Anyone here juice their own drinks?

Problem is you're missing all the good fiber in said fruits and veggies.
Flip side not a ton of sodium like v8 stuff or others.
I'd too try it for awhile.

There are many diseases and syndromes associated with Thyroid hormone deficiencies. Iodine at atomic level is only used by the thyroid gland and can only be obtained from foods, most of which are depleted of iodine due to modern farming. Unless you are eating say, sea kelp or prunes, you don't get much if any in your diet.

Fiber shmiber. The power is in the juice. If you need fiber eat a rug. Or the soluble fiber in apples is adequate

Cold press vs centrifugal is the key to retaining nutrients, but it looks like the Breville is cold-press, so good there. As Tony has alluded, fruits in general have a lot of sugar (as do carrots), so it's easy to go overboard on the glucose without realizing it.

My wife used a cold-press juicer for quite a while, and couldn't lose weight. I kept (gently) mentioning that it was because of all the fruits she used in her juicing. I tried not to harp on it too much.

Anyway, I agree with Tony that focusing on veggies is the best approach, and only use a little fruit for sweetness. Celery (or celery root) is a good one to add for a little different taste. Celery stalk can REALLY foul the works in your juicer, though, so celery stalk may be preferable.

I hear ya Tom, was pretty much in the same boat when I was 50. It's a slow adjustment, but one that needs to be done if you want to avoid the operating table.

That's why I suggested berries, easy to get used to, loaded with good stuff. Sometimes I put them on oatmeal, sometimes just in a small cup as a snack while watching TV.

For me, it's always been a yin/yang thing. Honestly assessing your eating habits, how much exercise you get, if you smoke or not, and how you feel generally. I adjust on the fly sometimes, if I eat like crap one day, the next 3 I eat good. It's an offset thing, you have to offset the bad with the good, and put more weight to the good side. Don't deprive yourself of any of your favorite foods, that just creates cravings and binge eating. Instead, use smaller portions and just not as often.

If your eating a lot of veggies, give yourself a gold star, most don't.

Men our ages, have to be concerned more so with the fat and sugar intake. There's good fat and bad fat, learn the difference bro. Could be the difference of having a heart attack or not.

Sugar is sugar, no matter the form, but when consumed with fiber such as a piece of fruit, your body treats it a bit differently. That's why removing the fiber and drinking straight juice, it's all sugar bro, and your going to pack on the pounds. This is why sugar is different in fruit, than a piece of candy. Now the hard part for you, booze. Too much is bad, alcohol turns into sugar, so you might want to moderate that. If you know next Friday your going to a party and obviously tip a few more than you should, cut back on the sugar days before, and days after. Balance bro keep a balance.

Remember, 2 things- fat and sugar, fat and sugar, fat and sugar.

The good fats with fiber, is also going to help keep those arteries clean, blood pressure stabilized. I see your fiber has flax seed in it too, excellent choice btw.

I might also add, if your taste buds just can't do the fruit thing, maybe just take it in a supplement form. Just throwing that out as an option, my brother from another mother.

afterburnt wrote: »

@treitz3 you got me craving some liver and onions! With a strawberry compote?

LOVE liver and onions ❤️❤️❤️👌

motorhead43026 wrote: »

You realize that the liver is like an oil filter that never gets changed.

You're being far to generous in the livers description.... More like the filter for a toxic waste dump

audioluvr wrote: »

motorhead43026 wrote: »

You realize that the liver is like an oil filter that never gets changed.

You're being far to generous in the livers description.... More like the filter for a toxic waste dump

Your both right, and even though you can't change that filter, you can clean it. Unfortunately booze in excess is probably the number one way to damage that filter.

Only 3 ways for toxins to leave your body, breathing /sweating/ and pooping. If the liver can't do it's thing, the toxins go back out into the blood stream where it circulates to other parts of the body and does damage. Also why people feel good after a good work out/exercise, they're breathing deeply and sweating. You also feel great after taking a good dump, right ?

The body is a miraculous thing, it's self healing and self regulating. Just needs a little help from you to continuously do that. Too bad our western culture diets don't exactly help it in that way. Think about that next time your about to finish that family size bag of Doritos.

Dude, the wife and I can polish off 4 dozen no problem, love 'em.

Oysters on the half and some horseradish, yummy.