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post #41 of 52
8/4/09 at 5:38pm
Well the fiber may be fine for me, but that may be why my dd's leaky gut is healing well and we have been juicing almost everyday lately.
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post #42 of 52
8/12/09 at 11:46pm
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Hello everyone!

I just wanted to share this cool juicing aha moment.

For years I have struggled with sugar spikes. It was getting bad this fall and winter, when honestly my entire health was plummeting.

In January I started juicing, mostly doing a Romaine lettuce, celery, cucumber blend. I didn't have any energy to figure out what was best for me, so I just followed a wise mama's plan and it turned out to be awesome is sooooo many ways.

Here is the newest reason:
I have juiced consistently for the rest of the winter and spring, and really saw steady increase in health, including blood sugar issues.
This early summer I went on a three week vacation. I only juiced maybe 3 times a week. My bouncing on the balls of my feet energy disappeared by day 15. (I believe there were other contributing reasons for my low energy) I got out the the habit of juicing, and was doing it max twice a week since then. Since July I have noticed that I've been having significant problems with insulin again - at times only pure fat or protein can work.

I posted about this on the allergy forum, and a wise mama recommend GTF chromium. I did a search on the whfoods.com site to see what whole food I could use as a source.

dummm dumm ta dummm!!!!! who has the most excellent rating???

Romaine Lettuce!!!

Yes, I do believe that my juicing was helping me keep my insulin levels even. I went to the farmer's market and got two full heads of romaine today.

Maybe another time I will explain how juicing helped me figure out my depressions issues, and sulfation issues.

keep on juicing (and making smoothies) ladies!
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post #43 of 52
8/13/09 at 10:21am
FairyRae posted this site Green Smoothie Girl and I'm enjoying it. Informative, step-by-step suggestions.


Pat
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post #44 of 52
3/25/10 at 6:54pm


Just wanted to bump this old thread to get the conversation going again. I just got my new(used) juicer in the mail, and I'm ready to start juicing!! (I got a hell of a deal on an Omega 8005 on eBay last week!)

Amy- do you have any favorite recipes that don't use fruits? DD is allergic to pretty much every fruit out there... we are using bananas right now, so I could blend the juice with bananas (although that seems like WAY too many dishes for me ).

We also want to avoid things with high oxalates....
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post #45 of 52
3/25/10 at 8:30pm
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We do a romaine, cucumber, celery mix sweetened with fruit. If you are heavy on the cucumber it won't need much sweetness and the banana should work.

Carrot is also lovely.
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post #46 of 52
3/25/10 at 8:39pm
I have a vitamix. The juices tend to be very thick but the fiber is good for me. I got my latest juice recipe from The Raw Uncookbook, it's called Blood. It has an apple (preferably sweet), beet, ginger, lime. Yum! Make sure its served chilled. Sometimes I'll add a carrot to that.
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post #47 of 52
3/25/10 at 10:28pm
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Originally Posted by Mammo2Sammo View Post
We do a romaine, cucumber, celery mix sweetened with fruit. If you are heavy on the cucumber it won't need much sweetness and the banana should work.

Carrot is also lovely.
I have romaine, cucumber, and carrots on hand. Do you think those would be a good mix? I guess I will have to just experiment and find out!
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post #48 of 52
3/28/10 at 4:18pm
I finally had some time to open up my juicer and play with it a bit. I love it! It's amazing how different the masticating juicer is from my old, crazy loud centrifugal one. (I got an Omega 8005.) DD wasn't too sure about the romain/cucumber/carrot blend, but she did drink a little.
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post #49 of 52
3/28/10 at 4:55pm
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I finally had some time to open up my juicer and play with it a bit. I love it! It's amazing how different the masticating juicer is from my old, crazy loud centrifugal one. (I got an Omega 8005.) DD wasn't too sure about the romain/cucumber/carrot blend, but she did drink a little.

Can you do beets? They are sweet. What about apple? Lemon?

Pat
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post #50 of 52
3/28/10 at 4:59pm
We can't do any fruits. We really shouldn't do beets (or carrots either for that matter...) because they're high oxalate.
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post #51 of 52
7/18/10 at 2:36am
I'm so glad to have found this thread!

I have been juicing for about 7 years and my Juice man Jr. is on it's last leg. I knew if I checked here I would find some good advice. I am leaning towards the Omega j8005. Has anyone tried this machine for nut or seed butters, in addition to juice? TIA
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post #52 of 52
7/18/10 at 8:29am
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Although I'm not of big fan of him, Mercola has some things to say about juicing.
http://www.mercola.com/nutritionplan/juicing.htm

He stresses the importance of adding fat to your drink, or alongside, especially for absorption of vitamin K.
I still dont know how much is necessary.

http://macrobiotics.co.uk/juicing.htm
I don't know if it would be enough but I add coconut milk yogurt to my smoothies.
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