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Originally Posted by Craig T

If you guys are juicing daily, particularly with beets and carrots...Get your blood sugar tested.

I was juicing carrots, beets, and spinach daily. I went in for my mid-50's physical and my fasting glucose was 102! 100-125 is pre-diabetic. I'm not overweight, eat right, and workout hard every day. The doc asked how much fruit I consumed. I told him I juiced carrots and beets daily. He said to stop and retest the glucose in two weeks. New result...84. Perfectly normal. Beets and carrots are VERY high in sugars. Too much of a good thing I guess.

I've had my blood tested after drinking only juice for 3 days prior to the testing and had blood glucose levels of 90. We did various fruits and veggies in our juice

Originally Posted by gacook

My wife bought the Ninja a while back. She loves it; I can't bring myself to "drink" most of the crap she makes. She uses a lot of kael (sic?), berries, and other stuff. Tends to look like baby diarrhea to me...

When there are tons of greens it can be a little hard to get down, especially with some greens. Also, too many ingredients can make it rough. We've found that only using 3-5 ingredients is best. Usually some leafy greens, then a base of either banana or avocado, then some sort of other fruit and maybe some berries. Adding some nuts or flax is good too. Then I usually add a few ice cubes and a little water. If you use the avocado, then use a bit more water as the avocado has lots of fiber and makes the smoothies really thick.

Originally Posted by javadog

Ack.
Ack.
Ack.
Awww...

You would be heathier if you ate your vegetables as they come, even if raw, than turning them into juice...

JR

Juicing is better than not getting fruits and veggies at all, but getting the fiber from is also a huge benefit.

The missus and I did a lot of juicing for about 2 years. It was great. Now we've nearly stopped, only doing it every once in a while. Now we're doing smoothies as I described above, so getting the fiber.