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How do you treat diabetes by juicing. This question comes up a lot because when most people thing about juicing they think it is only about juicing fruit.

Some of the best juices are made with only vegetables, so most diabetics don’t have to be stuck worrying about consuming too much sugar.

Having said that eating whole fruit and vegetables is probably the best thing a diabetic can do to improve their condition.

Monitoring your insulin levels is going to be very important during this process. Begin by juicing with vetetables only. There are great books available for recipes on juicing vegetalbes. One I can think of is “Green For Life”. Most vegetable juices begin with a green base like swiss chard, kale or dark green lettuces.

Only juice in the morning for the first week and monitor your insulin levels over the week. If they are stable you can start juicing at different times and also start getting more creative with the types of vegetables and fruit you use.

A dark green juice with lots of green vegetables should have very little effect on your insulin levels. You can begin by adding 1 fruit per juicing attempt and continue to monitor your insulin levels.

If you don’t notice much of a change then just get more creative. Go slowly and take your time. Don’t be in a hurry to juice all day long. Begin with one meal a day and just monitor your progress.

Remember to juice with the fiber of the vegetables and fruit. This will go a long way at helping you stabilize your blood sugars.

How you clean your fruit for juicing can be a very important part of your juicing plan. Depending on where you get your fruit can have an impact on how clean or dirty they are.

My first choice is always to buy organic, but a lot of people whether for price or availability don’t have a choice in buying organic.

When your juicing it is really important to include the fiber part of the fruit which usually means using the whole fruit including the outer covering. This means it is really important to use clean fruit.

One of the things that I do when I buy the fruit is when I get home I immediately put all the fruit and vegetables in the sink fill it with water and put a couple cap fulls of food grade hydrogen peroxide in the water.

The hydrogen peroxide helps to wash away any bacteria and the water helps to wash away any residue.

Most natural food stores sell food grade hydrogen peroxide. It usually comes in a 30% solution.

Washing your fruit keeps them clean and maximizes the benefits of juicing