Whole Foods recently began advertising and selling cold pressed juices. A cold pressed juice is made by running fresh fruits and vegetables through a masticating juicer like an Omega juicer or through Norwalk juicer. (The juice is considered cold pressed because slow juicers like an Omega juicer do not heat the juices up, where as a centrifugal juicer like a Breville juicer … [Read more...]
How Many Calories are in Green Juice?
How many calories are in green juice? This is a hard question to answer, since green juices you make at home do not contain labels stating the number of calories that the juice contains. The short answer: A typical 16 ounce green juice is will contain anywhere from 140 to 220 calories. The exact amount of calories in your juice will vary based on how much juice you get from … [Read more...]
What is the Best Juicer for a Juice Fast or Juice Cleanse?
The holidays have come and gone, but the holiday pounds remain. Many people have begun doing juice fasts and juice cleanses. (Read more: How to do a three day juice cleanse.) A juice cleanse can be expensive, however, with some 3-day cleanses costing upwards of $300 or more. You may want to purchase your own juicer for your juice cleanse. If you buy the best juicer for your … [Read more...]
How to do a Juice Fast or Juice Cleanse
After the holidays is a perfect time to do a juice cleanse or juice fast. A juice cleanse is a great way to shed a few extra pounds and release toxins from the body. A juice cleanse can last anywhere from one day to sixty days. (See related: 60 Day Juice Fast.) What is a juice cleanse? Simply put, a juice cleanse is where you consume nothing but fresh juices made from … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Pie Smoothie and Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal Recipe
Pumpkin is one of the most powerful super foods on the planet. Pumpkin does not get much attention, however, because it's not exotic. When it comes to "super foods," people want to think of stuff like acai that comes from far away places. This Pumpkin Pie Protein Smoothie recipe is one of the healthiest things you drink eat all winter. The Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal recipe is also … [Read more...]
Naked Juice Class Action Settlement: Claim up to $75
Naked Juice recently settled a class action for falsely labeling Naked Juice as natural. See, Naked Juice is Not Natural. There is good news. You can claim up to $45 even if you do not offer proof that you ever purchased Naked Juice. You can claim up to $75 if you have proof that you purchased Naked Juice. The official Naked Juice Class Action page is available … [Read more...]
Juicing and Cancer
Does juicing cure cancer? That's a bold question to ask, and it's one the modern medical establishment used to ignore. There isn't much money in curing cancer with vegetable juice, after all, and BigPharma has a bottom line to worry about. Doctors are well-meaning but ultimately they do what drug companies tell them to do. Doctors, just like the rest of us, have bills to … [Read more...]
Naked Juice is Not Natural
Readers commonly write in to say, "Hey, I don't have time to juice. I was wondering if Naked Juices sold at Whole Foods and other stores are just as good. After all, the package says that the Naked Juice is natural. What are your thoughts and concerns about Naked Juice being natural?" Most people do not know that Naked Juice is made by PepsiCo. Pepsi is a multi-national … [Read more...]
Mean Green Juice Recipe
Many of us got into juicing after watching Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. After watching the excellent film, we all eagerly searched for the Mean Green Juice recipe. (New to juicing? Here's the best juicer and here's the best juicer on a budget.) Fat, Sick, and Nearly dead starred Joe Cross, an obese man suffering from a debilitating autoimmune condition. After suffering for … [Read more...]
Best Juice for Weight Loss
At last count, Fit-Juice.com had nearly 100 free juice recipes that a person doing a juice fast or trying to lose weight could make. Check out all our Juice Recipes. With so many juice recipes to choose from, many readers have written in to ask: What is the best juice for weight loss? (New to juicing? This is the best value juicer.) The best juice for weight loss should … [Read more...]