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Estes Contributor
Estes
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Juice Plus is powdered fruits and veggies in pill form.  It will be around $50-$70 per month but claims to help with lots of issues.  I can't decide if I should commit or not.  Many of the studies are self funded by the company so I don't know how biased they are.  I want to feel good again but I don't know if this is the right way to do it. Does anyone have an option they would be willing to share with me.  I am specifically wanting the opinion of those with celiac.

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kareng Grand Master
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Can we think of this logically? How  much powdered fruit could be in a pill?    A couple of molecules of carrot?  Just eat a whole carrot stick and you will get more  than could be powdered up in one pill.

 

If it is the vitamin equivalent of 1 carrot (as my example),  than how is that different from eating any other vitamin? 

 

 

Estes Contributor
Estes
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I hear you.  That is why I am conflicted.  It's some really high number of fruits and veggies and lots of people who love it and swear by it.  I believe Celiac.com is a more neutral opinion.  Thank you Kareng.

kareng Grand Master
kareng
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My point is - its not physically possible to "powderize" a veggie and give you the whole veggie in a tiny pill.  Also, I thought they are not gluten-free?

Kimmatt Newbie
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9 hours ago, Estes said:

Juice Plus is powdered fruits and veggies in pill form.  It will be around $50-$70 per month but claims to help with lots of issues.  I can't decide if I should commit or not.  Many of the studies are self funded by the company so I don't know how biased they are.  I want to feel good again but I don't know if this is the right way to do it. Does anyone have an option they would be willing to share with me.  I am specifically wanting the opinion of those with celiac.

Here's to my first attempt in 2 years of following this site to make a post. Hope it goes well.. 

I am an extremely sensitive celiac.  I tried juice plus. They didn't work for me. About a week into taking the. Recommended dose I began to get serious headaches and exhaustion. When I called the company they told me the product was gluten free and I had to ask them..        "CERTIFIED GLUTEN FREE, or just less than 20ppm?" She said they were not certified. However, the person that sold them to me and her up line kept pushing yes they are gluten free.. The person I got them from was a new           distributor her up line had been in the business for years. With that being said. Just be very careful with juice plus if your sensitive and know your own body's warning signs. I can feel subtle symptoms if I get traces of gluten so I knew what that meant. I ended up returning  2 whole bottles and selling the opened ones back to the person I got them from. 

 

 

Good luck!

Estes Contributor
Estes
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Kimmatt,

That is very helpful information.  Thank you!

SLLRunner Enthusiast
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19 hours ago, Estes said:

Juice Plus is powdered fruits and veggies in pill form.  It will be around $50-$70 per month but claims to help with lots of issues.  I can't decide if I should commit or not.  Many of the studies are self funded by the company so I don't know how biased they are.  I want to feel good again but I don't know if this is the right way to do it. Does anyone have an option they would be willing to share with me.  I am specifically wanting the opinion of those with celiac.

Estes, if the studies are self funded by the company who sells the product then there is 100% chance that those studies are biased because they want to sell their product.

I would certainly read Open Original Shared Linkdebunking the Juice Plus Claims.

Stick to real fruits and vegetables and you will be fine.  :) 

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cyclinglady Grand Master
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Here is my opinion.  After being gluten free for three years, I have healed.  I am not deficient in anything per my lab tests.  I do not take ANY supplements.  I just eat a  diet that includes whole natural veggies and some fruit every day.  Give your self time to heal and make sure you are eating properly.  I know that when you are first diagnosed you want to heal fast, but you just need to be patient.  

If you want better absorption, stick to easy-to-digest foods like stew and soups for a few weeks.  It can be hard to digest raw veggies and even fruit at first.  Make big batches on the weekends and freeze individual servings to take to work.  Get a crockpot.    Consider taking enzymes too until your body is able to produce and release them properly.  

You will feel better soon. ?

 

cap6 Enthusiast
cap6
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I have to agree with the responses.  I wouldn't do it.  If a food has been processed down to a powdered form then many of the natural nutrients has probably been processed out as well.  Also how many other ingredients have been added into this to make it "pill form".  Much healthier to eat a carrot than take it in pill form.

In the beginning o my healing process the doctor suggested only eating cooked veggies as opposed to raw.  Easier to digest 

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