemon. The convenience of having it delivered is great, plus it forces me to actually make the juice. I also tried TCF Organics in the past - also delivery based. I can't remember why I switched.

I think in terms of price, these end up being more expensive than Stanley's, but having it automatically show up every Tuesday keeps me juicing more reliably than if I had to make a trip up to Stanley's. Cheers!