My doctor is encouraging me to juice. I bought a machine that turns everything into a drinkable commodity. That way you get the fiber and all the nutrients nothing is thrown away. My doctor stands by it and does it herself. States it has helped her a lot without an illness. I have not gotten into doing it regularly as of yet so I cannot tell you if it is making me better or not. If you try it get a better machine that liquefies everything. I mean I put a whole apple in except it's stem and it is all liquid.

It's all good I understand where you were coming from sorry if I came across snappy.... Been a flare up last while so I find I sound snappy sometimes...

I tried turmeric and some other herbal pills that had it in it that were supposed to help fibro but it did nothing for me. My flare ups even seemed to last longer.. But I have found that things that help for others do absolutely nothing for me or make me worse. I tried Bowan therapy and that nearly killed me (well not actually but felt like it). But I have read good things on it for people with fibro but just not me I guess. My parents put the turmeric season on their food and my aunt uses the pills and it helps their pain so it may help you. Doesn't hurt to try.

I have slightly given up on googling things to help me because anything I find either makes me worse or does nothing so I don't know anymore. But I'm refusing medication from my doctor.

Good luck with your searches tho and I hope some of what I have said might help! Let me know if you find anything!

I watched the documentary called Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead which was about an overweight person with health issues who did juicing for a certain amount of days straight and lost a lot of weight which improved all his blood tests and was able to get off his meds. Don't remember what illnesses he had but I think one was diabetes. Anyway, I got all excited and spent $150 on a juicer. I found that it takes so much fruit and veggies to make one glass of juice! It would be very expensive to maintain and you will be going to the store every other day to buy fresh fruit and veggies. There was so much waste!! I bought a smoothy machine made by nutri bullet that I like batter. You can even add nuts and seeds and it grinds them smooth.

Hi Annapearl. I juice regularly and have had Fibro for 20 years. Before they gave it a name. Juicing for me is a way to get more vitamins and minerals in my diet because my body does not retain those important parts that I need to be healthy. I could get a B-12 shot every day but the next day it would be gone. SO, I make sure that I juice green and add fruit to it. Also, it's a great way to maintain a healthy diet. The slimmer you stay the less pressure on your muscles, tendons and ligaments. Berries are the best for you because they are the lowest in sugar. Kale or baby spinach, cukes, celery, apples. You can always add some Greek Yogurt to it. Also, you don't need to buy a juicer right away. For right now try using a blender and play around with different recipes till you find one that you really like. Good luck and I hope that helped.

Diane

There is a big difference between some of the terms in this thread. And I'm sure some of us use the same word to describe two different things. For example, what I call a "smoothie" might be called a "shake" or "juicing" by someone else. I just want to point these out for anyone who doesn't know. I'd also like to encourage everyone to Google search anything you need to know about, especially if you need some facts quickly and can't wait for a reply here.

juicers/juicing - a juicer is a kitchen appliance that grinds raw food into a pulp, spins the pulp at a very high speed to separate the pulp from the liquid in the food, and sorts the liquid into one channel where it pours from a spout and into a glass. The pulp portion is channeled into another opening in the machine where it is collected, usually in a bin. This process will result in a pure liquid "juice" for drinking. This offers valuable nutrients from raw fruits/vegetables. This can be better than cooking or heating the fruits/vegetables because by cooking we change the available nutrients in the plant, often depleting them. But juicing/using a juicer is exactly like the difference between drinking orange juice and eating an actual orange. Juicing only offers whatever LIQUID nutrients are in the food you juice. The rest of the food, the pulp, is not included which means you will not get the rest of the nutrients otherwise available such as the fiber, etc. As some have already stated above, although juicing is beneficial, depending on what you're juicing, it usually requires a number of fruits/vegetables to equal a drinkable amount of juice causing this method to be expensive and wasteful.

shakes - When I hear "shakes" I think of a beverage that's been enhanced with some type of herbal or nutritional supplement like protein powder, bee pollen, etc. To make these shakes some use traditional blenders, immersion blenders (stick blender), personal blenders (like a nutribullet or nutrininja), or a blender bottle. Pre-made "shakes" blended with ingredients aimed at helping specific health issues are even available to buy; products like Pediasure, Ensure, Boost, etc. (of course, there are no pre-made fibromyalgia shakes).