THE BENNEFITS OF JUICING!

[NEHA1222]

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A JUICER (JACKLALANE)! I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT IT WAS OF THE BEST DECISION I HAVE MADE IN LIFE I HAVE NOTICED A DIFFERENCE IN MY SKIN, MY HEALTH, AND MY ENERGY LEVEL. JUICING IS THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IF YOU WANT A BETTER YOU! CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT WE ARE SUPPOSE TO HAVE A DAILY REUIREMENT OF 5 VEGETABLE AND 5 FRUITS, IT IS HARD ENOUGH TO EVEN EAT ONE FRUIT OR VEGETABLE 10 IS A MAROTHON (WELL ATLEAST FOR ME)!
JUICING CUTS THAT DOWN FOR YOU YOU GET YOUR DAILY REQUIREMENTS IN 2 GLASSES. IN ADDITION YOU ARE GETTIN MORE NUTRIENTS AND VITAMINS BY JUICING BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE WHEN YOU EAT CARROT YOU ARE ONLY GETTIN 1% OF VITAMINS BECAUSE ALL THE NUTRIENTS ARE IN THE JUICE WHICH IS IN THE CELL WALL OF THE CARROT THUS WHEN YOU JUICE YOU OBTAINING 99% OF NUTRIENTS WHICH IF NORMALLY YOU ATE THE FRUIT OR VEGETABLE IT WOULD JUST GO DOWN THE DRAIN (BATHROOM)! IF ANY ONE HAS QUESTIONS I AM WILLING TO ANSWER, BUT DEFINETLY INVEST IN A JUICER!

[Minni]

Ms.Neha,
What kind of Veggie juices have you tried ? I haven't experimented beyond carrot.
Let us know the combinations you tried as well.

Thanks.
Minni

[sarithasai5]

Hi Neha!
what Minni said was right.
Wld be better if u could give the combinations u tried.
:)

[US]

Hi Neha1222, actually i was under the impression that taking the fruits and vegs as such will keep all vitamins and minerals intact rather than as having it as juice , since its the general opinion. Could somebody ,probably our 'healthy lifestyle guru' Dev can throw some light on this...

Regards

[deepali128]

Hi Neha!

it was a interesting thred. i have a juicer too but i hardly use it..i am kind of lazy is one of the reason. and i don't know the receipes of the juices. i don't eat veggies much tell the receipes for fruits and vegetable juices. share ur secret with us. we would love to have nice skin :D

[NEHA1222]

thank You every one for replying, Yes it is true that juicing take more vitamins since they are all hidden with in the fiber cell wall of a vegetable which is not properly digest by our bodies and thus does not store the nutrients and vitamins! As for recipes I don't have any in particular but I will tell you what I put in the juice I make.

Veggie Juice:

half bunch of spinach washed properly (this is very good for eyes and skin contains a good source of lutein)
4-5 carrots (contains lots of vitamin in the form of beta carotene very good for skin)
1 whole beet (very good for blood especially for women who are menstruating or in menopause)
1 whole cucumber (cucumbers are if used topically are very good for the skin so imagine how beneficial it would be if you drink it)
since I like a little bit sweetness I add an apple

THIS DRIN IS VERY ENERGIZING AND VERY GOOD FOR YOU NOT ONLY FOR YOUR SKIN BUT YOUR WHOLE BODY!
my juicer come with a large feeding SHOOT so I don't have to do a lot of chopping but the important factor is not the chopping it is the peeling of the skin [b]DO NOT PEEL THE SKIN OF ANY VEGETABLE SINCE MOST OF THE BENEFITS ARE IN THE SKIN. LET ME SAY THERE IS NO BETTER JUICE THAN FRESH JUICE THERE IS NO COMPARISON FROM V 8 OR TROPICANA WHICH HAS PRESERVITIVES TO MAINTAIN SHELFLIFE! AND THE BENNEFITS ARE SELF EXPLANITORY.

