What’s the best way to log a homemade vegetable juice in Cronometer?
Hi everyone,
What’s the best way to log a homemade vegetable juice in Cronometer?
I usually make a juice with several raw vegetables (e.g. carrot, celery, beetroot, cucumber, etc.) using a slow juicer. Since the fiber is removed (not a smoothie)/
I’m not sure if I should enter the raw vegetables separately, search for “juice” entries, or use custom recipes.
Any tips to get the most accurate micronutrient tracking would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance 🙏
Answers
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I am completely new to juicing and I am struggling with the same problem.
So far I have been weighing the input (raw whole vegetables) and compared it to the output (the juice) of the individual vegetables to establish a "conversion ratio". I also did a few overall ratios of weighing all the individual veg's input and a combined output (as some of them juice much better layered together as opposed to juicing on their own).
I have found this is good for what to record in Cronometer, but I can't figure out what to use in Cronometer either. My problem is ether that it has added stuff like sodium, don't account for the fibre and other nutrients lost in the pulp, or they have no nutrients at all.
Anyone figured this out yet?
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I suppose you could calculate all the whole foods and subtract the fibre weght the product and divide into serving sizes for a rough estimate of the recipe. I found this website juicerecipes(dot)com with a recipe builder under "Build" that shows the nutrition label for the whole foods and final juiced result. I don't know which method they used for juicing.. The ads are really annoying but some of the conten might interest you. I don't know how accurate the results are but it's interesting.
