juicers, etc.

[Guest guest]

About a year ago I made the big step and purchased the vita-mix

blender. This is a " very strong " blender which will make juice from

all kinds of fruit/veggies, as well as do much much more. The real

health benefits is that it makes juice from the " whole fruit/veggie "

which includes the pulp, so you're consuming the whole thing. It's so

strong that you can make juice from quartering an apple and placing it

with a whole carrot. No need to chop it down at all. It will also

make " hot soup " in 3 minutes from placing fresh tomatoes in it.

To find out more about it, just google vita-mix and their website will

show up.

 

Anita

[Guest guest]

all this talk about jiucing...isn't better to eat the WHOLE fruit or

vegetable?....thereby getting the fiber that is contained in the whole food?

i.e. the rind of an orange is great for cleaning out the intestinal tract..etc

etc I believe getting the fiber from these foods is more beneficial than just

the juice.

 

juicers, etc.

 

 

About a year ago I made the big step and purchased the vita-mix

blender. This is a " very strong " blender which will make juice from

all kinds of fruit/veggies, as well as do much much more. The real

health benefits is that it makes juice from the " whole fruit/veggie "

which includes the pulp, so you're consuming the whole thing. It's

[Guest guest]

Yes, eating whole is the best way to go, but who can possibly eat the amount of

veggies or fruit that goes into juicing? As for the amount of fiber that gets

lost in the pulp bin, save it for other recipes or dishes for later that day and

get it in that way. Nothing goes to waste here. So, juicing becomes a

concentrated way to get your nutrients without having to eat a large amount

daily. The rinds can be juiced as well as long as they are organic. Some things

that tend to be less appealing can be juiced with a granny smith apple or a

carrot and turned into a desired taste. I always use whole lemon in mine as

well.

It by far is not a substitute for eating whole foods as one should still do,

but an added benefit.

Just my thoughts...

 

franki5440 <Franki5440 wrote:

all this talk about jiucing...isn't better to eat the WHOLE fruit or

vegetable?....thereby getting the fiber that is contained in the whole food?

i.e. the rind of an orange is great for cleaning out the intestinal tract..etc

etc I believe getting the fiber from these foods is more beneficial than just

the juice.

[Guest guest]

From what I understand, juicing opens the cell walls of the fruit and

allows your body to better absorb the nutrients. Chewing and

digestion can do this, but not as effectively as a juicer. Juicing a

carrot will give you far more nutrients, although less fiber, than

just eating a carrot.

Does anyone have a better explanation or want to correct me on this?

 

, " franki5440 "

<Franki5440 wrote:

>

> all this talk about jiucing...isn't better to eat the WHOLE fruit or

vegetable?....thereby getting the fiber that is contained in the whole

food? i.e. the rind of an orange is great for cleaning out the

intestinal tract..etc etc I believe getting the fiber from these

foods is more beneficial than just the juice.

[Guest guest]

Juicing vegetables is a great way to get the benefit from a large amount AND

variety of vegetables. Most people would never be able to eat the amount of

veggies that they juice. It also provides superb nutrient content to the

body. However, you should always eat some veggies (or eat the pulp) to get

fiber content. Vegetables, especially the green vegetables, offer a vast

amount of vitamins to help the body with repair and healing.

 

I don't recommend juicing fruit very often because the sugar content in the

juice will cause an insulin spike. For those fighting any type of

degenerative disease, this is not helpful. If you eat fruit then the fiber

of the fruit will help to keep the insulin levels down. Plus, eating the

fruit provides everything the fruit has to offer in a synergistic way to the

body. We do not need to be eating vast amounts of fruit and the less sweet

a fruit is, probably the better it is for you.

 

By the way, if you chew effectively (some say at least 20 times) it will

help your digestion tremendously. Digestion begins in the mouth and is

always more effective than a juicer, if you are chewing your food properly.

Gulping food down is a huge reason for digestion problems.

 

Be Well~

Loretta

[Guest guest]

Here in Australia we have a wonderful product called V8 juices which is made

from freshly juiced fruit and vegetables to make up 3 different juices, tomato,

citrus, and my favourite tropical. I love them!!!

 

huggs Lyndall- Our right to own our pets is in danger - if you care, take a

stand before you have nothing left to fight for.

 

 

> all this talk about jiucing...isn't better to eat the WHOLE fruit or

vegetable?....thereby getting the fiber that is contained in the whole

food? i.e. the rind of an orange is great for cleaning out the

intestinal tract..etc etc I believe getting the fiber from these

foods is more beneficial than just the juice.

[Guest guest]

The theory of juicing is based on the concept that the mild losses from

separating the juice from the whole food, are more than compensated for, by the

immense gains made from obtaining substantial amounts of nutrients from juicing

vegetables and some fruits, producing the highest possible digestiblility, in

the smallest amount of time.

 

When I was in my thirties, my health was radically transformed with the advice I

received from a healer who specialized in raw vegetables, nuts and seeds,

juices, and water fasting. His routine diet, always called for 2 large, raw,

" combination " salads (by which he meant, that they contained a combination of

every vegetable you could assemble in your kitchen, especially the green leafy

variety) eaten daily, in addition to the juices he prescribed, so that there was

always considerable fiber content supplied by the salads, and rapid healing and

vitality supplied by the juices (mostly celery and/or carrot, to which apple,

was occassionaly added).

 

jp

 

From what I understand, juicing opens the cell walls of the fruit and

allows your body to better absorb the nutrients. Chewing and

digestion can do this, but not as effectively as a juicer. Juicing a

carrot will give you far more nutrients, although less fiber, than

just eating a carrot.

Does anyone have a better explanation or want to correct me on this?

[Guest guest]

Loretta,

 

You've presented everything you need to know about juicing in a very

concise way, thank you!

Personally, I only drink vegetable juices in the morning, as a daily

routine, and I do fortify it with freshly ground flax seeds and a green

powder called Emerald Balance... keeps me regular. When I do a cleansing

fast, I do use fruits like apples and black grapes for juicing as my

main source of calories, but that's only a couple of times a year, in

the summer!

 

I just want to add that food and supplementation are not the only things

you can do to help you keep healthy! A very important variable in our

efforts to maintain balance is physical exercise; people in our society

have a consumer mentality; we think that everything can be solved by a

taking in something and forget the other side of the coin, the giving

out! Body, Mind and Spirit form a whole and work best when balanced

and integrated... it is impossible and foolish to try to

understand/explain an organism by thinking of it as an isolated sack of

chemical compounds!

 

I know that this list helps a lot of people who are looking for

alternative treatments to some serious and immediate health challenges

by providing references and support so that they can make an informed

decision! My only point is that the best medicine(what the Chinese call

superior medicine) you can have is the one that helps you stay healthy

in the first place! In the old days in China, wealthy families had a

personal physician that would " take care " of the whole family! He would

be paid a regular salary all year long, but the money would be stopped

the minute a family member would get sick and would only be reinstated

when a cure was found! Interesting concept! Imagine if that principle

was applied to our modern health care system! The insurance companies

would love it, but the AMA, FDA, and of course big PHARMA would never

let it happen! There is a whole DISEASE Industry out there that would

be cut down to a small fraction, if preventative medicine became a

viable political movement! Exercise your vote wisely!

 

Domingo

 

Dr. Loretta Lanphier wrote:

 

> Juicing vegetables is a great way to get the benefit from a large

> amount AND

> variety of vegetables. Most people would never be able to eat the

> amount of

> veggies that they juice. It also provides superb nutrient content to the

> body. However, you should always eat some veggies (or eat the pulp) to get

> fiber content. Vegetables, especially the green vegetables, offer