FRUIT JUICE:

2 WHOLE APPLES (CONTAIN MANY NUTRIENTS GOOD FOR THE SKIN)
GRAPES WITH SEED AND STEM
STRAWBERRIES
WATERMELON WITH RIND
CANTELOPE WITH RIND

THIS A TRULY TASY AND REFRESHING JUICE! ANOTHER THING EVERYONE HAS TO REALIZE IS THAT WHEN YOU COOK YOUR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES YOU ARE KILLING OF MOST OF THE NUTRIENTS. RAW FOOD IS THE BEST TO EAT (I E SALADS) BUT SINCE IT HARD TO EAT ALL THE DAILY REQUIRMENTS MY BEST ADVICE IS IN 2 GLASSES OF JUICE YOU GET SO MUCH MORE AND YOU FEEL SO SO MUCH BETTER AND LOOK BETTER!

[R]

Hello Neha,

Sounds very interesting..BTW, are u taking both of the juices everyday and what is the qty?

4 to 5 carrots-guess that it is a baby carrot! Do you add water or milk while grinding?

Anticipating a reply from you..thanks

[R]

And, just now, I read an article about pappaya. Both the fruit and vegetable has lots of medicinal uses and one can take either the whole fruit or in the form of juice.

Other than the medicinal uses, important thing to remember is that it will keep you young!!

[NEHA1222]

yes u can use baby carrots but i use whole carrots and the quantity is 2 16 oz glasses reccomended. ABSOLUTLY NO NEED TO ADD WATER OR MILK,U GET JUICE FROM JUICER OR JUICE EXTRACTOR! I USE THE JACKLALANE JUICER AND IT GIVES A LOT OF JUICE! I THINK IT IS THE BEST MACHINE I HAVE EVER BOUGHT, U KNOW HOW U BUT SOMETHING AND USE IT ONCE AND IT IS LEFT ON THE SHELF TO GATHER DUST THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE MACHINES IT IS REALLY GOOD AND U CAN PUT IN WHOLE APPELS! GOOD INVESTMENT IN MONEY. NOW SOME1 MIGHT ARGUE THAT EVEN IF U EAT THE WHOLE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ITS STILL BETTER! I'D LIKE TO SEEE SOME1 EAT 5 FRUITS AND 5 VEGETABLES EVERYDAY, BELIVE ME ITS BETER SAID THAN DONE. ALSO IF WE ARE JUICING AND WE ARE NOT GETTING THAT MUCH BENNEFITS BETTER SOMETHING THAN MOTHING RIGHT! HOWEVER WE ARE GETTING MORE NUTRIENTS AND VITAMINS BY JUICING BECAUSE OUR BODY IS ABSORBING THE JUICE RATHER THEN DISPOSING IT IF U EAT WHOLE VEGETABLES DUE TO THEIR CELL FALLS AND UNNECCESARY FIBER!

[ash_970]

In my opinion juicing is not an alternative.

Because fruits and vegetables are developed by nature to be consumed as whole and not just juice as there is lot of fibrous material which really is a bulking and cleansing material in the veg- and fruits.

As mentioned in one of the previous mail 99% in fruits is waste is absolutely misleading , rather I would say by extracting juice and throwing rest is equal to throwing 99% and only having 1% of good ness.

A glass of Apple and A whole apple are totally two different things, the antioxidants and other neutrient /rufage awailable from whole fruit cannot be matched with the juice.

If some one is not able to eat all fruits one can try small portions or few no. of fruits.
Juice can be taken as an addtion to whole fruit or vegetable but no way a fruit can be substituted with it's juice only.

I would request the readers to do some web searching on advantages of eating whole fruit and vegetables ,

[grl95014]

I am one of those, who under the influence of the marketing gimmicks of the"juiceman" bought the juicer and used it for a while. I was under the impression, not unlike the original poster of this thread, that the fruits/veggies stuck in the digestive system for a few hours would destroy or oxidise the minerals and vitamins in them (by reading the Juiceman's book ofcourse). I mentioned this to my doctor and she reassured me that it is not necessary to drink so much juice everyday. It is only for people who eat predominantly meat or are too sick for a normal diet and cannot get the 5 servings of fruit and veggies through normal meals. She also warned me that regular drinking of fruit juices would put a lot of stress on my digestive system as they have a high concentration of fructic acid in them. The high quantity of fruit juices would induce the pancreas to secrete more insulin on a daily basis to digest them and it could prove very unhealthy.

The moral in this story for me was "do everything in moderation". I eat a lot of fruit and veggies everyday and juice only once a week.
This is just my story and worth all of $0.02.

