I just juiced 12 beets mixed with 3 apples

[Bethanie]

:) It hit the bottom of our stomach like a ton of bricks, we were so sick my dh and i had our plastic bags ready. He's in the bathroom now (another reason to have two bathrooms) ;) ;) .
I know now why i shouldn't drink mostly beet juice, next time i will lessen the beets and more apple juice and other veggies combined with it.
Bethanie

[fairygirl]

yikers!!!!!!! poor you guys

feel better soon!!!!

[Ireland]

Yes, beets are VERY cleansing, especially for the liver so they are a vegetable you should eat/drink more sparingly than others. I hope you're feeling better soon.

Another way to get raw beets in is to grate some into your salad.

[luckitri]

I juiced my "magenta salad" remnants recently and it was delish! The salad is on the recipe thread but there is only 1 beet to 3 apples plus lots of other ingredients.

[Apasaraw]

Apples always make me sick...I don't know why. Were yours organic? Maybe it was something on the skins if not? Hope you 2 feel better soon sweetie! Eat whole and don't juice for a bit and maybe absorption will be slower for you...?

[Vegan Princess]

My juice book says not to drink more than 3oz of beet per day to start, working up to 6 oz. Ouchie!

[Bethanie]

Believe me i will never juice that many beets again
Within the hour i did have a nice bathroom experience but getting there was not worth it.
Next time i will do a better job choosing my veggies to juice. Thanks for the help.
We feel a lot better now.
The other day i sliced a little bit of ginger and filled the glass with water and drank it and it had me go to the bathroom, i liked that better.
B.

[Sheryl]

I did that once. Ordered a juice with lots of beet on a dinner out with my now husband. About 20 minutes later it shot out the other end! I learned quickly that night not to drink too much beet juice!! My goodness... who knew things could move through that fast!!!

[Stina]

Yeah, but color of the end result sure is entertaining though!

[berrymarymac]

Wow!! I had beet, apple, carrot, ginger the other day and that night my urine was red! I had forgotten about it and was yelling that I was bleeding lol. Beets do odd things to the body, but for good!

[adiamond]

I stand to be corrected, but I seem to recall reading way back when I got my first juicer several years ago, that one shouldn't drink a large quantity of beet juice in "one sitting." Something about paralyzing the vocal cords. Now that I've typed that, it sounds kinda weird, but I just know I read that in some juicing book somewhere. Anyway, I usually do only about a half beet in my apple/carrot/ celery/whatever juice.

[mbf]

WOW that is a lot of beets and apples! Have you juiced since and how is it going?

Every morning my husband and I juice an entire head of dark kale, 1/2 head of romaine, 4 stalks of celery, a small bunch of spinach and only throw in 2 beets and 3 apples. Really watch your intake of natural sugar from the sweet veggies such as carrots, beets and apples!!

Mara

[Bethanie]

it will only be one beet at a time mixed with loads of apples and maybe some celery.
That experience will forever be on our minds, we feel much better now :). But it did get things moving
Thanks
Bethanie

[mbf]

Try to add more celery reduce the apples. Celery is very alkaline and great to balance out all the sugar in the apples. Everything in moderation and creating a balance is the key! Good luck!

Mara

[Bethanie]

I'll try that.
I don't have any beets but will be getting some more soon.
I've decided to give it a rest but now that i know how to use them i will try again soon.
Thanks
B.