Juicing - Recording Nutrients

[emeadow]

I am doing a 30 day raw foods challenge starting tomorrow, and I am going to be juicing probably daily on top of a wide variety of whole foods. I am recording all my food intake and watching my nutrients, calories, fat ratios, ect. in detail.

My question is this, any advice on how to record the values from juiced veggies? I have used NutritionData.com, and Fitday.com, but neither of them have any juicing information for vegetables.

Some additional searches have mentioned the loss of nutrients left in the pulp (outside of the fiber) but no definitive values. My initial thought is I may just knock down the pre juicing volume of my veggies by about 20-25% to negate the nutrition lost in the pulp.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

[MightySunTzu]

Originally Posted by emeadow

I am doing a 30 day raw foods challenge starting tomorrow, and I am going to be juicing probably daily on top of a wide variety of whole foods. I am recording all my food intake and watching my nutrients, calories, fat ratios, ect. in detail.

Some additional searches have mentioned the loss of nutrients left in the pulp (outside of the fiber) but no definitive values. My initial thought is I may just knock down the pre juicing volume of my veggies by about 20-25% to negate the nutrition lost in the pulp.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Hey there emeadow,

This should be an enjoyable and a good experience for you.

Any comparison of the nutrition you would get by juicing 8 carrots to the nutrition from eating 8 whole carrots would be fairly meaningless. Why? Because you will never eat 8 whole carrots . You will be getting plenty of fiber from the whole foods you do eat (as well as soluable fiber in the carrot juice). Carrots is one of those foods that to me is best suited for juicing. As well the beta carotene content is phenomenal.

I would place celery and beets in the "better for juicing" category as well... whereas with fruits and most other vegetables, i wouild prefer to eat them whole. Nothing wrong with eating the occasional whole carrot though .

[emeadow]

Thanks MightySunTzu.

I am thoroughly excited for this challenge. I have done food changes before, fasts, but this is the first one I have been this pumped up for. I cannot wait to see the results, and see how this might change my future dietary choices.

I did locate a website with nutrition data on vegetable juices, but it just wasn't as user friendly for recording all my food intake for a day (think it was LIVESTRONG.COM - Health, Fitness, Lifestyle). I think I will just stick to nutritiondata.com or Fitday.com, they both have a great set up for saving foods and quickly adjusting volume and measurements. I will assume my 'juice' is about 15-20% of the total volume of the whole veggie. I am not tracking fiber intake, so not a big deal.

[sk8joyful]

Originally Posted by emeadow

I am doing a 30 day raw foods challenge starting tomorrow, and
I am recording all my food intake and watching my nutrients, calories, fat ratios, ect. in detail.

My question is this, any advice on how to record the values from juiced veggies?

Any thoughts? Thanks!

You want to know what your mind needs, thruout each day, such that it, meaning your 'sub'conscious can re-create
its physical body in the most healthy manifestations, right?

for this, 'juiced veggie values - recording?'; unnecessary for the above. Better than you consciously, your amazing 'sub'conscious mind knows its growing developmental needs.

[ginkgo]

I personally feel that writing down all those estimates is anal retentive and is a waste of time. Does it help your health at all? No! I think that there are better things that you can do with your time. But I could be wrong. Maybe you have nothing better to do.

[emeadow]

Originally Posted by sk8joyful

You want to know what your mind needs, thruout each day, such that it, meaning your 'sub'conscious can re-create
its physical body in the most healthy manifestations, right?

for this, 'juiced veggie values - recording?'; unnecessary for the above. Better than you consciously, your amazing 'sub'conscious mind knows its growing developmental needs.

I completely agree with you sk8joyful, and thank you for reminding me of some of my purpose for taking on this challenge. My hope is that through these changes, I can learn to clearly read what my subconscious is telling me. My current medical issues create super cravings for things I truly do not need though. My daily recordings are temporary and have several purposes, with the primary being just to watch some items that cause my medical conditions to get worse.

I cannot trust my cravings right now, the ones that speak the loudest are not tied to my subconscious.......I use my data minded personality to guide me along while I work through this. My hope is to clear things up enough so I can differentiate between systemic yeast issues versus what my subconscious is telling me is truly right for my body. I have taken great leaps to better awareness, but still working through some walls .

Originally Posted by ginkgo

I personally feel that writing down all those estimates is anal retentive and is a waste of time. Does it help your health at all? No! I think that there are better things that you can do with your time. But I could be wrong. Maybe you have nothing better to do.

Thanks for the chuckle this morning ginkgo (although doubtful that was the intention )..... while I would agree there may be better uses of my time in the long run, numbers and data are how my mind works. Temporary recording of info while I get comfortable with a very drastic change is how I work through big shifts, it is my strength, and I take pride in my ability to approach things in detail. It doesn't fit everyone, and it may not be my approach several years from now, but it is more true to my nature at this time. If it helps me to move forward, then it is far from a waste of time.

[James81]

Originally Posted by MightySunTzu

Any comparison of the nutrition you would get by juicing 8 carrots to the nutrition from eating 8 whole carrots would be fairly meaningless. Why? Because you will never eat 8 whole carrots .

Juicing 8 carrots probably gives you the nutrional value of eating like 4 carrots. A lot of the nutrients are lost in the juicing process.

Originally Posted by ginkgo

I personally feel that writing down all those estimates is anal retentive and is a waste of time. Does it help your health at all? No! I think that there are better things that you can do with your time. But I could be wrong. Maybe you have nothing better to do.

Writing stuff down is a very effective way to not only track your progress, but to get things straight in your head. It also adds an element of accountability to the whole process.