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rhoner

Any of you juicing AND blending?

I am not one of those absolutists that thinks that either Blending or Juicing has exclusive claim to the title of "healthful" and see benefits to both. I have been blending for years now but have become increasingly interested in starting down the juice path.

So I am wondering if any of you out in Juice land are mixing it up with blended smoothies, too? Do you find yourself blending, say, your greens and juicing your fruit? The other way around?

I am trying to figure out what type of machine makes sense for me and which foods get processed which way seems to be the crux of the issue. My other consideration is time and ease-of-use.... I have become very spoiled by my self-cleaning, lightening quick Vitamix and don't see myself spending 5 minutes to prep foods for juicing... and then another five cleaning (my laziness knows no bounds).

Posted Feb 8, 2012, 8:12 PM UTC

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I juice those which juice well, but bananas and pineapples especially I find don't juice well so I blend those after. Make my juice, add a little to the blender,t hrow in some bananas and 1/4 of a pineapple, blend it up till it's all juice and then combine for a great drink! No idea if this is a no-no for a fast but don't really care. I'm not fasting to fast, I'm fasting to get healthy and I know that's damn healthy.

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rhonerOP•

Nice... thanks for the input.

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israel_torresthe proof is in the juice•

I am currently on day 15 of 60 of my juice fast (1/4 of the way there!) and it is particularly that: a fast whereupon I only drink the juice extracted from the vegetables and fruits I put in the extractor. I am planning to re-evalulate this fast after I've passed the 60 day marker in how I continue my nutrient consumption and whether to incorporate solids, blending, etc.

If folks aren't strictly fasting as I am I certainly imagine that doing blending and juicing certainly helps in regulating fiber intake (which juice is mostly absent of).

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TheDentite•

How is it all going for you?

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israel_torresthe proof is in the juice•

Just wrapping up 16/60 this evening and all is going grand. I just had 4 cups of a 55% carrot juice and the rest celery, sweet peppers, habanero and a pear. It was delicious and hit the spot. :)

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TheDentite•

You feeling good? I'm so mad my juicer is packed away at the moment.

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israel_torresthe proof is in the juice•

I'm feeling fantastic in every way. I no longer think about 'what am I going to eat next', or 'what is for dessert'... also I also don't spend time thinking of using the restroom (my BMs have slowed to every 2-3 days). I spend more of my time thinking of things, reading, and making myself better. I am certain the world at large would be different if more folks did something like this once in a while or more often. It seems that I am certainly thinking better and improving myself. I am really looking forward to going skydiving again... and even getting a new wardrobe!

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cheeseburgz•

I juice+blend everything. If I'm doing the diet, might as well go for broke right?

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TheDentite•

John at discountjuicers.com gives a great answer.

Basically fruits are better blended, and veggies better juiced.

The guy knows a TON about juicing, and the rest of his videos are very good also. I've emailed him questions through the website and he's really helpful.

Vitamix rocks. I'd also get a juicer though, but that's because I like juicing my veggies. You kind of need both, there isn't one machine that does it all, due to the nature of the different foods you are processing.

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