[ash_970]

In addition to my previous mail please read the article below.


Why do we need whole fruit and veg?
Because, explains Paul Sacher, specialist dietician at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, they have two vital roles in the body's maintenance. "First of all, we need them for fibre, or roughage, which is an absolutely essential part of our diet. It's responsible for keeping things moving in our digestive system, and it also feeds the bacteria which live in the digestive tract, which in turn produce substances that keep our gut healthy.

"Secondly, fruit and vegetables are an important source of vitamins, minerals, and trace elements, which we have recently come to understand much better. Trace elements, such as selenium, copper and zinc, act as antioxidants. That is to say, as their names suggest, they help to prevent oxidation, which is the process of decay. So they keep cells in better condition, and also mop up free radicals. Free radicals are molecules generated in the body by radiation from the sun, or pollution, which cause damage to the cells, possibly even cancer."

Fruit and vegetables can also contain a lot of other useful substances, such as a fibre called pectin found in apples, which has recently been shown to help keep cholesterol levels stable, or the enzyme bromelin in pineapples, which is a brilliant aid to digestion of proteins.

I wish we keep fruit juices as alternative to SODA POPS as refreshment drinks and not as substitute to whole fruit and veg.
If you are really health concious make an effort to chew something rather than just drink....

is the human race getting so lazy ...in this fashion the coming generations would evolve with straws in the mouth rather than teeth...imagine humans with straws in thier mouth......just joking...
Thanks

[tomato]

Sometime back I had been doing some research on the net reguarding juicing and its benefits.
This is what I found out.
1. Like Neha said : The nutrients are hidden in the cell walls of the veggies and fruit. So the best way to get the max nutrition out of carrots is to juice it.
2. Dietery fibre is also essential for our body as ash_ has pointed out. It helps lower Blood cholesterol.
Inspite of it literally going down the drain it is still friendly to our intestines. And is a must in our diet if we want to start off our day well . :wink: Or else we may have to turn to 'Isabgol' for the rescue.
3. I also came across the suggestion of mixing the pulp left after juicing, back into the juice and drink the whole thing. Well I don't think it will be easy to go down, but that was a suggetion from a site I came across.

So much for the theory. In practice I did buy a juicer but found it tedious to clean the whole thing after juicing. So I have donated it to someone who was more interested.

But after coming across this thread I'm very much tempted to buy a juicer. Regd the pulp we will have to think of innovate ways of swallowing it.
So dear hubbers if u have some idea as to include the pulp in the diet instead of throwing it,( I don't like the idea of mixing it to the juice) do post ur ideas.

Finally thanks Neha for starting this thread. Pls do post some tips on cleaning the juicer .

[ash_970]

Hi,

My mom used to add fruit pulps in different jams burfies and halwas.

You may add this remaining pulp into burfies and add a nice flavour .It used to give nice natural colour and flavour to the product.

E.g Coconut burfy with tomato flavour or pineapple flavour

Gajar halwa with apple flavour you can run your own creativity

machine and imagination

Hope this helps

[grl95014]

You can make carrot halwa with the carrot pulp. For making vegetarian soup stock or broth you can add vegetable pulp (carrots, celery, beetroot, cabbage, tomato etc) for great flavor and nutrition. The veggie pulp or the cooked broth can then be frozen. You can make quick soups using the broth.

[tomato]

Thanx a lot for the innovative ideas for using the pulp. Guess I'll soon have to buy a juicer.

Neha still waiting for ur tips on cleani g the juicer, especially the strainer part of it.

[NEHA1222]

IM SORRY I DIDNT MEAN TO CONFUSE ANY ONE I AM JUST SAYING THAT SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING. I'LL BE HONEST I CANT EAT 5 FRUITS AND 5 VEGETABLES A DAY! THERE ARE BAD EFFECTS TO EVERYTHING BUT JUICING YOUR FRUITS AT HOME IT HAS ABSOLUTLY NO HARM, YOU ARENT TAKIN ANY RISK AT IT. IF YOU CAN EAT THAT AMOUNT OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GOOD FOR YOU! BUT YOU CAN STILL GAIN BENNEFITS FROM JUICING THERE ARE ALOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ITS HARD TO DIGEST WHOLE FOODS DUE TO SOME AILMENTS MANY DOCTORS HAVE RECOMENDED VEGETABLE AND FRUIT JUICE. OK INSTEAD OF MOCKING JUICING TRY EATING 10 FRUITS AND AND VEGETABLE A DAY AND ALSO TRY JUICING IF U DONT FEEL BETTER OR HEALTHIER YOU CAN STOP! I HONESTLY THINK ITS THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED!

