Diets For Weight Loss
I have type 2 diabetes and recently lost 30 pounds with raw foods and green juices. I could not do a lot of fruit juice due to my diabetes. This juice provides plenty of greens, which are recommended when you try to eat more raw foods. I use a blender and a paint strainer bag – but would recommend a nut milk bag. I am now going for the next 30 pounds drinking a quart of this juice daily along with a mostly raw food diet. If you would like to follow along and get updates, subscribe to my channel and my blog at: www.bjaysblog.blogspot.com I also have a Rawbetes community – a forum for people with diabetes who are trying to get more raw food in their diet. You can find the link on my blog.
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#1 by mizchulita on April 21, 2010 - 5:40 pm
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I appreciate this–you’ve just saved me from buying an expensive juicer that I really can’t afford. Excellent tutorial.
#2 by bjay100 on April 21, 2010 - 5:59 pm
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1) When I can’t eat organic, I buy regular. I try to peel what I can and wash it. I’ve read toxins stay with the pulp and are magnetically repelled to the juice part so when you juice and remove the pulp you remove a lot of the toxins.
2) I myself hit a plateau but most people just drop weight continually. I think I’m having problems because of the type 2 diabetes.
#3 by bjay100 on April 21, 2010 - 6:14 pm
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Only when I get sick or there’s a lot of smoke or pollution outside.
#4 by bjay100 on April 21, 2010 - 6:35 pm
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sounds good!
#5 by bjay100 on April 21, 2010 - 7:18 pm
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When I was doing just the juice my blood sugar levels went down to almost normal. When I do “mostly” raw they run higher, but not as high as when I just eat normal food. I still make this juice once in a while but now I try to keep it simple – often just the greens with either cucumber or celery because I don’t mind the strong green taste myself.
#6 by midcitygym on April 21, 2010 - 7:28 pm
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has the juice had an effect on your blood sugar levels?, what other benefits have you observed?
thanks
#7 by FabioTheRhythms on April 21, 2010 - 7:38 pm
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a bit too long for people who are looking for special secrets that we don’t already know
#8 by bigpinkears on April 21, 2010 - 7:55 pm
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the oxalates in spinach are nothing to worry about as far as kidney stones, so long as you don’t cook it. it’s when you cook it that the oxalates crystallize, and contribute significantly to kidney stone risk.
But the other stuff about absorbtion is true. I like to use kale instead. Too bad about spinach, because the taste is much milder.
#9 by knuffies2007 on April 21, 2010 - 7:59 pm
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are you having trouble breathing??
#10 by finneyfaery on April 21, 2010 - 8:00 pm
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i have a “green” recipe for you (SO GOOD!): ice, 1 fuji apple, 1/2 banana, 2 inch chunk of cucumber, hand full of spinach leaves and a few strawberries. great in the morning for breakfast. always makes me feel satisfied and have energy to start my day.
#11 by bjay100 on April 21, 2010 - 8:32 pm
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(continued) But I was “mostly” raw. I suspect if I was closer to 100% I wouldn’t have had such a big plateau. Plus I’m 40 and have type 2 diabetes and that makes it hard for weight to come off. My hormonal system sends messages to my brain that say “don’t release fat!” I going to be higher raw and juice more during the summer, so we’ll see what happens. I wanted to give my body a chance to take a breather and my skin to catch up to the changes. I think I’m ready now.
#12 by bjay100 on April 21, 2010 - 8:44 pm
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1) Doing just the juice can be expensive, so I used as much organic as I could but not all. When I couldn’t I made sure to peel everything that could be peeled and washed everything off really well. I’ve read the pesticides reside in the fiber and the fiber and juice seem to have a magnetic disliking for each other, so when you juice and discard the fiber, you’re throwing away most of the pesticides.
2) While I was doing the juice feast, I didn’t plateau. But I did while I was doing raw…
#13 by bjay100 on April 21, 2010 - 9:33 pm
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I’m not 100% raw. I do eat bread once in a while but if I can, I try to make a better choice. I find it’s better to stick to raw food if I allow myself my favorites once in a while…but I GOTTA really pay attention because it’s so easy to go overboard or fall back into old habits. So I try to be high raw as much as I can. People who are 100% raw though or even most “mostly” raw fooders don’t eat bread at all. But they do make crackers from seeds/nuts, etc.
#14 by ggblueam on April 21, 2010 - 9:43 pm
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Do you eat bread???
#15 by bjay100 on April 21, 2010 - 10:16 pm
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Hi! I’ve changed how I do my green juice. I make it the same way, but I don’t strain it. I fill a quart jar half with the pulp and the rest with water and drink it. I store the leftovers and drink either later in the day or the next day. It’s lasting me a lot longer that way, and I feel like I’m getting the same benefits.
#16 by sistahonamission on April 21, 2010 - 10:31 pm
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Congrats on your weight loss so far. I’m going to try your Green Drink. Much continued succes!
#17 by sn9696 on April 21, 2010 - 10:56 pm
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Its the other way around,i like to say the the medications are interfering !
#18 by ockaotik1 on April 21, 2010 - 11:12 pm
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cool vid
#19 by bjay100 on April 21, 2010 - 11:39 pm
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I think if you aren’t used to green juice and don’t like it already, then you may not like this juice. I love and crave it. So I’d suggest using less greens and adding more apples to start. The taste varies depending on what greens I’ve used. Spinach is the most mild one. Also the apples can be pretty sweet sometimes and other times I can’t taste them. This is the juice that works best for me as far as seeing results in my skin and getting a good amount of greens in.
#20 by bjay100 on April 21, 2010 - 11:43 pm
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Ya it does! LIke 4 times bigger but basically the same colors. I do use the magic bullet blender though. Really convenient for smoothies – easy cleanup and drink from mixing cup. Also when I get lazy sometimes I make spinach juice in it – plain or with cucumber or apple. I also use it for sauces and dips and sometimes to process soaked nuts.
#21 by sweaney26 on April 22, 2010 - 12:40 am
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looks like the magic bullet blender
#22 by yettafrommadison on April 22, 2010 - 1:24 am
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love it thanks
#23 by DenverDiva on April 22, 2010 - 1:33 am
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Thanks for the great video!
#24 by seitanschnitzel on April 22, 2010 - 1:35 am
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Thanks, this was interesting.
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