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Originally Posted by Villages PL
If you compare your previous way of eating to you current way of eating, you might say that you went from bad to good. But I don't think you'll be able to keep up your current regimen of juicing two meals per day. Juicing, as I understand it, removes all the fiber from fresh fruits and vegetables. It's as bad as it gets and reminds me of the processing that gets done commercially.
To be healthy you need 25 to 35 grams of fiber per day. How much are you getting now? 10? And when you remove all the fiber from fruits and vegetables, the sugar content becomes concentrated and you spike your blood sugar - there's no fiber to slow down the absorption. Lack of fiber can cause constipation, hemorrhoids and diverticulitis.
Also, you might wonder what's happening to the good "gut flora" that lives off of fiber.
This is why I don't think your current juicing diet will last much longer. It's extreme and potentially damaging to your health.
Why do so many people like juicing? Most people don't like fresh fruits and vegetables and don't like fiber. Juicing removes the fiber and thereby concentrates the sugar. Basically, it converts healthy food into homemade junk-food.
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Thanks for the feedback. I mean for the juicing to be a "cleanse". I have already gone from juicing 3 times a day to twice a day. Since I am so new to this, I really don't have a long range plan yet, but I think one is slowly forming, and that is to stay on a completely plant based diet. I am aware that when I juice I throw away the very important fiber. I was thinking of adding back some of the pulp to the juice, but that seems unappetizing. What I do is have a plant based meal for dinner, which I think is supplying a good amount of fiber, plus my snacks are no longer cookies but are celery stalks and carrots which supplies fiber. I had a brief TOTV discussion with someone who has a vitamix and was going to try smoothies. I said then that in some respects that was superior to juicing because of the fiber. I think what juicing is doing for me is changing my taste perception. I never liked celery, but now I look forward to it. I disliked kale, but now look forward to it also. Again, thanks for the input. I will carefully consider what you said.