[ash_970]

Hi Neha,
Sorry if I had offended you with my views ..in no way I meant to mock any one..it was my genuiene concern for the topic..as I have read articles and with my own experience ......

though you logic is noble that ' at least something is better than nothing...I fully agree with you'.

....they have defined the portions of five fruit and five vegies....where you can manage the daily recommended portions.... If you are interested I will forward you a web site where the portions are defined scientifically....

keep your good work

[NEHA1222]

if one thinks about it a human is made up of flesh and blood, our blood contains so much vitamins and nurtrients. its the same way with a fruit or vegetable its the juice that has most of vitamins and minerals, think about can you eat a dried up apple or carrot. even in studies as today science is extractin juice from the grapeseed cuz of its benneficial properties. MY grandparents are in their 80's and they have been juicing most of theri lives. like is said but a juicer try it and if u dnt like it return it i gurantee u wont suffer from side effects here is an article about juicing!http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:UWb1Dl34rNEJ:www.living-foods.com/articles/benefits.html+benefits+of+juicing&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 in this article will even tell you how you can obtain the most bennefits out of a vegetable the example in here is carrots! let me quote it-"Plus, since juicing removes the indigestible fiber, these nutrients are available to the body in much larger quantities than if the piece of fruit or vegetable was eaten whole. For example, because many of the nutrients are trapped in the fiber, when you eat a raw carrot, you are only able to assimilate about 1% of the available beta carotene. When a carrot is juiced, removing the fiber, nearly 100% of the beta carotene can be assimilated."

[ash_970]

Sorry....No more suggestions from my side ...as I can make out that

you don't believe in having a scientific approach towards

things...comparing fruit juice and Blood is out of my range of

understanding....you have it in your own way...GOOD LUCK and

GOOD HEALTH...please ignore all my previous mails

[NEHA1222]

for your kind information, my doctor is the one who gave me that anology. and as far as science goes , there is nothing wrong with eating fruits and vegetables if you can do it good for you, but it is a longer process and there are some fruits and vegetables like carrots that have indigestibale fiber, i dotn have to agree with you this is a forum your suppose to give your opinions, yes i will say from i experince my opions just happes to be fact for me. i belive and i will stick by my belive that juicing fruits and vegetables is as benneficial as eating them, if not more. even my doctor said my health was much improved due to the fact that incorpareted juice in my life. im not here to get harassed from any one's opinions im here to give my opinions and testimonials about the bennefits of juicing, that is why I opened this topic, if somebody doesnt like what im saying tough cookies.

[NEHA1222]

here is an energy drink that will pump you up more than coffee

1 orange
1 apple
1/2 an inch of ginger


this juice will be a bit bitter, but it gives u enough energy to last you a good 5 hours at the least. u can moderate how much ginger you want. again this juice will be spicy and hard to drink but it will give you alot of energy. also i hope everyone can try to make their own juice at home with a good quality juice extractor. i like jacklalane juicer its a good price and does a good job. i would like to get some testimonails from people who have tried juicing.

[kavithasenthil]

Hello Neha,

This thread tempted me to by a juicer and i bought one yesterday. Made apple,pear juice. Freshly extracted juice tastes awesome. I never going to buy juice from the store. I usually take a glass of store brought juice daily..here after i am going to make my own.

It is true, juicing is fun! I am waiting for tommorow to make juice(sounds like a kid)

By the way y u add ginger in the above recipe?

[NEHA1222]

hi kavitha how are you i am glad your experince in juicing was good. i know u have just started new but have you felt a difference in your energy level. juicing is great for makin fresh tasty juice but it is also benneficial for you, and i hope in the near buy weeks you feel health and energized. their are combinations of juice you can have. i used ginger because it really gives a nice energy boost. ginger has so many bennefits. you are suppose to eat raw fruits and vegetables as opposed to cooking them which kills the nutrients provided by fresh produce. if one cant eat all the 10 vegies and fruits the next best or even better thing is juicing them. i dare any to eat raw ginger everyday it will kill your mouth. so i just put a lil bit of it in my juice and i get an amazing energy boost, it doesnt taste the best but it sure pumps you up for the whole day!

