So some may say "juicing takes all the fiber out of these fruits and veggies, what a waste." But honestly that couldn't be further from the truth. Yes there is fibrous waste from juicing, but you can use some of this in recipies, in a compost, or my favorite thing to do with it...it's a yummy treat for my animals.
After watching the documentary "Fat, sick and Nearly Dead" (it's a fantastic information packed documentary) I got on the juice wagon. One quote from the movie really struck home with me. I'm not sure if I'm quoting this exact, but well you will get the point. "We are all eating so much junk and processed foods our bodies are lacking proper nutrients, and in turn this makes us even more hungry and even though we are consuming thousands of calories our bodies are still starving. This is where juicing comes in. When you juice the cells get those nutrients faster and more of them...it's like a turbo charge of vitamins."
That made so much since to me. Starving cells = hungry bodies looking for nutrients. How could that not make since? Most people don't sit down and eat 6 raw carrots, a bunch of kale, a whole cucumber and a beet and an apple in one sitting...let alone over the course of the day. I down all that in one juice sitting. Even better it is ALL RAW so you are getting every bit of amazing energizing nutrients that fruit or veggie has to offer. So for me Juicing just makes since. I'm gonna share a few of my favorite juices, the first one my Mom made up and it tastes just like an Orange Julius. I am obsessed with it for breakfast, and with the added protein you are getting a double dose of goodness!
Orange Julius Protein Juice
2 or 3 oranges, peeled
2 large carrots
1 banana
One scoop of vanilla protein powder of your choice ( or banana..my new favorite powder is made by ProFight Supplements and its a banana smoothie flavored pure protein sweetened with stevia...I will include a pic at the end of this post)
Ok so all you do is juice the above, stir in the protein or you can blend it all together with a little ice and your DONE! It's fantastic!
Another one of my favorite juices (not as yummy at all but so good for you) is Wheat Grass Juice. I actually grow my own wheat grass and its so easy, just plant some Wheat Berries (found online or at your local health food store) and cut it and juice it yourself.
This juice you basically do as a 1oz or 2oz shot. Shoot it and try and have a chaser because this stuff is awful...but just two ounces of wheatgrass juice packs in 4 Servings of VEGGIES in terms of nutritional value! 4 whole servings. That is just amazing to me.
But there really is no rhyme or reason to juicing...throw some veggies together and drink them down...tomorrow I am going to try making a salsa inspired tomato juice. I will let ya all know how it turns out!
Happy Juicing
2 or 3 oranges, peeled
2 large carrots
1 banana
One scoop of vanilla protein powder of your choice ( or banana..my new favorite powder is made by ProFight Supplements and its a banana smoothie flavored pure protein sweetened with stevia...I will include a pic at the end of this post)
Ok so all you do is juice the above, stir in the protein or you can blend it all together with a little ice and your DONE! It's fantastic!
Another one of my favorite juices (not as yummy at all but so good for you) is Wheat Grass Juice. I actually grow my own wheat grass and its so easy, just plant some Wheat Berries (found online or at your local health food store) and cut it and juice it yourself.
This juice you basically do as a 1oz or 2oz shot. Shoot it and try and have a chaser because this stuff is awful...but just two ounces of wheatgrass juice packs in 4 Servings of VEGGIES in terms of nutritional value! 4 whole servings. That is just amazing to me.
But there really is no rhyme or reason to juicing...throw some veggies together and drink them down...tomorrow I am going to try making a salsa inspired tomato juice. I will let ya all know how it turns out!
Happy Juicing
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| The Protein I am IN LOVE WITH |
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| Amazing...All that goodness in one glass of juice |
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| Today's Juice was beet, carrot, apple kiwi, lemon and a whole bunch of kale....and it was yummy |
I have a jack lelane (?sp) juicer and hate it. However the directions said not to juice bananas as all it does is mush it up and spits it into the waste container. I think if you juiced and then added the banana via blender, you would get more of the flavor and more of the nutritional value :)
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