Celery Juice January: What I Learned

I was a big fan of celery as a kid. It’s got a satisfying crunch, plus it’s a pretty decent vessel for peanut butter. It’s also not bad as an adult snack! However, I hadn’t tried celery juice until this past month.

Here’s what I learned from Celery Juice January:

1. After 2 weeks, I definitely felt more mental and physical energy. (I had also tweaked a couple supplements around this time, which could’ve contributed.)
2. I got accustomed to the morning routine of juicing — perhaps in an almost meditative way.
   (**Rinse, cut, assemble juicer, feed celery pieces into juicer, pour juice, drink juice, clean juicer…repeat every morning first thing.**)
3. I felt cleansed and nourished after each juice.
4. I felt less bloated — not right away, but after it became a routine.
5. I was more easily irritated later in the day if I missed my morning celery juice (which happened on 2 separate occasions).

Here’s some other tidbits I picked up along the way:

1. Celery is technically an herb, not a veggie. Huh, right? (Thank you Anthony William!)
2. It takes a lot of celery to get the juice. My estimate is 1 full-length celery stalk provides about 1 ounce or less of juice. (If you have a fancier or more powerful juicer, you may get more juice.)
3. Cut up the celery into small pieces to get more juice. Especially cut the long concave part in half (vertical cut) and then cut each half into smaller sticks.
4. The Medical Medium, Anthony William, has shared a great deal of info about celery juice. His protocol is 16+ ounces of celery juice, first thing every day. I did not do as much as that, so I cannot speak to his protocol, although I do very much respect him.
5. Clean the juicer after juicing — don’t let it sit until later in the day. Dried celery pulp is more challenging to clean off.

Here’s what I did, more or less:

1. I used 1 bunch of celery per daily juicing endeavor. This usually resulted in anywhere from 5 ounces to 12 ounces — larger bunches made more, obviously, but I also found that cutting the celery into smaller pieces allowed more juice to be pressed out.
2. I used a slow juicer — I researched and found an economical choice with great reviews, then asked for it as a holiday gift.
3. I used organic celery. Celery tends to hang on to more pesticides than most produce, and juicing means your body absorbs things even more readily. It does cost a little more to buy organic, so make the decision that’s right for you.
4. I drank celery juice first every morning, before anything else — except for a few mornings, when I had hot water with lemon first because I really needed a quicker drink.
5. I made the juice fresh every morning. The whole process probably took 15 minutes once I got familiar with it.
6. I used only celery in the juice — nothing else added at all.
7. I tried to re-juice some of the pulp. It didn’t give much more juice, but it did make cleaning the juicer messier.
8. I waited at least 15 minutes after finishing my celery juice to have anything else food or drink-wise.

Do I plan to continue the daily fresh celery juice? As great as my January juicing experience has been, I plan to juice regularly but not daily. I’ll also probably mix in some other fruit and veggie combinations, rather than just straight celery on its own. However, I may do an occasional celery juice week as a reset, given the benefits I felt with it.

Have you tried celery juicing? What did you think? How did you feel? Would you recommend it to a friend? I’d love to hear how it went for you.

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