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[quote=Anonymous]Assuming you really want the answer and aren't trying to start a debate, I'll bite.

The benefit to juicing is that you can digest many more nutrients than you could if you tried to eat the whole vegetable or fruit. Your body can absorb the nutrients more easily without the fiber. That said, it is important to also eat whole fruits/veggies for fiber at some point in the day. Juicing alone is not sufficient for a healthy diet, in my opinion, though I know not everyone agrees.

A glass of green juice could contain the vitamins and minerals from a few leaves of kale, a cup of broccoli, 2-3 carrots, half an apple, plus a lot more. It is much easier to drink that in a cup of liquid that to eat the equivalent amont of whole foods.

You make a few good points. It can get pricey to juice. Also, if you're doing mostly fruit instead of veggies or veggie blends, you can very well wind up with too much sugar. Even so, when I make a glass of carrot-apple juice, I feel pretty good knowing that I am getting so much healthy stuff into my body. I do try to balance it out with some protein to reduce the glucose reaction.

If you want to learn more, the movie Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead is available on Netflix. It is actually an enjoyable movie to watch and it gives good info about about the benefits of juicing. Even if you are just interested in incorporating a little bit of juice into your diet.

Fresh juice, btw, tastes SO much better than those Odwalla juices you buy at the store. Plus, they're healthier. My DH read that you lose most of the nutrients in the juice within 24 hours of making it.

Also, I was extremely skeptical of drinking green juice and other strange looking things because I thought they'd taste terrible. However, it isn't that bad. Maybe one of your friends can give you a sample. Give it a try!
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