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In the last month I have been drinking green smoothie and juicing. I have always hated veggies so this is a great way to get them in. I have 2 a day replace breakfast and lunch. Has anyone done this long term and been successful? Its hard to build my menu on here with juicing and green smoothie. Everything is whole serving.
I do smoothies as well , but I don't juice because there's no fiber. For protein, instead of using yogurt, I use organic soy milk...it's not as processed as Silk and it has more protein and less sugar than yogurt. Also I put a scoop of ground flax seed in my smoothies as well.
Are you just juicing vegetables, or are you doing any protein? As stated above, a varied diet is necessary to get all the nutrients you need. On the other hand, juicing is really just another form of food processing, it's cooking essentially without as much heat, so you could juice everything you need and get everything you need but you'd have to juice high protein foods as well as just vegetables. There are also some nutrients that are actually increased by cooking, such as carotenoids, and eventually you will get sick of just juicing. You do want to enjoy your food.
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