juicing, gut health, and our microbiome
 

Has anyone tried serious juicing, and if so, with what results? We just watched the movie "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead" and while the guy did not have PD, he did experience a pretty amazing transformation, both inside and out, from juicing for 60 days. So did another guy who got into juicing.

I have been reading about how incredibly fast our gut microbiome can adapt to the foods we eat, as in, DAYS of a dietary change! And it is not placebo, they have actually taken measurements and there are changes when one switches from a typical crap diet to a healthy one (and probably vice versa). I was pretty amazed to read that the microbes in our gut can actually make us crave certain food-so they are manipulating us! Is that not creepy? I am now trying to get into the mindset of feeding our family foods that make the healthy gut bacteria happy, so they make us feel good, as opposed to feeding the unhealthy gut bacteria, which take control and dominate the healthy guys, and make us feel not as good. Juicing is one way to really cram in a lot of nutrition since not many people could eat that many fruits and vegetables in a day, at least probably not without some unpleasant side effects....

This gets into epigenetics, as genes can be turned off and on by food we eat (or don't eat). It is a fascinating field and consuming, ha, ha.

Given that they have found misfolded alpha synuclein in the gut of people who later went on to have PD, I think that there may be something to the early theory that PD starts in our guts.

We're not doing mostly fruit juices, but ones that are predominantly veggies with an apple as a base, things like that. I will say the juices make the most incredible colors, I had no idea kale was such a vivid green! And the beets and carrots, talk about pure color, it is a visual treat to have one of these juices in addition to being delicious.

Just wondering if anyone has already traveled down the juicing route, and if so, how it worked.

Juicing is the only way to get those live enzymes and nutrients we so badly need. I used to do it a lot, and now that you have reminded me, I will do more. Yesterday I juiced carrots, black grapes and nastirium flowers and greens. This past summer I was juicing dandelion greens carrots, apples, cabbage, kale, etc. Glad to see you are into it.

results?
 

So I have to ask: why did you stop, and did you feel any different when you were juicing than when you were not?

Did you juice every day, several times a day, or were the juices your only food? in the movie I mentioned, the guy ate ONLY juices he made for 60 days, nothing else. That is a huge change, from pizza and burgers to only juice from veggies and some fruits. I'd love to hear how you felt while juicing, thanks for taking the time to reply:)

Juicing
 

I use the nutribullet for juicing one per day. I mix many different fruits and vegetables. I started this 3 weeks ago so I am not sure of any benefits yet. For the most part I use berries, carrots, kale, romaine lettuce , broccoli, bananas, whatever else I get at the farmers market.
I figure it can't hurt. My biggest problem is gaining weight, I have gained 20lbs
since DBS 2 months ago. I guess it is a small pay for great DBS results.
Damon
.celery and

Juicing
 

I use the nutribullet for juicing one per day. I mix many different fruits and vegetables. I started this 3 weeks ago so I am not sure of any benefits yet. For the most part I use berries, carrots, kale, romaine lettuce , broccoli, bananas, whatever else I get at the farmers market.
I figure it can't hurt. My biggest problem is gaining weight, I have gained 20lbs
since DBS 2 months ago. I guess it is a small pay for great DBS results.
Damon
.celery and