[dev]

Jiucing once in a while is ok...but juicing all ur daily req of fruits & veg!!!...I doubt if it's good... Fiber,no doubt,is an essential part of our diet....Else U'll have a tough time in the mornings.... :lol: But I feel,if Indian food is taken the right way,will not need any substituting for whole vegs & fruits in the form of juice... It's very well incorporated in our everyday meal...

& home made juices are definitely better than store ought ones... Try not to add sugars & also not to leave out the pulp... But moderate out guys... Alavukku meerinaal amudhamum nanjaakum...:)

[dev]

if one thinks about it a human is made up of flesh and blood, our blood contains so much vitamins and nurtrients. its the same way with a fruit or vegetable its the juice that has most of vitamins and minerals,

:roll: Hey,comeon....Do we eat meat like chick,fish etc or do we drink its blood... My goodness!!!!!!....I just cannot even imagine comparing blood & fruit juice...even if there is some truth in it... :?

[NEHA1222]

yes i agree we need fiber. but think about we have so many sources available for fiber, it doesnt really harm us if we are not getting it from fruits and vegies. its good if one can obtain it from the fresh produce but i f you think about it indian food is the biggest sorce for fiber- my biggest example is the indian breads. we eat so much bran and wheat it snot even funny. my point is in the long run we do get our fiber, i belive we get more fiber in a day then, vitamins and nutrients. there is nothing wrong with juicing. tell me if u know atleast one person that eats 5 fruits and 5 vegies in a day. and you have to remeber some food s have indigestible fiber no matter how much we eat of it our body will just dump it out of our system without storing the nutrients and vitamins. like i said if you can eat the daily requirement of fruits and vegies more power to you. but the next best thing if not better is juicing because the juice of the fruit contains the nutrients and vitamins. think about it when we extract any thing there is a higher concentration of certain properties in the extraction. that is why popular products such as grapeseed extract vanilla extract are so expensive cuz you are squeezing it out. hey and also if you really want your fiber from the fruit just take a little bit of the pulp and mix it in your juice!

[NEHA1222]

first thing first the analogy was made by a doctor, and excuse me do you eat chicken, fish and meat for your health give a break most people eat meat for pleassure. you dont need meat to survive thats a proven fact. and mind you there are people in this world who do drink the blood of animals and find it very good for their health. im not saying do it. but if it is brought up that we eat meat and not drink their blood we do it plainly for our tastes. yes dont get me wrong their are benefits in eating certain meats.but one can find alternitives do get those bennefits i.e. beans. ill be honest i love chicken curry but when i smash my face into it im not thinkin of how good it is for me im thinkin wow this chicken curry tastes good!

[dev]

Hey Neha,

Do U mean to say we need to eat 5 fruits & 5 veg a day?????... The RDA is 3-5 veg & 2-4 fruits a day... Any dobts,look into this site...
http://www.ring.com/health/food/pyramid2.gif
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/pyramids.html

If U look at Indian food,we eat a min 2 veg(one in sambhar & 1 or 2 in subzi) & a fruit for lunch & the rest 1 or 2 fruit & 1 or 2 veg will come with breakfast & dinner & snacks... I have been eating it comfortably for years now & I can show you a whole lot of ppl who eat this kind of food...

There are 2 forms of fibre...soluble & insoluble...both have diff properties & both are essential for a healthy diet...Soluble fibre are mostly found in fruits...Soluble fiber slows down digestion in the stomach and intestines, thus stabilizing blood glucose levels... Sources of insoluble fiber include: wheat, corn, rice, veggies and beans...I'll post some info abt fiber needs in the Healthy lifestyle thread...If U wish to,look into it sometime later today...

