Eating vs Juicing

A friend brought up a great question.

"Why can't you just eat the fruits and veggies instead of juicing them?"

And in all honesty, that is a very good question. Think of it this way. Do you know how many carrots it takes to make a pint of juice? I'd say in the neighborhood of around 1 to 1 1/2 pounds. That's A LOT of carrots to eat at one sitting. Then there's the question of your chewing the carrots down to a pulp so then your digestive system can turn it into juice in order to digest it. Even if your digestive system was in real good shape you still only get a very small percentage on the nutrients that are available in that vegetable.

When you juice, you've already done probably 75% of the work done in digesting the whole vegetable since your body has to turn it into juice to begin with in order to extract the available nutrients. So you're getting a much muuuuuch greater portion of the available nutrients in a much more assimilable form. So in reality while you have an initial investment in the juicer you are saving money compared to the nutrition you get from juices versus the amount of whole vegetables you'd have to consume to get the same nutritional benefits of juicing. I drink 2 pints a day of a juice mixes consisting of carrots, celery, beets, parsley, kale, cucumbers, and green apples each day. I would say that I would probably have to eat close to 15 to 20 lbs of vegetables a day to maaaaaybe even begin approaching getting the same nutritional value. It really is amazing.

So in other words, it's all about digesting and how much our stomach can really take in order to get the full amount of nutrients that a juicer can provide. Don't get me wrong, eating the fruits and vegetables RAW still has other benefits that a juicer might not be able to provide like the fiber we are missing out. (Which is why I drink the kale cuz that does the job for me). So don't think that you HAVE to go out a buy a juicer to get the nutrients you need. Just start with little changes like taking about store bought juice and having an apple or a handful grapes instead. 

Remember, this is a choice that only you can make and this blog isn't here to tell you what right or wrong is. I'm simply putting out some information that most people probably don't know!