I have to confess that I really hate saying that I'm "juicing". It seems like such a yuppie / granola thing to be doing, and I didn't grow up in that kind of community. That said, my advice is "don't knock it till you try it."
For one thing, I seem to have solved my lack of appetite issue. Drink about 16oz of fruit and veggie juice and less than an hour later, I'm starving for eggs, chicken, bread, and rice. (I doubt this is typical though, or I don't see how anyone could possibly do a 10-day juice fast.) I'm all for Weston A Price and steak and eggs for breakfast, but personally I seem better off starting with juice, and moving on to the heavier foods later.
Secondly, while I write this I'm sipping some juice that is actually really good. I made it from two green apples, three carrots (peeled), a pickling cucumber, a small lemon (peeled), and a hunk of watermelon (without the hardest part of the rind). It's pretty tart, but it's very tasty.
Third, it's making me want more fresh food. I've made salsa twice in as many days, which is a good way to get raw garlic and onion (and in my case, oodles of cilantro, also a particularly healthy plant).
The mean green stuff (featured in the documentary I've mentioned) is okay, but my advice is to start with only 4 kale leaves the first time you make it, and to be generous with the ginger and double the lemon or use a couple of small limes in place of the lemon. [UPDATE: I think that kale was already getting old, some of the leaves were starting to yellow. I used fresh, very dark green kale in another juice and it did not have the same bitterness.] I also liked it better when I added a pinch of salt. It didn't make it taste salty, but apparently salt is a flavor enhancer even when you're not aware of it (thus its presence in some fruit salad recipes). I've made it twice so far (second time was a double batch) and I'll keep tweaking it. Kale seems to be in most juicing recipes, I think not only because of the high mineral content but because of the protein. But if you're not fasting, you can get the protein elsewhere and you could use spinach or other less bitter greens instead.
There are more recipes here, here, and here.
And yes, I actually do feel more energetic after drinking some raw juice. If it's the placebo effect, well... hurrah for the placebo effect!
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