Ideally, when you are juicing, you will select and mix ingredients that are proportioned in the ratio of 80% vegetables (or low sugar fruit) and 20% fruit (or high sugar content vegetables). More recipe ideas can be found on the recipe section of our website. Below we have made just a few suggestions. There are infinite combinations of fruits and vegetables that can achieve this 80/20 mix. If you wish to make a juice that follows the 80/20 rule you could select one part from the sweet ingredient suggestions and four parts from the opposite column of neutral or low sugar ingredients. In the chart below we have listed some examples of sweeter (high sugar) fruits and vegetables as well as a list of vegetables and fruit that are neutral or low in sugar. Another way to look at this is that you would use 4 equal parts of vegetables (or low sugar fruit) mixed with 1 part of fruit (or high sugar content vegetables). It means that ideally, when you are juicing, you will select and mix ingredients that are proportioned in the ratio of 80% vegetables (or low sugar fruit) and 20% fruit (or high sugar content vegetables). It’s simply too much concentrated sugar for our bodies to process. Juices that are made up mostly of fruit can lead to blood sugar spikes and weight gain. This is because juices that are primarily made with sweet fruits will produce a juice that is very sweet (think pure orange juice). At Nama, we are big believers that your juices should primarily contain vegetables with only a small amount of fruit.
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