Curious, is anyone Juicing?

For you juicers.....did you get the raw mouth/burning sensation?

I only drink one green drink a day and am noticing that when I eat almonds now, my tongue feels raw, other foods too. It has gotten better over the past few days, but just wondering if this is the "detox" thing I keep reading about?

You might do a little research on the sore tongue thing. I vaguely remember in the past, it could be a symptom of some kind of deficiency.

I only have a blender, can I still make green juices??

After my juicer broke, I used my blender. If you have a good blender with a strong motor, you can use it instead of the juicer. And, you get the benefit of all the fiber and good stuff from the pulp. I made smoothies starting with a huge handful of fresh spinach, then berries, banana.. and finally some almond milk and pureed it up for about a minute. You can't taste the spinach and it makes a thick yummy smoothie.

Thanks!

I got braces which for me meant having 6 teeth extracted so chewing firm stuff like raw fruits and vegies isn't an option. So I've been juicing for about 2 months now usually in place of snacks throughout the day or as my lunch. I stick primarily to veggies since fruit is loaded with sugar although I do add at least 1 apple. Lemon juice will keep the juice from turning brown throughout the day. Check out the Jack Lalane facebook page - there are tons of yummy receipes.

Hahaha i googles Lalane and this is what i read:
LaLanne said his two simple rules of nutrition are: "if man made it, don't eat it", and "if it tastes good, spit it out."

Hahaha i googles Lalane and this is what i read:
LaLanne said his two simple rules of nutrition are: "if man made it, don't eat it", and "if it tastes good, spit it out."


His Quote is dead on lol.

I'm starting to realize juicing with all the fruits is alot of sugar. So hopefully the veggies are tasteful. I tried a V8 100% vegetable with low sodium drink and it was horrible.

If you don't like veggies make sure you add at least one fruit in there. Like a green apple for some sweetness in with spinach or kale. Or some lemon or lime.

There is a Fennell/Pear mix that is very refreshing.

Does a food processor work?

I juice everyday for breakfast and I love it! I combine fruits and veggies!

I am on day 5 of juicing (not only juice as I also have vegetable soup and salad). The benefits - wow, I am surprised.

I have rosacea (red rash across my cheeks and nose) and very dark rings around my eyes. On the second day my skin was really tender and I realised that it was all fresh new skin - usually I need antibiotics to get that to happen - and the inflamed skin ended up peeling off yesterday so I look all new! The dark circles have reduced - don't need to slap on the makeup quite so thick anymore

I am not hungry at all and I am taking in around 1200 - 1400 calories in juice. I was tired the first two days and felt very sort of hungover (no other way to describe it), like hangdog etc, and headachy. Now I am buzzing - feel like I really don't need as much sleep.

The weight loss has been pretty good, I am down a total of 6 lb since I started on Monday (for those who always have something to say - yes I know some of it is water weight etc etc, so there is no need to chime in!)

I was VERY skeptical about this. I deliberated for ages, almost a month, about doing this and then I finally thought, really what will it cost me if I do it and it doesn't work - very little.

I am a convert now. Even if I stop losing weight I will keep juicing a meal a day. The veggie juices are lovely (except cabbage which I can't stomach), I always mix them with apple, orange or pineapple.

Maybe there is something to the story of being fat and yet being undernourished because of diet. My diet was quite good before but low on veg.

I love juicing and I use a blender, not a juicer, because I want the pulp and everything.

I am about to go liquify some spinach, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries or some combination of the above. I try to keep all of them in the fridge for juicing.

Good stuff!

BTW - I haven't found a tool to help estimate calories. But I drink 8 cups veggie juice per day and have not seen an adverse impact to my weight loss.

You can build your recipe in MFP. I do that for my juices and am often am surprised by the calories (mostly from carrots).

Love carrot, fennel, cucumber and pear.

I'm not sure that using the recipe will work for juices however, as a lot of the fruit/veggies are pushed into the pulp bowl. SO I'm not sure the recipe conversion is going to be the same thing.

If you google how to work out the calories in juice there are several calculators. basically, its the g of fibre x 4 (each gram of fibre has 4 calories), which you then subtract from the calorie count of the juice. It can make up to 100 cals difference to some juices where the fruit or veg have a lot of fibre but I don't adjust mine on MFP.

The biggest difference for me is that I never ever used to hit my goals for calcium, vitamins or iron and now I get them every day. I'm going to keep juicing until the scale/my body stop seeing a difference.

My husband and I juice all of our extra fruit and veggies from our garden, and throw the mush in our compost. We don't use it for meal replacement though. They work as amazing energy boosts! And you almost immediately feel more clear headed. I love juicing.