Juicing really works?

[Tyler Robinson]

Came across this video a while ago and it looks promising. I'm afraid to try, feels like it might upset my stomach if there's no Fibre. 

 

[Yarco]

I bought his ebook and did his reboot diet for a week.

- By the end, you will absolutely hate juice and vegetables in general. I backlashed hard afterward and couldn't eat certain vegetables for weeks without gagging. Some of the juice recipes he provides are okay, some of them I had to really choke down.

- At some point you will fuck up your electrolyte balance and have headaches, light-headedness, flu-like symptoms, diarrhea (yes, the lack of fiber will have you shitting constantly, and there's not much to come out except the liquids you put in). Usually around day 2 or 3 for me. You need to have coconut water, pickle juice, and/or powdered electrolytes on hand to recover and not feel like death. Sometimes you fix your electrolytes and still feel like shit, might just be detox.

- It takes a fuckload of fruits and vegetables. I filled a shopping cart and spent probably $100 just to buy enough for 3 days worth of juicing.

- It's time-consuming. Cutting and juicing all your stuff and then cleaning out your juicer will take you at least 15 minutes each time, 3x a day. If you work, it's just not practical. You don't want to take a juice for lunch that you made in the morning, and has been oxidizing for half a day.

- Do not try to use a blender instead of a juicer. Green smoothies are even more disgusting than green juice, because the fiber's still in there and it's like you have to chew the liquid before swallowing.

I found the Fat Sick & Nearly Dead documentary really inspiring. If someone is morbidly obese and it's either they do this diet and change their life around, or face diabetes and eminent heart attack or stroke, and they are taking it super seriously, then I think it can be done. But the average person doesn't have enough willpower go from eating Standard American Diet to juicing 3x a day.

After doing it, personally I'd rather just eat whole vegetables than try to combine it all into disgusting juice. I'd much rather just eat like 6 carrots, 4 celery sticks, 2 oranges, 5 beets, and a fistful of basil separately over the course of an hour instead of mixing it all up.

If I had to do it again on a bet or something, I'd at least start by cutting carbs and processed food out of my diet and eating only whole foods for at least a week first, then go down to only eating salads for a day or two, and then start juicing. Otherwise it's too much of a shock on your body.

Edited October 26, 2022 by Yarco

[The0Self]

Lack of fiber has nothing to do with upset stomach in almost every case. Insoluble fiber increases intestinal motility and soluble fiber does the reverse (which indirectly increases calcium absorption). Those are the kinds of effects fiber has. Fiber exclusion is more likely to mildly impact your cholesterol than it is to cause stomach upset.

[Tyler Robinson]

@Yarco @The0Self thanks! 

 

[Leo Gura]

It works great. Replace one of your meals with 4 giant glasses of fresh mixed juices. If you can afford it. It gets really expensive.

Edited October 26, 2022 by Leo Gura

[Tyler Robinson]

9 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

It works great. Replace one of your meals with 4 giant glasses of fresh mixed juices. If you can afford it. It gets really expensive.

I can't replace a whole meal. But I can drink in between so that I don't eat much. I'm a foodie. 

And I tend to munch a lot. 

 

Edited October 26, 2022 by Tyler Robinson

[Yarco]

12 hours ago, nuwu said:

@Yarco potentially an issue with oxalates (rhubarb/spinach/beets/...) or salicylates. most veggies are fine

Maybe, it's definitely worst for me with spinach and leafy greens, or anything really bitter. I could drink carrot juice, or any kind of fruit juice like apple/orange all day long. Even beet juice is okay. But mix in more than a handful of spinach, chard, or kale and it makes me want to hurl.