Juicing for Type 2 Diabetes
Fresh raw fruit and vegetable juices can be great additions to the diet of people with type 2 diabetes. The key recommendation for type 2 diabetes is to achieve ideal body weight, and of course follow a low-GL (glycemic load) diet. The following three juicing recipes help you do both.
Bitter Melon Juice Shot
The bitter melon (also known as bitter gourd) looks like a cucumber but with ugly gourd-like bumps all over it. One shot is all you need!
1/2 to 1/3 bitter melon with peel, sliced
Juice enough bitter melon to yield a shot-glass full.
Super V-7
If you like V-8, you’ll love this juice. It’s fresh, it’s alive, it’s higher in nutrients, and it doesn’t taste like it came from a can. This is a great electrolyte replacement drink for athletes in that it is very high in nutrients and low in calories.
Handful of parsley
2 carrots
Handful of spinach
2 tomatoes, quartered
2 celery ribs
1/2 cucumber
1/2 green bell pepper
2-inch piece of Jerusalem artichoke (optional)
Bunch up the parsley and push it through the juicer with the aid of a carrot. Repeat this process with the spinach. Alternate feeding the remaining ingredients into the juicer along with Jerusalem artichoke, if using.
Salad in a Glass
If you have a hard time eating salads, try juicing one. There are huge nutritional benefits provided in this drink–and it’s low in calories.
4 parsley springs
3 tomatoes, quartered
1/2 green bell pepper
1/2 cucumber
4 celery ribs
1/2 lemon with rind
Bunch up the parsley and feed into the juicer followed by the tomatoes, pepper, cucumber, celery, and lemon.