What Is Juicing?
Put simply, it is the substance of the fruit and vegetables extracted from its solid form into a liquid form. It is not the same thing as a smoothie however.
A smoothie when you take different foods/supplements and mix them all together into a liquid. Smoothies because they contain everything from its original form is equivalent to one meal average between 500-800 calories considering it a meal.
Juice on the other hand has a lot less calories. An 8 ounce glass of celery juice for example contains only 32 calories, but usually exceeds in terms of nutrition, containing more vitamins and minerals. According to Cronometer which is free to sign up for to log in nutrition information, an 8 ounce glass of celery alone meets your daily requirements for Vitamin K.
That is why you are able to consume more vitamins and minerals because they require much more fruits and vegetables to make an equivalent size drink compared to smoothies.
Juicing is a great way to either start your day or just reap the benefits of extra vitamins and minerals of fruits and veggies. However, the information on this website is not to tell you to juice fast, or what fad diet you should follow, but rather, the purpose of this website is to provide information on how to make juice and things to consider to keep in mind when your juicing. Everything about “Celery Juice” (Drinking only celery for special benefits) and most other trendy things you hear on the web is most likely made up and should be avoided.
It’s okay to follow certain recipes for flavor, but anything that goes beyond, you’re just getting the benefits of that fruit or vegetable.
Just get what fruit or vegetable sounds good to you, combine with other fruits/veggies and just try things out and don’t fear experimentation.
That being said however there are benefits to juice fasting but you should be mindful of what you’re doing rather than get sucked into a belief system that could potentially hurt you, like how cooked food is harmful and gives you cancer which is FALSE.
I provided some links to studies on the benefits of juicing. If you have any health concerns or worries, know that I am not a doctor, nor a nutritionalist, and not liable for whatever decision you make. This is just me expressing my passion for juicing.