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  • have2believe
    have2believe Member Posts: 134
    scouty said:

    I do
    Not near as much as I used to especially this time of year with all the fresh veggies.

    My new favorite discovered last year is made with a blender and is so good!

    I don't use exact measurements but:

    cut up cleaned ripe tomato
    2 inch chunk of peeled cucumber
    1 1/2 inch sliver of green pepper
    minced garlic
    1 inch sliver of sweet onion (vidalia this time of year)
    glop of red wine vinegar
    glop of olive oil
    sea salt and pepper to tast

    Blend until all chopped up and drink it down. I actually make this as an appetizer in shot glassess and call it Gaspatcho shots.

    I'm also into smoothies after my runs with different flavored greek yogurts as a base.

    My favorite juice drink are carrot, celery, ginger, cabbage. I added beets when I was fighting the beast and will add it every once in a while.

    Toasting all of you who made me smile today by mentioning my name along with my mentor, Emily!!! Just when the board really upset me, this showed up! I so needed it, thanks my friends.

    Healing thoughts to you all,
    Lisa P.

    It's become a habit since my mom's diagnosis
    We have an omega juicer and our recipe is:
    5 carrot
    1 apple
    3 celery
    4 asparagus
    1/2 beet

    But to be honest, starting to get tired of this recipe - esp the beet taste (so strong). Going to try a smoothie tonight: fresh carrot juice and apple juice blended with banana, milk and barley grass powder.

    I'm not sure if I can tell the difference because we've been doing this for a while, although we leave the juicer at home if we go on vacation or elsewhere. I now that my mom feels more comfortable getting vitamins this way than taking a lot of supplements.
  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member

    It's become a habit since my mom's diagnosis
    We have an omega juicer and our recipe is:
    5 carrot
    1 apple
    3 celery
    4 asparagus
    1/2 beet

    But to be honest, starting to get tired of this recipe - esp the beet taste (so strong). Going to try a smoothie tonight: fresh carrot juice and apple juice blended with banana, milk and barley grass powder.

    I'm not sure if I can tell the difference because we've been doing this for a while, although we leave the juicer at home if we go on vacation or elsewhere. I now that my mom feels more comfortable getting vitamins this way than taking a lot of supplements.

    thanks for contributing
    enjoy your smoothie.
    maybe try some the recipes above.
    hugs,
    pete
  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member
    scouty said:

    I do
    Not near as much as I used to especially this time of year with all the fresh veggies.

    My new favorite discovered last year is made with a blender and is so good!

    I don't use exact measurements but:

    cut up cleaned ripe tomato
    2 inch chunk of peeled cucumber
    1 1/2 inch sliver of green pepper
    minced garlic
    1 inch sliver of sweet onion (vidalia this time of year)
    glop of red wine vinegar
    glop of olive oil
    sea salt and pepper to tast

    Blend until all chopped up and drink it down. I actually make this as an appetizer in shot glassess and call it Gaspatcho shots.

    I'm also into smoothies after my runs with different flavored greek yogurts as a base.

    My favorite juice drink are carrot, celery, ginger, cabbage. I added beets when I was fighting the beast and will add it every once in a while.

    Toasting all of you who made me smile today by mentioning my name along with my mentor, Emily!!! Just when the board really upset me, this showed up! I so needed it, thanks my friends.

    Healing thoughts to you all,
    Lisa P.

    i am going to try it
    yummy

    hugs,
    pete
  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member

    I juice too
    I have a Champion juicer and juice every day. I am positive that it has helped me feel better while undergoing chemo because I can feel the difference in my energy level. I am trying to get all my extended family to juice as well. Thanks Scouty and Emily for getting me started!

    Hugs,
    Sara

    its so easy to clean
    lots of champions here.

    hugs,
    pete
  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member
    2bhealed said:

    Of course!
    Hi Pete,

    It goes without saying that I juice every day. I lost my virginity many years ago when my sister, who was dying of Stage IV cancer of the small intestine, saw a JuiceMan infomercial and dragged me to his seminar. The rest, they say, is history.

    My daily grind presently is:

    1 lb carrots (at least)
    lg wedge of cabbage (red or green)
    2 lg kale leaves
    4-5 romaine leaves
    flax seeds

    When I was healing my cancer, way back when, my concoction was:

    1-2 lbs carrots
    1 granny smith apple
    handful parsley
    handful spinach
    1 celery stalk
    small chunk ginger

    sometimes added:

    beets & greens
    cukes

    Always added:

    green powder (kyo-green, Green Magma, Barleans Greens etc)
    fractionated fruit pectin
    flax seed

    My juices never taste bad, ever. Why don't you experiment with the concoctions so they taste great? I enjoy (crave) my juice on the same level that coffee addicts enjoy their morning cup o' joe. (or latte) Seriously.

    From what I've read, it's best to not combine the fruits with the veggies (exception is with apples).

    I used to use a JuiceMan juicer (not the kind you buy at Target) and then post dx my mother bought me a Champion which is what I have used just about every day for the past 10 years.

    Just to clarify--using a blender is not juicing. Juicing is extracting the juice (nutrients) from the fiber (pulp). The whole point to juicing is that extracting frees up the plethora of nutrients so the body does not have to do the work during digestion freeing up the system to focus on healing one's diseased organs.

