With all the different diets being promoted on TV, the internet,
magazines and across the media, how do you choose which one to follow?
Juice diets vary widely and finding recipes for juice diet plans can be challenging. These diets can range in what they allow you to consume, but most of them will leave you wondering what to prepare for each meal if you haven't researched appealing recipes ahead of time.
Variety is an important factor in any diet, especially one with which a person wants to stick. Therefore, it's important to consider the options for providing variety in a restrictive diet such as a juice diet.
There are several kinds of juice diets:
Juice-only Fast: Consume only fruit and vegetable juices for a short period of time (often 2-3 days). No solid foods are consumed.
Juice & Other Liquids Fast: Consume fruit and vegetable juices along with broths made from fruits and vegetables (or miso). No solid foods are consumed.
Juice & Raw Foods Diet: You can eat raw fruits and vegetables in any form you please, as well as nuts and seeds and sprouted, soaked grains and legumes.
Juice & Solid Fruits/Vegetables Diet: You can eat raw or cooked fruit and vegetables in any form, both juiced and solid.
Partial Juice Diet: One or two meals during the day is substituted with juices, while a normal, healthy plant-based diet is followed for the other meals.
You will need to choose the juice diet that works best for your body and your goals. There are risks inherent in very restrictive diets such as a juice-only or liquids-only fast, and it should not be done without prior consultation with a medical professional. It is never a good idea for pregnant or nursing women or children to engage in any of these diets. Anyone with health issues must also consult a doctor to make sure they will not put their health at risk with this type of diet.
Most recipes for juice diet plans should contain at least a small amount of added oils and fats. Any juice plan that lasts more than a day or two should allow oils such as cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil, flax seed oil and canola oil. They will usually also include avocado (pureed or whole), which is a good source of fats.
They typically also allow sea salt and sometimes flavorings such as soy sauce, honey, caffeine-free teas, ground black pepper and other spices, stevia and/or agave nectar. Consuming fats is extremely important for a variety of body processes, not the least of which is that fat-soluble vitamins A, C, K and E (which so many fresh vegetables and fruits are high in) cannot be absorbed without dietary fat. Adding oils or fats to each meal is easy, and is critical to your success.
Recipes for juice diet
plans should incorporate as many nutritious vegetables as possible.
While including fruit juices is important, most juices should
incorporate vegetables. A juice made of kale, spinach, ginger, celery
and cucumber is a great energizing pick-me-up in the morning or
mid-afternoon. Mixing flax or extra virgin olive oil or pureed avocado
into vegetable juices is recommended.
If you are consuming cooked solid foods that contain only fruits and vegetables, try a baked apple stuffed with dried apricots, cinnamon and nutmeg. For dinner, puree carrots and ginger with a little soy sauce and enjoy this dressing on top of steamed kale and mushrooms.
If you are on a raw diet, a wonderful salad can be made of raw kale, shredded raw carrot, onion and raisins with a dressing made from pureed avocado, salt, raw tahini, lemon juice and garlic. You can also enjoy spreading raw almond butter on apple slices.
For a juice and broth diet, make a nutritious broth by boiling as many vegetables as possible with water, sea salt and seasonings. Add fresh dill or parsley for additional flavor. Carrots, parsnips, celery and seaweed are all good additions to a vegetable broth.
Fans of juice diets say that it is easy to lose weight, increase one's energy, and combat certain chronic illnesses with juice diet plans. However, even those people for whom such a plan is impractical can benefit from increasing their intake of fresh fruit and vegetable juices.
Juice diets vary widely and finding recipes for juice diet plans can be challenging. These diets can range in what they allow you to consume, but most of them will leave you wondering what to prepare for each meal if you haven't researched appealing recipes ahead of time.
Variety is an important factor in any diet, especially one with which a person wants to stick. Therefore, it's important to consider the options for providing variety in a restrictive diet such as a juice diet.
There are several kinds of juice diets:
Juice-only Fast: Consume only fruit and vegetable juices for a short period of time (often 2-3 days). No solid foods are consumed.
Juice & Other Liquids Fast: Consume fruit and vegetable juices along with broths made from fruits and vegetables (or miso). No solid foods are consumed.
Juice & Raw Foods Diet: You can eat raw fruits and vegetables in any form you please, as well as nuts and seeds and sprouted, soaked grains and legumes.
Juice & Solid Fruits/Vegetables Diet: You can eat raw or cooked fruit and vegetables in any form, both juiced and solid.
Partial Juice Diet: One or two meals during the day is substituted with juices, while a normal, healthy plant-based diet is followed for the other meals.
You will need to choose the juice diet that works best for your body and your goals. There are risks inherent in very restrictive diets such as a juice-only or liquids-only fast, and it should not be done without prior consultation with a medical professional. It is never a good idea for pregnant or nursing women or children to engage in any of these diets. Anyone with health issues must also consult a doctor to make sure they will not put their health at risk with this type of diet.
Most recipes for juice diet plans should contain at least a small amount of added oils and fats. Any juice plan that lasts more than a day or two should allow oils such as cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil, flax seed oil and canola oil. They will usually also include avocado (pureed or whole), which is a good source of fats.
They typically also allow sea salt and sometimes flavorings such as soy sauce, honey, caffeine-free teas, ground black pepper and other spices, stevia and/or agave nectar. Consuming fats is extremely important for a variety of body processes, not the least of which is that fat-soluble vitamins A, C, K and E (which so many fresh vegetables and fruits are high in) cannot be absorbed without dietary fat. Adding oils or fats to each meal is easy, and is critical to your success.
If you are consuming cooked solid foods that contain only fruits and vegetables, try a baked apple stuffed with dried apricots, cinnamon and nutmeg. For dinner, puree carrots and ginger with a little soy sauce and enjoy this dressing on top of steamed kale and mushrooms.
If you are on a raw diet, a wonderful salad can be made of raw kale, shredded raw carrot, onion and raisins with a dressing made from pureed avocado, salt, raw tahini, lemon juice and garlic. You can also enjoy spreading raw almond butter on apple slices.
For a juice and broth diet, make a nutritious broth by boiling as many vegetables as possible with water, sea salt and seasonings. Add fresh dill or parsley for additional flavor. Carrots, parsnips, celery and seaweed are all good additions to a vegetable broth.
Fans of juice diets say that it is easy to lose weight, increase one's energy, and combat certain chronic illnesses with juice diet plans. However, even those people for whom such a plan is impractical can benefit from increasing their intake of fresh fruit and vegetable juices.
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