Juicing

[Suzie1955]

I want to start juicing, but It is a pain to run the juicer twice a day. Can anyone tell me how long can fresh juice be stored in the refrigerator? I am juicing super greens (kale, spinach, and some other stuff), carrots, celery, and peppers with lemon juice and what ever fruit I have on hand. I am still struggling with gastroparesis so I can only consume a small quantity at a time.

I have mentioned my gastroparesis before, although as far as it goes I am having a scope done one the 15th of July and they are going to inject Botox into my pyloric valve to see if they can relax it so that I can eat solid food. I have had to be on liquids pretty much since when I found out I had NASH.

I have had to switch to a meal replacement that is used for people who have gastric bypass surgery that uses whey isolates rather than whey protein. The protein was not breaking down and I was getting no nutrition from it. I think my body has gone into starvation mode because with as little as I am eating, I am not loosing weight but have stayed at a 30 pound weight loss since I was diagnosed in late February.

I know it sounds like a lot, but this is the first time my BMI has been below 40 in years. I feels good. Now if I can get my body to start loosing weight again it will be great!!

Thanks

[nash2 Partner]

Can't really tell you. It is a matter of bacterial growth and oxidation so colder is better as is shorter but perhaps someone else can tell you

[Suzie1955 in reply to nash2]

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[gillianTS in reply to nash2]

I personally do not recommend juicing for people who have liver issues, I will explain a little later.

I understand that you have added problems and at the moment this is all your body can tolerate, try looking into incorporating more protein into your diet through the similar methods of purifying and adding fluid, making sure you are getting enough nutrients is very important.

If you have to drink juiced fruit for the best results and nutrition of the juice, you should drink it within 20 minutes. But, if you have to store it, you should drink your fresh juice in 48 to 72 hours BUT this can also change due to the age of your vegetables and fruit how the juice is stored, temperature etc. But remember nutrition will be lost.

Keeping the juice for long renders it useless due to oxidation. Just think about a cut apple or avocado after a few minutes exposure to air, this is the same thing that happens to fresh juices but a lot worse because you are not just cutting the vegetables and fruits you are turning them to pulp.

As soon as you expose large surfaces of fruit and vegetables you extract for juice you are exposing them to oxidation. Oxidation destroys the nutritional values of all the vegetables and fruit.

Oxidation is then affecting the vitamins in the juice with vitamins A, C and E reacting with oxygen or getting broken down by oxygen molecules in the air. And this is also not great for you too.

I understand you have a huge issue with eating whole foods but for those people able to eat whole foods then eating lower sugar fruit in particular is so much better for you because because juicing is too high in sugar or too high in carbohydrate, something people who have liver issues need to avoid when trying to help the liver and lose weight.

Most juice are extremely low in protein, fat, and fiber (unless you add the fiber, or pulp, back into the juice which most people don't). A lack of good protein for the liver is not meant to be helpful, just consuming juice can lead to loss of muscle mass, even in just a few days. It is definitely not how you want to lose weight healthily.

For people with diabetes having juice can potentially wreak havoc on blood glucose levels, even drinking the natural sugars from fruit and vegetables has to be monitored correctly. The reality is that juice is pretty high in carbohydrate (sugars). An 8-ounce glass of fruit juice contains about 30 grams of carbohydrate. Most people drink more than 8 ounces. If you’re on a true juice diet, you would be drinking several of these concoctions every day and putting so much sugar into your body, not only is this bad for most diabetics but people suffering from liver problems too.

People with diabetes must focus on incorporating fruits that are low in sugar content and vegetables which are non-starchy and low in carbohydrate, most people consume far more natural sugar when juicing regardless of whether they are a diabetic or not.

The following article explains about fruit sugars and liver cells I hope this might be helpful in explaining this more:

health.harvard.edu/heart-he...

Take care, Gillian.

[Suzie1955 in reply to gillianTS]

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