[NEHA1222]

no your right we dont need 10 servings but up to 10 servings, the reason i said 10 is because that is what was reccomended to me by by nutritionist and i saw the same number amount in the infomercial for the juicer i had, in addition i read it one of the medical journals, i will look for the journal and when i find it i will post it.
http://www.peakperformance.on.ca/health/1vegandfruit.htm
http://www.cpma.ca/Nutrition/en/servings.html
right we do eat vegetables in sabzi and samber, but notice most subziz we make and im speaking from my family and for indian familes around me we cook our vegtables at high temperatures i.e. tarka and ghee frying which destroys many vitamins and nutrients. we need to eat raw fruits and vegies to obtain the maximum bennefit from them, by juicing you are still getting bennefits you are destroying the nutrients or vitamins.http://www.nutrition.com.sg/atd/atdcooking.asp http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:UgUEXZz8U4kJ:www.all-creatures.org/health/rawversus.html+cooking+and++vegetables+and+destroy ing&hl=en&ie=UTF-8.
Sir its great that you know so many people who have a fruit for lunch. but the i go to college and im strictly talking about the eating habits i have seen let me say this much, i was lucky if i offered them a jolly rancher just to give em a little fruit (joke not saying jolly ranchers contain any form of fruit but its that bad what i have seen). the students i have seen including my group were chowing down on mainly hamburgers. and im not saying all but many i have seen in my cafeteria dont even touch fruit let alone processed juice. and yes we do need both types of fiber but you also find soluble fiber in Oat/Oat bran
Dried beans and peas
Barley
Flax seed
Psyllium husk
and along with fruit
http://www.healthcastle.com/fiber-solubleinsoluble.shtml
barley is the atta, beans is a desi food must. in addition fiber is also the skins of the fruit. i juice my fruits and vegies with my the skin, and yes the skin does get juiced, ill be a sole witness to that. i just encourage people to try juicing dont make it an alternative but incorporate, and sir also goin back to previous about you saying we shouldnt add sugar to the juice.
"Try not to add sugars." whem im talking about making juice im talking about 100 percent fresh fruits and vegetable juice extracted from your juice no additves no juice masalas no sugars, just fresh juice if people are adding sugars to the juice that is totaly defeating the purpose of obtaining bennefits from the juice. again i am not arguing with anyone im just stating my point from my experince and the experience from my family. good quality juice depends on both the quality and freshness of the produce and the juice.

[dev]

i just encourage people to try juicing dont make it an alternative but incorporate

If that is the case...there is nothing much to discuss... I do take juices once in a while & I too don't say that it should be banned altogether... You can have it once in a while but not as a substitute for whole fruits & vegs everyday... Soluble & insoluble fibre is found in most cereals but the proportion varies...cereals r hign in insoluble & low in soluble...it's the opposite in fruits...

And Neha...I'm not a male... :wink:

[NEHA1222]

im not saying have it once in a while, my point is to incorporate juice as a daily routine if you are not eating the vegetables or fruits drink them. if you are eating the daily required fruits and vegetables then you dont need to juice, but if you are not having your intake of fruits and vegetables because you dont get the time and/or dont feel like cutting them up or its to hard to eat 5-10 servings of produce then the next best thing is juice and for some vegetables like carrots and beets juicing them is better then eating them. the juicer i use you can juice whole fruits and vegetable including seeds, stems, skin. when i look in the pulp basket of my juicer i hardly see any pulp and the minimal pulp that is left is dry.

[dev]

im not saying have it once in a while, my point is to incorporate juice as a daily routine if you are not eating the vegetables or fruits drink them. if you are eating the daily required fruits and vegetables then you dont need to juice, but if you are not having your intake of fruits and vegetables because you dont get the time and/or dont feel like cutting them up or its to hard to eat 5-10 servings of produce then the next best thing is juice and for some vegetables like carrots and beets juicing them is better then eating them. the juicer i use you can juice whole fruits and vegetable including seeds, stems, skin. when i look in the pulp basket of my juicer i hardly see any pulp and the minimal pulp that is left is dry.

That's ok Neha...But if juicing continues for sometime,ppl will feel it better to juice than to take pains cooking... I really doubt if that's good...I've seen the juicer U r talking abt in a TV show... But I'm still not convinced about juicing...Fruits are very easy to eat as such...Y juice it???... Hmmm...will have to find out more info abt it from my ayurveda practi when I go to India this time... I also know one who has done a course in Naturopathy... Guess they'll be able to throw more light...Will post whatever info I'm able to collect from them...

