Juicing your Veg.

Frank Bullitt

This was something that i was looking into recently,but im a bit lost as to where to start.

I eat my veg everyday but iv read recently that adding in veg juice is great for making your blood alkaline which is always a good thing,and can aid in over all health and help your body recover from workouts,and also can flush out the estrogen from your body(good if your a male)

Just wondering has anyone got recommendations for recipes and what to juice etc,i need to start somewhere but im generally just looking for a more natural version of the greens supplements that you see in most health shops.

Thanks in advance.

EileenG

To be honest, I'd just eat more veg. Green veg will keep you alkaline, and whole is better than juiced. Whole veg will give you extra fiber and will fill you up more.

A juicer is great if you would not otherwise eat your veg, but if you do eat lots of greens, you are spending money on a yoke that takes up space in your kitchen and is pure torture to clean.

If you want to drink your veg, how about vegetable soup?

Also, have you tasted some of the juiced veg? Kale cooked with EVOO and some garlic is lovely. Kale juice is disgusting. Most people who juice end up drinking a lot of carrot juice.

Sapsorrow

I agree with Eileen to a certain extant but that being said if you have the money, time and interest then juices are a great way to conveniently boost your micronutrient intake massively if you are using green veg in them in particular. There is one thing pretty much everyone needs more of and thats green leafys and if you enjoy drinking the juices then go for it! Just remember it's not a substitution for a meal at any point, but they can be a great way to make an otherwise bad food day a lot better (we all have them they;re inevitable at some point really). Smoothies are even better though (you can add greens and veg to these too) as you're getting all the fibre. The main thing is not to make them too sweet by going mad on the fruit otherwise you'll end up eating way too much sugar.
I'd say google it and you'll find lots of amazing recipes, I'll try find you the smoothie one that everyone rants about. I have it in a book somewhere and it's packed full of greens and really delicious.

*edit:* http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis/sweet-green-juice-recipe.html

http://www.anti-aging-nutrition-and-fitness.com/green-vegetable-juice-recipes.html

http://www.soymilkquick.com/vegetablejuicerecipes.php

Frank Bullitt

Thanks for the help,as i should have said,i do generally get my greens in with a meal once a day,generally its as much as i can eat which is usually a lot,but i wouldnt mind giving the juicing a go to see what benefits i can get if i add it to the veg i already eat.

--Kaiser--

What is this talk of 'Alkaline blood'? This is absolute nonsense.
First of all, hydrochloric acid is highly acidic, it doesn't matter how much 'alkaline' foods you eat, what leaves your stomach is going to be acidic.
Secondly, you cannot control the alkalinity of your blood by eating certain foods, in fact even a slight change in blood Ph is a very serious condition.

Sapsorrow

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

What is this talk of 'Alkaline blood'? This is absolute nonsense.
First of all, hydrochloric acid is highly acidic, it doesn't matter how much 'alkaline' foods you eat, what leaves your stomach is going to be acidic.
Secondly, you cannot control the alkalinity of your blood by eating certain foods, in fact even a slight change in blood Ph is a very serious condition.

I think the point is that your body uses it's resources like calcium to buffer acidic compounds? Is it not true that certain foods can make your urine more or less acidic?
Anything acidic is more easily absorbed across the stomach as the ph increases going down to the duodenum, ileum and large intestine in a gradient maing more alkaline compounds more easily absorbed the further down you go, and once in the blood any ionized compound will reach an euilibrium with the surrounding fluid so potentially it could have an effect in the sense of usong up alkalizing ions in the blood? Not something I know about tbh just applying what I know of physiology to try make sense of it.
Agreed about the blood though plasma ph is 7.4 even a fractional increase would cause death if not immediately treated.