Last week I created a post about juicing because bodies under stress have a hard time absorbing nutrients or digesting. There were a lot of questions that warranted a more detailed explanation about juicing.
The idea of juicing is not novel. American Fitness expert Jack LaLanne preached that up until his death. Daily juicing increases the chance for the body to absorb the nutrients it may not have gotten through normal digestion. It should not replace eating fruits and vegetables because you still need the soluble fiber. It should accompany your diet ideally first thing in the morning to wake up your digestive system and optimize absorption.
Experts are saying that juicing can actually promote insulin resistance. When you juice you take out all of the fiber in the food. What is left is the fruit sugar that gets quickly absorbed by the body, which spikes the insulin and gets converted into fat! I guess the best way to avoid this is to stick with more vegetables and less fruit juices. Fitness expert Tracy Anderson tells the Daily Mail that juicing is just about as healthy as eating a Twinkie.
I have included three great videos to help you understand a healthy way of looking at juicing.
The first is a video is an interview from the creators of the Blueprint Cleanse. I like how they say their product (the juices) are a tool. It's good to hear that because for a second I thought they were facilitating a new eating disorder. Droves of women would gorge themselves to death on bad foods and alcohol only to "CLEANSE" the evil that they did to their body and would turn around and repeat the abuse. I like how they emphasize raw and unpasteurized. It's really the best way to juice.
The next video is an interview Oprah did with Singer Fergie to discuss her secret to her healthy body. I love that she preaches everything in moderation.
The final video is with nutrition expert Joy Bauer. I think this is a fabulous video as a guidance on juicing. She loves juices as an add-on versus and 'all out diet'.
So hopefully when it comes to juicing you will use your brain and listen to your body. Every time my clients try full blown juice cleanses it ages them. This is probably because they are missing essential amino acids you get from protein, which speeds up collagen loss.
Thanks again for watching and reading!
