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[YankeeRebel]

For blood pressure and stress. Helps regulate and promote good sleep as well.

I have no idea what that is!

 

[Yankee Traveler]

I have no idea what that is!

ASHWAGANDHA: Overview, Uses, Side Effects, Precautions, Interactions, Dosing and Reviews

Learn more about ASHWAGANDHA uses, effectiveness, possible side effects, interactions, dosage, user ratings and products that contain ASHWAGANDHA.

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Office of Dietary Supplements - Ashwagandha: Is it helpful for stress, anxiety, or sleep?

Overview for health professionals of the efficacy and safety of ashwagandha for stress, anxiety, and sleep.

ods.od.nih.gov

 

[YankeeRebel]

ASHWAGANDHA: Overview, Uses, Side Effects, Precautions, Interactions, Dosing and Reviews

Learn more about ASHWAGANDHA uses, effectiveness, possible side effects, interactions, dosage, user ratings and products that contain ASHWAGANDHA.

www.webmd.com

Office of Dietary Supplements - Ashwagandha: Is it helpful for stress, anxiety, or sleep?

Overview for health professionals of the efficacy and safety of ashwagandha for stress, anxiety, and sleep.

ods.od.nih.gov

Hmmm pretty cool

 

[Southieinnc]

For blood pressure and stress. Helps regulate and promote good sleep as well.

I’d lose sleep just thinking about drinking this!

 

[nefansince75]

When using a juicer much of the fiber is still there, is it not?

One of the biggest things I miss with my diet is smoothies.
Yogurt, Raspberries, Blackberries, Blueberries, Strawberries, Ashwagandha, Honey, Banana, Protein Powder, more Blueberries and pure cranberry juice.
Give it a buzz in the blender.

You win the award for 5 star response. While all the others are 100% valued, they were more added conversation than pulling back layers of the onion.

You are correct - there's plenty of fiber that comes through, especially the soluble kind. However, not compared to the amount of fiber in the whole food. My understanding is: you get way more total nutrition without the solid bulk that that juicer strips away. Way more than if you ate the vegetables because you either can't eat that quantity or would not want to. But, the body is complicated so there may be a rule that says the juice may have 600% more nutrition, but the body wastes it if it's not digested with the fiber. The juicer maker certainly wouldn't tell you that.

That's the heart of my question: If you drink the juice you already are drinking with the oatmeal you are already eating, does that offset the loss of fiber from the juicer... But I really wasn't asking the forum to answer that... I was just stimulating conversation.

 

[BigKen]

I was completely knocked off track. I thought it was the cheerleader thread and Ashwaghandha was a new Nigerian gal who met everyone's criteria.

My acupuncturist told me I needed to eat more bananas and up my potassium and manganese. She said it would stop the leg cramps and spasms..

I'm with Southie. If you can't pronounce an ingredient, don't put it in your mouth.

 

[nefansince75]

I was completely knocked off track. I thought it was the cheerleader thread and Ashwaghandha was a new Nigerian gal who met everyone's criteria.

My acupuncturist told me I needed to eat more bananas and up my potassium and manganese. She said it would stop the leg cramps and spasms..

I'm with Southie. If you can't pronounce an ingredient, don't put it in your mouth.

You better start looking at everything you eat. Unless you have a clean diet, most foods have ingredients you can't pronounce.

I'm glad I can pronounce everything in my juice, though celery can be challenging.

 

[nefansince75]

For blood pressure and stress. Helps regulate and promote good sleep as well.

I mess around with turmeric - usually with black pepper, ginger, cinnamon and cloves. It's a lot of work, but I create a large batch of "tea" in a pressure cooker - then drink a glass a day as a hydrating drink. I also take a few batches of what left over from the juicer, throw in eggs shells (for calcium and collagen) into the pressure cooker for a vegetable "power stock". I drink that too instead of water.

Those don't taste fabulous, but they are more than drinkable with decent after tastes. Then again, who drinks water for the flavor.

 

[nefansince75]

I was completely knocked off track. I thought it was the cheerleader thread and Ashwaghandha was a new Nigerian gal who met everyone's criteria.

My acupuncturist told me I needed to eat more bananas and up my potassium and magnesium. She said it would stop the leg cramps and spasms..

I'm with Southie. If you can't pronounce an ingredient, don't put it in your mouth.

FIFY - There's plenty of manganese in bananas too, but that's more for bone maintenance.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

I mess around with turmeric - usually with black pepper, ginger, cinnamon and cloves. It's a lot of work, but I create a large batch of "tea" in a pressure cooker - then drink a glass a day as a hydrating drink. I also take a few batches of what left over from the juicer, throw in eggs shells (for calcium and collagen) into the pressure cooker for a vegetable "power stock". I drink that too instead of water.

Those don't taste fabulous, but they are more than drinkable with decent after tastes. Then again, who drinks water for the flavor.

I take vitamin D3/K2, Magnesium (Glycinate, Taurate and Threonate) and Turmeric every night.

 

[nefansince75]

I take vitamin D3/K2, Magnesium (Glycinate, Taurate and Threonate) and Turmeric every night.

Your approach seems too easy, and with BKs approach I can only take the D3 and K2.

 

[nefansince75]

I don't use a juicer. So that might disqualify me.

I use a porcelain press for all citrus. I drink a mixture of orange lemon and lime. Can't drink grapefruit because it really messes with several of the meds I take. (I take thirteen different meds every AM and PM.

I do buy 100% fruit juice if I can find it. The real stuff is very rare. Most 100% fruit juices are not. They all have apple juice as a supplement juice with the juice that you want. Most of the time I buy a bag of frozen triple berries. Raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. I have an allergy to strawberries.

I blend the berries into as close a liquid as possible and add orange juice or fat free vanilla Greek yogurt.

I know this doesn't completely answer your question. But allergies and meds can really push things completely sideways.

The topic is more a deeper dive into nutrition and we all have certain qualifications within that realm. Your answer offers a lot of discussion value.

While it's true many juices are mixed with apple and grape, rarely is orange juice. Nobody would drink cranberry without a sweetener and apple/grape juice makes it sweet and puts 100% on the label.

Those berries just might be the best thing in your diet. As for the yogurt, from most I read from good sources, the fat in a small amount of yogurt is probably healthier than eating it without the fat. Either way that's a good addition to the berries, and the OJ isn't a great juice but if you need it to get the berries down, then it's a fine addition.

And though YT gave the five star answer - you get a bonus point for bringing up something 100% tied to my starting post.... While OJ is discounted for the concentration of sugar, does pairing it with the high fiber of the seeded berries elevate the worthiness of the OJ itself?

 

[Debbie Does]

You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd., but you can be happy if you've a mind too.