Should I juice in the morning?

Is it good to juice fruit and veggies in the morning?

Remember, these thoughts are my approach. I am not saying that juicing does not work for some or have its purpose, but it is not something I use in my practice for the reasons below. We are human beings that are meant to eat food, not drink it. Try eating all the veggies and fruit that go into your drink, you might have a hard time getting it all down. Then why do we drink it?

I don’t reccommend juicing in the morning, unless you have some after a meal. Small amounts are OK, but here is my reasoning for why not:

1. You are dehydrated and hypoglycemic from sleeping all night. This is a big stress and causes low insulin and blood sugar levels and elevated cortisol levels. If you wake up and have juice first, your insulin levels will spike along with your cortisol levels. Before you body has a chance to regulate this, they drop and your body release blood sugar to compensate. So you are setting your self up for a roller coaster of a ride hormonally all day, as well as starting off the day by releasing large amounts of fat storing hormones.

2. You have to figure that a lot of veggies and fruit actually go into one drink. You could not actually sit down and eat all that food. So why drink all that food? It is a huge stress to the body.

3. Sugar is sugar is sugar is sugar. With juicing, you are taking in A LOT of sugar at once.

The best thing to do would be to wake up, drink 1-2 glasses of water, eat your meal and then if you really want to juice, have half the amount and see how you feel from there.

Joshua Rubin

www.eastwesthealing.com