    I don't think I could blend 2 pounds of carrots plus all the other veggies and chew it down. But with juicing, you get the optimal amount of easy to assimilate nutrition.

    But congrats to all the juicers on here. YAY!

    Cheers to all!

    peace, emily

    Blending does not equal juicing. It has its place, but it's not the same thing.

    awesome concoctions emily
    another champion, and 10 years at that.
    getting your bang for young buck.

    i love the frothe on my juices, just like my old coffees. arh! i miss them less each day.

    hugs,
    pete
  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member
    eightpawz said:

    I do juicing, probably not
    I do juicing, probably not as much as I should, using the Montel Williams Healthmaster blender. Don't lose any of the pulp or anything.

    My naturopath gave me what she calls a "quick anti-cancer juice."

    beetroot (about half)
    celery (about 20 percent)
    carrot (about 20 percent)
    potato (about 3 percent)
    radish (about 2 percent)

    She suggests straight cabbage juice (red is best).

    -Dawn

    but its only 95% whats the secret 5%
    only joking dawn.
    sounds great, not sure about potatoe.
    hugs,
    pete
  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member
    a blast from the past
    i just was searching our archives for sea cucumber recipes and i thought this was a lovelly post that showed the juicing subculture is still there, also lots of great recipes.

    membership of the colorectal juicing club is free, but you have to byo juicer.

    hugs,
    Pete

    ps to all old, new and wanna be juicers.
  • jen2012
    jen2012 Member Posts: 1,607 Member

    a blast from the past
    i just was searching our archives for sea cucumber recipes and i thought this was a lovelly post that showed the juicing subculture is still there, also lots of great recipes.

    membership of the colorectal juicing club is free, but you have to byo juicer.

    hugs,
    Pete

    ps to all old, new and wanna be juicers.

    thanks
    thanks for sending this to the top Pete - off with my husband to another dr appt soon, but I look forward to reading through this tonight. We just got the juicer delivered yesterday - went with the omega. Just did some carrot/apple juice last night - everyone liked it.
  • marbleotis
    marbleotis Member Posts: 720 Member
    Confused about juicing
    Team - I am confused about (1) the benefits of juicing vs. just eating the fruits/vegetables in their normal state and (2) what juicer to buy as I see they are very expensive. If I am eating 4-5 servings of organic fruits/vegetables per day, is this enough?
  • thxmiker
    thxmiker Member Posts: 1,278 Member
    Nana b said:

    Dr Oz says
    Do not eat regular apples if you have cancer, or not. Apples are the worst when it comes to pesticides getting under the skin. Organic Apples!!!

    Dr. Oz recommended to peel
    Dr. Oz recommended to peel all fruit if it is not organic, and to stay away from strawberries, and a couple of others because they absorb to many of the pesticides.

    I just started to juice. We are going to do the Gerson diet for 2 months.

    Best Always, mike
  • omrhill
    omrhill Member Posts: 125

    Confused about juicing
    Team - I am confused about (1) the benefits of juicing vs. just eating the fruits/vegetables in their normal state and (2) what juicer to buy as I see they are very expensive. If I am eating 4-5 servings of organic fruits/vegetables per day, is this enough?

    tag on
    Id like to know if there's a decent inexpensive juicer i can start with just to make sure im going to follow through. Its a big investment. Also - really basic queztion - howmuch juice do you actually drink from each day/ recipe? Is it intended to be a whole meal replacement?
    Robin
  • SharonVegas
    SharonVegas Member Posts: 189
    I have a Breville that I've
    I have a Breville that I've had since I was diagnosed. I juice on the weekends and maybe once during the week. I'm an organice fruit person. Although my wife comes up with veggie doozies......for her not me. If it's green I'm not interested. I usually add a bit of powdered oatmeal to my fruit juice.
    Juicers of the world unite!
    SharonVegas
  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member

    Confused about juicing
    Team - I am confused about (1) the benefits of juicing vs. just eating the fruits/vegetables in their normal state and (2) what juicer to buy as I see they are very expensive. If I am eating 4-5 servings of organic fruits/vegetables per day, is this enough?

    good question
    lots of benefits all round from a few extra juicers each day i think, i am averaging 2 a day, i make one juice as i am heading off to work, i have half, about 2 cups.

    I then take 2 cups with a scoop of pea protein to work and have it a few hours later.

    eating fuit and veg is a good start, mind you fuit is a double edged sword re sugar and everyone has a different opinion on how much and when.

    sounds like you are eating more organic fuit and veg then me, so you am being pretty healthy.

    my juicer, the champion is expensive, but it gets used alot, its pretty fast also, so its practical and easy to clean. so it suits me. if you find a professional veg juicer for a bargain price, then grab it.

    hugs,
    Pete
  • dianelynn41
    dianelynn41 Member Posts: 71

    I have a Breville that I've
    I have a Breville that I've had since I was diagnosed. I juice on the weekends and maybe once during the week. I'm an organice fruit person. Although my wife comes up with veggie doozies......for her not me. If it's green I'm not interested. I usually add a bit of powdered oatmeal to my fruit juice.
    Juicers of the world unite!
    SharonVegas

    We got a Jack Lalane juicer
    We got a Jack Lalane juicer from Walmart about $100. It works great for us, we use it daily. We juice Granny Smith apples, carrots and ginger almost daily, then pinapple and strawberry for a sweet drink.

    Diane & Roby