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I've just started juicing. I don't stick to any particular recipes, if I do veggie juice, I'll use carrots and apple as a base then chuck in different sorts of veg, as for fruit juice, I use anything.
I'm doing this becuase of colitis, I never digest fruit and veg when I eat it.
I was amazed at the instant energy it gave me, it seemed as if this was what my body had been crying out for. However, I've noticed, that 4 hours after drinking it, I seem to plummet in energy and feel suddenly very, very hungry. I'll actually be shaking and feeling weak, desperate to eat.
Any ideas what's going on here?
Tiger.



Hi Tiger,
I'm no expert, but a couple of things spring to mind:
- Are you eating other stuff besides the juice?
- Fruit juices and sweet vegetables (like carrots) have a lot of sugar in them, so that might account for the instant energy followed by exhaustion. Perhaps you could try avoiding the fruit juices and having more non-sweet veggies in your juice and see if the same thing happens.
- The sudden drop in energy you're talking about reminded me of diabetes, so it might be worth looking into that too.
Cat