[ash_970]

Hello Neha,

I would request don't get me wrong...I have no intention to torture or mock your opinion and your strong belief in the topic.

I would say sorry again if I have hurt you with out any intention.

I have gone through all your following mails and I can see your point ...so please forget all our previous discussions and we can mend our way... :wink:

Thanks

[NEHA1222]

i can only provide the testimonial from my part, i have been juicing for 1-2 months now and i have noticed a significant difference and so has my doctor and nutritionist. i dont really exercise and i am in no way saying not exercise every1 should have aroutine of exercise. but i have noticed my health is better, my family's health is better. dev you are entiled to opinion that jucing cant beat eating whole fruits and vegies ut for someone like me who would probably waste have the items on my plate in trying to finish them juicing is for me. i belive it is the next best thing if not overall best. my health shows it my skin shows it and my medical reports show it .

[NEHA1222]

oh one more thing juicing does not replace cooking a t all , i will guarntee it, juicing cant replace drinking water, it can only be incorporated with these daily needs. i will tell you i juice and cook almost everyday. you cant get rid of your food intake for juicing no way lol, i need to eat roti dal sabzi, juice doesnt kil your hunger it might subside it for a while but you cant replace cooking with juicing ill be a wittness to that. i only drink maximum 1-2 glasses of juice a day. i use to 6 glassses of coke in a day. im happy i switched to water and fresh home made juice. i add so many vegies and fruits in my juice that i really feel good by the end of the day.

[kavithasenthil]

Hi, Following FAQ is taken from the link dev has posted.

From Harvard School of Public Health website...

Is juicing fruit and vegetables a good way to get my nine servings a day?

Juicing can help meet the nine servings per day. However, it is best to eat your fruits and vegetables in their "whole" forms since juicing separate the fruit juice from the fruit pulp, which contains most of the fiber that may be beneficial for your health. Also, juicing fruits will increase the glycemic index of the food since the fruit sugars are more readily available.

[NEHA1222]

right but the sugar levels are the same as if you ate the whole fruit your not getting any more, and even if you are gettin these sugars your body secretes very quickly due to the fact they are natual sugars. the one benfit to a juicer that i forgot to mention is that you can juice peels and skins that you would regulary not eat, for ex- a carbuja/cantlope the rind of or green portion of the cantelope is the most bennificial part we usually dicard the rind because its not properly eatable or digestable. however i juice the cantlope with the skin and it totally juices the rind because the juice comes out greenish. also when you are juicing you get little particles of the fruit or vegetable in your juice. they are very tiny i just analyzed it yesterday while i was drinking juice. i juice the skins of cantelope apples orangeseven, watermelon papaya some of these skins we would normally not eat but you can juice it and get many benefits out of it. also i juice the seeds also which many people diguard while eating the apple or any other seeded fruit!

[SlurpSlurp]

Hi , heres some from me... Food taken in its most natural available form is always the heathiest , anything different from its natural state is a result of processing & juicing is also a processing of the fruit. as a result it loses considerable amt of nutrients. Also people with high triglycerides are advised not to take juices coz it increases sugar level .

[NEHA1222]

define processing? yes if you are adding substances and artificial chemicals yes then i will say it is absolutly harmful to nurtrient content, but think about it we cook our vegetables and subzis at high temperature that is mass murder to nutrient content, but doctors even reccomend cooked vegetables. then on the other hand if you are taking a whole fruit or vegetable and extracting juice out of it the natural way wiht out n e additvies just 100 percent pure and natural juice there should not be any harm in it. i know two people who had extremely high triglyceroides, they along with me are having fresh juice and have actually reduced their tryglyceroides. dont drink processed/preservative juice drink natural fresh homemade juice.

[NEHA1222]

http://aolsvc.health.webmd.aol.com/content/article/100/105836.htm

[hi]

In my opinion it is alwaz better to eat fruits...than to make it juices....

[NEHA1222]

hey if you can do it that is great. and lets be honest with our selves do we eat up to 9 fruits and vegies every day, if you do than great keep up with the good work, i personally juice my fruits and vegetables (no additves of sugar or juice masala, just pure 100 percent juice) i feel great after drinkinng the juice and at the same time i eat whole vegetables by cooking them. but u have to remember when we cook our vegies at high temperature we are killing the nutrients.