Juicing Recipes

[WAnoob]

We had a juice but got rid of it, we ended up losing a lot of vitamins and minerals from the pulp. Better to just blend up all the greens and fruit all together. That being said, green smoothies/juice recipes are easy, just make sure to have a banana and some good tropical fruit to balance out the greens.

[Curly]

The juicing recipe we used in college involved:  A watermelon, oranges, some jello and a bottle of EverClear.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

I could get on board with that.

[Special T]

I think they are 1 1/4 horse motors.

[SemperFidelis97]

We use a nutri-bullet daily, my breakfast is typically cucumbers, kale, spinach, broccoli, banana, and a scoop of vanilla protein powder, I will do spinach, kale, peanut butter, banana, chocolate protein powder mixes about an hour before I work out.  I have become accustomed to the taste of a large amount of greens so to me they are very good shakes, and they really get me going in the morning with a big shot of great nutrients.

[Bean Counter]

From a health standpoint, blenders are better than juicers. A lot of the nutrition in produce is in the parts that the juicer removes. We got a vitamix as a wedding present and I absolutely love it.

There's two sides to this coin. Yes, a blender will retain the pulp and some nutrients that don't readily extract from the pulp and that should not be discounted. On the other hand a masticating juicer literally chews the living daylights out of the veggies, usually finer than the blender type. Some earlier models of masticating juicers extracted the pulp by default but many brands allow you to add some or all of the pulp back. Also, the centripital (blender type) juicers tend to create heat, this may or may not be what you want with temperture sensitive nutrients.

https://www.juicingbook.com/centrifugal-masticating-juicers

[Bean Counter]

I saw the title and thought this had something to do with A-Rod. 

I think I'm going to start juicing. I'm losing weight for a surgery and want to keep going after that. There's already some good tip here. I'm interested in the observation about the acids and alkalies from BC. So what if they neutralize each other? Does that mean it's less nutritional? What's the negative or benefit of this?

The negative I could see is the canceling of absorption of some nutrients due to the neutralizing effect.  Often foods are acid or alkaline and the aminos and other properties require that for absorption.  So take away the acid in ascorbic acid lose the vitamin c yes rose hips are acidic. A lot of people say do not take calcium at the same time you take vitamin c as they cancel each other out and you may as well just drink a glass of water.  Its sort of like that.  Figure out what nutrition you are trying to get out of juicing then find the foods that boost that.

 

I'd recommend seeing a nutritionist if your insurance covers it and if not, getting a well reviewed book or two on the subject. IIRC lemons and oranges were two of the biggest offenders given their high acidity. That's not to say that they aren't great nutritionally on their own merit, just that there's folly in adding them to those dark healthy greens like collards, kale, and what not. In fact lemons are supposedly great to add to iced tea for a few reasons: they help reduce oxalate formations (that can cause kidney stones) and some of the antioxidants in tea are more absorbable in the presence of the lemon juice. I think the book I read said that you should wait at least a half hour before consuming one after the other (a glass of veggie juice and a glass of fruit juice), so that they don't mix too high in the digestive tract.

I have more bad news: you really should juice right before you consume. Think of what an apple or banana looks chopped up after an hour, and multiply that times 1,000x. Go have some fresh squeezed orange juice and compare it to a glass from the supermarket. Even if you refrigerate, there's a lot of breaking down that takes place after the juicing process. This is incredibly inconvenient. Now, you have to wash all the veggies and fruits, juice them, clean the dammed machine, and you can't even store a good amount for later.

Juicing, even for a short term, could be very effective in cleaning out (detoxing) your GI tract to amp up your digestive process if you've  clogged it for decades with processed food and simple carbs. Again, see a nutritionist. To be honest there's probably easier ways to lose weight if that's all you're after. My motivation  to juice was all about wanting to kick the living hell out of cancer, atherosclerosis, and other disease processes BEFORE they rear their ugly head in your life. I am high strung 

[pianoman9701]

Thanks BC. I'm sure I can find lots of info on the net and I will.

I can't believe I didn't get at least a rise out of my A-Rod comment. What, are you guys all Yankee fans? 

[Bean Counter]

Well as for myself, I don't care much for professional sports as it is, and I'm trying to pick my battles. 

[pianoman9701]