UFC Champion Jon Jones is an admitted juicer. Yes, he confesses to throwing leafy vegetables, beets, and other apples into a machine to create green juice.
In fact, Jones credits much of his athletic success to juicing. Rather than believing the myths about juicing, Jones began juicing in 2011, right before his fight with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, and the rest is history.
Jones’ approach to juicing is the same as mine and others who are serious about health and fitness.
“Juicing just makes sense.”
Juicing isn’t magical. Juicing isn’t part of a fast you go on.
Juicing, in the words of Jones, “just makes sense.”
As Jones observes, “I haven’t had this much vegetables in one sitting … probably ever in my life.”
In this 2011 video, Jon Jones talks about his preparation before his fight with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.
Although I can’t tell what he is exactly using, I’ve made enough juices to form an educated estimate.
Jon Jones Juice Recipe:
- 2 whole leaves of Swiss Chard
- 4 cups of leafy greens such as spinach and baby kale
- 1 apple
- 3 small beets
Jon Jones is drinking beet juice, which is proven to enhance athletic performance.
My advice would be for Jones to get a masticating juicer like an Omega. The video is from 2011, however, so maybe Jones has upgrade to a fancier juicer now that he’s a world famous athlete.
He is using a centrifugal juicer in this video, and hence isn’t getting the maximum amount of nutrients from his produce.
What are some of the benefits of juicing, according to Jon Jones?
In a 2012 interview, Jones discusses the benefits he’s received from juicing (transcription via BJPenn.com):
“I juice everyday. Right after practice I come home and my girlfriend has a big glass of vegetable juice waiting for me. It’s great. I drink it fresh. It doesn’t taste the best, but I look forward to it. I wanted all the nutrition.”
Jones goes on to list the benefits he’s received from juicing:
- I feel great.
- My mental acuity is very sharp.
- My nails keep growing really fast.
- My hair is growing fast. My skin is good.
“Vegetable juice is just so good for your body. My inner body must be very happy I’m do it as well. I poop and it just comes out beet red every day. My body is just filled with nutrition.”
Juicing is not a gimmick. It’s not for woo-woo weirdos or hippies.
Juicing is for everyone serious about improving his performance in the gym and overall health.
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Honest question: is juicing in any way better than just eating the same amount of veg without juicing? Or is juicing “just” a convenient way to get a lot of veg in your diet with minimal hassle?
In TCM, I know they speak about the yinness of food increasing if you blend it up. Maybe there’s something to that.
Just trying to form an accurate impression of why juicing works.
Probably the same benefits. As I’ve said, if you’re eating whole beets and 9 servings of veggies each day, then there’s no “need” to juice. I juice, i eat veggies, I make green smoothies. It’s all good.
Got it. Thanks.
Correction: I meant macrobiotics, not TCM (although they probably have a similar view of yin and yang foods).
Mike, why are you always recommending to get that expensive Omega juicer instead of a more affordable centrifugal one?
Yeah, people say that you can get more nutrients from a masticating juicer because it doesn’t add much heat, but where’s the proof to justify wasting more bucks and time to prepare a juice? Any experimental study with blood works? If the difference let’s say it’s just like a 5% between juices from each machine, it’s definitely not worth it.
80/20.
Untrue. If you juice a lot of kale and spinach, a masticating juicer is a must. This is all covered in the juicer buying guides.
https://fit-juice.com/best-juicer-review-omega-j8006-j8005-j8004-j8003-juicer-revie/
https://fit-juice.com/best-juicer-for-kale-spinach/
https://fit-juice.com/what-is-the-best-juicer/
I got your Jucing for men after GLL recommendation to try the shit your recommend to see if it increases the testosterone and go a little bit further being natty (probably won’t be on roids until 28-29). I think there was almost nothing with spinachs on your juice recipes.
I’ve already read these posts and saw also some videos comparing both kind of juicers, and the centrifugal ones usually did make the same amount of juice, even on the videos in which they were clearly trying to sell the expensive one, the Omega. The Omega just made it more green.
But the question is still there. Before I try all that, I need a juicer. Do you have any study or experimental results to rely on that show the difference in QUALITY between juices of each type of machine or you recommend the Omega just because you THINK it’s better?
I’m gonna try to make some blood works by myself as well to see if it’s making any difference other than psychological, but I don’t want to spend 300 bucks on something that will be making a 5% difference over a machine 4 times cheaper, does it make sense?
I mean, I don’t give a shit if you’re recommending the Omega because you’re making benefits from each sell. That’s fine. What I’m saying is, if you recommend the 300 bucks juicer because you know for a fact and you have proof that it will give like >30% better results on my testosterone levels than a cheaper centrifugal juicer, I’m gonna buy it. That’s what I’m asking for.
I appreciate that, big gorilla.
I have juiced kale in every juicer imaginable. The yield (ounces of juice per ounce of vegetable) is 3 times higher.
I juice a lot of kale, so that’s what matters to me.
If you don’t think there is a difference in yield, then it doesn’t matter what juicer you buy. Get one of the “best juicer under $100.” Any of those will suffice.