Juice Baby! – Juicing Insides

Life is busy! But remember, your health is your wealth. No matter if you’re 110% committed into your career, a working mother or a student on a tight budget, eating healthy should be a top priority for all.

Why juicing?

Incorporating healthy juices, particularly green juices, is a great way to get micronutrients into your diet, regain energy, and super-charge your health!

Is juicing for everyone?

The answer here is a clear NO. The high levels of fruit sugar in many fruits can make your blood sugar spike. People undergoing chemotherapy, diabetics, and people with nutritional deficiencies should definitely not overdo drinking juices, not go on a juice fast; and generally consult their physician before incorporating juices into their diet. Possible side effects for these people could be fatigue, blurry vision, weakened immune system, and more.

DON’Ts

1. Keep it simple! Your first time juicing shouldn’t be a baby kale, spinach, apple, kiwi, lemon, flax seed combo juice. You’re tummy needs some time to adjust and it’s best not to go overboard.
2. Don’t meal prep juices. many sources that the nutritional value of fresh juices to dramatically decline after only 15 minutes at room temperature. Fresh is best, though juices will last for 24 hours if refrigerated.

DO’s

1. Add a bit of ginger to your blend to make it more easily digestible.
2. Start with a 50/50 blend of juice and water. Then after a few juices, increase to 75/25 blend. Give it another few more days to increase to a 100 juice blend.
3. Prepare your produce ahead of time. We all know that being vegan is a bit of a time-consuming undertaking at times. If you want to incorporate juices into your diet, it’s best to make it as easy and accessible as possible. Thoroughly wash your produce and store it in your fridge. If it’s possible, pre-cut your produce too (carrots, melon, beets, pineapple, etc.). Store your cut produce in jars or airtight containers in your fridge.
4. Buy organic if you can afford it. The less main-line toxins and pesticides that go into your body the better.
5. Find time to do the juicing and the cleaning (!). While I never find it hard to prepare my fruit & veggie for the juicer, I absolutely hate the cleaning up part. Dismantling the juicer, thinking of something to do with the pulp or deciding to discard it, washing the juicer, drying, reassembling … For me, juicing is a weekend activity, but if you’re only half as lazy as I am, no one is stopping you from having a freshly squeezed juice every morning.
6. Speaking of cleaning, clean your juicer immediately. It only gets worse. Trust me.
7. Watch the colors! Very few people will find a drink in the color of mud appealing. Same goes for brown or odd shades of green. Try to stick to one color range, like leafy greens with light green pear and yellow lemon to avoid any oddly colored surprises.

That’s it (so far). If I come up with any more tips and tricks, I’ll make sure to let you know. Do you make your own juice? I would love to hear your thoughts, tips, and/or advice.