The Russian and I watch gaming youtube videos, which I know isn't too popular for most women. It started as his way to "teach" me how I should be playing games like Call of Duty: Black Ops, but he's probably sorry now as I keep beating him when we battle each other.
Anyway, one of the channels we tune in to is Wings of Redemption. Not only does he post videos of his game playing, he talks about thematic randomness. Today, his newest video was regarding juice fasting.
Wings of Redemption recently watched the video Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead like I did (a year ago). As he's on a quest to lose weight, Wings decided to undertake the challenge from the movie: a 10 day juice fast.
Watching the video was somewhat motivational, as I do believe in juice fasting (to an extent), even if my current situation prohibits me from partaking in such at this point in time. However, as I do have some experience juicing, there were some things I wanted to point out for someone wanting to juice.
Tips for juicing:
1. Mix fruit and veggies in each juice - fruit as an amazing way of covering up the taste of veggies. Any juice consisting mainly of veggies requires fruit to make it palatable unless one is accustomed to juicing.
2. Add spinach - to juice spinach, roll it into a tight ball before dropping into the juicer. If you just drop loose leaves into the juicer, they tend to be discarded instead of juiced. The best part? You can't taste the spinach - not in juice, not in smoothies, never. It's literally the easiest way to incorporate veggies into your diet.
3. Don't juice orange/lime/lemon rind - two reasons, a) unless organic, the rind has a layer of wax to protect it which you probably don't want to eat and b) the rind is bitter.
4. Limit the amount - clean up of the juicer can be labor intensive, but fresh juice can go bad. Specifically, carrot juice can go bad and you don't want to give yourself botulism or something of the sort by trying to make juice last for several days. Another reason - nutrients are lost as the juice sits. (Just google it.)
Some good veggies to juice:
Carrots - rather tasty
Cabbage - best described as a fresh taste
Brussel sprouts - surprisingly good
Tomatoes - only if you like the taste of tomato
Spinach - no taste/blends right in
Cucumbers - very refreshing
Parsnips - a bit of a bite
If you're interested in juice fasting, check out the Reboot website... a community created by Joe Cross from Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. It has details on how to fast, recipes, and community forums for motivation and help.
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Saturday, July 21, 2012
Thursday, July 21, 2011
The day started walking with juicing
Last night I watched a documentary on micronutrient foods obtained mainly through juicing. The basis of the experiment was to see if this Aussie would be able to lose weight, feel better, and "cure" himself of his rare condition. To do so, he decided to go on a juice fast for 60 days.
Now, many people have heard of a juice fast. You drink juice, you drink water, yadda yadda yadda. You don't consume any foods. True, that is a juice fast. However, to do it properly, this Aussie used a juicer and made all of his own juice in order to actually receive the nutrients of the food that gets sucked out during the processing to make the juice you buy in a store. Yeah, but, why juice? Well, he figures he can consume a ton more fruit and veggies if he juices them, and he's right. Whatever. I think it's ingenious in the fact that the body craves the act of eating (masticating, or chewing for those less scientifically-centered). So, by saying he's not eating at all, it's the easiest way to control himself when around food. He does seem to spend an awful lot of his time in and around restaurants.
I do take up certain issues, though. I don't believe that juicing is giving you everything your body needs, (protein...can you juice nuts?) and in the end it's all about balance. Juicing for 60 days and returning to bad habits, well, we have a term for that: yo-yo dieting. But, ya' know, he claims to want to revamp his lifestyle and live a balanced life after he's done with it. Proof: towards the end of the show you actually see him exercising.
Anyways, there's an overview. If you want more info or to watch it yourself, here's a link to the website: Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. I'm not sure if you can watch it online or not, but Netflix it.
This morning I decided to try juicing: 1/2 a tomato, 1 carrot, 1 stick of celery, 1/4 of an onion, 1/3 of a cucumber, grapes, and strawberries. Can you tell I pulled out everything that was fresh in the fridge? It was...interesting, to say the least. If you haven't tried a juicer, you can literally taste all of your veggies separately, yet it blends into one taste...it's...different. But I like it.
In the end, what I'm saying is that I'm inspired to try juicing. No, not go on a 60 day diet craze. But do some juicing because the manfriend's idea of dessert with breakfast, dessert with lunch, and dessert with dinner is not a pretty picture when it comes to my weight/body. I think blending may be more up my micronutrient alley. C'mon, who doesn't like smoothies? Plus, spinach has absolutely no taste when blended in a smoothie.
Now, many people have heard of a juice fast. You drink juice, you drink water, yadda yadda yadda. You don't consume any foods. True, that is a juice fast. However, to do it properly, this Aussie used a juicer and made all of his own juice in order to actually receive the nutrients of the food that gets sucked out during the processing to make the juice you buy in a store. Yeah, but, why juice? Well, he figures he can consume a ton more fruit and veggies if he juices them, and he's right. Whatever. I think it's ingenious in the fact that the body craves the act of eating (masticating, or chewing for those less scientifically-centered). So, by saying he's not eating at all, it's the easiest way to control himself when around food. He does seem to spend an awful lot of his time in and around restaurants.
I do take up certain issues, though. I don't believe that juicing is giving you everything your body needs, (protein...can you juice nuts?) and in the end it's all about balance. Juicing for 60 days and returning to bad habits, well, we have a term for that: yo-yo dieting. But, ya' know, he claims to want to revamp his lifestyle and live a balanced life after he's done with it. Proof: towards the end of the show you actually see him exercising.
Anyways, there's an overview. If you want more info or to watch it yourself, here's a link to the website: Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. I'm not sure if you can watch it online or not, but Netflix it.
This morning I decided to try juicing: 1/2 a tomato, 1 carrot, 1 stick of celery, 1/4 of an onion, 1/3 of a cucumber, grapes, and strawberries. Can you tell I pulled out everything that was fresh in the fridge? It was...interesting, to say the least. If you haven't tried a juicer, you can literally taste all of your veggies separately, yet it blends into one taste...it's...different. But I like it.
In the end, what I'm saying is that I'm inspired to try juicing. No, not go on a 60 day diet craze. But do some juicing because the manfriend's idea of dessert with breakfast, dessert with lunch, and dessert with dinner is not a pretty picture when it comes to my weight/body. I think blending may be more up my micronutrient alley. C'mon, who doesn't like smoothies? Plus, spinach has absolutely no taste when blended in a smoothie.
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